ADOPTION OF MODERN HONEY BEE PROCESSING PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
ADOPTION OF MODERN HONEY BEE PROCESSING PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
| dc.contributor.author | NDU, Augustina Ukachi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-24T13:46:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-24T13:46:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-07 | |
| dc.description | A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION,AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study assessed the adoption of modern honey bee production and processing practices in Kano State, Nigeria. Specifically, the objectives were to identify the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, access their awareness and adoption of modern honey bee processing practices. Furthermore, the research sought to identify the benefits of and constraints to adoption of modern honey bee processing practices (MHBPPs) in Kano State. The study was a descriptive survey with a population of 1200 KNAP-trained bee farmers for the period 2010-2013.Ten (10) LGAs were randomly selected (to reflect all the senatorial zones) and all the 270 bee farmers in the 10 LGAs formed the sample size for the study. A structured and validated questionnaire was used to elicit relevant data from the respondents. Of the 270 administered questionnaires, 97.50% rate of return was obtained and the data was used for analysis. The result showed that majority of the bee farmers were males 94.30%, married 91.60%, and aged 45-55years 73.70% with all the participants having at least primary education with an average annual income of N200,000.00 from bee keeping business. The bee farmers were aware, adopting and benefiting from MHBPPs In terms of adoption, the most adopted practice was wearing bee clothes followed by sorting and grading and benefited most in quality products with increased income. The most severe constraints to adoption were high cost of equipment, scarcity of modern production and processing equipment and the least constraint was honey fermentation and crystallization. All the null hypotheses were rejected because significant relationship existed in the variables tested. Hypothesis one which stated that there is no significant effect of socio-economic characteristics on adoption of MHBPPP was significant at 0.05. This implies that there is a significant effect of socio-economic characteristics on adoption of MHBPPPs. Significant relationship was found between awareness and adoption of MHBPPs ix since calculated r value of 0.637 was found at 0.05 level of significance. There was significant relationship between constraints and adoption as calculated r value of 0.673 at 0.05 levels of significance was obtained. This means that the higher the constraints the lower the adoption of MHBPPs. In conclusion, the study found that bee farmers in Kano State were aware and were adopting the MHBPPs, with benefits of higher quality products and increased income. However, the constraints encountered by the farmers led them to the use blends of local and modern tools in their production and processing. The study recommended that government should provide soft loans, remove duties on imported tools and equipment as well as create enabling environment for local fabrication of honey production and processing tools. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10015 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | ADOPTION OF MODERN HONEY BEE, | en_US |
| dc.subject | PROCESSING PRACTICES, | en_US |
| dc.subject | FARMERS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | KANO STATE, | en_US |
| dc.subject | NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.title | ADOPTION OF MODERN HONEY BEE PROCESSING PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |