期刊名称：Researchers World - Journal of Arts Science & Commerce
印刷版ISSN：2229-4686
电子版ISSN：2229-4686
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：33-41
DOI：10.18843/rwjasc/v10i1/04
出版社：Educational Research Multimedia & Publication
摘要：Uganda is among the worlds’ largest coffee producers and exporters. Coffee production in
Uganda has been a developing process over the last 60 years, with various players from the
garden, home drying, factories, stores and exporters, and lastly at tables. This study
investigates the nature and the different types of ties used for coffee development in Uganda.
These ties form what is referred to as value chain which herein has been very paramount in
the production and trade of coffee in Uganda. The study consisted of both qualitative and
quantitative studies to find out the relationships existing between the different types of ties
used in the coffee processes. The research used mutually regression and correlation
approaches to analyze field data collected from the coffee farmer families, buyers and the
regulators in Uganda. The findings illustrate a statistically significant relationship between
family ties and coffee development, farm and firm ties, friendship ties and coffee development.
The results established that weak ties are more beneficial than strong ties bearing in mind the
development of coffee farming and production than the strong ties in Uganda. Further
research needs to be directed on these networks in the coffee value chain, and appropriate
solutions for its competitiveness and sector growth. Understanding connections which our
study referred to as ties is very vital for the success of any business of sorts.
关键词：Coffee production; competitiveness; ties; trade; value chain;
