Paramakatoi farmers benefit from apiculture training

-to boost production
The Ministry of Agriculture has been conducting training programmes for farmers and vendors countrywide to increase their knowledge of proper agriculture practices.
Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, George Jarvis, while addressing media operatives
yesterday at a handing over ceremony of pumps to Region Seven, said that a training programme was recently completed in Paramakatoi, Region Eight, where over 20 farmers benefited from apiculture (honey production) training. The training dealt with techniques on how to trap wild bees and how to make and manage hives.
Farmers in Imbaimadai, Region Seven, will also benefit from a similar exercise which will commence in a few weeks’ time.
He noted that the idea is to embark on such activities, as well as other crops that can withstand harsh weather patterns, allowing farmers increased benefits.
Government has been investing huge sums to ensure that the agriculture sector remains productive, hence, the training programme which is intended to improve the livelihood of rural farmers working with non-traditional commodities.
Recently, farmers from Regions One, Four, Five, Six, Eight and Nine benefited from training under the Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Development (READ) project, which saw them being trained in preparatory planning in the areas of business, marketing, productivity and capacity building.
The READ project is part of the Ministry of Agriculture’s ‘Diversification Programme.’
Over 476 farmers thus far benefited from training in pesticides and toxic chemicals in Regions Three, Four and Ten, while farmers from Regions One, Two, Five, Six, Seven, Eight and Nine are to benefit shortly.
Three training courses for pesticide vendors will commence in June in all three counties.
One hundred and thirty three vendors will be trained, while several schools have also been earmarked to benefit, starting in the second quarter of this year. (GINA)

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