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PROCEEDINGS
Introduction
Opening remarks and speeches
Apiculture Industry in Uganda
Challenges facing African honey businesses
Introduction to the African Honey Trade Forum
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
Miel Maya Honing
FLO standards – the fair trade process explained for producers in the region
Organic standards and guidelines in organic apiculture
EPOPA – the market demand for organic bee products in Europe and how EPOPA promotes the export of African organic products
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
SNV's work to promote market access to boost incomes of the poor, with practical experiences in the region, remaining challenges and workable strategies to develop the honey industry in the region
Downloads:
 ApiTrade Africa – minutes of strategic planning meeting
ApiTrade Africa Statement of establishment
ApiTrade Africa – summary of brainstorming sessions about relevance and role
Workshop programme
Workshop participants
Other downloads are available within the individual sections (see
above)...
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Proceedings
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2nd Bees for Development
Honey Trade Workshop - October 2006
BfD’S WORK TO PROMOTE THE AFRICAN HONEY TRADE
Nicola Bradbear, BfD, UK
 Brief introduction to
Bees for Development
Who we are Philosophy Work in progress 2006
- Information Service
- BfD Journal
- African honey research project
- Other work: Asia, Africa,
Caribbean
We are based in UK
We have full time, part-time and
 volunteer staff
The philosophy of Bees for Development
Apiculture - is significant for strengthening livelihoods of the rural poor
South America (left), Africa (centre), Asia (right)
Activities
We provide information on beekeeping to development organisations world-wide.
Information service
- We answer, free of charge, every enquiry from a beekeeper or project in a developing country
- In 2005 we responded to over 3,000 enquiries
- Resource-packs are sent to workshops and training programmes
- We publish Bees for Development Journal
- Provide free publications
- Website
Physical constraints
- Rural beekeepers have problems to access suitable containers
- Access to roads and transport
Financial resources
- Informal routes
- Marketing initiatives need access to credit
 Social resources
- Beekeepers gain much from self-help organisations
- They need well informed support
Activities
RESEARCH: AFRICAN HONEY PROJECT
- A 30-month DFID-BLCF(UK Govt) funded project
- Concerned with enabling African honey producers to meet EU import requirements
The honey market wants residue-free honey
- Today, buyers’ first test on honey is to test for drug residues
In the future: social and ecological certification of honey
- Criteria for fair-traded honey:
- Sustainability of production
- Organisation of beekeepers & honey hunters
- Fair payment
We hope that this Workshop leads to more trade for African honey!
 Download Nicola Bradbear's PowerPoint presentation here (5.28mb .pps
file)
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