Indian Journal of Extension Education
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue: 1and2

Constraints and Strategies for Sustainable Apiculture Perception of Beekeepers in Bihar

  • Author:
  • Ashok Kumar1, Maya Kumari2, Arun Kumar Paswan3, Satya Prakash4
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 96 to 98

1SMS(Extension Education), KVK, Araria, BAU, Sabour, (Bhagalpur), Bihar

2SMS(Home Science), KVK, BAU, Jamtara, Jharkhand

3Assistant Professor, Department of Extension Education, TCA, Dholi, Muzaffarpur(Bihar)

4Assistant Professor, Department of Extension Education, RAU, Pusa(Bihar), Samastipur

Abstract

Based on systematic study, the efforts have been made to identify the major constraints in adoption of standardized beekeeping technologies for enhancing honey production. Also some strategies were suggested for participative approach of sustainable apiculture based on the experiences of bee-keepers of this region. The study revealed that the prime constraints perceived by beekeepers were related to technological and economic aspects. The important strategies suggested by beekeepers included the aspects of trainings, migration beekeeping practices.

Keywords

Bee-keeping, adoption, constraints, strategies