Kenya on a strategy to secure more market for honey

Published 2021년 3월 19일

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Kenya is taking steps to increase the export of honey products to the United Kingdom by improving food safety regulations and standards in the beekeeping sub-sector. The government is also committing resources to train extension officers to assist farmers in honey production and forming farmers into groups to avoid exploitation by middlemen. The Ministry is also subsidizing the cost of beekeeping apparatus and encouraging the manufacture of these equipment by youth and women groups. The decline in honey production is being attributed to factors such as drought, decline in bee populations, deforestation, and poor farming practices, as well as new pests, diseases, and indiscriminate use of farm pesticides.

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Kenya is working on securing more markets for its honey products exported to the United Kingdom by improving competence in the beekeeping sub-sector, Principal Secretary State Department for Livestock, Harry Kimtai has said. Kimtai says due to the increased demand for the products in the UK, Kenya is tightening adherence to food safety regulations, export rules and regulations and conformity which will also make them acceptable in other international markets. Speaking during a stakeholders workshop in Nakuru organised by the Apiculture Platform of Kenya (APK) and the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), the Principal Secretary said the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and fisheries is committed to rescuing farmers from poor markets by helping them harvest quality produce through the deployment of trained extension officers in beekeeping areas. The platform aimed at enhancing a smooth, scrutinized flow of operations by various stakeholders across the ...

Source: Standardmedia