Impact of beekeeping on households’ livelihoods and forest resources in Inyonga division, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-28T20:26:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-08T09:03:10Z
dc.date.available2016-05-28T20:26:45Z
dc.date.available2020-01-08T09:03:10Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionAvailable in print formen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study has examined the impacts of beekeeping on households’ livelihoods and forest resources in Inyonga Division, Tanzania. The main objective of this study was to assess the impacts of beekeeping to household and woodlands. Data were collected through questionnaires, informal interviews, direct observations and focus group discussions. A total of 100 households were randomly selected and interviewed in three villages. The data were analyzed statistically using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) programme and Microsoft excel. The results revealed that 38% of the households interviewed carry out beekeeping as the second economic activity. The results showed that beekeeping has a significant contribution to the household income and hence playing an important role in supplementing the household income as it helps in building houses, paying school fees and other school necessities, expand small business and agricultural activities. The study also revealed that beekeeping has some positive and negative impacts to the forest. Positively beekeepers do not cut or set fire on forests where they hang their beehives while the negative ones included poor harvesting methods which cause fire, and cutting of trees for making bark hives which last up to five years only. From this study, it is concluded that beekeeping contributes to the household economy through cash income and conservation of forest.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAhmed, A (2010) Impact of beekeeping on households’ livelihoods and forest resources in Inyonga division, Tanzania. Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam. Available athttp://41.86.178.3/internetserver3.1.2/search.aspxen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3552
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectBee cultureen_US
dc.subjectBeekeepingen_US
dc.subjectHouseholdsen_US
dc.subjectForest resourcesen_US
dc.subjectInyonga divisionen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleImpact of beekeeping on households’ livelihoods and forest resources in Inyonga division, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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