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.
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2019
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Kabale University
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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, Impact, Tea Production, Economic Development, Local Community, Kayonza Tea Factory, Kanungu District
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Tukwasibwe, Joab (2019). 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: Kabale University.