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Egyptian Beekeepers’ Practices and Challenges

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Last updated: 30 Dec 2024

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Agricultural Extension and Rural Society

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the characteristics of Egyptian beekeepers, to analyze the internal and external environment related to beekeeping sector in Egypt, To measure the level of their practices, and identify the relationship between beekeepers' practices and characteristics in addition to the role of agricultural extension and other 
organizations concerned in supporting beekeepers. The study sample included 178 randomly selected beekeepers, in addition to 37 senior beekeepers and exporters who were intentionally selected. Data were collected using a face to face and an online questionnaire which included the main topics of SWOT analysis related to the beekeepingsector in Egypt. 
The top points of the four topics of SWOT were “Crops diversity and continues blooming" which came as main strength of the internal environment of beekeeping sector, "Death of exported bee packages as a result of airline negligence" representing the most vital weakness. "Ability to produce early swarms making us competitive" was the most important opportunity in beekeeping sector, while "Random and irrational use of agricultural pesticides" represented the most significant threat. It was also found that there is a statistically significant relationship between level of beekeeper' practices and each of, the number of years of experience, the ownership of apiaries, amount of produced honey, 
connections with foreign beekeepers, beekeeping information source, encouraging others to work in beekeeping sector, and membership of beekeeping associations. Finally, almost two-thirds of beekeepers reported the absence of official extension services related to beekeeping sector.

DOI

10.21608/sjas.2023.212280.1310

Keywords

Beekeeping sector, sowt analysis, Beekeeper’ Practices, Agricultural Extension

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Mohamed Fahmy

MiddleName

abdelhamed

Affiliation

Agri. extension

Email

ahmed.abdelhamid@agr.cu.edu.eg

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First Name

medhat

Last Name

Ezzat

MiddleName

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Affiliation

استاذ الإرشاد الزراعي المساعد زراعة القاهرة

Email

medhatwahab@gmail.com

City

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Orcid

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First Name

Hatem

Last Name

Sharaf El-Din

MiddleName

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Affiliation

GAMMAA ST

Email

sharaf85-0000@agr.cu.edu.eg

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0001-8056-7696

Volume

5

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

41562

Issue Date

2023-06-01

Receive Date

2023-05-28

Publish Date

2023-06-01

Page Start

121

Page End

134

Print ISSN

2535-1796

Online ISSN

2535-180X

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https://sjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_305602.html

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305,602

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Original Article

Type Code

916

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://sjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Egyptian Beekeepers’ Practices and Challenges

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30 Dec 2024