Presented by Risper Maccs Berem Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Egerton University
Bee keeping offers viable alternative for smallholder farmers because:
- Does not need a lot of land or good soil
- Low input requirements
- Hilly and rocky land which is not arable can be used productively, provided there are bushes.
- Cheap technology-based
- Environmentally-friendly(Pollination-80%)
- Honey-Long Shelf life (no infrastructure)
Objectives of her study were:
- To assess the factors that influence the practice and extent of honey value addition.
- To assess the contribution of honey value addition to poverty reduction.
One of her recommendations was that there is need for the Ministry of Livestock to seriously promote VA as a means of poverty reduction among the poor in ASAL
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