Allocative Efficiency of Resource use on Beekeeping in Chitwan District of Nepal

Author: Dhakal Shiva Chandra, Regmi Punya Prasad, Thapa Resham Bahadur, Sha Shrawan Kumar, Khatri-Chhetri Dilli Bahadur

ijeab doi crossref DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/2.4.1

Keyword: Allocative efficiency, beekeeping, Chitwan, pollination, production function.

Abstract: Agriculture is facing with increasing pollinators decline all over the world affecting the functioning of regulatory and production service of pollination in adverse manner. Study on ways to conserve pollinating agents like bee is crucial in modern intensive agriculture. In this context a study was conducted to estimate the productivity and resource use efficiency of bee keeping in Chitwan district of Nepal. The study used data collected from randomly selected 48 bee keepers using face to face interview technique in the year 2014. Descriptive statistics, gross margin analysis, benefit cost analysis and multiple regression analysis using Cob-Douglas form were employed to achieve study objectives. It was found that farmers were rearing honey bee on an average of about 34 hives per farm with annual productivity of bee products equivalent to 36 Kg honey per hive. Gross margin of beekeeping in the research area was found to be NRs. 3111.55 per hive with undiscounted benefit cost ratio of 1.71. Human labour use, expenditure on sugar, drugs and comb foundation and; migration cost were significantly contributing to the productivity of beekeeping and were required to increase their use by 39%, 34% and 74%, respectively to achieve optimum profit. It was suggested to increase the level of all variable inputs through loan, subsidy and insurance to promote beekeeping enterprise in the study area for ensuring optimum profit to farmers and conservation of the most important agent of pollination.

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Dhakal Shiva Chandra, Regmi Punya Prasad, Thapa Resham Bahadur, Sha Shrawan Kumar, Khatri-Chhetri Dilli Bahadur et al."Allocative Efficiency of Resource use on Beekeeping in Chitwan District of Nepal". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 2, no. 4, 2017, pp.1447-1451 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.4.1

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Dhakal Shiva Chandra, Regmi Punya Prasad, Thapa Resham Bahadur, Sha Shrawan Kumar, Khatri-Chhetri Dilli Bahadur, P.(2017).Allocative Efficiency of Resource use on Beekeeping in Chitwan District of Nepal. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4), 1447-1451.10.22161/ijeab/2.4.1

Chicago

Dhakal Shiva Chandra, Regmi Punya Prasad, Thapa Resham Bahadur, Sha Shrawan Kumar, Khatri-Chhetri Dilli Bahadur, P.(2017).Allocative Efficiency of Resource use on Beekeeping in Chitwan District of Nepal. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4), pp.1447-1451.

Harvard

Dhakal Shiva Chandra, Regmi Punya Prasad, Thapa Resham Bahadur, Sha Shrawan Kumar, Khatri-Chhetri Dilli Bahadur. 2017."Allocative Efficiency of Resource use on Beekeeping in Chitwan District of Nepal". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(4):1447-1451.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.4.1

IEEE

Dhakal Shiva Chandra, Regmi Punya Prasad, Thapa Resham Bahadur, Sha Shrawan Kumar, Khatri-Chhetri Dilli Bahadur."Allocative Efficiency of Resource use on Beekeeping in Chitwan District of Nepal", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.2,no. 4, pp.1447-1451,2017.

Bibtex

@article { dhakalshivachandra2017allocative,
title={Allocative Efficiency of Resource use on Beekeeping in Chitwan District of Nepal},
author={Dhakal Shiva Chandra, Regmi Punya Prasad, Thapa Resham Bahadur, Sha Shrawan Kumar, Khatri-Chhetri Dilli Bahadur , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={2},
year= {2017} ,
}