Investment in Research and Development and New Technological Adoption for the Sustainable Beekeeping Sector

Jelena Vapa-Tankosić, Vera Miler-Jerković, Dejan Jeremić, Slobodan Stanojević and Gordana Radović
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Jelena Vapa-Tankosić: Department of Business Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management in Novi Sad, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Cvećarska 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Vera Miler-Jerković: School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 73, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Dejan Jeremić: Faculty of Business and Financial Studies, University of Business Studies in Banja Luka, Jovana Dučića 23a, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slobodan Stanojević: Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Jevrejska 24/1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Gordana Radović: Dnevnik-Poljoprivrednik AD Novi Sad, Bulevar Oslobođenja 81, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 14, 1-17

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to understand how members of beekeeping associations, with long-standing sustainable traditions and products with registered geographical origins, perceive the investments in research and development (R&D) and new technological adoptions. By means of a binary logistic regression, the socio-demographic factors of the members of beekeeping associations predicting the investments in R&D and new technological adoptions were analyzed. Our findings point out that higher level of education and professional beekeeping experience predicts the willingness of investing in research and development. The higher level of education positively influences the willingness to hire professional consultants or bodies for the research and development of beekeeping practices. Serbian female beekeepers, beekeepers aged more than 41 years and professionally engaged beekeepers are more likely to admit that they need support of scientific and research institutions in the further development of beekeeping practices. A higher education has been shown to significantly predict the value added hive products due to new technology adoption. There is also a positive influence of the education level on new technology adoption.

Keywords: apiculture investment; research and development; sustainability; beekeepers; honey; geographical origin; food; label (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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