Examining the effects of cocoa growing on household food Security in Kasawo sub county Mukono district

Abstract

The major purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of cocoa growing on household food security in Kasawo sub county Mukono district. The specific objectives of the study were: to determine the social economic characteristics of cocoa farmers, to assess the food security status of households growing cocoa, and to determine the relationship between cocoa growing and household food security. The data collected from the sampled cocoa and non-cocoa farmers was analyzed using descriptive statistics, frequencies and percentages presented by tables to answer the objectives of the study. Data was coded for completeness and processed using a computer software called STATA. This was used to analyze quantitative data. This was chosen because it is able to compute all the statistical quantities that are required for the interpretation of the data that was collected from the sample of 25 cocoa farmers and 25 non-cocoa farmers making a total of 50 farmers. The data was coded and entered into STATA computer software package for analysis. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between farmers growing cocoa and farmers not growing cocoa on livestock rearing. The results also showed a statistically significant relationship between farmers growing cocoa and farmers not growing cocoa on insufficient food intake since the chai square value of 0.089 is less than 1% level of significance. age, tertiary level of education, marital status and constant have a significant relationship between cocoa growing and household food security because their P-values are less than 0.05% level of significance while Gender, household size, land size livestock rearing and household income, have no significant relationship between cocoa growing and household food security because their P-values are greater than 0.05% level of significance