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    Assessing The Impact of Tea Production on The Economic Development of Local Community: A Case Study of Kayonza Tea Factory in Kayonza Sub- County Kanungu District.
    (Kabale University, 2019) Tukwasibwe, Joab
    This study assessed the impact of tea production on the economic development of the local community of Kayonza Sub County in Kammgu District, a case study of Kayonza grower's tea factory. The objectives of the study were to identify the factors that have favoured tea production, find out the contributions of tea production and investigate the challenges affecting tea production in Kayonza Sub County in Kanungu District. The study was carried out in Kanungu District where tea has been promoted as a strategic enterprise since 2004. Descriptive research design was used where the researcher used different data collection methods which included interviewing, questionnaire, and observation methods and a sample of 60 respondents was used for the study. The study findings show that the factors that have favoured tea production were land availability which is a major factor consisting 90% of the respondents, farm labour, relief, agro-input use and the growing promotion as a strategic agricultural enterprise, the contributions of tea production in Kayonza sub-county Kanungu District were a source of income which is the major contribution of tea production (97%), employment opportunities, foreign exchange earner for the county, contributing to food security, infrastructural development, and the challenges affecting tea production in Kayonza sub-county Kanungu District were pest and diseases which is the major challenge to tea production (90%) cost of production, lack of comprehensive policies, , poor road networks and infrastructures, poor agricultural technology, marketing and value¬addition constraints, climatic changes and seasonal effects and poor access to information. The government of Uganda under the Ministry of Agriculture initiated a strategy to support priority agricultural enterprises at the zone level and it is under this approach that tea production has been promoted over the years in Kanungu District. However, more actions should be taken to improve the quality and increase the quantity of tea produced through the supply of inputs by the government, adoption of new technologies and provision of more advisory services, improving the market both local and international, putting in place comprehensive policies such as large scale production as well as improving infrastructures for easy transportation of both green leaf tea and processed tea.
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    Assessing the Influence of High Population Growth Rate on Food Security in Nyamweru Subcounty Rubanda District.
    (Kabale University, 2019) Twinamasiko, Derrick
    This study assessed the influence of the high population growth rate on food security in the Nyamweru Sub-County Rubanda district. The objectives of the study were to examine the role of population growth rate towards food security, to examine challenges affecting population growth rate on food security, and to find out ways of how a high population growth rate promotes food insecurity in Nyamweru sub-county Rubanda district. A cross-sectional survey design was used. Self-administered questionnaires and interviews were used in data collection and data was analyzed using Excel, a computer software to generate descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages, and data was presented in tables and text. From the study findings, the role of the population growth rate towards food security in the Nyamweru sub-county Rubanda district promotes food production. encourages saving and investments, high population growth puts greater pressure on health and improves its quality, leads to a rapid increase in school-age population that calls for more investment in education, high population growth leads to an efficiency of developing countries and their political system and high population puts pressure on urban physical infrastructures leading to development, the study results also on challenges affecting population growth rate on food security in Nyamweru sub county Rubanda district, were inadequate capital for investment, shortage of enough land. poor infrastructure development, climatic changes, over-utilization of land, and political instability the study results also on how a high population growth rate promotes food security in the Nyanweru sub-county Rubanda district the findings were through the development of drought-resistant crops, investment in rural infrastructure, irrigation, improved storage facilities and investment in sustainable technologies. The study recommends that family planning programs should be designed to provide information, services, and modern means of fertility control to those who are interested, the study recommended that the government should use several methods to control high population growth such as one or two children per family policy, girl child education through giving them scholarships and the researcher recommended that there should be sensitization of people through mass media about the dangers of high population so that people can reduce on early marriages.