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PROJECT SUPPORT

FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, supports beekeeping projects in developing countries. Applications for projects with budgets over $US 10,000 must be submitted through a Government Ministry. See www.fao.org.

For projects with budgets under $US10,000, beekeepers’ groups and associations may apply for small project funding from the TeleFood Special Fund. Request documents should include a brief description of the project’s objectives, the proposed food production or income-generating activities, the work plan, the number of participants, a detailed list of inputs with cost estimates and the reporting arrangements. Submit your request to the office of FAO or UNDP in your country.

BEE BOOKS NEW AND OLD

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INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE (IFS)

IFS supports scientists in developing countries by awarding research grants and providing grantees with additional services such as travel grants and purchasing assistance. Applicants must be under 40 years old ( under 30 for Chinese applicants) and possess a higher academic degree (at least an MSc or equivalent.

Grants (maximum value US$12,000) are awarded for a period of 1-3 years, and may be renewed twice. Applicants must be citizens of, and carry out research in, a developing country. They should be at the start of their research career and work at a developing country university or national research institution ( European countries including Cyprus, Turkey, or the former Soviet Union do not qualify)

Further information from IFS www.ifs.se

CONGRATULATIONS

Professor Jerzy Woyke has been awarded the title of Doctor honoris causa at the Warmia and Mazury University in Poland. Professor Woyke is a specialist in apiculture and, having worked in dozens of countries world wide, will be well known to many readers of this journal.

BEESWAX FOR EXPORT

We wish to inform you that we have available in our centre beeswax for export. If you need beeswax from Nigeria, we shall be delighted to export the commodity. Moreover, we have honey harvested from our research farm.

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