(Coffea Arabica L.) in Coffee Value Chain: a Case Study of Darolabu District, Eastern Ethiopia
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Assessment of Factors Affecting Quality of Hararge Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) in Coffee Value Chain: A Case Study of Darolabu District, Eastern Ethiopia A Research Project Submitted to Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied sciences In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Master of Agricultural Production Chain Management, Specialization Horticulture Chains By Mohammedsani Amin Ameyu September 2014 Wageningen The Netherlands ©Copyright. Mohammedsani Amin Ameyu, 2014. All Rights reserved DEDICATION I dedicate this thesis work to my beloved wife Mafuza Usmael Kasim, and to my mother Saniya Kalil and father Amin Ameyu whose unqualified encouragement and support made it possible for me to commence and complete this training by their continuous prayers. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Most of all I express my deepest thanks to my Almighty ‘ALLAH’ for giving me spiritual strength, encouragement and guidance to complete this thesis and presenting with me anytime. May his Name be praised! He made it possible for things to happen. I wish to express my gratitude and appreciation to my Supervisor Jos van Hal for their encouragement, guidance, support, constructive criticisms and useful suggestions that made this thesis an invaluable learning experience for me. The author is deeply indebted to all those who took part in filling and responding to the questionnaire and share their experiences and knowledge which made the completion of the study possible. Many farmers and other actors, too difficult to mention by names, graciously assisted with the required data. They cooperated so well in answering lengthy questions. I wish to acknowledge their contributions. I am indebted a special word of appreciation to Dutch Government through Netherland Fellowship Program (NFP) for granted me a full scholarship chance for pursue Master Degree in the Netherlands. My thankfulness also goes to the hosting institution, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied sciences and its staff, for academic and technical support through all this study period. I additional wish to express my genuine thanks and acknowledgments to Ahimed Aliyi, Kinde Lemessa and all members of coffee research team of Mechara Agriculture Research Center for their support and encouragements. iii Table of Contents DEDICATION .............................................................................................................................. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................. iii LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................... vii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. viii LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................................. ix LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................. x ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................ xi CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Coffee Production ............................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Research Problem ............................................................................................................ 2 1.4 Problem owner ................................................................................................................. 2 1.5 Research Objective .......................................................................................................... 2 1.6 Research questions .......................................................................................................... 3 1.7 Significance of the Study .................................................................................................. 3 1.8 Scope and Limitations of the Study................................................................................... 3 1.9 Organization of the Thesis ................................................................................................ 3 CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................ 4 2.1 Coffee Quality ................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 Factors Affecting Coffee Quality ....................................................................................... 4 2.2.1 Genetic factors ........................................................................................................... 5 2.2.2 Pedo-climatic ............................................................................................................. 5 2.2.3 Coffee shade tree ....................................................................................................... 5 2.2.4 Management practices ............................................................................................... 6 2.2.5 Harvesting methods ................................................................................................... 6 2.2.6 Post-harvest processing and handling practices ........................................................ 7 CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 9 3.1 Description of study area .................................................................................................. 9 3.2 Research design ............................................................................................................... 9 3.3 Research strategies .........................................................................................................10 3.3.1 Desk Study ................................................................................................................10 3.3.2 Survey .......................................................................................................................10 3.3.3 Interviews ..................................................................................................................11 3.4 Research Framework ......................................................................................................11 3.5 Conceptual Framework ....................................................................................................12 iv 3.6 Data analysis ...................................................................................................................12 CHAPTER 4. RESULTS ...........................................................................................................13 4.1 Finding from Field Survey ................................................................................................13 4.1.1 Respondent characteristics .......................................................................................13 4.1.2 Coffee Production in Darolabu district .......................................................................13 4.1.3 Local coffee variety growing ......................................................................................14 4.1.4 Coffee field management practices ...........................................................................15 4.1.5 Harvest and post-harvest management .....................................................................18 4.1.6 Coffee marketing .......................................................................................................20 4.1.7 Coffee Production Constraints...................................................................................21 4.1.8 Extension service provided to farmers .......................................................................21 4.2 Findings from the interviews ............................................................................................21 4.2.1 Characteristics of marketing actors ...........................................................................22 4.2.2 Post harvest practice by marketing actors .................................................................22 4.2.3 Mixing of different quality coffee ................................................................................23 4.2.4 Coffee quality identification .......................................................................................24 4.2.5 Quality control strategy..............................................................................................24 4.2.6 Price information and setting .....................................................................................25 4.2.7 Coffee marketing cost and selling price .....................................................................25 4.2.8 Coffee marketing constraints .....................................................................................26 4.3 Coffee Value Chain .........................................................................................................26 4.3.1 Actors and their Functions in the Chain .....................................................................28