Factors affecting tobacco production in Kigorobya Sub-County-Hoima District

Abstract

The research investigates the factors affecting Tobacco production in Kigorobya sub county-Hoima district. The main purpose of this research is to find out factors affecting Tobacco production and how they can be solved to enhance the Tobacco production industry in Kigorobya and Uganda at large. The main objective of the study is to find out factors affecting Tobacco production in Kigorobya Sub County. Other specific objectives of the study include, to find out the socio-economic, Environmental and political factors hindering Tobacco production in Kigorobya Sub County. This research was also conducted using several methods such as, interview method, use of questionnaire, Observation of phenomena, Photography, recording and under the secondary methods, library research was used in order to enrich this research. There are various factors that have been found out that affect Tobacco production in Kigorobya sub county, and these include the Socio-economic factors such as low selling prices, limited capital, insufficient labour, poverty, lack of processing and storage facilities, unregulated transport networks, market instability among others. The environmental factors hindering Tobacco production in the area include; pests and diseases, low amount of rainfall, Heavy sunshine, poor and infertile soils among others, the cultural and political factors also include failure to set constant prices, failure to provide startup capital, negligence to source for tobacco market, Failure to construct road networks, failure to maintain security and failure to solve land wrangles. However, despite the above factors that have been identified, there are also recommendations that have been fore-fronted in order to solve such factors in order to increase Tobacco productivity in the area, most of these are addressed to the government and these include; provision of good quality Tobacco seeds, regulating and setting Tobacco prices, provision of capital to Tobacco farmers, youth development programmes, construction and maintenance of road networks, sourcing for adequate Tobacco market, sensitizing and educating farmers about Tobacco growing, solving of the prevailing land wrangles and also maintaining security in the area