| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT
The study identified the key drivers of honey production and its effects on rural livelihoods in Odravu sub country, Yumbe district with the specific objectives of establishing the economic benefits accruing from honey production, factors that influence the honey produced and the socio-economic effects of honey production on the rural livelihoods in Odravu sub-county, Yumbe district. The study adopted a descriptive cross-sectional study design with the questionnaire as the primary data collection tool from a sample of 80 honey-producing farmers from (Odranga, Lukenene, Kobo, Ayuri and Pamua villages. data generated from the field; was analyzed using SPSS v23. The statistics focused on the measures of central tendencies (percentages) and relational statistics to measure the direction.
The study noted that; income, medicine, employment, food, pollination, and medicine were the most economic benefits accruing from honey production in Yumbe district. The results also indicated that most farmers in the age brackets of 36-45 (36%) were more involved in honey production. most male (75%) were involved in honey production, most honey producers were married (86%) and had 4-7 (68.7%) members in a household and most honey farmers (52.5%) had attained the secondary level of education. The Factors that influence honey production in Odravu sub-county, Yumbe district were, the level of education, experience, types of hives kept per farmer, the total number of hives kept per farmer and number of hives colonized. Honey production was highest among farmers with honey production ranking as the first position among the beekeeper's income-generating activities. It's important to note that honey production was high among farmers keeping only traditional hives and those who kept more than one hive type as compared to modern beehives. The production of honey increased with an increasing number of hives kept. The effects of honey produced on the rural livelihoods in Odravu sub-county, Yumbe district were; helped to increase local people's incomes, helped the locals have access to candles to light up their homes during night hours, help in the pollination of the local plants in the community, created employment for the local people and helped to improve the diet of the local people. The study recommends that the government with the help of the local people should establish honey and beeswax collection centres and cooperatives and equipping them with the necessary facilities to help in marketing and improve honey production. It is necessary to document the available indigenous knowledge and practices of beekeeping for its further improvement and development of the beekeeping sector. | en_US |
