Analysis of factors influencing the consumption of honey in Mwanza City, Tanzania
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2017
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
Beekeeping practice in Tanzania contributes to foreign earnings, employment, food
and industrial raw materials. This study was stimulated by the increased tendency of
honey consumption in urban centers of Tanzania. However there was little
information on present quantity consumed and factors influencing the choice for
honey consumption in Mwanza City. Specifically, the study determined the present
quantity consumed, examined factors influencing the choice for consumption and
forecasted the demand of honey for year 2020 through 2025. Purposive sampling was
used to select three strata based on residential cost categories and random sampling
technique was employed in selecting 120 households with 40 households from each
stratum. Both descriptive and quantitative statistics were used. Binary Logistic
Regression was used in modeling the choice for honey consumption, and income
demand and population models were used in forecasting future demand of honey in
the study area. The results show that total annual quantity of honey consumption was
423 871.8 kg and per capital consumption was 0.6 kg in 2014. Binary Logistic
Regression results show that, taste and preference, natural healing characteristic and
freeness of cholesterol and dangerous sugar contents and education level of household
head were significant at 5% (P< 0.05) influencing the consumption of honey in the
study area. The estimated consumption income elasticity was 0.312 and the forecasted
market demand for honey is expected to reach approximately 824.4 and 1,742.5 tons in
2020 and 2025 per year, respectively. The study concludes that honey is consumed in
the study area and adjustment in each one of the significant variables can significantly
influence the probability of household choice for honey consumption in the study
area. The study recommends awareness creation on the benefits of honey, develop
mechanism for traceability and promote beekeeping activity.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES ECONOMICS OF
SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE.
MOROGORO, TANZANIA. 2017
Keywords
Honey analysis, Honey consumption, Beekeeping practice, Mwanza City, Tanzania