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A one-day workshop on “Promotion of Bee-Keeping Sector in Southern Region” was organized jointly by MANAGE and National Bee Board (NBB)

Participants

More than 350 stakeholders which included senior officers from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM), National Bee Board (NBB), NCDC, Cooperatives, Banks, Directors / Commissioners of State Agriculture / Horticulture Departments, MANAGE Faculty, Agri Starups and National Training Institutes under ACABC Scheme participated in the workshop both through physical and online mode.

Highlights

• MadhuKranti portal established by MoAFW to support small and marginal farmers and other stakeholder across the value chain. 
• There is a need to promote FPO, Societies and Cooperatives to accelerate Beekeeping and Honey Mission in the country.
• Honey and beeswax-based products manufactured by Honey-based Agri Startups promoted by MANAGE under the RKVY- RAFTAAR Project of Govt. of India was released.
• The CEOs of these Agri Startups shared their experiences in organic comb honey, honey production during non-flowering period, natural preservation techniques, processing, packing, marketing, smart beehive monitoring system, use of block chain and QR based technology, IoT controlled bee box system for app-based management etc. They desired that awareness, training and opportunities need to be provided to promote Beekeeping / Honeybee in the country..

Source: PIB