Study of factors limiting the development of beekeeping in the conservation of natural resources
1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
2 Department of Agro Management, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
3 Department of Management, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
4 Department of Agronomy, Higher Institute of Technology of Ambositra, Madagascar.
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Technology Research Archive, 2022, 03(01), 213–224.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijstra.2022.3.1.0105
Publication history:
Received on 19 August 2022; revised on 26 September 2022; accepted on 29 September 2022
Abstract:
Introduction: The development of beekeeping depends on many factors. This study is conducted in the rural communes of Marosakoa and Andranofasika, around the protected area of Ankarafantsika. It is one of the rural communes with a beekeeping vocation and honey producers in the Boeny Region, even if it is dominated by traditional beekeeping.
Objectives: The overall objective is to describe and analyze the constraints of beekeeping in the conservation of natural resources.
Methods: Survey with direct interview by questionnaires formulated at the level of 54 beekeepers using traditional hives and modern hives equipped by the PAGE / GIZ program, documentation and follow-up at the level of apiaries for 6 months in the rural municipalities of Marosakoa and Andranofasika, around the protected area of Ankarafantsika were carried out to determine the constraints of beekeeping. The data collected was processed and analyzed with XLSTAT software.
Results: Environmental, economic and social constraints, desertion and varroa mites were observed in apiaries and hampered beekeeping production. The use of APIGENER product can contribute to the fight against the Varroa destructor parasite in bee colonies to the development of the beekeeping sector.
Conclusion: All these constraints reduce the quantity of beekeeping production and the prices of honey and wax. They have impacts on the conservation of natural resources.
Keywords:
Beekeeping; Ankarafantsika; Constraints; Development; Natural resources
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