Organic beekeeping practices in Romania: Status and perspectives towards a sustainable development
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POCOL, Cristina Bianca, SEDIK, Peter, BRUMĂ, Ioan Sebastian, AMUZA, Antonio, CHIRSANOVA (CALCATINIUC), Aurica. Organic beekeeping practices in Romania: Status and perspectives towards a sustainable development. In: Agriculture (Switzerland), 2021, vol. 11, pp. 1-18. ISSN -. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11040281
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Agriculture (Switzerland)
Volumul 11 / 2021 / ISSN - /ISSNe 2077-0472

Organic beekeeping practices in Romania: Status and perspectives towards a sustainable development

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11040281

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Pocol Cristina Bianca1, Sedik Peter2, Brumă Ioan Sebastian3, Amuza Antonio4, Chirsanova (Calcatiniuc) Aurica5
 
1 University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca,
2 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra,
3 “Gh. Zane”, Institute of Economic and Social Research,
4 University of Bucharest,
5 Technical University of Moldova
 
 
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Romanian beekeeping faces a lot of challenges nowadays due to the problems related to climate change, the use of pesticides in agriculture, but also to the pandemic crisis. In this context, organic beekeeping represents an important alternative to traditional apicultural practices. The purpose of the study was to present the current situation of organic beekeeping in Romania, but also to identify some aspects related to sustainability. The research methodology was based on secondary and primary data. An online survey was conducted in 2020 on a sample of 433 Romanian beekeepers. The main findings showed that the majority of participants were aware of organic principles and were familiar with the concept of sustainability in beekeeping. However, only a small percentage of beekeepers were certified in the organic system. The evaluation of the concept of sustainability showed that the most important factor for the surveyed beekeepers was the environmental aspect, followed by the economic and social components. The pandemic crisis has negatively impacted the beekeepers’ activities due to travel restrictions and the limited access to the apiaries. If, in economic terms, they were affected by the sales drop in the first months of the crisis, there were also some positive effects such as the increase in demand for health-related products.

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Beekeepers, challenges, Organic practices, pandemic crisis, sustainability