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Economic aspects of beekeeping production in Croatia

Denis Cvitković ; Department of Veterinary Economics and Analytical Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Zoran Grgić ; Department of Farm Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Željka Matašin ; Department of Biology and Pathology of Fishes and Bees, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Marina Pavlak ; Department of Veterinary Economics and Analytical Epidemiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Janja Filipi ; Department of Biology and Pathology of Fishes and Bees, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Tlak Gajger ; Department of Biology and Pathology of Fishes and Bees, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

The aim of this study was to determine the basic economic parameters of honey production, export and import in Croatia and worldwide. We also estimated the market value of Croatian beekeeping as a whole for the year 2007. The most marketable bee product is honey, but its value is many times smaller than the value of pollination that bees deliver to our ecosystem. Besides that, there is also the positive infl uence of the beekeeping activities on human health since they are bound to dwelling in the natural surroundings. The largest honey producers of the world, for the period 2002-2007 were, in descending order: China, Argentina, Turkey, the USA and Ukraine. The largest world honey exporters in the same period were Argentina, China, Mexico, Germany and Hungary, and largest importers were the USA, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and France. Germany is not only a large importer but also a large honey exporter. A trend analysis of the number of beehives in Croatia from 1967-2007 (variable x2) shows with 95% certainty that in the year 2015 the number of beehives in Croatia will be somewhere between 64.80 and 151.20 thousand. The predicted value for the same year for
honey production (variable x3) is somewhere between 1,640 and 2,360 tons, and for per hive honey production (variable x4) between 16.34 and 20.87 kg. The total market value of the Croatian beekeeping industry in 2007 was estimated at 28.55 million € (214.09 million HRK).

Ključne riječi

honey; production; exports; imports; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

45599

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/45599

Datum izdavanja:

10.7.2009.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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