Samenvatting

Beekeeping is an important source of income in the Northern province of Sierra Leone. However, smallholder farmers' beekeeping practices were heavily influenced by the traditional system, and they sold their honey to local vendors at the local market. According to the findings, beekeeping was a male-dominated activity, and livelihood assets such as social, human, natural, physical, and financial capital pushed farmers to diversify into beekeeping. Access to market information, available markets, equipment sources, knowledge of normal apiary management procedures, beekeeping expertise, and fodder availability all affected honey output.