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In Europe a beekeeping association is a kind of club, that educates, assists, informs, insures and brings together local and national beekeepers. They support the country's bees and beekeepers and have also certain responsibilities (regular meetings where they talk about changes in the beekeeping practice, inform about diseases, act as a contact for club members etc...). The beekeepers join those associations and usually pay a membership fee in exchange of using the provided services of the association. So far, there is no information about a similar structure in '''Ethiopia''' or '''Indonesia'''. Nevertheless, organizations exist which aim the education of the domiciled beekeepers.
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'''Ethiopia:''' About 10 years ago, SOS-Sahal was an important beekeeping project, providing beekeeping training. <ref>Gupta, R. K., Reybroeck, W., van Veen, J. W., & Gupta, A. (2014). Beekeeping for Poverty Alleviation and Livelihood Security: Vol. 1: Technological Aspects of Beekeeping. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9199-1</ref> The '''Ethiopian Apiculture Board (EAB)''' was established in 2009 and it aims to improve the honey production and productivity by ensuring quality production and safety issues. The Ministry of Agriculture is the patron of '''EAB'''. There are also the '''Ethiopian Society of Apiculture Science''' ('''ESAS'''; former Ethiopian Beekeepers Association) and the '''Ethiopian Honey and Beeswax Producers and Exporters Association (EHBPEA)'''. <ref>Negash, B., Greiling, J. (2017). Quality Focused Apiculture Sector Value Chain Development in Ethiopia. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.17265/2161-6256/2017.02.005</ref> Projects like '''ASPIRE''' (Apiculture Scaling up Program for Income and Rural Employment) and government initiatives like '''ATA''' (Agricultural Transformation Agency) aiming also the supporting of beekeeping interests. In addition, a lot of '''organizations''' (GOs and NGOs) and '''initiatives''' offer training on beekeeping every year. Despite all the efforts, the apisector still develops '''very slowly'''. <ref>ASPIRE (2018). Apiculture Scaling up Program for Income and Rural Employment. Access date: 11.06.2018. URL: http://www.snv.org/project/apiculture-scale-programme-income-and-rural-employment</ref> <ref>ATA (2018) Agricultural Transformation Agency. Access date: 11.06.2018. URL: https://www.ata.gov.et/</ref>
 
'''Ethiopia:''' About 10 years ago, SOS-Sahal was an important beekeeping project, providing beekeeping training. <ref>Gupta, R. K., Reybroeck, W., van Veen, J. W., & Gupta, A. (2014). Beekeeping for Poverty Alleviation and Livelihood Security: Vol. 1: Technological Aspects of Beekeeping. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9199-1</ref> The '''Ethiopian Apiculture Board (EAB)''' was established in 2009 and it aims to improve the honey production and productivity by ensuring quality production and safety issues. The Ministry of Agriculture is the patron of '''EAB'''. There are also the '''Ethiopian Society of Apiculture Science''' ('''ESAS'''; former Ethiopian Beekeepers Association) and the '''Ethiopian Honey and Beeswax Producers and Exporters Association (EHBPEA)'''. <ref>Negash, B., Greiling, J. (2017). Quality Focused Apiculture Sector Value Chain Development in Ethiopia. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.17265/2161-6256/2017.02.005</ref> Projects like '''ASPIRE''' (Apiculture Scaling up Program for Income and Rural Employment) and government initiatives like '''ATA''' (Agricultural Transformation Agency) aiming also the supporting of beekeeping interests. In addition, a lot of '''organizations''' (GOs and NGOs) and '''initiatives''' offer training on beekeeping every year. Despite all the efforts, the apisector still develops '''very slowly'''. <ref>ASPIRE (2018). Apiculture Scaling up Program for Income and Rural Employment. Access date: 11.06.2018. URL: http://www.snv.org/project/apiculture-scale-programme-income-and-rural-employment</ref> <ref>ATA (2018) Agricultural Transformation Agency. Access date: 11.06.2018. URL: https://www.ata.gov.et/</ref>
  

Revision as of 15:12, 13 November 2018

In Europe a beekeeping association is a kind of club, that educates, assists, informs, insures and brings together local and national beekeepers. They support the country's bees and beekeepers and have also certain responsibilities (regular meetings where they talk about changes in the beekeeping practice, inform about diseases, act as a contact for club members etc...). The beekeepers join those associations and usually pay a membership fee in exchange of using the provided services of the association. So far, there is no information about a similar structure in Ethiopia or Indonesia. Nevertheless, organizations exist which aim the education of the domiciled beekeepers.

Ethiopia: About 10 years ago, SOS-Sahal was an important beekeeping project, providing beekeeping training. [1] The Ethiopian Apiculture Board (EAB) was established in 2009 and it aims to improve the honey production and productivity by ensuring quality production and safety issues. The Ministry of Agriculture is the patron of EAB. There are also the Ethiopian Society of Apiculture Science (ESAS; former Ethiopian Beekeepers Association) and the Ethiopian Honey and Beeswax Producers and Exporters Association (EHBPEA). [2] Projects like ASPIRE (Apiculture Scaling up Program for Income and Rural Employment) and government initiatives like ATA (Agricultural Transformation Agency) aiming also the supporting of beekeeping interests. In addition, a lot of organizations (GOs and NGOs) and initiatives offer training on beekeeping every year. Despite all the efforts, the apisector still develops very slowly. [3] [4]


Indonesia: PUSBAHNAS (National Apiary Center) [5] ; API Indonesia (Indonesian Apicultural Association) [6] this organization is sub of Asian Apicultural Association (AAA). AAA aims to "promote the exchange of scientific and general information relating to honeybee sciences and apiculture in Asia, and to encourage international co-operation in the study of problems of common interest". [7]


References

  1. ↑ Gupta, R. K., Reybroeck, W., van Veen, J. W., & Gupta, A. (2014). Beekeeping for Poverty Alleviation and Livelihood Security: Vol. 1: Technological Aspects of Beekeeping. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9199-1
  2. ↑ Negash, B., Greiling, J. (2017). Quality Focused Apiculture Sector Value Chain Development in Ethiopia. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.17265/2161-6256/2017.02.005
  3. ↑ ASPIRE (2018). Apiculture Scaling up Program for Income and Rural Employment. Access date: 11.06.2018. URL: http://www.snv.org/project/apiculture-scale-programme-income-and-rural-employment
  4. ↑ ATA (2018) Agricultural Transformation Agency. Access date: 11.06.2018. URL: https://www.ata.gov.et/
  5. ↑ PUSBAHNAS (2018). National Apiary Center, Indonesia, Access date: 14.05.2018. URL: https://pusatperlebahannasional.blogspot.co.at/
  6. ↑ API Indonesia (2018). Indonesian Apicultural Association, Indonesia, Access date: 14.05.2018. URL: https://apiindonesia.com/
  7. ↑ AAA (2018). Asian Apicultural Association, Access date: 14.05.2018. URL: http://asianapiculture.org/
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