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PROCEEDINGS
Challenges facing African honey businesses Introduction to the African Honey Trade Forum BfD’s work to promote the African Honey Trade What Rowse Honey Ltd needs from potential traders What Maya Fair Trade looks for, and how the company meets and promotes market demand What happens to honey once it is imported into the UK – market chain and consumer trends The honey trade: experiences from Kenya Steps needed to achieve EU accreditation for honey export How Uganda achieved and maintains a Residue Monitoring Plan FLO standards – the fair trade process explained for producers in the region Organic standards and guidelines in organic apiculture Organic production and certification in Uganda Cluster development for marketing bee products SOS Sahel – establishing producer co-ops in Ethiopia to commercialise honey marketing The role and requirements of a network for the promotion of the African honey trade Downloads:
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2nd Bees for Development
Honey Trade Workshop - October 2006
African Honey Trade Workshop Workshop photo gallery
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FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS We present to you here all the papers and talks that were given at the Workshop. The Workshop Programme followed the following themes: Hearing from honey importers, The international honey market, EU requirements, Producing fair trade honey and meeting fair trade standards, Honey tasting and exhibition, Producing organic honey and meeting organic standards, Producer associations and supply chain development, and Appropriate interventions = Better returns. All the papers presented in these sessions are given here. Also included are the opening speeches made by The Honourable First lady of Uganda, Mrs Janet Museveni, MP, and other dignitaries, and the overview of Uganda’s apiculture sector provided by Dr Nicholas Kauta. During the Workshop we had periods where the participants formed groups to consider specific issues more closely. Their discussions were taken on board during plans for the creation of a new African honey trade association, now named ApiTrade Africa. The minutes of the new association’s meetings and statement of establishment are also given here. For a summary of the Workshop and assessment of the situation of African honey trade, we recommend that you read the article published in Bees for Development Journal 81 (December 2006). This is also provided here for you to download free of charge. Workshop report - Bees for Development Journal Download a PDF file of pages 3-5 of Bees for Development Journal No 81 (Dec 2006)
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Proceedings of the Bees for Development Honey Trade Workshop -
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Following the success of Bees for Development’s first Honey Trade Workshop, which took place prior to the Apimondia Congress in Ireland in August 2005, we organised a second, African Honey Trade Workshop in October 2006. It was organised as part of our DFID/BLCF Project on African Honey, and the main sponsor was Rowse Honey Ltd. Bees for Development’s perception is that the potential of apiculture to bring significant economic development and hence poverty alleviation to Africa, is not yet being achieved. Thousands of poor beekeeper-farmers in Africa have the means and knowledge to harvest honey from bees, yet lack access to reliable markets. The main purpose of the Workshop was therefore to discuss issues surrounding trade in African honey, and ways to increase trade for beekeepers.
