The smell of flowers during the brilliant 13 months of sunshine, the buzzing of bees flying out of their hive on a beautiful morning, the collection of ripe honey; apiculture is an intriguing profession. On the first sunrise of the year, the bees leave the hive looking for nectar and pollen. When collecting nectar and pollen, the bees land on many flowers and ensure the pollination of the plants. The bees draw the nectar from the flower and enrich it by adding enzymes. In the beehive the bees thicken the honey, after which the honey is stored in the wax cells to ripe.
My name is Jony Girma, I am 38 years old from Ethiopia, the country with a huge potential of high value organic bee product like honey, beeswax, and propolis. I am a professional in organic agriculture and agricultural economics. The experiences that I have developed in the bee research centre, and honey and beeswax processing company I worked at, have motivated me to work with the honeybees.
After critical evaluation of apiculture sectors, a decision was made to enter into organic honey production, processing, and marketing business due to the high and intact potential of the country. The honey sector in the country is one of the few sectors that has the most potential to achieve transformation and growth across all categories of rural households. There are an estimated 5.15 million hives in Ethiopia almost all of which are maintained entirely by traditional methods by approximately 1.4–1.7 million beekeeping households. They keep bees as a means of income generation.
Beekeeping does not require fertile land, a large area, or much initial capital. This makes the sector attractive for small farmers with limited resources. It is also an environmentally sustainable activity that can be combined with crop production, animal husbandry, horticulture, and conservation of natural resources without clashing with any of these activities. As a result, the importance of beekeeping to poverty reduction and conservation of natural resources has been emphasized by different stakeholders.
However, despite its potential role in the development of rural economy, the beekeeping sector faces a number of problems. Lack of beekeeping skills, inappropriate production technologies, weak market access, weak price incentive systems, and limited financial capacity of beekeepers are the major problems which largely reduce the potential contribution of the honey sub-sector.
As per my perspective to have sustainable honey supply for the market, it is vital to intervene to control these major problems. As a result, I have started working with beekeepers to fill the skills gap; to create access to improved technology and market. To solve these problems strategically I plan to establish well-organized and -equipped demonstration site inside beekeepers’ villages. This site is a centre of knowledge, skill, and information source for the beekeepers.
Since beekeeping activities are seasonal, it is important to make all season specific information available on time. Beekeepers will be trained, share experience and practice before adopting improved technologies. In addition, beekeeping researchers use this site as research unit which create good opportunity for beekeepers to meet with experts.
The site will consist of modern technologies, ideal apiary site, training room, information source like posters, videos and audio, books, bulletins, and any related information from the government, research centres, and any other sources. Colony management follow up, consulting and monitoring of organic system production will be facilitated from this site. Mobile system alerting of beekeepers will be also done from this site. All the beekeepers will receive information message using their mobile about seasonal activities to be carried out.
Currently, I have 200 beekeepers trained and already signed onto contracts to supply their product to me. The training package is farmers’ level business training to shift them to commercialized beekeepers. All are organized as one to five with the model beekeepers for easy apicultural technology dissemination. I also have the land to develop demonstration site near to beekeepers village.
I have planned to train and certify 2,000 organic beekeepers as suppliers of organic bee product. All my out-growers should have tree plantation program. Each beekeeper will plant and grow multipurpose trees ten times the number of beehives they have. As a result of this approach I will have organic-certified beekeepers who can generate income to improve their livelihood and conserve the natural forest.
I have a slogan to motivate out-growers to achieve my plan called ‘No Trees, No Bees, No Honey, No Money’. This plays a great role in keeping our business and system work sustainable. Unless beekeepers enjoy an income, they don’t have an interest in supplying honey. The intended project will use the budget (USD 5,000) as follows:
- Establishing modern, well-organized apiary site
- Construction of training room (32 square metres) with mini information centre
- Purchase beekeeping accessories equipment
- Purchase and compiling of information related to apiculture, books, manuals, posters, brushers, video, research output, and others.
- Purchase of training materials.
The beekeeping materials, which are expensive for beekeepers, will be available for beekeepers to use in group by lending it from the learning centre. The impact of this intervention will be evaluated by, technology centre/learning centre established, adopted technologies, tree planted and grown, quantity and quality honey supplied, and income generated by beekeepers. The nature of the business and potential of the area make the intervention strongly sustainable.
The intervention area is covered with immense natural forests which can be used as nectar source for honey bees. Consequently, this area is the ideal place for organic honey production. Every household has its own forest land with big trees used to hang traditional bee hives.
