Honey production to increase
Jul 29, 2008
THE Bunyangabu Bee-Keepers Community is to transform the subsistence production of honey in Kabarole, Kasese and Bundibugyo to commercial.
By John Nzinjah
THE Bunyangabu Bee-Keepers Community is to transform the subsistence production of honey in Kabarole, Kasese and Bundibugyo to commercial.
Under the three-year programme, 500 bee-keepers on the slopes of Rwenzori Mountains will benefit from the project.
“We shall train and give them equipment that will enable them produce large volumes of honey,†said Eryeza Magezi, the head of the organisation.
During an interview with The New Vision last week, he said they had secured market for bee products abroad. The project coordinator, Smplisio Masereka, said his group produces 10,000kgs annually. A kilogramme of honey goes for sh3,000 on the local market.
THE Bunyangabu Bee-Keepers Community is to transform the subsistence production of honey in Kabarole, Kasese and Bundibugyo to commercial.
Under the three-year programme, 500 bee-keepers on the slopes of Rwenzori Mountains will benefit from the project.
“We shall train and give them equipment that will enable them produce large volumes of honey,†said Eryeza Magezi, the head of the organisation.
During an interview with The New Vision last week, he said they had secured market for bee products abroad. The project coordinator, Smplisio Masereka, said his group produces 10,000kgs annually. A kilogramme of honey goes for sh3,000 on the local market.