In Kenia, il centro ICIPE con il sostegno economico dellUE e del DCS svizzero ha promosso un imponente progetto che dal 1996 ad oggi ha formato più di 4000 apicoltori, allapicoltura razionale con risultati sorprendenti. In 1996 there were no organised groups of beekeepers, but by 2009 icipe had helped farmers to form 54 groups, each with 30-40 members. Among them, 300 members were also involved in wild silk. The groups also formed a district beekeeping group called the Mwingi District Beekeepers Self Help Group that strengthened the Mwingi honey marketplace by streamlining honey production and pricing, which has improved their livelihoods. Further training in the management of an Internal Control System (ICS) for organic certification enabled 38 out of 54 producer groups to gain organic certification in 2009 and access premium international markets. The honey marketplace won a top International Award at the Trade Fair, Biofach, in Germany in 2009 after a blind tasting competition against honey from Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Before the market centres were established, Mwingi beekeepers sold their honey for US$0.58 per kilo to middlemen. As a consequence of icipe’s intervention, in 2005 beekeepers were directly marketing their honey for US$ 1.33 per kilo. In 2008, farmers produced 24,500 kg of honey (fetching US$ 32,500) and by 2011 the beekeepers produced 54 tonnes of honey, selling it for US$ 2.5 per kilo (fetching US$135,000).This compared well with uncertified honey, which was sold at US$ 1.80. https://youtube/watch?v=6IaBRLFpy48
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:45:27 +0000
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