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    Constraints facing adoption of bee keeping in bungokho sub county, mbale district
    (Busitema University, 2024) Magai peter
    The study was conducted on the assessment of the constraints facing knowledge and adoption in Bungokho sub-county Mbale district. The study design was a cross-sectional research design and a sample size of 32 respondents was adopted using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected using questionnaire that was designed for both farmers and stakeholders and presented in form of frequency tables and charts including pie charts. The findings revealed that there are clear constraints affecting beekeeping. However, factors that were affecting beekeeping production included; - gender, age, marital status and educational level. The findings further revealed that accessibility to inputs, the most costly input in beekeeping production, followed by availability of land. Also, most farmers do not have information about beekeeping and only a negligible percentage has access to credit. The national and county governments should avail inputs like subsidized beehives in good time and make it easily accessible. Proper sensitization should be done by agricultural extension officers to all farmers about the available extension services and county government should provide sufficient facilitation to agricultural extension officers to promote extension services. Farmers should be encouraged to form groups in order to access credit services, market their produce and acquire farm inputs collectively. Both national, county governments and financial institutions should make credit easily accessible and affordable to small scale farmers. The researcher recommends further research on causes of low level of accessing extension services in general to ascertain the underlying causes of low dissemination of extension