ASSESSMENT ON ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF BEEKEEPING IN ABESHEGE DISTRICT OF GURAGE ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

Abstract

The research was conducted in Abeshege district. The aim of the research is to assess the eco nomicimportance of beekeeping in the district. In the study area beekeeping is wide spread practice but beekeepers have not got the expected economic contribution from beekeeping sector .This is due to the presence of factors that affect the productivity of beekeeping. The study used both probability and non-probability sampling method to select 60 respondents from the total beekeepers found in the selected Kebeles. For this study both primary and secondary data were used. Primary data was collected from respondents and secondary data was collected from doc uments, books and websites. The analysis was under taken using SPSS (version 20) the descrip tive statics such as percentage andfrequency through tabulation, graph &charts was done. In the study area majority of farmers involve in beekeeping to produce honey and some produce other products like beeswax. In the study area also majority of farmers were use the products for consumption purpose and the few farmers use for commercial purpose. The study recommends some possible Solutions to increase the productivity of beekeeping in study area