The forest land is traditionally transferred from generation to generation through a system called Kobo. This cultural practice helps the farmers to conserve the natural forest. The involvement of households in honey production is more than 80% in the intervention area.
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Very interesting idea.
Perfect!
Very interesting project. It’s always helpful to teach how to a fish than feeding one.
Yes, thank you Ade.
No Tree, No Bee, No Honey , No Money. I like it.
I think the proposed business idea is not merly a business but also fills the gaps that farmers or honey producers have. And also it is a business & service provision model which could be replicated. On my side the amount of budget is not enough to do so, but can show innovative approach to support honey producers.
Yes, the budget is small but the remaining activities will be done by own source.
Well done!
Thank you.
it is a very nice proposal because it is eco-friendly and it is important to conduct eco-friendly research to protect our environment from pollution.
Thank you. Yes env friendly business.
its a good work and good luck
Thank you Biruh.
This is the project with great vision to help poor traditional beekeeprs in rural Ethiopia. It deserve recognition. Great performance by Jony
Thank you Haile.
Supporting the projects of such educated young entrepreneurs conducted on agriculture sector is the spring board to transform the very traditional agricultural system of countries like Ethiopia.This project has so many social advantages,is viable economically and is environmental friendly.
So johny do it or die!!!! We are with you.
Indeed, it is a very interesting and motivating idea. I am sure many small-scale beekeepers will benefit from this.
Yes, thank you.
It is sustainable business since money, nature and community linked systematically. Good luck.
I like it. Good luck.
Such types of project are very vital towards sustainable production of any agricultural products and for combating of the ever-changing global climate. For ecosystem-based productions such as apiculture, holistic approaches are always critically needed. This project by Jony Girma is one of the best examples since it focuses on the main actors (farmers) and resources (the ecosystem – forest and bees), and their links. Furthermore, the project well addresses the processing and marketing parts of the system. The project proposal thus can help to achieve well-trained farmers that can focus on and targeting a sustainable apicultural production and thereby maintaining the balance between the production and the conservation and further expansion of the forest ecosystem. For such balanced production system the traditional knowledge and practices, which are considered in this project, are always very crucial. The proposed project thus deserves a selection for further evaluation and funding.
Thank you Girma.
Great Idea. Please do you best to realize it.
Forest based honey production is good opportunity for the beekeepers living in the forest. As a result, they conserve the forest since they can make money from the forest. Good idea please push forward.
Thank you.
This is a very good idea.
This is a very good idea. I like it a lot
Good luck and good start.
Good job well done. Good luck.
It is an innovative idea to move forward; for improving the livelihoods of small scale beekeepers, forest resources conservation and keeping our ecology safely. Ethiopian Beekeepers will be highly benefited from such type of practically visible demonstration sites along with capacity building you have already started. Keep on working hard. Good Luck!
Well thought I like how the idea affects the people(beekeepers). It can change many beekeepers life’s while helping our country show its potential. I have no doubt that if courage is put into every day tasks which i sense its already there in the blog , it’ll do nothing but spread and produce great outcomes…
Best of luck
It is an innovative idea to move forward; For improving the livelihood of small scale beekeepers, forest resources conservation and keeping our ecology safely. Ethiopian beekeepers will be highly benefited from such type of practically visible demonstration sites along with capacity building which you already have started. Keep on working hard. Good Luck!
Organic honey from the forest area is the best way to support yourself, the comminute and to conserve the nature. This is in line with organic principles. Good Luck.
One of the best way to support the community in the forest. Good intervention. Do you have honey processing center or it is under plan?
I have received the land to establish the processing center.
Good job. Professionally managed Idea. Good luck.
Dear, Jony thank you for the initiatives. I like your idea to exploit the organic honey potential of the country.To establish the center and also materials for the farmers that they will lend from the training center, the budget you proposed is very small. Even you have to think boarding center like Holetta where other interested youth or beekeepers will pay and got training from all over the country. Therefore, you have make a big project and also dream that you will have millions of beekeepers from all over the country!!
Thank you. The budget is only for the intended activities. Other activities will be done by own contribution.
Good business model linking nature, community and business for sustainability. Good luck.
Good luck. liked it. well done.
Nice approach and good for beekeepers in the natural forest area.
Interesting idea !!
Bees for development. Good idea.
Helpful project idea. This is what was missed by sector leaders. Good luck.
Thank you.
Technology adoption and market access is important for the sector development.
very good project! Good luck Jony
Thank you.
Very nice project! Good luck Jony!
