Following beekeeping: More-than-human practice in agrifood

Phillips, Catherine

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.06.013

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“…Unaware of these benefits, the propolis obtained from colonies is just thrown away or used for cooking as it burns quickly with fire. This the case of the beekeepers from Camarines Norte (3), Camarines Sur (1), Albay (1), Sorsogon (2), Masbate (1) and Catanduanes (1). Propolis removed from the colonies during honey harvesting, and colony splitting are not valued.…”

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Development Barriers of Stingless Bee Honey Industry in Bicol, Philippines

Hidalgo

Nicolas

Cedon

2020

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Beekeeping industry in Bicol, Philippines is dominated by stingless beekeepers. Tetragonula biroi, is an endemic stingless bee species in the region, which produces the most expensive honey in the local commercial market. However, beekeeping industry remains to be part of the informal business sector under the shadow of rural enterprises. Improving the industry's economic contribution would mean upgrading the chain through which beekeeping sector passes through. The purpose of the study is to assess the barriers in developing the stingless bee honey industry. The value chain approach was used in determining the issues along each chain level and in finding ways to strengthen the competitiveness of the industry. Results show that there is not enough support programs given to sustain the drive towards an efficient commodity flow of honey. The demand is high but there are few enablers to strengthen the flow of the commodity. The findings revealed seven development barriers: stability of honey supply, product standardization; product traceability; harvesting and processing policies; entrepreneurial support program; vulnerability to natural disasters; and research programs. Similar to farming, stingless beekeeping is a promising enterprise that is largely dependent on climatic condition. The risks associated with climate change and environment limit people from seriously pursuing stingless beekeeping as an entrepreneurial venture. To strengthen the industry, stakeholder's collaboration must be institutionalized to create strong business linkages among the chain operators. The distinctive characteristic of stingless bee honey should be positioned in a market niche that matches its benefit to target users. A review must be done on the provisions in the Code of Good Beekeeping Practices as regards the production chain of raw honey and its by-products to ensure that honey sold is of good quality, with fair price, and easily traceable.

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“…Beekeeping is recognized as an important component of agrifood production as it contributes to the pollination of crops at the farm level [1]. In fact, in Malaysia, apiculture is a viable complementary livelihood of pineapple farmers in rural areas with honey as a major source of income [2].…”

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Development Barriers of Stingless Bee Honey Industry in Bicol, Philippines

Hidalgo

Nicolas

Cedon

2020

Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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“…Across cultures and social contexts, food is intimately linked with pleasure, disgust, knowledge, skill, conviviality, social status and economic activity. Relations are determined and reinforced through distinct material characteristics-flavour, texture, growth, reproduction, patterns of decay-which are in turn subjectively perceived and acted upon by those who produce, prepare, consume and discard foods (Carolan, 2011;Hayes-Conroy & Martin, 2010;Longhurst et al, 2008;Longhurst, Ho & Johnston, 2009;Phillips, 2014;Roe, 2006;Waitt, 2014;Waitt & Phillips, 2016). In her much-cited paper, Roe (2006, p. 106) took a relational materialist approach to introduce the concept of 'things becoming food'.…”

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‘Try it, it’s like chocolate’: embodied methods reveal food politics

Wilbur

Gibbs

2018

Social & Cultural Geography

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Embodied methods have become popular tools for exploring subjective dimensions of social science research, including emotion and affect, as well as contributing substantively to empirical data. Concurrent growth of more-than-human research, in which the human subject is dethroned from an exclusive position of power and agency, offers an opportunity to explore methods beyond human subjectivity. This paper embraces this task by drawing on embodied methods in the context of food research, asking what the practices of transforming nonhuman matter into food reveal about the politics of food and the more-than-human world. Recounting field experiences from two discrete projects in Italy and Australia, we argue that being explicit about the role of the body in research has potential to elicit novel insights about politics and the contingency of human agency. Specifically, our research with food contributes to debates about the relationship between local knowledge and the market, animal welfare and farming standards, and wild foods and discourses of belonging. Disciplines Education | Social and Behavioral Sciences

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“…Bear (2011) argues that in order to move animals from the shadows we need to stop speaking of them as collectives and re-focus on the individual, although more individual 'meetings' may exacerbate the feeling that the being we meet is, and shall always be, strange to us (Morton, 2010). However, as Phillips (2014) argues, a feeling of nonhuman difference can lead to ethical distance but, equally, can induce a fascination, or enchantment, that fosters a long-term desire for in-depth engagement and encourages more responsible praxis. Phillips (2014) notes that the performance of human-nonhuman relations helps to establish attachments to particular places; 'intimate practice can move well beyond the boundaries of any one relation' highlighting the 'multi-species, multi-sited, multigenerational' relations that emerge through these more-than-human entanglements (Phillips, 2014: 157).…”

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‘More-than-human’ resilience(s)? Enhancing community in Finnish forest farms

Herman

2016

Geoforum

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Following beekeeping: More-than-human practice in agrifood

Cited by 46 publications

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Development Barriers of Stingless Bee Honey Industry in Bicol, Philippines

Development Barriers of Stingless Bee Honey Industry in Bicol, Philippines

‘Try it, it’s like chocolate’: embodied methods reveal food politics

‘More-than-human’ resilience(s)? Enhancing community in Finnish forest farms

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