Challenges for Beekeeping in Indonesia with Autochthonous and Introduced Bees

Gratzer, Kristina; Susilo, Fajar; Purnomo, Dwi; Fiedler, Sascha; Brodschneider, Robert

doi:10.1080/0005772x.2019.1571211

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“…Even for self-fertile flowers, cross-pollination is still needed for improved production and better quality of seeds and fruits [31]. Thus, beekeeping not only can improve income but also can increase food security [32].…”

Section: Pollination For Agricultural Productivity and Ecological Sermentioning

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Southeast Asian Meliponiculture for Sustainable Livelihood

Rattanawannee¹,

Duangphakdee²

2020

Modern Beekeeping - Bases for Sustainable Production

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Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are one of the most important pollinators of native plants and economic crops in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. They not only establish large perennial colonies with complex social organization but also have a diverse nesting biology. The economic utilization of a total of 60 stingless bee species in Asia has been reported. The current status of meliponiculture in Southeast Asia is mainly focused on pollination utilization and honey and propolis production. This chapter shows that small-scale beekeeping of stingless bees, which is suitable for the flowering pattern in the tropics, is one of the best potential alternative opportunities. The cost-effectiveness analysis based on production yield, investment cost, and profit-return rate is reviewed. Finally, a sustainable utilization of stingless bees is considered to be an enhancer of pollination services both in an agricultural crop and natural ecosystem.

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Section: Pollination For Agricultural Productivity and Ecological Sermentioning

confidence: 99%

Southeast Asian Meliponiculture for Sustainable Livelihood

Rattanawannee¹,

Duangphakdee²

2020

Modern Beekeeping - Bases for Sustainable Production

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“…Bees and their products can benefit marginalised communities in terms of employment opportunities, nutrition, medicinal applications, and increased agricultural productivity through pollination services (Bradbear, ; Gupta et al, ; Lloyd et al ., ; Muhammad Rabi'u, ). Often overlooked is the ability for economically marginalised groups, such as landless poor and women's groups to access alternative income streams from honey bees without exacerbating environmental and land tenure issues (Gratzer et al, ; Gupta et al, ; Kaur & Sharma, ; Koeniger et al ., ; Ogaba, ; Schouten et al, ). Honey bees also have many attractions in terms of potential niche industries; there are minimal maintenance costs and production that can be scaled up without competition arising with other resource intensive farming systems (Bradbear, ; Lloyd et al, ).…”

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The role of honey hunting in supporting subsistence livelihoods in Sumbawa, Indonesia

Schouten

Lloyd

Ansharyani

et al. 2019

Geographical Research

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Key insightsThe strengths of point cloud technologies can meet the requirements of rural landscape heritage documentation from a cultural landscape perspective. This approach could greatly improve the efficiency and precision of traditional rural landscape documentation, which has the potential to change the methodology of rural landscape research and management.[Correction added on 5th February 2020, after first online publication: The key insight section was included] AbstractHoney from the giant Asian honey bee (Apis dorsata) has been harvested by communities throughout Southeast Asia for centuries. In Indonesia, 80 per cent of the national supply of honey comes from Sumbawa; however, there is limited information regarding the sustainability and importance of honey hunting in supporting rural livelihoods. This study used semi-structured interviews and questionnaires to examine honey hunting and forest honey production in Sumbawa. It evaluates the economic and cultural importance, opportunities, and constraints of honey hunting and prompts us to suggest that income generation from honey plays a critical role in supporting rural communities. Of respondents, 83 per cent reported that income from honey was essential and accounts for 68 per cent of cash income. Yet honey hunters were harvesting using destructive methods under dangerous conditions and are subject to unpredictable market prices and fluctuating yields. Unlike situations in other areas of Indonesia, no system of customary law was found to exist that defines ownership of honey trees and the right to harvest from them. Limited access to market information, high moisture content of honey, and limited training and extension services were identified as key constraints. Future research exploring the sustainability of harvesting practices and mechanisms for improving profitability of honey hunters would be valuable.

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“…Precision beekeeping is increasingly implemented in Europe, but lags behind in Africa and Asia. The SAMS project focuses on beekeeping in Ethiopia ( Demisew, 2016 ; Negash & Greiling, 2017 ; Wakjira & Alemayehu, 2019 ) and Indonesia ( Gratzer et al, 2019 ) as in those countries a huge beekeeping potential is recognized but not unlocked yet.…”

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“…Even though Europe’s beekeeping sector is comparably strong, it relies on honey imports from third world countries as its production is not sufficient enough to saturate the market ( García, 2018 ). While governmental involvement and subsidized national programs aim to strengthen the stagnated European bee product market, such programs are lacked completely in Indonesia ( Gratzer et al, 2019 ), and are not carried out sustainably enough to set the beekeeping sector of Ethiopia on a par with those of other global players. In Europe, beekeeping has a long tradition and knowledge is accessible by numerous books and journals.…”

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Smart apiculture management services for developing countries—the case of SAMS project in Ethiopia and Indonesia

Wakjira

Negera

Zacepins

et al. 2021

PeerJ Computer Science

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The European Union funded project SAMS (Smart Apiculture Management Services) enhances international cooperation of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) and sustainable agriculture between EU and developing countries in pursuit of the EU commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goal “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture”. The project consortium comprises four partners from Europe (two from Germany, Austria, and Latvia) and two partners each from Ethiopia and Indonesia. Beekeeping with small-scale operations provides suitable innovation labs for the demonstration and dissemination of cost-effective and easy-to-use open source ICT applications in developing countries. SAMS allows active monitoring and remote sensing of bee colonies and beekeeping by developing an ICT solution supporting the management of bee health and bee productivity as well as a role model for effective international cooperation. By following the user centered design (UCD) approach, SAMS addresses requirements of end-user communities on beekeeping in developing countries, and includes findings in its technological improvements and adaptation as well as in innovative services and business creation based on advanced ICT and remote sensing technologies. SAMS enhances the production of bee products, creates jobs (particularly youths/women), triggers investments, and establishes knowledge exchange through networks and initiated partnerships.

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Challenges for Beekeeping in Indonesia with Autochthonous and Introduced Bees

Cited by 43 publications

References 29 publications

Southeast Asian Meliponiculture for Sustainable Livelihood

Southeast Asian Meliponiculture for Sustainable Livelihood

The role of honey hunting in supporting subsistence livelihoods in Sumbawa, Indonesia

Smart apiculture management services for developing countries—the case of SAMS project in Ethiopia and Indonesia

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