Thank you.
I think this business model is an innovative one. It is a kind of social enterprise in which both the bee keeper and the business owner mutually benefit. I would like to pass my appreciation for the initiator.
Thank you.
Well done. Good business model for smallholder farmers in Africa.
Thank you. We can copy for any countries.
You did a good job. It is a problem solving business proposal that helps the farmers or even anyone with a very little investment. It is environmental friendly and sustainable technology. Good luck.
Perfectly Sol. Thank you.
Good idea!
Thank you.
Good luck. Well done.
Thank you for best wish.
Organic agriculture is one of the way to solve food security. Good luck.
Yes we expect it will be a solution for food security.
Good luck. Nice idea.
Indeed, there are huge knowledge and skill gaps among beekeepers in Ethiopia on modern beekeeping. Hence, your initiative in filling such gaps is an essential starting point. All the best.
Thak you.
Thank you.
Certainly, there are huge knowledge and skill gaps among beekeepers in Ethiopia on modern beekeeping. Hence, your initiative in filling such gaps is an essential starting point. All the best.
Thank you I will try my best to fill this gap.
This is great idea
Organic honey production in natural forest area. Good opportunity for sustainable development for forest based community. Good luck. How the forest is managed is it government or farmers?
Hi Selo thank you for the comment. Currently, the forest is managed by the beekeepers. the have interesting culture of conserving the forest. The forest land is owned by beekeepers and transferred from generation to generation. Cutting the forest is like killing a person. They have cultural court.
Nice idea. Good luck.
This nice business model for smallholder farmers in natural forest area. Good luck.
Nice to have such ideas to link the farmers livelihood to the forest conservation. Without any benefit farmers have no interest to conserve the forest. Good luck.
Organic agriculture for environment, community and business. This has multiple effect. Please keep it up. Good luck.
it is an idea so inspiring for its realization in to practice, Good luck!
Thank you bro.
I would like to appreciate your effort. This is important intervention for countries like Ethiopia with huge potential of honey production.
Good luck. Bees for development un touch sector.
This good solution for the degrading natural forest. Good intervention. Good luck.
Thank you.
Dear Jony I like your intervention and it is good for the beekeepers looking for sustainable development. Is there any support from govremnt for such intervantions? Good luck.
Yes, the idea is in line with government agricultural transformation plan. After this pilot project everybody will use it to scale up.
Nice idea. Is there a certifying company in Ethiopia? Good luck.
Yes, there is a Germany based company who has office here in Ethiopia working in a certification.
To tell the truth he has a reliable potential to accomplish it.Good luck.
The bright vision of your proposal is attainable by your efficiency.God help you.
Thank you bro.
Good idea. It is nice opportunity for beekeepers in natural forest area.
Since I am from the beekeepers family I know how it is difficult to produce honey in traditional system. this type of approach largely help the beekeepers to use modern technology. Good luck. Please think how to reach many beekeepers.
Thank you Hailu. I am thinking to work with other stakeholders to scale up the project once it is well done in proposed areas.
Thank you for coming with innovative idea. Good luck.
Thank you.
great job for our beekeepers whose economic development depend on forest product. Good luck
thank you.
Interesting idea and story. Good luck.
thank you.
Organic Honey production for export market is really promising line in current international market. Good looking.
I so there is interest for organic honey.
Good luck bro.
Thank you.
Nice approach for sustainable rural development.
Thank you.
It is a brilliant idea; I hope it will add one step further in the apiculture sectors.
BTW. the slogan ‘No Trees, No Bees, No Honey, No Money’ is motivating.
Good Luck Jony.
Thank you Fre.
Great idea. Good luck.
Thank you.
Organic honey production is the best way for forest based small scale beekeepers. Well done.
I will make beekeepers use of it.
Good luck. It is nice intervention for you, beekeepers and the forest.
Thank you.
Honey, forest and beekeepers nice linkage for sustainable development. Good luck.
Yes, thank you.
I have question how can you participate the beekeepers in conserving the existing forest? Good luck. Nice idea.
I will support them in strengthening their local culture of conserving the forest.
Nice working with bees, beekeepers and the forest. Fulfill the principle of organic agriculture.
Well done nice project. Please devote yourself to realize it.
Nice approach. great business model.
Hi Jony this project is important for beekeepers keeping the forest without any benefit. Everybody who like to see forest should support and follow such approach. unless it is near to loss the current forest coverage we have.
It is the incentive who motivate the beekeepers.
The current economic development for agri based economy needs such type of approach in harmony with nature.
