Ethiopia
Food - Agriculture

Beekeeping as incentive to tree plantation

This project brought by the Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, aims to promote conservation awareness through multipurpose bee forage plantation and empowering communities on improved beekeeping implementation and organic honey production.

An initiative of Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Holeta Bee Research Center

Overview of the project

The center has 7 research cases in organized in one team:

Honey bee products post harvest handling, processing and quality control
Beekeeping management and genetic improvement which includes colony multiplication and management for better productivity
Bee botany (bee forage and pollination ecology)
Bee healthy/protection
Honeybee equipment engineering.
Apiculture research and extension socio-economic

Objective

Create conservation awareness through multipurpose bee forage plantation and empowering communities on improved beekeeping implementation and organic honey production

Level of progress

Published research

Project timeline

10/06/2019 - 6/30/2021

Quantitative results

Areas covered by tree plantation, numbers of seedlings maintained, amount of organic honey harvested and income of beekeepers from honey sell

Qualitative results

Role of beekeeping in conservation and climatic change adaptation

Financing

Government

About the
organisation

Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Holeta Bee Research Center

website
Tolera kumsa Gemeda
Holeta bee research Center
tolekume@yahoo.com
251911422429

Holeta bee research center aspires to see improved livelihood, market oriented beekeepers in Oromia and bee center of excellence in East Africa. Our mission is to adapt and generate a technological option that contributes to increase production and productivity of beekeeping, and conserve natural resources on sustainable bases through interdisciplinary and participatory research approach, need based training and advisory services there by improve the livelihood of beekeepers.

A project
in collaboration
  • Holeta Agriculture Research Center

    Research and sciences

    website
    Bezaye Gorfu
    ransomg06@yahoo.com
    251911184494