A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Accounting and Finance ( MSc A & F) of Mzumbe University
Coffee production yield is an area of study that can be studied from different angles. The issue in this study was to study the practice Factors contributing to unprofitability yield of coffee production in Daughters of Mary at Ngorongoro farm as a case study. The objectives of the study were to determine availability of management system in Ngorogoro farm, determine the human resource capability, to examine whether climate was reasonable for coffee production, to identify the types of tools used in farming and processing and also to identify the availability of coffee market. Data were collected through questionnaires and documentary review. Though data analysis was done manually, the collected data were sorted, processed and tabulated before analysis. The research findings revealed that, the farm does not have a stable management system in running coffee production. Many personnel working in different departments of coffee production and processing were insufficient in number and were incompetent. The people around the farm who are engaged as workers of the farm were mostly primary school leavers without any training regarding coffee production. They thus rely mostly on working experience.
The study also revealed that the stools used in agriculture and processing are not sufficient. Processing machines are manually operated and uses old technology. Inappropriate tools used cause high cost of production and thus low profit. The price of coffee depend on quality coffee product. This implies that good quality gets high price and low quality gets low price. Moreover, the study revealed that, the market of coffee is readily available around the world. The study recommends that, the farm must form a sustainable management system with competent personnel. This can be done through training of staff in different departments in order to step up coffee production. It is further recommended that this is the time of using modern technology and tools in coffee production to maintain quality and increase the quantity of coffee in international market.