Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
LIST OF ABREVIATION 12
CHAPTER 1. BACKGROUND OF STUDY 14
Background 14
Research Objectives 18
CHAPTER 2. REVIEW RELATED TO LITERATURE 20
Understanding of the Cooperative Movement 20
The Roles of Cooperatives in Development 22
Cooperative Support Institutions in Rwanda 23
The Role of Rwanda Government in Cooperative Promotion 25
Cooperatives and Development in Rwanda 26
The social role 27
The political role 27
Management 28
Appraisal of the Management factor 28
CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY 30
Design of the study 30
Target Area 30
Data Collection 31
Sampling and Sample Size 32
Analysis 32
CHAPTER 4. FINDINGS PRESENTATION 34
Gishwati Forest Reserve (GFR) 34
Importance of Gishwati Forest Reserve 36
Interpretation and discussion 40
Response rate 40
Back ground information of respondents 41
Social economic activities associated to Gishwati forest 43
The benefits of Gishwati beekeeping cooperative 47
Access to finance 49
Beekeeping activities 52
Market of the Gishwati honey production 57
Current gaps associated to beekeeping development in Gishwati landscape 62
CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION 66
Summary 66
Recommendations 67
REFERENCES 69
APPENDICES 71
요약 81
Table 1. Characteristics of Beekeepers 41
Table 2. Most common socio-economic activities 44
Table 3. The most resources exploited by people 45
Table 4. The common Causes of exploitation 46
Table 5. Eradication of malnutrition problems in the cooperative members 47
Table 6. The members of cooperative can afford the necessities 48
Table 7. Access to loans 50
Table 8. Kind of bee products 52
Table 9. Traditional role of honeybees 53
Table 10. The reasons of honey harvesting 54
Table 11. Kind of hives 55
Table 12. Methods to use in harvesting honey 56
Table 13. Quantity of production of modern hive 57
Table 14. The Market demand of honey production 58
Table 15. The Market supply of honey production 59
Table 16. Income of beekeepers per day 60
Table 17. Hunting activities around Gishwati forest 62
Table 18. Lack of financial of resources 63
Table 19. Supply barriers to management of modern hives 63
Table 20. Absence of training for efficient management 64
Figure 1. Gishwati Forest Reserve 35
Figure 2. The Current Size of GFR 36
Figure 3. Gishwati Forest 37
Figure 4. Beekeeping in Gishwati landscape 38
Figure 5. Cooperative members at Gishwati landscape 38
Figure 6. collection center honey 39
Figure 7. Production 40