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| dc.contributor.author | Shegaw, Tesfu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-22T09:08:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-22T09:08:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-11-22 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9195 | |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT The study was conducted in selected districts of Kafa Zone of SNNPR, Ethiopia with an intention to identify the production, marketing and quality status of beeswax. Three districts; Chena, Gimbo and Gesha and three PAs from each district were purposively selected based on their potentialities for honey and beeswax production and marketing. A total of 180 beekeepers and key informants were involved for the collection of survey data. Beeswax samples were taken from fresh combs, old combs, ‘tej’ houses and processors/cooperatives for quality analysis. According to the survey results, over 93% of beekeepers do not practice any processing of honey and sale it in crude form. Only about 24(13%) of individuals are practicing collection of beeswax while the rest majorities discard it as a byproduct. Of those who are collecting beeswax, only 7(29%) are practicing processing beeswax for selling and other local purposes such as foundation sheet making, smearing top bars, ‘tuaf’ making. This implies the trends of collection/processing and marketing of beeswax is infant at beekeepers level. Hence, local ’tej’ houses and cooperatives (which are two in numbers) are considered as the only major actors engaged in processing and marketing of beeswax. Though local mead houses are the major sources where beeswax is readily available, due to poor handling practices and an intentional addition of foreign materials (salt and kocho)resulting for some deviations in certain parameters. According to the laboratory results, the mean value for melting point, refractive index, ash content, total volatile matter, acid value, saponification value, ester value, and ester to acid ratio is found to be 62.35+ 0.76, 1.4416+0.0005, 0.0857+0.0744, 0.4156+0.1924, 22.689+ 1.857, 94.7540+4.221, 72.065+ 4.273, 3.201+ 0.376, respectively. All the samples passed for paraffin and other waxes and fats and fatty acid tests. The result shows, no significant variation among study districts in all parameters. However, there is significant variation in some parameters based on sources at p<0.05. Accordingly, significantly higher value for refractive index, total volatile matters and ash contents recorded at samples from ‘tej’ houses. The overall laboratory results revealed that all the beeswax samples collected from various sources are within the acceptable ranges of national and international standards. Key words: beeswax production, quality, marketing, Kafa zone. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.title | BEESWAX PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND QUALITY STATUS IN SELECTED DISTRICTS OF KAFA ZONE OF SOUTHERN NATIONS NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLES REGION, ETHIOPIA | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
