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    Beekeeping for pollination in a changing climate: perceptions, knowledge and adoption level of farmers in selected villages of Muheza district
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 2019) Kalekezi, Adili Brighton
    The study aimed to provide an understanding to the relationship that exists between Perceptions of farmers on honey bee pollination and climate change to the adoption level of beekeeping among farmers in Mkuzi and Mindu villages of Muheza district. Random sampling was used to select 100 respondents, 50 from each study village. Semi-structured Questionnaires, Focus group discussions, Key informant interviews and Inventory were used to collect primary and secondary data. Qualitative data were analyzed using the Content analysis procedure while the SPSS 20 and Microsoft Excel 2013 were used in the analyses of quantitative data. Majority of respondents from both villages had adequate local knowledge and correct perceptions on climate change; 100% of all respondents understood climate in terms of temperature and rainfall, 82% of respondents from Mkuzi village and 86% from Mindu village perceived an increasing temperature trend while 76% of respondents from Mkuzi village and 84% from Mindu village perceived a decreasing rainfall trend for the past three decades. Results of the analysis of empirical data from Tanga airport weather station were in line with respondents Perceptions. However, there was inadequate knowledge and incorrect perceptions on honeybee pollination and its importance to crop cultivation; Only 34% of respondents at Mkuzi village and 22% at Mindu village knew the meaning of pollination, only 16% of respondents from Mkuzi village and 12% from Mindu village perceived that agricultural production depend on pollination while only 28% of respondents from Mkuzi village and 16% from Mindu village knew that honeybees were pollinators. Moreover, majority of respondents perceived beekeeping as either a hobby or an extra economic activity while 100% of all respondents of this study did not know that beekeeping can be practiced for the purpose of providing pollination services. The study recommends farmers to be educated on pollination, climate change and beekeeping and how this knowledge can be integrated to reduce the climate change related decline of honeybees and hence ensure sustainable agriculture. Moreover, the study recommends policy frameworks for the conservation of pollinators.