4.3. Coffee production and
Quality of production
4.3.1. Coffee Plantation and
production
Coffee as cash crop and that plays an important role in
improving social welfare in rural area has kwon a large development in MARABA
Sector, and many households are engaged in growing coffee. Basing on collected
data, all respondents reported to have about 16958 of coffee trees which are on
the stage of producing, and on average each households counts about 308 coffee
trees.
Table 4. Coffee
trees
|
Coffee Trees
|
|
Minimum
|
Maximum
|
Sum
|
Mean
|
|
50
|
1000
|
16958
|
308.3273
|
Source: Primary
data
Table 5. Coffee production
in Kgs
|
Minimum
|
Maximum
|
Sum
|
Mean
|
100
|
|
2000
|
33916
|
616.65
|
|
Source: Primary
data
The total production of those 16958 trees is evaluated on
33916Kg per season, and on average each households is likely to produce 617kg
of coffee per season.
Figure 7.
Distribution of Coffee production
The income from coffee plantation is important and is
contributing in the amelioration of social wellbeing of those household, and
with the intervention of SPREAD-NUR the coffee production has been evaluated on
good scale, whereby, now all respondent are likely to receive 5,087,400 Rwf per
season or 92,498Rwf each household on average per season. This amount is so
important, is used in many things such providing good health care, food
security in sampled members of ABAHUZAMUGAMBI Cooperative.
Table 6. Income from
coffee
|
Income from Coffee Production
|
|
Minimum
|
Maximum
|
Sum
|
Mean
|
|
15000
|
300000
|
5087400
|
92498.18
|
Source:
Primary data
4.3.2. Washing System
Table 7. Washing System
|
|
Frequency
|
Percent
|
|
Traditional Washing System
|
2
|
3
|
|
Modern Washing System
|
64
|
97
|
Source: Primary
data
Figure 8. Coffee washing
system
The above figure shows that the large part of respondents use
Modern washing system (97%), and the remaining part of 3% use Traditional
System. These figures explain the quality of coffees produced in this area,
because are well managed from the beginning step to the step of selling. Due to
the modern washing system, MARABA coffee has reached a high sound, because it
is sounding not only in Rwanda but also at the international level, means that
MARABA Coffee has a non-negligible Marketing around the world.
4.3.3. Use of Fertilizer,
Pesticides, and Pest control
Respondents know the role of using inorganic fertilizer in
coffee plantation, because 91% of total respondents agreed to use inorganic
while only 9% of them disagreed.
Figure 9. Use of Inorganic
fertilizer and Pesticides
In order to protect and to increase the quantity of coffee
from plantations, 89% of respondents agree to use pesticides and 11% of them
disagree. Those figures show that pests which can reduce quantity in plantation
are controlled. And only 6% of respondent claims their Coffee plantation face
pest and/ or other problems which can reduce production. The logic behind is
that as the use of fertilizer and pesticides increases the quantity produced
increases with good quality.
The below figure shows that due to the intervention of
SPREAD-NUR pest and other problems which may reduce coffee production have
been reduced. 94% of respondents agree this assertion while 6% disagree but by
stating that regardless this, they have experienced an amelioration in their
plantation due to the assistance of SPREAD-NUR.
Figure
10. Contribution of SPRAED-NUR on Coffee production
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