Economic analysis of beekeeping: Production and marketing of honey in Haryana
| dc.contributor.advisor | Chauhan, R.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sumit | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-09T06:16:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-01-09T06:16:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study aims at dealing with costs and returns of beekeeping, marketing pattern of honey, impact of honey on income and employment, trends of export and import of honey and constraints related to production and marketing of honey. For the present study, Haryana state was divided into two zones i.e. eastern and western zones. From eastern zone, Kaithal and Yamunanagar and from western zone, Hisar and Sirsa districts were selected purposely. From each district, a random sample of 30 beekeepers was selected which constituted a total sample of 120 beekeepers. The beekeepers were categorized into small, medium and large categories by cumulative total method on the basis of number of boxes i.e., small (up to 120), medium (121-250) and large (more than 250). In eastern and western zones, it was observed that overall average expenditure on bees per farm and per colony was the major item of investment accounting for 73.69 and 73.90 per cent, respectively, of the total fixed investment. The overall average total depreciation on fixed capital and interest on fixed investment were 23.18 per cent and variable cost was 76.82 per cent of the total investment. In eastern and western zones, gross returns per farm, per colony and per kg were ` 761471.42 and 956886.13, 6674.89 and 6664.48, ` 222.63 and ` 203.73, respectively. In eastern and western zones, net returns per farm, per colony and per kg were ` 550551.56 and 677394.30, ` 4826.01 and 4717.89 and ` 163.28 and 143.62, respectively. In eastern and western zones, the benefit-cost ratio was 3.75 and 3.39, respectively. Channel-II (Producer-wholesaler-retailer-consumer) was adopted by most of the beekeepers irrespective of the zone. The average price of honey was ` 299.19 and 297.74 per kg for consumer in eastern and western zones, respectively. In eastern zone, the impact of beekeeping on net income and additional income from employment per farm and per colony was ` 1044433.33 and 4943.85, ` 83392.38 and 518.40, respectively. Similarly, in western zone, the impact of beekeeping on net income and additional income from employment per farm and per colony was ` 970456.81 and 4589.85, and ` 107872.57 and 642.06, respectively. Quantity of honey exported from India increased by 95.98 per cent in the year 2015-16 over the year 2008-09, while import of honey decreased by 84.89 per cent. The linear growth rate and compound annual growth rate for honey export is predicted 5.48 and 105.65 per cent, respectively. As far as the constraints in production and marketing of honey are concerned, beekeepers were unaware about social, environmental, physical, economical and technological constraints in production. Low selling price of honey, higher expenditure on transportation and delay in payment were the major constraints in marketing of honey in both the zones. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810089497 | |
| dc.keywords | Costs and returns, Marketing pattern, Honey, Income, Employment, Import, Export | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | CCSHAU | en_US |
| dc.sub | Agricultural Economics | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | Economic analysis of beekeeping: Production and marketing of honey in Haryana | en_US |
| dc.these.type | Ph.D | en_US |
| dc.title | Economic analysis of beekeeping: Production and marketing of honey in Haryana | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |