Bangladesh
Areas of activity
Proshika: a glimpse
2700 people
Training: Proshika
Proshika was established in 1976, and is one of the largest private voluntary development organisations in Bangladesh. The beekeeping programme commenced in [984 with the goal of providing income and employment for people in rural areas.
Proshika objectives *
To generate income and employment
opportunities; *
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in
beekeeping techniques including disease and pest identification, colony management, and honey and wax extraction and processing;
Technical assistance: after training is completed Proshika offers
follow-up monitoring and extension services providing bees, hives and equipment, and offering solutions to problems that arise;
Credit support:
technology for colony production and multiplication;
beneficiaries are provided with a loan from a revolving fund. The average size of loan is US$ 150;
To increase the production and quality
Demonstration: through
of honey and other bee products;
village-based activities Proshika offers demonstrations of beekeeping, honey flow management and dearth period
To develop suitable and appropriate
To use honeybees for pollination
crops to increase yield; *
Ethiopia has trained over
To establish apiculture
nurseries and model apiaries for expansion of the programme.
of
management.
Md Abdul Alim Bhuiyan, Senior Programme Co-ordinator, Apiculture Programme
Promotion of indigenous trees The Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, in collaboration with the Akaki Red Cross Branch planted 3000 seedlings of indigenous trees: Hagenia abyssincia, Juniperus procera, Olea africana and Podocarpus gracilior. The Society also distributed 21,720 seedlings to the Ethiopia Heritage Trust for the 1998 planting season. Similarly 30,136 seedlings were planted by seven rural associations, five schools and six churches in Debre Birhan.
One of the Society’s aims is to promote indigenous trees for they support a great variety of plant, animal, bird and insect (of course including bees) life which greatly help in the conservation of biodiversity. Indigenous tree species are more beneficial to the soil and more efficient at conserving water than exotic tree species. Source: Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society Newsletter,
July-September 1998
Haiti Varroa arrived
The Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development was informed by peasants from the NorthEast Province of the country about the
extinction of some apiaries. A team from the Ministry was sent to investigate the situation and collect samples. In the laboratory, the Varroa mite has been identified.
Swaziland The Swazi National Beekeepers’ Association is collaborating with the Government in operating a training centre for agricultural extension officers and farmers who are interested in becoming beekeepers and producing honey to supplement their incomes. Source: Near East Foundation
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early March we will organise meetings for beekeepers in 133 communities, with an average of In
beekeepers per community. The subjects in these meetings will be beekeeping and Varroa pathology. 15
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