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.