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Beekeeping Development Unit,
C/O Baraka Agricultural College,
Box 52, Molo, Kenya.
Tel: [phone]
E mail: [e-mail]
Web site: http://www.sustainableag.org

Baraka Beekeeping Development Unit/ Self
Help Development International (SHDI)
'A study of the beekeeping sector in Kenya
June 2001 - January 2002'

January 2002

Prepared By:

Thomas Carroll, BDU Manager, Box 52, Molo, Kenya. Tel:
254 733 716948, E-mail: [e-mail]

Submitted to:

Self Help Development International (SHDI), Hacketstown,
Co. Carlow, Ireland. Tel: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail] TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

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1. Executive Summary

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2. Background to the Study

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3. The Research

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4. Key Findings
A. Key findings of producer survey
B. Key findings of equipment survey
C. Key findings of intermediaries survey
D. Key findings of processors/packers survey
E. Key findings of hotel/industrial buyer’s survey
F. Key findings of retailer’s survey
G. Key findings of consumer survey
H. Combined analysis of Key informants survey
I. Stakeholder workshop objective and findings
J. Planning workshop objective and findings

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5. Conclusions

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6. Recommendations

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7. Annexes

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1. List of contacts
2. Press advert and respondents
3. Completed market survey questionnaires
(retailer/wholesaler/industrial)
4. Producer/consumer/equipment questionnaires
5. SWOT analyses of beekeeping sector
6. Stakeholder workshop summary report/Photo
7. Planning workshop – unfinished log frame
8. Terms of Reference to Establish a Credit Association For Beekeeping
Development Unit (BDU) submitted by K-Rep
9. Kenya Beekeepers Association Strategic Plan 2001-2005
10. Information on Baraka Agricultural College
11. Apimondia 2001 - South Africa
12. Sources of secondary data /references

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Acknowledgements
The Beekeeping Development Unit of Baraka