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Trade barriers and economic impact of organic beekeeping in Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorGomes, Mário
dc.contributor.authorCasaca, João
dc.contributor.authorCabo, Paula
dc.contributor.authorDias, L.G.
dc.contributor.authorVilas-Boas, Miguel
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-14T12:22:02Z
dc.date.available2013-03-14T12:22:02Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractIn Portugal, according to the official data provided by the Portuguese Veterinary Authority), available in the Report of the National Beekeeping Program 2010, beekeeping is carried out by 17.291 beekeepers, which own a total of 562.557 colonies. According to the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) this represents only 3,6% of the economic value of the Portuguese organic production, given that only 119 beekeepers were registered as organic operators, with a total of 15.927 colonies. Portuguese organic beekeeping are still far below other European countries average such as Italy (8%), and even if compared with the 5,8% of Portuguese organic farming, which should lead to more than 32.628 hives. Additionally, the great potential that Portugal has due to its soil, climate, but also environmental conditions (very suitable to organic beekeeping) and the consumer’s appreciation of organic products are key factors to strength the Portuguese organic beekeeping sector. With this study, and considering that organic beekeeping is already established in Portugal, we aim to encourage the conversion/initiation in organic beekeeping of a significant number of producers, providing them with a true picture of the Portuguese organic beekeeping sector and its potential, based on the experience of beekeepers already certified as organic producers. The information is obtained recurring to individual questionnaires, made directly to organic certified beekeepers and oriented for the evaluation of their beekeeping activity. The preliminary results of this research allowed us to establish a preliminary profile of beekeepers working under Organic Production Mode (OPM): only 24% of the respondents have beekeeping as the main economic activity, and although the majority (92%) consider that organic honey has added market value, problems were identified either in production and marketing. The most related difficulty of beekeeping under OPM is the effectiveness of the treatments against Varroa, pointing the need to obtain alternative and more efficient methods. Most respondents (56%) reported that there is need to improve consumer’s recognition of Organic Honey, which is considered to be an important step towards production increment and product added value.por
dc.identifier.citationGomes, Mário; Casaca, J.; Cabo, Paula; Dias, Luis; Vilas Boas, Miguel (2012). Trade barriers and economic impact of organic beekeeping in Portugal. In Eds Miguel Vilas-Boas, Lu.s Guimar.es Dias, Lu.s Miguel Moreira II International Symposium on Bee Products. Annual Meeting of IHC: book of abstracts. Bragança. ISBN 987-972-745-140-1por
dc.identifier.isbn987-972-745-140-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/8266
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherInstituto Politécnico de Bragançapor
dc.subjectOrganic beekeepingpor
dc.titleTrade barriers and economic impact of organic beekeeping in Portugalpor
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oaire.citation.endPage116por
oaire.citation.startPage115por
oaire.citation.titleBook of abstracts of the II international Symposium on Bee Products – Annual Meeting of the International Honey Commissionpor
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