A comparative economic analysis of specialty and conventional small-scale coffee production in Kigoma district, Tanzania.

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorRutaba, Ernest Peter
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-11T10:39:24Z
dc.date.available2026-06-11T10:39:24Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionDissertation
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted in Kigoma district of Kigoma region to compare the economics of specialty and conventional small-scale coffee production. Four villages namely Kalinzi, Nyarubanda, Mkabogo and Mkongoro were surveyed. Random sampling technique was adopted to get 30 respondents from each selected village. This means 10 households for specialty and 20 for conventional coffee farming, making a total sample size of 120 household. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the sample households and complimented by secondarj- data collected from key organisations in the industry. Data were cleaned, coded, entered and analysed using the Statistical Package fbr Social Sciences (SPSS) version 11.5 and Excel programs. Descriptive statistics, regression analysis, gross margin and independent sample t-test were used to analyse the data. The results showed that coffee growers in Kigoma District have household characteristics common to most rural household settings elsewhere in Tanzania. Results from regression analysis indicate that amount of coffee sold and total cost used in both specialty and conventional coffee production influenced producer profitability significantly. From independent sample t-test, the results indicate the gross margin fbr specialty coffee was higher than fbr conventional coffee by about TZS 753 per coffee tree at 5% level of significance. The emperical results comfirm that specialty coffee farming improve farmers income than their counterpart conventional farmers thereby contributing more to poverty reduction in the study area. From these findings, it is recommended that deliberate efforts be made to assist more farmers to grow specials coffee. This could be achieved through farm input subsidies, access to international and local markets, improvement in coffee marketing information system and sources of low cost credit. In addition, construction of village based central pulperies could be considered. In this way. producers could get belter price that contribute significantly to poverty reduction.
dc.description.sponsorshipBeligium Technical Cooperation (BTC)
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/20.500.14820/7647
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSokoine University of Agriculture
dc.subjectSmallholder Cash Crop
dc.subjectCoffee Production Constraints
dc.subjectCoffee Processing
dc.subjectCoffee Production-Kigoma
dc.titleA comparative economic analysis of specialty and conventional small-scale coffee production in Kigoma district, Tanzania.
dc.typeThesis

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
RUTABA_Ernest_SUA_Msc_2009.pdf
Size:
2.65 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Dissertation
Download

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.75 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Collection