This study analyses the influence of geographical origin and taste on honey consumer behavior. First, we explore the influence of geographical origin on consumers' hedonic evaluation of honey. We then assess the influence of geographical origin and taste on their willingness to pay (WTP) for...

The study investigates extrinsic and intrinsic factors that influence honey purchasing decisions and their impact on honey consumption in Slovakia and Hungary. The comparative study is based on an online survey carried out during 2022. Both research samples are representative in terms of gender...

Apiculture as a branch of agriculture bases on bee's instinct to store food supplies over consumption need. supplies that are used by the beekeeper. From the technical-scientific and socio-economic evolution point of view. it caused the increase of food and the diversity of its range. Apiculture...

Wild raw honey hunting and consumption is very popular among rural communities in South Africa as a source of income and food for households. Although men traditionally dominate wild honey hunting, in recent years participation of women has increased. However, evidence of the participation of...

Beekeeping is a very important activity because of its economic, social and ecologic impact. In Mexico, this activity generates revenue, income and employment to people and is closely related with agriculture. The following work is a documentary study that seeks to explain the situation of honey...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been increasingly used for the improvement of the environmental performance of products and services, including food systems. Amongst them, however, honey appears to have been rarely analysed. Furthermore, the pollination by honeybees can be regarded as one of the...

Apiculture as a branch of agriculture bases on bee's instinct to store food supplies over consumption need. supplies that are used by the beekeeper. From the technical-scientific and socio-economic evolution point of view. it caused the increase of food and the diversity of its range. Apiculture...

Biological invasions have ecological impacts worldwide with potential massive economic costs. Among other ecosystem services, invasive alien species are particularly known to impact pollination. By predating honey bees (Apis mellifera), the invasive Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)...

Beekeeping is a very important activity because of its economic, social and ecologic impact. In Mexico, this activity generates revenue, income and employment to people and is closely related with agriculture. The following work is a documentary study that seeks to explain the situation of honey...

The paper presents natural honey market conjuncture, accentuating the contribution of EU28 (European Union 28) and BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) to the world market competitiveness. The presented countries hold more than a half of natural honey world...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been increasingly used for the improvement of the environmental performance of products and services, including food systems. Amongst them, however, honey appears to have been rarely analysed. Furthermore, the pollination by honeybees can be regarded as one of the...

This paper presents a case study of the Honey Bee Network’s decentralized model for collecting, verifying and disseminating grassroots innovations and provides a road map for its replication in Africa. The Honey Bee Network brings together governmental and non‐governmental institutions,...

Romanian honey, a food product of higher quality compared to that obtained in other European countries, is exported extensively (50-60% of the total production). Currently, the Romanian beekeepers are facing the tough competition of the low prices of the honey imported from Ukraine, Poland and...

This article presents an analysis of the beekeeping sector in Romania and its prospects. In order to carry out this research, data about the honey producers' associations, official statistical information, articles and specialized scientific treatises were processed. Romania is one of the most...

This paper aims to approach Brazilian exportations of natural honey regarding its competiveness. Said exportation activities performance was estimated using the Constant Market Share Model, during 2000 and 2011. Competiveness growth during 2000-2011, 99,74%, might be attributed to competiveness...

Honey, this relatively homogenous, hard to trace product, characterised by considerable international price differences, and often regulated by high tariff barriers, lends itself to economically motivated product adulteration. The adulteration of honey can undermine confidence in products as...

Marketing outlets choice is one of the most important farm household decisions to sell their produce and has a great impact on household income. Though the study area has great potential of honey production, the farmers in the study area faced the marketing problem in choice of appropriate honey...

Marketing outlets choice is one of the most important farm household decisions to sell their produce and has a great impact on household income. Though the study area has great potential of honey production, the farmers in the study area faced the marketing problem in choice of appropriate honey...

Die Studie hat zum Ziel, einen Überblick über den deutschen Markt für Honig zu geben. Es werden die Imkereistruktur und die Beziehungen zwischen den Marktpartnern dargestellt. Daneben werden die Versorgungsbilanz sowie die Nachfrage betrachtet, bei der Deutschland als einer der größten...

Die Studie hat zum Ziel, einen Überblick über den deutschen Markt für Honig zu geben. Es werden die Imkereistruktur und die Beziehungen zwischen den Marktpartnern dargestellt. Daneben werden die Versorgungsbilanz sowie die Nachfrage betrachtet, bei der Deutschland als einer der größten...

Most of the literature on vertical coordination and its impact on farm performance and farmer wellbeing deal with high-value or modern food supply chains, including export chains and chains dominated by large international supermarkets or other forms of foreign direct investment. The impact of...

It is clear that the National Beekeeping Programme was a true support for Romanian beekeepers, contributing to the development of this branch of agriculture with important sums of money that they could access reflected both in the number of bee colonies and the the quantity of honey valued....

It is clear that the National Beekeeping Programme was a true support for Romanian beekeepers, contributing to the development of this branch of agriculture with important sums of money that they could access reflected both in the number of bee colonies and the the quantity of honey valued....

In Mexico the apicultural production has been developed like an excellent activity basically because it represents an important generating source of use in the marginalized zones of the country, as well as one of the main capturing currency activities within the cattle subsector. Under this...

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Following the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Bablok case, the European Commission proposes to clarify the status of pollen in honey and to define it as a natural constituent of honey rather than an ingredient, as decided by the CJEU. This has practical...

Following the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Bablok case, the European Commission proposes to clarify the status of pollen in honey and to define it as a natural constituent of honey rather than an ingredient, as decided by the CJEU. This has practical...

Honey as a natural product, through interaction of complex botanical and zoological species, generates a unique market with huge information asymmetry. It is ethnic communities, living closely with the nature, which depend on honey for their livelihood. Power dynamics in the trading scenario...