Turkiye: TIKA supported local people with a beekeeping project in Ethiopia

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) supported local people to increase honey production with its beekeeping project in Ethiopia. TİKA donated modern beekeeping equipment and 10 modern beehives to poor families engaged in beekeeping with traditional methods in the Sidama region of the country, which gained "state" status in 2020. TIKA, which also provides training support to traditional beekeepers in cooperation with Hawasa University, aims to improve the living standards of farmers, especially those engaged in beekeeping, animal husbandry and agriculture, with the project. In Sidama Province, which is an ideal region for beekeeping, only 5 kilograms of honey per hive can be obtained with traditional beekeeping methods; With the support provided by TIKA, production per hive will increase 5 times to 25 kilograms. "It has great potential in beekeeping" Speaking at the opening program of the Sidama Beekeeping Project, TIKA Addis Ababa Program Coordinator Cengiz Polat ...