Bees for Development Journal 114: March 2015
Bees for Development Survey In January 2015 we sent a survey to 2,549 recent users of Bees for Development’s Information Services. The questions concerned BfD Journal, Resource Boxes and our website Information Portal. We used the online Survey Monkey service and by 3 February had received 583 replies. We do not have email addresses for all of you and so we sent a survey by post to those whose Journal subscription is due for renewal. We thank all of you who responded. If you have not yet completed the survey – there is still time!
Winners The names of everyone who responded so far have been entered into a draw to win a BfD T Shirt. The first 40 winners are: Anamaria Marques Vincenzi (Brazil), Sobere Traore (Burkina Faso), Gerard Nduwayo (Burundi), Nyonta Emmanuel, Eric Fongoh, Apella Magellan, Michael Tchana (Cameroon), Cheng Lihong (China), Paul Mulala Bahati (DR Congo), Denbeshu Debeko, Amene Haileselassie (Ethiopia), Abraham Allotey, Peter K Kwapong (Ghana), Janice Frasier (Guyana), Balazsi Tomori (Hungary), Arumainayagam Raja Samson (India), Reza Shahrouzi (Iran), Agape Adams (Jamaica), Stephen Mutai, David Njuguna, Dickson Omandi (Kenya), Zakhifa Omorbekova (Kyrgyz Republic), Catherine Chunga, Victor Mhango (Malawi), Marie Lefrancois (Martinique), Elsa Joubert (Namibia), Aliyu Bamall. Mulero Emmanuel, Tobias Ukeh (Nigeria), Prasad R Attygalle (Sri Lanka), Fasili Masalu Boniphace, Martin A Chang’a, Joyce Kombe, M K Tarishi (Tanzania), Gladstone Solomon (Trinidad & Tobago), Dickson Biryomumaisho, Tommy Ojan Egits, Edepu Dan Egoriait, Mark Rutaro (Uganda), Kenneth Zalimba (Zambia). An additional ten T Shirts are available to be won by those who received the survey by post.
Have you read or downloaded articles from the Information Portal?
Yes, I have read them online 60.2% Yes, I have downloaded them 38.3% No, but I plan to read or download articles 16.5% No, the article I wanted was not available 2.9%
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• People from 84 countries responded • Uganda and Kenya are equal with their respondents: 53! • Women respondents: 13% • Roles of respondents: 44% beekeepers, 35% working in training/advice, 31% project/ NGO workers • 89% of respondents read BfD Journal • 15% of BfD Journals are read by more than 100 people
Survey Results What happens next? We have listened to what you have told us. We will make changes to what we deliver, and how. We will consider: • Offering BfD Journal in electronic form • Increasing articles about experiences from beekeepers
• Providing more information about generating income from beekeeping • Adding video content to the Information Portal • Increasing the diversity of materials in Resource Boxes
Comments “A big thank you to BfD. I was able to start up my mobile honey business resulting from information accessed through BfD Journal”. Emmanuel Ngolobe, Uganda “I would like so much to receive information in Spanish”. Cayo Cesar Alarcon Duhart, Chile “Next week I will retire from the government. I will continue working and will fully utilise the Information Portal and share the knowledge to farmers in western Nepal”. Birendra Bahadur Hamal, Nepal
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