Ngah Osoe Bouli Freddy Patrick*, Mamoudou Abdoulmoumini, Hamidou liman, Moffo Frederic, Aliou Mohamadou and Wafo Fokam Agnes Jorelle
From January to December 2022 a study was carried out in Cameroon to have a global view of beekeeping practice and the quality of the main product: Honey in relation with technological level. For this purpose, 131 beekeepers were interviewed randomly in the main productive areas of the country and 150 samples analysed. Four physico-chemical variables were studied that is pH, electric conductivity and water content from samples collected at the hive level, at the extraction phase at in the markets. The beekeeping evaluation revealed that the activity is done by young men of 44.73 ± 8.73 years’ average, each beekeepers managing around 36.18 ± 20.23 hives with an annual average production of 14.56 ± 11.68 litres per hive. Physicochemical evaluation revealed that almost quarter of the honey samples do not fit the codex Alimentarius standards. pH values were within the normal ranges so as sugars contents and were not influenced by the agroecological origin, but water content and electric conductivity were highly dependent of them (p<0.0001). Moreover, the majority of these variables were influenced by the technological level, with the general observation that honeys had poor physicochemical as we go from the hive to the market. This information obtained for the first time in the country reveal a need of sensibilisation program not only for producers and sellers but even for consumers to ensure that the product is not degraded by poor storage condition and beekeeping practices.
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