Suitability Analysis of Apiculture (Beekeeping) Activity Areas with Multi-Criteria Method: A Case Study of Adıyaman

Abstract

Turkey ranks 2 nd in the world in terms of honey production. Due to many factors that favor Turkey, i.e. rich flora properties, topographically suitable fields, and different climate zones, honey production can be done almost year-long. This study covers Adiyaman province, which is located in the southeast Anatolian region. Adiyaman province, in addition to its topographic diversity, has a rich flora due to the effects of the continental climate and partly Mediterranean climate, acting as a bridge due to the fact that eastern Anatolia, southeastern Anatolia and the Mediterranean region are in the transition zone. The fact that Adiyaman province is rich in flora and topography, as well as being suitable for other features, has allowed many criteria to be used together in the study. The purpose of this study is to identify areas in the province of Adiyaman that are suitable for beekeeping, taking into account natural and human factors. In this context, the layers formed by natural and human environment elements were taken into account in order to obtain maximum efficiency from the bees. In addition, the expectations of the honey producers were analyzed using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In this context, the results were redesigned as inappropriate, less suitable, appropriate and most appropriate areas with masking process and results maps were made.

Using Analytic Hierarchy Process to Assess Beekeeping Suitability in Portuguese Controlled Areas: A First Approach

“…Another study similar to the present study was performed in Adiyaman, Turkey [32], whereby the authors created a suitability beekeeping map with only four classes, but the most relevant data show that a quarter of the study area has no beekeeping suitability and the classes with the highest suitability represent 58% of the territory; our data follow a very similar line, whereby 68% of the area has beekeeping potential and nearly a fifth of the area has no suitability.…”

“…Insects 2024, 15, x FOR PEER REVIEW entities of the controlled areas will allow a more targeted follow-up for civil parish greater insight of diseases or where the quality factors of the honey can be improv Therefore, a suitability assessment can be extremely helpful in planning lan merging a wide range of unrelated information to produce datasets where a ranked by their suitability for a certain activity, according to specific requirements In addition, determining suitable locations for beekeeping should be evaluated in of land use planning considering economic, ecological, environmental, and social within a spatiotemporal perspective [26,32,35].…”

“…Therefore, a suitability assessment can be extremely helpful in planning land uses, merging a wide range of unrelated information to produce datasets where areas are ranked by their suitability for a certain activity, according to specific requirements [14,19]. In addition, determining suitable locations for beekeeping should be evaluated in the field of land use planning considering economic, ecological, environmental, and social aspects within a spatiotemporal perspective [26,32,35].…”

“…The resulting weights derived from these inputs are then used to generate beekeeping suitability maps. To validate these maps, various factors are considered, including the existing locations of apiaries, the number of beekeepers, honey production, and the analysis of honey samples [8,23,[32][33][34][35][36][37].…”

Multicriteria Analysis in Apiculture: A Sustainable Tool for Rural Development in Communities and Conservation Areas of Northwest Peru

“…The Amazonas department has an altitudinal gradient ranging from 120 to 4900 m above sea level (Figure 1), with temperatures ranging from 2 • in the southern part to 40 [36]. In this territory, there are 59 rural communities and 362 native communities made up of Awajún and Wampis indigenous peoples [37].…”