DIMAPUR, MARCH 10 (MExN): The two-day state level seminar on ‘awareness, motivational and technology transfer for development of beekeeping in Nagaland’ held at Dimapur concluded today. It was organised by the Nagaland Bee Keeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) and sponsored by the National Bee Board (NBB) at the NE Agri Expo Site, 4th Mile from March 9-10.
APC & Principal Secretary (Agriculture) HK Khulu graced the valedictory session as the chief guest.
Addressing the session Khulu called for more thrust in the private sector while encouraging entrepreneurship to generate employment in the state. The state at present, he said, is able to generate only 5-6 percent of revenue while the rest of the funds, the state have to wait on the Centre. At such a juncture, improving the beekeeping sector is another chapter toward economic growth, he held.
State level seminar on bee keeping concludes
Bee rearing in the state is still practiced the traditional way without any scientific input. Nevertheless with the launch of the NBHM in 2007, the state has been able to accelerate its knowledge in this sector. He shared his happiness in learning that Nagaland is the only state to start a dedicated honey mission.
On a proposal put forth by Dr. BL Saraswat, executive director of the NBB to set up an Integrated Bee Keeping Development Centre, the APC assured all possible support. He called for stopping the traditional form of farming – ‘Jhum Cultivation’ – which is destroying not only forest cover but also its flora and fauna. Khulu further expressed his happiness on the enthusiasm shown by the Agri and the allied departments to attend the seminar while calling for more of such interface. Around 312 participants attended the seminar over the two days which included bee keepers, government officials as well as representatives from certain NGOs.
Dr. BL Saraswat, who chaired the session, urged all the bee keepers to register with the NBB for recognition. Calling for more coordination between the agriculture and horticulture departments, he pointed two thrust areas i.e. research and exposure. “We’ve to give thrust on research so that quality bee breeding comes out”, he said, besides providing exposure to the stakeholders to gain knowledge.
A number of suggestions were proposed by the participants (bee keepers). It included setting up of permanent honey markets in all the districts, honey laboratories, breeding centres & construction of bee colonies, inter-state exposure visits and advancing training to the existing bee keepers. They also proposed that the fees for registering with the NBB should be reasonable while asking the NBHM to bear the costs.
APC & Principal Secretary (Agriculture) HK Khulu graced the valedictory session as the chief guest.
Addressing the session Khulu called for more thrust in the private sector while encouraging entrepreneurship to generate employment in the state. The state at present, he said, is able to generate only 5-6 percent of revenue while the rest of the funds, the state have to wait on the Centre. At such a juncture, improving the beekeeping sector is another chapter toward economic growth, he held.
State level seminar on bee keeping concludes
Bee rearing in the state is still practiced the traditional way without any scientific input. Nevertheless with the launch of the NBHM in 2007, the state has been able to accelerate its knowledge in this sector. He shared his happiness in learning that Nagaland is the only state to start a dedicated honey mission.
On a proposal put forth by Dr. BL Saraswat, executive director of the NBB to set up an Integrated Bee Keeping Development Centre, the APC assured all possible support. He called for stopping the traditional form of farming – ‘Jhum Cultivation’ – which is destroying not only forest cover but also its flora and fauna. Khulu further expressed his happiness on the enthusiasm shown by the Agri and the allied departments to attend the seminar while calling for more of such interface. Around 312 participants attended the seminar over the two days which included bee keepers, government officials as well as representatives from certain NGOs.
Dr. BL Saraswat, who chaired the session, urged all the bee keepers to register with the NBB for recognition. Calling for more coordination between the agriculture and horticulture departments, he pointed two thrust areas i.e. research and exposure. “We’ve to give thrust on research so that quality bee breeding comes out”, he said, besides providing exposure to the stakeholders to gain knowledge.
A number of suggestions were proposed by the participants (bee keepers). It included setting up of permanent honey markets in all the districts, honey laboratories, breeding centres & construction of bee colonies, inter-state exposure visits and advancing training to the existing bee keepers. They also proposed that the fees for registering with the NBB should be reasonable while asking the NBHM to bear the costs.
