The Contributions of Coffee Auctions Market on the Performance of Coffee Growers: A Case of Mbozi District.

Nyagawa, Stanton (2023) The Contributions of Coffee Auctions Market on the Performance of Coffee Growers: A Case of Mbozi District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study examined the contribution of Coffee Auction markets implementation on the performance of coffee growers in Mbozi district. The study’s three specific objectives were to examine the contribution of Coffee Auctions markets implementation on profitability performance of coffee growers in Mbozi district, to assess the contribution of Coffee Auction market implementation on productivity performance of coffee growers in Mbozi district, and to identify the contribution of Coffee Auction markets implementation on reduction of post-harvest loss in Mbozi district. The study used survey research design and consequently questionnaire in collecting the data needed from a sample size of 86 coffee growers in Mbozi district. The study further adopted descriptive statistics to analyze the data collected from sampled coffee growers in Mbozi district. The study revealed that the Coffee Auction markets implementation indeed highly and positively affect the performance of coffee growers in terms of coffee productivity and profitability. However, the implementation only moderately contributes to coffee growers’ post-harvest loss. The study recommends that the Tanzania Coffee Board should push to make information needed by coffee growers publicly and easily available, including trends in coffee prices, access and use of farm-input and provision of more support and extension services to coffee farmers, timely availability of quality and affordable farm inputs, and participation of farmers through AMCOS in price setting. Keywords: Profitability, coffee growers, auction market

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