Chemically, beeswax consists mainly of esters of fatty acids. From this study it was realized that, there is a potential of honey bee production in the district and it is dominated by framed hive modern production system. National bee keeping training and extension manual, ugan da. Analysis of honey bee production opportunities and challenges. Ethiopia is the leading honey producer in africa and 10th in the world. Beeswax production and marketing in ethiopia science publishing.
Review of economical and ecological importance of bee and bee products in ethiopia journal of animal husbandry and dairy science v2 i2 2018 20 however, with these existing practices the annual honey production in the country is. Ethiopia is the leading producer of honey and wax in africa. Quality focused apiculture sector value chain development in. Productivity of honeybees is very low and only an average of 815kg of honey could be cropped per hive per year.
Maize provides wide opportunity for establishment of both large and medium diversified industrial enterprises. Maize ethiopia produces more than six million tonnes annually and recently adopted improved inputs and technologies. Assessment of chicken production under farmers management condition in east gojam zone, amhara regional state, ethiopia melese gashu nigatu and melkamu bezabih debre markos university, college of agriculture and natural resources, department of animal sciences, po. There are three techniques of honey production system in ethiopia.
This makes ethiopia a leading in africa and ninth in the world in honey production, respectively. College of agriculture and environmental sciences, department of animal sciences, adigrat university, adigrat, ethiopia 2. The direct contribution of beekeeping includes the value of the outputs produced such as honey, bee wax, queen and bee colonies, and. Similarly, it stands first in africa and third in the world in beeswax production faostat data 2005. Apiculture 340 and 440 longitudes east, most of which were not is a promising offfarm enterprise, which directly and. Mustard seed brassica carinata and linseed linum usitatissimum also have special importance in ethiopia particularly. Since 2008, ethiopia is eu third country listed for the export of honey. Although the annual production of both honey and wax in ethiopia is large compared to other african countries, the system of production commonly exercised in the country is traditional. Ethiopian investment agency embassy of ethiopia, stockholm. Review of economical and ecological importance of bee and bee products in ethiopia ajabush dafar. Assessment of challenges and opportunities of bee keeping in. Nov 16, 2010 this essay is an attempt to assess critically the wax and gold tradition as a philosophical foundation of ethiopian hermeneutics. Beeswax is one of the most valuable and oldest bee products to be used by mankind and still being used in the development of new products in various fields such as cosmetics, foods, pharmaceuticals, engineering and industry.
Arsi zone is one of the oromia regional states zones with high potential of honey and bees wax production and where there was dissemination of modern beehives. In the first part, i shall analyze the wax and gold tradition as a poetic and literary tradition. The current annual honey production is estimated at approximately 24 thousand tons, accounting for about 24 and 2% of the total africa and world honey production, respectively. Thus, this research was conducted to exploit the main beekeeping production system existing and constraints in basketo special woreda, southern ethiopia. The report includes detailed analyses of honey and bee products market in ethiopia, information on major producers, distributing companies, and buyers. For the wax making bees to secrete wax, the ambient temperature in the hive must be 33 to 36 c 91 to 97 f. Participatory technology and constraints assessment to. The primary difference between particleboard and other. The production of sesame seeds in the world is dominated by a few countries that lie in the african and asian continents. Moreover, ethiopia is a country where apicultural research is being conducted in a coordinated manner. Review of ethiopias global position in honey and other.
Assessment of honey production system, constraints and opportunities in three selected woredas of tigray region, ethiopia atsbaha hailemariam 1, taye tolemariam 2 and kebede debele 2 1ethiopian institute of agricultural research, mehoni agricultural ressearch center, p. College of agriculture and environmental sciences, school of agricultural economics and agro business. Ethiopia, as source of honey and bees wax and abyssinia has been. Traditional beekeeping is the major and oldest type of beekeeping practiced in ethiopia for thousands of years kassaye 1990. It is also grown on smallscale farms under rainfed agriculture. Assessment of honey production system, constraints and. Content of the slides introduction to ethiopia ethiopian agroecology and biodiversity history of beekeeping in ethiopia honeybees forages resource honeybee races in the country beehives and its production capacities honey and beeswax production socioecononmic. This research was initiated with objectives of quantifying adoption rate of modern beehives and its determinant factors and drawing policy implication for further extension of the technology. Structure and performance of ethiopias coffee export sector. Honeybee production in the three agroecological districts. The poultry sector in ethiopia can be characterized into three major production systems based on some selected parameters such as breed, flock size, housing, feed, health, technology, and biosecurity. Esa is established due to the restructuring of quality and standards authority of ethiopia qsae which was established in 1998.
