Dec 26, 2023 · According to beekeepers honey is often considered ‘the mother’ of other activities because no financial capital is required to generate this income. Although the forest is a common-property resource, beekeepers negotiate de facto rights …

This paper explores the value chains of forest honey in Zambia and Ethiopia and con- siders a range of interventions that might deliver livelihood opportunities for forest based communities while...

Aug 31, 2020 · Honey is used for food, but also for making “tej,” a honey-based wine. Hartmann estimated that 80% of honey went into “tej” production and found that honey was the main source of income for many Ethiopian forest-based communities.

Ikelenge District boasts of the source of the great Zambezi River locally known as “Nsulu ya Yambezhi.” The district is the largest producer of sweet pineapples in Zambia, with organic honey being another of its major products. Cassava locally known as makamba is the staple food of the local people. Read More...

honey-like substances in small quantities. These are co. monly categorised as “stingless bees”. A 1998 survey in Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo), identified a total of six species of …

Nov 15, 2023 · Ikelenge District boasts of the source of the great Zambezi river locally known as “Nsulu ya Yambezhi.” The district is the largest producer of sweet pineapples in Zambia, with organic honey being another of its major products. Cassava locally known as makamba is the staple food of the local people.

Nov 15, 2024 · Recognising that traditional honey harvesting damages the forest, Zambia’s rural communities are using modern beekeeping practices that value trees and produce better quality honey.

This project will be contributing to Zambia’s current annual production of honey, worth over US$2 million a year and driven by an estimated 30,000 smallholder beekeepers selling 2000 tonnes a year. ZYCALA honey production will be offered in both national and international markets from December 2019.

pollen was recorded to be the best in the production of clear honey as also earlier recorded by Storrs (1982). The bee hives had a capacity to produce 20 - 30 litres of honey each, and were mainly stacked at the folk of trees or hooked to hang from a branch (Fig. 4, a, b).

Mar 20, 2020 · The purpose was 2-fold: to understand the livelihood implications of income from honey and to explore how the honey economy influences the relationship between beekeepers and forest.