Qatar Ministry of Municipality initiative increases local honey production many folds from 2.5 tonnes in 2013 to 16.2 tonnes in 2021.
Event Location
Qatar, Qatar
Start Time
23 May 2022, 12:00 AM
End Time
31 May 2022, 12:00 AM
Qatar Ministry of Municipality initiative has succeeded in increasing local honey production in many folds from 2.5 tonnes in 2013 to 16.2 tonnes in 2021.
Launched by the Agricultural Affairs Department of the Ministry in 2012, the initiative ‘National Honeybee Project’ was to protect bees and other pollinators and to support local apiaries for increasing honey production.
Under National Honeybee Project, the Ministry distributed 1,729 beehives to local apiaries. The beekeeping farms also received four grants to encourage them to increase honey production to ensure self-sufficiency of the country. As many as 171 local beekeeping farms benefitted from the initiative of the Ministry.
This came in a report issued by the Ministry demonstrating achievements of the Department in protecting bees and promoting beekeeping in the country on the occasion of World Bee Day 2022 which falls on May 20.
UN has designated May 20 as World Bee Day to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development.
The goal is to strengthen measures aimed at protecting bees and other pollinators, which would significantly contribute to solving problems related to the global food supply and eliminate hunger in developing countries.
Qatar Honeybee Project