Honey market value chain
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).
