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Rwanda: Pesticides, Deforestation Hurt National Honey Production #AfricaClimateCrisis
New Times, 22 December 2021
Different factors, mainly the use of chemical pesticides that are not environmentally friendly and destruction of bee habitats, are behind the decrease in production of honey in… Read more »
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Rwanda: State Forests to Be Used for Honey Production
New Times, 24 December 2019
Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB) is seeking to establish partnership with Rwanda Water and Forestry Authority to use state forests to increase honey production and youth involvement… Read more »
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Rwanda: Why Beekeepers Are Grappling With Drop in Honey Production
New Times, 6 February 2019
USE of pesticides in farming, traditional beekeeping techniques and drought continue to hurt honey production across the country, a study has shown. Read more »
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Rwanda: Beekeepers to Use State Forests for Honey Production
New Times, 22 November 2018
The Government has granted the right to beekeepers to use state forests for farming activities as part of strategies to boost output and avert the shortage of honey in the country.… Read more »
Pesticides, Deforestation Hurt Rwanda's National Honey Production
The use of chemical pesticides that are not environmentally friendly and destruction of bee habitats, are mainly behind the decrease in production of honey in parts of the country, researchers have found. The production of honey is continuously decreasing because of land use change and bee population decrease according to the research done by Elias Bizuru who is a conservation researcher and also a lecturer at University of Rwanda College of Science and Technology.
Bizuru has called for integrating organic farming in agricultural practices saying the production of honey, in one case, shifted from five tonnes per year down to 0.5 tonnes per year corresponding to a loss of 90% of honey production.
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