Characterization of beekeeping systems and honey marketing. Assessment of honey production and marketing system in. Beeswax cera alba is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus apis. Assessment of constraints and opportunities of honey. Africa is blessed with numerous types of wild honeybees adjare, 1990. Pdf adoption of modern bee hive in arsi zone of oromia. Ethiopia is a leading honey producer in africa and one of the ten largest honey producing countries in the world.
The purpose of beekeeping practices is mainly for honey and wax production and as source of foreign currency to ethiopian communities. Assessment of chicken production under farmers management. Moreover, ethiopia is a country where apicultural research is being conducted in a coordinated manner under the national agricultural research system. The hive workers collect and use it to form cells for honey storage and larval and pupal protection within the beehive. Review of honey bee and honey production in ethiopia. Assessment of beekeeping production system and constraints. Livestock production systems and their environmental implications in ethiopia by tom kimball introduction environmental degradation from human pressures and land use has become a major worldwide problem, though the effects are felt more in developing countries due to the high population growth. The significance of honey production for livelihood in.
After exploring how this tradition has shaped social and political interaction in the second part, in the third part i will show the implications of the wax and gold. Ethiopia has the potential to produce 500,000 tonnes of honey per year and 50,000 tonnes of beeswax per annual, but currently production is limited to 43,000 tonnes of honey and 3,000 tonnes of beeswax moard, 2008. Review of economical and ecological importance of bee and. Quality focused apiculture sector value chain development. Family income profile, and the production and value chain distribution system. Ethiopia is one of the countries in the continent, which has the largest honeybee. Production system and productivity honey is produced in almost all parts of. Traditional beekeeping is the major and oldest type of beekeeping practiced. More recently, the northern regions of the country located between 90 n and 14. Bees wax actually is a byproduct during honey production and mainly is totally used inside the country. Postharvest operations page 3 niger seed guizotia abyssinica has particular importance in ethiopia, where it is called noug. Silage is not interesting for marketing as its value is difficult to be determined.
Ethiopia is one of the countries in the continent, which has the largest honeybee populations and owns big potential of honey production. The ethiopian standards agency esa is the national standards body of ethiopia establishedin 2010 based on regulation no. For smallholder farmers with limited production capacity, finding enough feed in the winter months to maintain good milk production is always a problem. This estimate is without considering much of the beeswax produced in remote areas where it is usually wasted. The annual production of wax is estimated at 3,200 tones. The beekeeping subsector has been an integral part of agriculture in ethiopia. Assessment of production system and constraints of bee. Description of fogera woreda fogera wereda is one of the 106 woredas of the amhara regional state and found in south. First, we document the characteristics of the sector, the policy shifts affecting the. The amount of honey used by bees to produce wax has not been accurately determined.
The significance of honey production for livelihood in ethiopia. Ethiopia is a leading honey producer in africa and one of the ten largest honey producing. We study the structure and performance of ethiopias coffee export sector over the last decade. The status of beekeeping practices and honey production. Its quality to store the products is used in wineproduction wine barrels inside are covered with wax. The wax is formed into scales by eight wax producing glands in the abdominal segments of worker bees, which discard it in or at the hive. Hence, a lot of information have been gathered on different aspects of the beekeeping. The country, having the highest number because of this and other reasons, the country could not. In the year 2007, annual production of sisal in the world has been recorded as 250 thousand tons. College of agriculture, wolaita sodo university, ethiopia 2. Farmers are only selling honey and do not consider wax as means of income in their business. Developing countries produce about 47% of the total worlds honey production. Beekeeping practices of ethiopia arse gebeyehuwode nov 3, 2015 2.
