Determinant Factors Influencing Honey Consumption Trends in Mekelle City, Tigray, Ethiopia
Hailekiros Abraha Aregawi
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2020
Pages:
105-115
Received:
17 February 2020
Accepted:
2 March 2020
Published:
10 September 2020
Abstract: Beekeeping in Ethiopia contributed to foreign earnings, employment, food, and industrial raw materials. The study aimed to investigate factors influencing the choice of consumption and quantity consumed in Mekelle City, where there was no information on present quantity consumed and factors influencing the choice for honey consumption. Specifically, the study was determined the present quantity consumes and investigates factors influencing the choice for honey consumption in the study area. Kedamay weyane, Hawelti, Adihaki and Hadnet were purposely selected in Mekelle City due to availability of honey market. Clustering and simple random sampling technique was employed in selecting 398 households. Both descriptive and quantitative statistics were used. The result shows that total annual quantity of honey consumption per household were 3kg in study area. Binary logistic regression was used in modeling the choice for honey consumption. Binary logistic regression results show that, income, household size, education, availability, quality, price, and policy issues were significant at 5% (P<0.05) influencing the honey consumption in the study area. The study concluded that honey was consumed in low level in Mekelle and recommended awareness creation on the benefits of honey, develop mechanism for traceability and promote beekeeping, increase availability of honey, manage and control price of honey through government and other stockholders.
Abstract: Beekeeping in Ethiopia contributed to foreign earnings, employment, food, and industrial raw materials. The study aimed to investigate factors influencing the choice of consumption and quantity consumed in Mekelle City, where there was no information on present quantity consumed and factors influencing the choice for honey consumption. Specifically...
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Growth Drivers in Selected Death Care Businesses in the Philippines
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 5, September 2020
Pages:
116-127
Received:
20 August 2020
Accepted:
5 September 2020
Published:
19 September 2020
Abstract: Death Care business refers to organization or company which provides act of assistance in cognizant to demise, burials, crematory, interment and mausoleum. The growth in the death care industry is fueled by various factors such as internal and external factors. External factors, are aging population, robust economy, increase in disposable income, population growth, and death rate increment.. Internal factors: strategic vision, marketing strategy and branding product/ service, financial performance, human capital, and customer base. This research paper aimed to determine the growth drivers of death care businesses in the Philippines and to formulate alternative strategic management plans. This study employed descriptive-evaluative method and utilized the SWOT, PESTEL, Five Forces Porter’s model and the balanced scorecard. The paper concludes that word of mouth as the most convincing factor. Death care business is stable, profitable and still growing in the Philippines. Death rate went high due to the growth drivers. All items under the aspect of strategies implemented were rated ‘great extent’, emphasizing that any available strategic formulation which can be applied and utilized by a certain death care company would definitely be adopted so as to address competition. The respondent death care companies have a ‘strong’ leverage on market positioning. This was indicated by the grand mean of 2.91 (strong). It is recommended that death care businesses shall enable themselves to assert current business situations in order to develop appropriate strategic actions, novel strategies, ability to foresee the future trends in the funeral industry, and appropriate measures must be implemented in Advertising, technology and price standardization.
Abstract: Death Care business refers to organization or company which provides act of assistance in cognizant to demise, burials, crematory, interment and mausoleum. The growth in the death care industry is fueled by various factors such as internal and external factors. External factors, are aging population, robust economy, increase in disposable income, p...
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