Zimbabwe: Mapping honey value chains adds sweetness to Africa’s potential

Source: Mapping honey value chains adds sweetness to Africa’s potential | Herald (Opinion) Sifelani Tsiko Agriculture & Innovations Editor Beekeeping is an important activity that helps smallholder farmers to raise additional income to improve their livelihoods. Zimbabwe and most other African countries have perfect conditions for commercial bee farming. In this report, Sifelani Tsiko (ST), Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor speaks to Chaipa Mutandwa (CM), national programme coordinator of the Beekeepers Association of Zimbabwe on challenges facing the industry and what could be done for honey industry to flourish and access global markets where demand is high. ST: Beekeeping is now seen as a profitable conservation industry. Can you tell us more about the state of beekeeping in Zimbabwe and Africa at present? CM: Uptake of beekeeping as a business venture is slowly increasing in the country. Of course, we still have problems. The country is still witnessing a lot of ...