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Assessment of constraints and opportunities of honey production in Wonchi district South West Shewa Zone of Oromia , Ethiopia
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Beyene, Taye Verschuur, Marco |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | The study was conducted in Wonchi District, Oromia national regional state, Ethiopia to identify major beekeeping constraints and opportunities. Structured questionnaire was employed for the study. The study used desk research, interviews, surveys and visual observation as methods in seeking answer to research questions. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select 70 beekeepers from two Peasants Association. The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS version 20. The result of the study revealed that the average amount of honey harvested /hive/year from traditional hive, transitional hive and modern hive were 5.22±0.042, 10.83±1.05 and 15.2±2.52 respectively. The mean yield obtained from the three hives were statistically significant at (p < 0.05).The most factors influencing honey pricing in the study area were distance from market( 28%), quality of honey (25%), consumers’ preference (20%), color (15%), and test of honey (12%).The major constraints to beekeeping activity in the study area were: high cost of modern hives with accessories (1), shortage of bee forage (2), pests and predators (3, poising of bee colonies (4), low quality of honey product (5) and poor infrastructure development (6). Despite of the constraints encountered this sub sector; there are also future opportunities for beekeeping development in the District. These include; presence of huge number of bee colonies, availability of tourists in the area, steadily increasing the demand of local honey, presence of beekeepers association and presence of good government policy. The study revealed that the price of honey in the study area is influenced by quality of honey, color, consumers’ preference, distance from market and test of honey. Further study is required to characterize honey bees of the area, and major pests, predators and disease of economic importance. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.usa-journals.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Beyene_Vol210.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
