Challenges and motivational factors of reviving coffee cultivation among smallholder farmers: a case of Hai district, Tanzania
| dc.contributor.author | M, Mathias Erick | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-22T10:00:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-22T10:00:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This research investigated the status of coffee cultivation, motivational factors for reviving coffee cultivation and challenges which face smallholder coffee farmers in Hai district, Tanzania. A Cross-sectional research design was employed with a mixed method (quantitative and qualitative). Data was collected from 120 smallholder coffee farmers and 15 key informants from four villages. Household surveys and interviews were used for data collection. Analysis of quantitative data was done descriptively in which frequencies and percentages were measured. Inferential analysis, particularly the binary logistic regression model, was employed to determine the association between the dependent and independent variables. Qualitative data analysis involves a content analysis. The findings depict the state of coffee cultivation based on the following factors: starting year of cultivation, year of reviving, revived acreage, number of seedlings planted, and production in kilograms. The findings also show several motivational factors; availability of hybrid seeds, availability of free land provided by AMCOS, possibility of gap filling, assistance from organizations such as TaCRI and availability of extension services. Furthermore, the results show challenges in reviving coffee cultivation, such as high agricultural input costs, price fluctuations, a lack of manpower, a limited amount of land, and challenges associated with changing weather conditions. The study concludes that other respondents failed to revive coffee cultivation due to the mentioned challenges. Therefore, it is recommended that the government with cooperation with NGOs, TaCRI, and AMCOS should assist smallholder farmers to minimize or completely avoid the existing challenge. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/4457 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reviving coffee cultivation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hai District | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.subject | Smallholder coffee farmers | en_US |
| dc.subject | NGOs | en_US |
| dc.title | Challenges and motivational factors of reviving coffee cultivation among smallholder farmers: a case of Hai district, Tanzania | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |