19April, Delhi: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare organized a National Workshop on “Technological Interventions & Innovations in the Beekeeping” at Budni, Madhya Pradesh today under the National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) in collaboration with Central Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute (CFMT&TI), Budni. Around 500 progressive beekeepers/ Stakeholders, startups, Entrepreneurs, officials of State Govts., scientists from Central & State Agriculture Universities, honey processors, etc. attended the programme and more than 100 participants joined the workshop virtually from other parts of the country.In the chairmanship remarks, Dr. Abhilaksh Likhi, Additional Secretary, DA&FW, mentioned that the honey sector will enlarge by using advanced tools in beekeeping. It is an emerging sector of agriculture for earning a source of livelihood for rural, urban, and entrepreneurial communities with the least investment. It is an agriculture-allied practise that can accelerate the economy and employment of local and farming communities. Beekeeping is an agricultural art that requires scientific as well as practical exercises for proper management and collection of honey and beehive products, and as NBHM has approved and set up 31 mini-testing labs and 4 regional labs for quality honey production in the nation to avoid adulteration in honey, which helps to increase exports of honey and allied products to boost the sector. He also highlighted the initiative taken by the NBHM for GI tagging in honey, which will help to boost rural areas by increasing revenue for the producers and employment in the region through beekeeping and honey production. The good quality of the products opens the national as well as international door for the honey producers.
