HIVE-AID In Newsletters No 9 (1986) and No 12 (1988) the beekeeping programmes operated by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) were listed. Projects listed in Newsletters No 9 and 12 are not shown again here, although many are still underway and some programmes may have been extended. This information is kindly supplied by G Paltrinieri, Food Industries Officer, Agricultural Services
Division, FAO.
At IBRA we welcome news of all beekeeping development projects, however large or small. Our intention is to stimulate exchange of information and co-operation between those involved in both planning and implementing beekeeping programmes. Since 1984 FAO has been responsible for the implementation of 55 beekeeping projects of which 16 were long-term (more than 12 months duration). Their regional distribution is shown:
COUNTRY
Latin America and the Caribbean Near East
19 projects
Africa Asia and the Pacific
11 projects
PROJECT TITLE
AND
DURATION
NUMBER
8 projects 17
projects
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIS-
INPUTS PROVIDED BY FAO
To evaluate potential for apiculture
Consultancy services.
TANCE
BENIN
Agricultural Diversification (Apiculture Component) BEN/87/014
ETHIOPIA
Beekeeping study tour Kenya TCP/ETH/4409
SEYCHELLES
Beekeeping Demonstration Centre TCP/SEY/8851
18 months
AFGHANISTAN
Apiculture Development TCP/AFG/2202
12 months
To establish
a training and demonstration apiary at the agricultural research station.
Advisory services. Local training. Equipment and materials.
BURMA
Beekeeping Development for crop polli-
1
month
To assess the present situation of
Consultancy services.
Beekeeping
3 months
To establish the potential for apicul-
Consultancy services.
Beekeeping for pollination of coconut and production of bee
18 months
nation
and
products
1
month
development with special emphasis to women. 1
month
To strengthen the capability of the
External training.
To raise the income of part-time
Consultancy services. Local training. Equipment and materials.
ARDD. staff in the management techniques of apiculture projects.
beekeepers to increase horticultural output and to generate new sources of income through the introduction of beekeeping in new areas such as the Coralline Islands.
bee
the bee industry in the country and to prepare a project document.
production
(preparatory
assis-
tance) BUR/87/004
INDONESIA
MALDIVES
TCPANS/2.312
tural development.
nut and other agricultural and horti-
cultural
TCP/MAL/885 1
BRAZIL
Beekeeping and honey production development TCP/BRA/4402
12 months
CUBA
Development of a pilot area for apiculture in the ‘“Juventino” island
12 months
of
a
12 months
gramme
Assistance
to the National Union
IT
month
of Women (Apiculture
component)
TCP/DJV7852
EGYPT
Honey management and control of diseases
and
12 months
pests TC-
Economic
KUWAIT
TCP/SUD/6766 Apiculture Development KUW/88/009
Utilisation
Consultancy services. Equipment and materials.
To improve honey production and
Consultancy services. External and local training. Equipment and materials.
To advise the working group
in
To train groups of women through
Consultancy services.
18 months
of Honeybees 12 months
Consultancy services. Equipment
the National Union of Women to teach and train other women in the country.
and materials.
To improve the production of honey through training programmes
Consultancy services. External and local training. Equipment and materials.
To increase the production of honey and other bee products.
Consultancy services. External and local training. Equipment and materials.
To increase
Consultancy services.
offered to extension specialists and beekeepers.
PfEGY/2311
SUDAN
To promote beekeeping and honey
charge of the preparation of the National Apiculture programme with the objective of starting apicultural development at national level.
national apiculture pro-
Technical
bee
hive management for pollination purposes and develop a queen rearing station.
TCP/PER/4403
DJIBOUTI
through
production development as a primary and altemative activity compatible with other activities.
TCP/CUB/4404
Preparation
crops
Consultancy services. External and local training. Equipment and materials.
pollination and to start honey production in the country through the introduction of beekeeping.
products
PERU
To increase the production of coco-
honey production through the introduction of modern beekeeping and to increase the pro-
duction
of
horticultural
crops
through bee pollination.
IRAN
Assistance to apiculture development TCPARA/4510
3 months
To
improve honey production through the establishment of queen rearing stations.
Consultancy services.
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