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A '''well-differentiated honey market value chain''' is equally important for '''producers''', the '''distributors''' as well as for the '''consumer''' to provide '''uniform quality''' and further to '''increase the income'''. | A '''well-differentiated honey market value chain''' is equally important for '''producers''', the '''distributors''' as well as for the '''consumer''' to provide '''uniform quality''' and further to '''increase the income'''. | ||
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| − | '''Ethiopia:''' Gemechis ( | + | '''Ethiopia:''' Gemechis (2015) wrote about the domestic honey market value chain of Ethiopia: Crude honey is sold to '''collectors''' (nearest town/village markets) by small scale beekeepers. They pass on a great amount of the product to '''whole sellers''' in bigger cities and to local '''''tej'' breweries'''. The whole sellers act as '''distributors''' and sell the honey to '''retailers''', '''''tej'' houses''', '''processors''' and '''consumers'''. <ref name="Gemechis 2015"> Some beekeepers form '''marketing and producing cooperatives'''. They collect crude honey from members and sell the semi-processed product to processing companies or distributors. In Ethiopia, there is a lack of “good beekeeping practice”, thus, the cooperatives do not underlie quality controlling bodies, nor have business concepts and therefore suffer under '''quality loss''' and cannot compete with '''bigger companies''' (lack of proper collection, storage and transportation facilities). In addition, the domestic honey market has several problems: the '''smuggle''' and '''adulteration''' of honey bee products, complaints of consumers about '''increasing prices''' of honey products, while the beekeepers have the feeling that the business is not rewarding. <ref name="Gemechis 2015">Gemechis, L. Y. (2015). Honey Production and Marketing in Ethiopia. Agriculture And Biology Journal Of North America, 7(5), 248-253. https://doi.org/10.5251/abjna.2016.7.5.248.253</ref> For local beekeepers, it is not common to separate table honey from beeswax and other ingredients, but during the ''tej''-brewing process, beeswax is separated as a '''byproduct''' that is passed on to [[beeswax]] collectors and exporters. Hence, they serve as important stakeholders in the beeswax business. <ref name="SNV">SNV/Ethiopia (2005). Strategic intervention plan on honey & beeswax value-chains, snv support to business organizations and their access to markets (boam).</ref> |
Revision as of 10:28, 13 June 2018
A well-differentiated honey market value chain is equally important for producers, the distributors as well as for the consumer to provide uniform quality and further to increase the income.
Ethiopia: Gemechis (2015) wrote about the domestic honey market value chain of Ethiopia: Crude honey is sold to collectors (nearest town/village markets) by small scale beekeepers. They pass on a great amount of the product to whole sellers in bigger cities and to local tej breweries. The whole sellers act as distributors and sell the honey to retailers, tej houses, processors and consumers. Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag For local beekeepers, it is not common to separate table honey from beeswax and other ingredients, but during the tej-brewing process, beeswax is separated as a byproduct that is passed on to beeswax collectors and exporters. Hence, they serve as important stakeholders in the beeswax business. [1]
Indonesia: According to a local scientist (Universitas Padjadjaran), fragments of a honey market chain exist, but work need to be done, to strengthen the value market chain. So far, beekeepers sell their products online in the form of bulk packaging by creating and marketing their own brand, or they offer it to collectors (i.e. distributors). In a next step, the collected products (honey, pollen, royal jelly, wax) will be further processed to adjust the quality of goods (flavor, water content, ...). Table honey is sold in bigger cities situated around the particular farms.
References
- ↑ SNV/Ethiopia (2005). Strategic intervention plan on honey & beeswax value-chains, snv support to business organizations and their access to markets (boam).
