Economics Of Honey Production In Nigeria: Implications For Poverty Reduction And Rural Development

Babatunde, R. O.; Olorunsanya, EO; Omotesho, O. A.; Alao, Bashir

doi:10.4314/gaep.v3i2.34909

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“…Table 1 show that ninety (90) percent of honey producers in the study area were male, thus confirming the notion that bee keeping is a hazardous occupation, and about ten (10) percent of the beekeepers were women (Babatunde et al, 2007). Furthermore, seventy-eight (78) percent of honey producers were married.…”

Section: Resource-use Efficiencysupporting

confidence: 68%

Resource-Use Efficiency of Honey Production in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna-State, Nigeria

Olohungbebe¹,

Olugbenga²,

Daniel³

2015

JAS

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This study examined resource-use efficiency of honey production in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna, Nigeria. The primary data used for the investigation were obtained using structured questionnaires administered to 50 producers. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, farm budget techniques, multiple regression analysis and resource-use efficiency. Multiple regression analysis used to examine factors influencing output of honey in the study area revealed that the coefficient of multiple determinations (R 2 ) of 0.59 which implies that 59% of the dependent variable in the model was explained by the independent variables included in the model. Number of bee hives was significant at (p< 0.01).Estimated resource use efficiency revealed that number of bee hives and family labours were underutilized. This study concluded that the bee farmers in the study area should be given adequate training on rudiments of beekeeping.

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Section: Resource-use Efficiencysupporting

confidence: 68%

Resource-Use Efficiency of Honey Production in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna-State, Nigeria

Olohungbebe¹,

Olugbenga²,

Daniel³

2015

JAS

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“…The stability of access dimension of food security is reflected in the "at all times" language which denotes that at no time should a household or its members face food inadequacy situation. According to Babatunde et al (2008), stability dimension of food security shows that there is need to understand both the current and future food security status at different point in time; and any adopted framework must capture the temporal dynamics of food security. The vulnerability framework has been widely accepted in literature to capture this dynamics.…”

Section: Concept Of Vulnerability To Food Insecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The vulnerability framework has been widely accepted in literature to capture this dynamics. Vulnerability is a function of exposure to risks/shocks and the non-resilience or poor coping capacity to these risks which threaten household's food security (availability, accessibility and utilization) (Babatunde et al, 2008). Besides natural disasters that can alter the food security status of households and usually make them vulnerable to food insecurity, socio-economic characteristics of households can also influence the food security status of households (John et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Vulnerability is determined by accumulation of events through time. The probability of households becoming food insecure in the future is a function of their present socioeconomic conditions, the risk factors prevalent within the given period and their capacity to manage the risks (Babatunde et al, 2008). The present household food situation is also a function of past events and conditions.…”

Section: Concept Of Vulnerability To Food Insecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Determinants of change and household responses to food insecurity: Empirical evidence from Nigeria

Edeh¹,

Gyimah‐Brempong²

2015

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…Beekeeping is important as conservation intervention involving the development of community-based natural resource management through participation of communities [3]. Beekeepers have economic reasons to retain the natural habitat through boosting honey production [4][5][6]. Ethiopia has diverse ecological zones ranging from very humid to very arid zones.…”

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Beekeeping as Integrated Watershed Conservation and Climatic Change Adaptation: An Action Research in Boredo Watershed

T¹

2014

J Earth Sci Clim Change

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The viability of productive conservation depends on efforts to manage economic and ecological factors to ensure that the relationship between communities and environment could be sustained. Beekeeping is linking conservation and local livelihoods based on the principle that watershed pay for itself by generating sustainable economic benefits for local communities. The study revealed that by increasing beekeeping skill, honey producers in the watershed realized the value and the need to conserve watershed as they obtained alternative income from honey production as high value commodity. Honey producers have traditional culture to maintain diverse floral resources around their homesteads and farm boundaries designed to increase honey production thus help to enhance watershed conservation and climate change adaption. Quality honey was harvested through adopting good watershed rehabilitation, standard colony management and harvesting methods. An average of 15.5 kg of honey was harvested per harvesting season from intermediate hive. Therefore, if watershed conservation and livelihood preservation are to occur, it is important to bring the voices of honey producers to the forefront of watershed conservation efforts. Given the opportunity and potentials for increased export for honey in Ethiopia, it was recommended that the government at all levels should provide technical services to align improved beekeeping to watershed conservation so that honey production is increased and sustained.

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Economics Of Honey Production In Nigeria: Implications For Poverty Reduction And Rural Development

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Resource-Use Efficiency of Honey Production in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna-State, Nigeria

Resource-Use Efficiency of Honey Production in Kachia Local Government Area, Kaduna-State, Nigeria

Determinants of change and household responses to food insecurity: Empirical evidence from Nigeria

Beekeeping as Integrated Watershed Conservation and Climatic Change Adaptation: An Action Research in Boredo Watershed

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