ABSTRACT
This study aimed at assessing the contribution of beekeeping towards household
livelihood with the aim of determining the potentiality of beekeeping towards the
households’ livelihoods as an effort to reducing poverty in Mlali and Chamkoroma wards
in Kongwa District, Dodoma. Specifically, the study intended (i), to assess the factors that
influence people to engage in beekeeping activities in the study areas. (ii), to investigate
the contribution of beekeeping towards household livelihood in the study areas. (iii), to
examine available strategies towards beekeeping in the study areas. Data were collected
using a cross- sectional design. Both probability and non- probability sampling procedure
were employed. Questionnaires, participatory observation and interviews were used to
collect data from the field. 97 respondents randomly were selected from two villages in
Kongwa District. The study has found that majority of beekeepers 50% were influenced
by the need to increase income while the rest were influenced by other beekeepers.
Furthermore, beekeeping was found to have met the expectations to majority 80% of the
beekeepers. The researcher, therefore, concludes that beekeeping has improved peoples’
livelihoods in the study area. Despite the absence of a special allocated site for operating
beekeeping activities in the study areas as affirmed by 90% of the respondents, majority
99% of the respondents are able to access new knowledge on beekeeping from NGOs and
internet. The study recommends that, the government should provide beekeeping
equipment as well as market and price information to beekeepers.
Paji, K (2021). Contribution Of Beekeeping Towards Rural Household Livelihood In Tanzania: The Case Of Two Selected Wards Mlali And Chamkoroma In Kongwa District, Dodoma. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-beekeeping-towards-rural-household-livelihood-in-tanzania-the-case-of-two-selected-wards-mlali-and-chamkoroma-in-kongwa-district-dodoma
Paji, Kelvin "Contribution Of Beekeeping Towards Rural Household Livelihood In Tanzania: The Case Of Two Selected Wards Mlali And Chamkoroma In Kongwa District, Dodoma" Afribary. Afribary, 26 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-beekeeping-towards-rural-household-livelihood-in-tanzania-the-case-of-two-selected-wards-mlali-and-chamkoroma-in-kongwa-district-dodoma. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Paji, Kelvin . "Contribution Of Beekeeping Towards Rural Household Livelihood In Tanzania: The Case Of Two Selected Wards Mlali And Chamkoroma In Kongwa District, Dodoma". Afribary, Afribary, 26 Apr. 2021. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-beekeeping-towards-rural-household-livelihood-in-tanzania-the-case-of-two-selected-wards-mlali-and-chamkoroma-in-kongwa-district-dodoma >.
Paji, Kelvin . "Contribution Of Beekeeping Towards Rural Household Livelihood In Tanzania: The Case Of Two Selected Wards Mlali And Chamkoroma In Kongwa District, Dodoma" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 23, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-beekeeping-towards-rural-household-livelihood-in-tanzania-the-case-of-two-selected-wards-mlali-and-chamkoroma-in-kongwa-district-dodoma