American journal of research communication, 2014, 210. Ethiopia honey production accounts for approximately 2. Ethiopia, beeswax is one of the important exportable agricultural commodities where. A natural secretion from wax glands on the sides of the body of honey bees and is used primarily as a building block for. Assessment of challenges and opportunities of bee keeping. It has been contributing to the household income and poverty alleviation and national economy through export. The outcome of the investigation in line with other finding conducted in central, northern and south western part of ethiopia where traditional beekeeping system is the predominance in the rural areas of the country.
This essay is an attempt to assess critically the wax and gold tradition as a philosophical foundation of ethiopian hermeneutics. The majority which is above 80% of the honey produced is used for honey. Assessment of honey production and marketing system in gomma. It contributes to the incomes of households in particular and the economy of the nation in general. Haftu k, gezu t 2014 survey on the honey production system. However, china topped its honey production from 172,448,000 to 898,000,000 pounds. Honey and beeswax production and export 45 ethiopia s diverse climatic conditions and floral resources allow the country to sustain between seven and 10 million honey bee colonies, the highest honey bee colony density in africa and the third highest in the world. Review of progress in ethiopian honey production and marketing. Business report 2020 provides a complete overview of current market state issued in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. Honey production and marketing in ethiopian science. Honey and beeswax production and export 45 ethiopias diverse climatic conditions and floral resources allow the country to sustain between seven and 10 million honey bee colonies, the highest honey bee colony density in africa and the third highest in the world. Review of economical and ecological importance of bee and bee. Contribution of livestock sector in ethiopian economy. Pdf abstract the beekeeping subsector has been an integral part of agriculture in ethiopia.
Ethiopia and is extensively grown in the lowlands under largescale irrigation schemes. Assessment of constraints and opportunities of honey production in wonchi district south west shewa zone of oromia, ethiopia. Analysis of honey bee production opportunities and. Ethiopia has plenty of honey and bees wax ready to meet the growing. Based on these facts, even though gomma district is believed to have a diversified type of vegetation and cultivated crops as potential for beekeeping activities, so far there is no research information on honey production system in the area. Ethiopian honey production is characterized by the widespread use of traditional. Two additional annual crops must be mentioned, though neither is technically considered an. Content of the slides introduction to ethiopia ethiopian agroecology and biodiversity history of beekeeping in ethiopia honeybees forages resource honeybee races in the country beehives and its production capacities honey and beeswax production socioecononmic importance contemporary. In ethiopia, beekeeping is a promising nonfarm activity for the rural households. Damot gale woreda agricultural office abstract the study was conducted in damot gale woreda, wolaita zone, southern ethiopia to assess the production system and constraints of bee keeping practices and its management. Ethiopia is a federal republic with a parliamentary system. Ability to instantly harden upon cooling is used in metallurgy to check forms for cast iron castings, granularity and flexibility in the optical industry for engraving of glass and preparation of gluing and polishing pastes. Review of honey bee and honey production in ethiopia fikru s. Tomato tomato is currently grown in almost all parts of ethiopia.
In ethiopia apicultural research is being conducted in a coordinated manner under the national agricultural research system. Use shields or hooded sprayers if applying to row middles and prevent contact with plastic mulch. The outcome of the investigation inline with other finding conducted in central, northern and south western part of ethiopia where traditional beekeeping system is the predominance in the rural areas of. Assessment of beekeeping production system and constraints in.
Ethiopia has huge apicultural resources that made it the leading beeswax producer in africa, and one of the important beeswax exporter to the world market. Honey production system is mainly classified in to traditional, intermediate and modern. Beekeeping practices in ethiopia linkedin slideshare. The country has huge apicultural resources that made it the leading honey and beeswax producer in africa.
Assessment of the sheep production system of northern ethiopia in relation to sustainable productivity and sheep meat quality abzelealem tesfay gebretsadik, aanal, a. Ethiopia annually produces approximately 120,000 tons of cotton central statistics agency. The direct contribution of beekeeping includes the value of the outputs produced such as honey, bee wax. Strategy program, ethiopia ranks 10 th and 4 th in the world in honey and wax production, respectively. Much of the cotton production in ethiopia is from smallscale farmers, who. Beekeeping, beeswax, ethiopia, marketing, production. Many are forced to buy hay, concentrates or silage. Pdf assessment of honey production system, constraints and.