Determinants of women's participation in coffee production and marketing in Mubende District.
Abstract
The study sought to examine determinants of women’s participation in coffee production and
marketing in Mubende District, Uganda. The study specific objectives were; to examine the
roles women, play in coffee production and marketing as compared to men in Mubende district,
to assess the determinants of women participation in the coffee value addition chain, to asses
challenges women face in participating in the coffee production and marketing. The study
employedstructured questionnaires and respondents were sampled through a random sampling
procedure. The target population of the study was 90in Mubende District and the sample size
was 73respondents.The findings of the study revealed that its men who are more involved in
coffee production and marketing compared to women since there were 53(72.6%) of men in
coffee production and the rest were women. In marketing there were 65(89.04%) men and the
rest were women. The study revealed that More men than women are being employed to carry
on the various activities in coffee for example its 100% of men being employed in
transportation of coffee. The significant determinants of the study were thelevel of experience
and the presence of farmer groups. Regardless of the many challenges that these women in
coffee face, there are measures that the government can do to help them for exampleprovide
financial supportto their organized farmer groups, sensitizing the community about gender
equity and women’s rights etc.