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KEEPING
Development and Improvement of Processing, Packaging and
Marketing of Beeswax and other Bee Products in Tanzania
FUNDED BY
• Government of Belgium
• Government of Tanzania
IMPLEMENTATION
• BTC
• District Councils
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism
LOCATION Rufiji, Kigoma and Kibondo districts
DURATION 2007 - 2010
BUDGET
• Belgian contribution: EUR 1.121.179
• Tanzanian contribution: EUR 370.000
CONTEXT
In Tanzania, bee-keeping is an important income generating activity with a very high
potential, especially for communities living close to forests and woodlands. It also plays a
major role in socio-economic development and environmental conservation. Although the
bee-keeping sector has a very good potential to contribute to the livelihoods of bee-
keepers and traders, it is currently contributing little due to inadequate harvesting
techniques, the lack of quality standards, the lack of skills and knowledge in quality control,
poor or lack of packaging of bee products among smallholders, poor marketing skills and
weak management and organizational capacities among bee-keepers.
OBJECTIVES
Tanzania aims to enhance the contribution of the bee-keeping sector to its sustainable
human development. It specifically wants to increase the income of bee-keepers and
traders of bee products through improved commercialization of quality bee products in
Kigoma, Kibondo and Rufiji districts where there are untapped potentials and the living
conditions of the population are especially difficult. The strategies include:
– Improving honey production through intensive capacity building;
– The establishment of a functioning market supply chain for bee products;
– The strengthening of the financial and institutional support base for bee-keepers;
– Improving of the operational environment for commercial bee-keeping.
CONTACT
Florent Nguma, National Project Coordinator:
florent.nguma@btcctb.org