Livelihood security along beekeeping value chain: lessons from Ghana’s beekeeping experience

Jeil, Emmanuel Bintaayi; Segbefia, Alexander Yao; Abass, Kabila; Adjaloo, Michael

doi:10.1007/s10708-019-09982-4

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“…Alternate and irregular fruit bearing of avocado may have induced a high variability among the farms, and hidden interactions between landscape vegetation productivity, honeybee introduction, and IPM on the fruit weight. Nevertheless, the introduction of managed honeybee colonies and IPM might be a valuable approach to increase fruit production and quality on avocado farms and benefit from socioeconomic gains through proceeds from bee-hive products such as honey and bee wax (Jeil et al 2020). On the one hand, the increase of fruit weight in the medium and high vegetation productivity classes potentially indicates more favourable environmental conditions in these classes than in the low class where resources are limited.…”

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Interactions between integrated pest management, pollinator introduction, and landscape context on avocado Persea americana productivity

Toukem¹,

Mohamed²,

Yusuf³

et al. 2022

entomologia

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Pest management and insect pollination are important services that support crop production but are most often studied in isolation in cropping systems. Avocado Persea americana Mill. is an economically important crop in East Africa, which suffers from pest threats and potential drawbacks of the global pollinator crisis. The integration of pest and pollinator management is a growing research trend as a potential solution for sustainable crop production with minimum adverse effects on the environment and biodiversity. This study assessed potential interactions between landscape context, honeybee Apis mellifera L. introduction and integrated pest management (IPM) on avocado pests Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick), pollinators, and productivity in Kenya. Results showed an interaction between honeybee introduction and IPM on A. mellifera, with the highest mean abundance on the farms with both honeybee colonies and IPM. The abundance and diversity of non-Apis flower visitors were not affected by IPM and honeybee introduction across the landscapes. Pollinator introduction and IPM implementation resulted in a 941% fruit set increase and up to 97% fruit abscission within the high vegetation productivity class. Pest abundance significantly decreased on the farms with IPM, resulting in a 6% increase of final fruit weight compared with the farms without IPM. Overall, integration of pest and pollinator management did not synergistically increase the final avocado yield but represented a potential strategy to reduce pest densities while preserving wild visitors and benefiting from secondary products of honeybee colonies.

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confidence: 99%

Interactions between integrated pest management, pollinator introduction, and landscape context on avocado Persea americana productivity

Toukem¹,

Mohamed²,

Yusuf³

et al. 2022

entomologia

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“…Regarding the marital status of the household head, its coefficient is positive and strongly significant, which indicates that married rural household heads were more likely to adopt beekeeping practices than their counterparts (single, divorced, and widowed; Table 7). This phenomenon was also observed in Ghana where a large proportion of the beekeepers were married (Jeil et al, 2020).…”

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Determinants of beekeeping adoption by smallholder rural households in Northwest Ethiopia

Andaregie

Astatkie

2021

Cogent Food & Agriculture

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There is an enormous potential for beekeeping practices to generate income, create jobs, and alleviate poverty. However, in Ethiopia, there are many constraints that hinder rural households to expand and adopt beekeeping practices. The objective of this study was to analyze the determinants of beekeeping adoption in Northwest Ethiopia. To achieve the objective, cross-sectional data were collected from 369 rural households and analyzed using a nonlinear econometric (binary logistic regression) model. The maximum likelihood estimation results revealed that sex, marital status, household size, and the educational status of the household head, number of extension visits, membership in a farmers' association, and access to credit were the statistically significant variables determining beekeeping adoption in the study area. The beekeeping constraints that had statistically significant influence on beekeeping adoption were grouped as marketing, natural, and financial. To reap the benefits from the huge potential of honeybee colonies, the government of Ethiopia and other associated actors and stakeholders should work together to solve the constraints faced by rural households in adopting beekeeping practices that could result in improving their livelihoods.

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“…The analysis methodologies focus on the economic performance profile. The main data collection procedures were questionnaires and semi-structured interviews (Alonso et al, 2020;Batt & Liu, 2010;Bender & Pereira, 2006;Dorneles et al, 2014;Duah, Segbefia, Adjaloo, & Fokuo, 2017;Jaffé et al 2015;Janitha and Sunayana, 2018;Jeil, Segbefia, Abass, & Adjaloo, 2019;Lengler, 2008;Locke & Fries, 2011;Maderson & Wynne-Jones, 2016;Magaña, Moguel-Ordonez, Sanginés-García, & Morales, 2012;Matos, 2005;Pereira, Cario, & Souza, 2005;Ndyomugyenyi, Odel, & Okeng, 2015;Oliveira, Martins, Diniz Filho, Lira, & Pontes, 2007;Park & Yeo-Chang, 2012;Portes, 2003;Qaiser, Tahir, Taj, & Ali, 2013;Rosina, 2008;Shrestha, Partap, Islam, Bhuiyan, & Hussain, 2016;E. A. Silva, 2010;E.…”

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Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on governance in honey supply chains

Neto¹,

Filho²,

Siqueira³

et al. 2023

OLEL

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This study aimed to perform a bibliometric analysis of the academic production that establishes connections between governance and the honey supply chain. Forty articles were analyzed, 15 of which were in the Web of Science and Scopus® databases, and 25 were taken from the bibliographic references of the articles selected in the Scopus database. The data analysis revealed that the main theories used to investigate the existing relationships between governance and the honey supply chain were: transaction cost theory; economic theory of conventions; productive arrangements theory; and organizational theory of the beekeeping sector. Regarding the authors, no production concentration in research groups was found. The most recurrent themes refer to training, management, and sustainability. The study revealed the scarce participation of family farmers in the beekeeping chain, and the fragility of governance structures in the beekeeping sector.

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Livelihood security along beekeeping value chain: lessons from Ghana’s beekeeping experience

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Interactions between integrated pest management, pollinator introduction, and landscape context on avocado Persea americana productivity

Interactions between integrated pest management, pollinator introduction, and landscape context on avocado Persea americana productivity

Determinants of beekeeping adoption by smallholder rural households in Northwest Ethiopia

Bibliometric analysis of the academic production on governance in honey supply chains

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