Abstract:
A study was conducted whereby 98 respondents were
interviewed out of which 54 were beekeepers while 44 were
non –beekeepers. Statistical package SPSS v 16 was used to
analyze the data. Age, awareness of national beekeeping policy,
awareness of Village land act, number of individual beehives
and number of group beehives were significant variables
affecting performance of dominant formal institution (Village
Natural Resource Committee) at p<0.05 whereas number of
individual beehives and number of group beehives owned were
significant variables affecting performance of dominant
informal institution (cultural practices) at p<0.05. Stakeholder
Power Relations were constructed not only through individual
position of community members in the kinship hierarchy, but
also through social and economic achievement and networks
that may be used in gaining access to key resources such as
land, woodlands and water.
