Abstract

BURGOS-CANAS, Dairo; LOZANO-SUAREZ, Fabio Eleazar  and  FONSECA-PINTO, Dora Esther. Business development in beekeeping associations: Case study Association "Panaldemiel" of the municipality of Fortul-Arauca. rev.udcaactual.divulg.cient. [online]. 2022, vol.25, n.1, e2203.  Epub Mar 16, 2022. ISSN 0123-4226.  https://doi.org/10.31910/rudca.v25.n1.2022.2203.

Beekeeping worldwide is of great importance for the performance of bees as pollinating agents of 75 % of the crops that guarantee the food security of millions of people. In Colombia, the beekeeping sector contributes to the strengthening of the peasant economy and promotes the conservation of different strategic ecosystems. With respect to the municipality of Fortul-Arauca has an important forest reserve area and wide variability of ecosystems suitable for the development of beekeeping, an activity that is currently developed by the association "Panaldemiel", which requires an accompaniment and strengthening of organizational and managerial capacities, so the purpose of this research is "to strengthen the administrative management of the Association of Beekeepers "Panaldemiel" of the municipality of Fortul-Arauca" study supported by the Action-participation research method, under the case study strategy, which allows analyzing the problem in a real context, facilitating the obtaining of information necessary for the formulation of strategic tools aimed at boosting the productive and competitive process of the association at the local and regional level. It is concluded that the association has a high percentage of internal and external positive aspects that support it significantly, however, a government compromise is required to mitigate the situation of public order that is lived in this region.

Keywords : Business partnerships; Beekeeping; Strategic diagnosis; Administrative process; Apis mellifera.

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