Thank you.
Beekeeping for sustainable development and natural conservation. Great.
Good to have such project for rural development.
Well done. Good luck.
No tree, No bee, No honey, No money. Nice linkage to promote sustainable development in rural areas.
Nice Jony. It is time for you to put on ground what you learn. Good luck.
yes, I hope I will put on ground to support me and the community.
Hi Jo nice to see such promising project. Good luck.
Interesting project. This is vital for rural development forest based policy implementation. Be serious in scale up the idea.
Ok. Thank you.
Nice project. It is a way to be out of poverty for forest based communities. Think about he finance source (loan) for beekeepers. Good luck.
I have training package how to make beehives from locally available materials. Regarding the loan I will link them to finance institution and also I will arrange some small loan to be repaid in kind.
Hi Jony this approach is important for country like Ethiopia with huge potential of honey production. Ethiopia is producing only 10% of the potential. Exploring this opportunity is good for the beekeepers and also for your. Please try to address many beekeepers in all regions. Good like.
I have started the journey to convert such huge potenatial for development.
Beekeeping is one of the sector suitable for farmers living with in the forest. To potentially support the beekeepers and bring expected positive change on the rural development and livelihood of the farmers it is better to follow such approach. Nice idea please support. Good luck.
True. thank you.
Good luck. I like your idea.
Thank you.
Bravo well done. Nice direction for our beekeepers. Organic honey for export market. Please be strong and struggle to realize.
Dear Hulu I will try my best since this is the way the current market demand us.
Bees for rural development through better filling skill gap. Innovative idea. Good luck.
I will try to fill this gap to have quality honey.
Natural forest conservation based rural development. Really helpful. Good luck.
Thank you.
The effect of learning center/demonstration site in continual adoption is vital. Please scale up this idea. Well done.
Thank you. i hope me and other will participate in scaling up the system.
Bees for development.
Organic honey production real intervention to explore the potenatial. Good luck.
Thank you.
Really good idea. Good luck.
Organic honey and other bee product demand is increasing on international market. Forest areas are the best place for organic production. I like your system. Good luck.
Thank you Agaz.
Beekeeping sector is good for countries like Ethiopia. Especially for the forest area honey is one of non timber forest product. The big challenge is the lack of technology. In this regards, this project fill the gap and will be effective.
Thank you.
Nice idea. Good like.
Good luck.
Good idea.
Organic agriculture for rural development. Good idea.
Thank you.
Bees for development the unrecognized sector in Ethiopia. Nice idea.
There is coming initiative from different private companies. But is is to small. Hope many will come to this sector.
Forest can be conserved only if the farmers with in the forest able to benefit from conserving it. In this regard this project is helpful. Good luck.
Thank you.
This is innovative idea to support the community and a solution for the forest under risk of deforestation.
Yes, Mit it is good solution for the current challenge for deformation.
Good luck bro.
Bees for development. Nice project.
Thank you. Definitely bees will help for development.
Good job good luck.
Thank you.
Forest conservation should be linked with benefit from it with our cutting the forest. Honey production is one of the best way to conserve the forest. Nice idea. Good luck.
Thank you.
Thank you Jony for bringing this innovative idea following the current increasing demand of honey and problem of forest conservation. This is big headache for many NGOs working on forest conservation. Good luck.
Yes hope I will work with any related stakeholder.
Great Job. Well done.
Thank you.
Bees, forest, money and community. Important consideration.
Thank you.
Good luck. Nice idea.
Thank you.
Great idea, good luck!
Thank you.
Ethiopia is the 1st from Africa and 10th from the world in honey production. When we come to the benefit we are the last. The government should focus on this sector since millions of farmers are keeping bees culturally. I like your idea. Please work on it strongly. I will follow you soon.
Yes, only telling the potential is meaningless. We have start using it.
Wel done Jony. Keep it up!
Thank you.
Good luck. Nice idea. There is big market demand for organic honey in Western Europe.
This days the demand for organic product is increasing we have to use this market. Thank you.
Intersting project.
Thank you.
Practical project really great job. Good luck. We have support this type of project.
Thank you for you interest to support me.
Interesting story. Knowledge based business is always successful and parctical.
Thank you.
Beekeeping is a agri sector which can be done on small land small finance. This make the sector best for farmers in forest area. Good job. Like it.
It is hopeful for the landless and with small finance.
Excellent idea. Good luck.
I appreciate your approach, helping our beekeepers practically is crucial.
Thank you.
It is good project, am appriciate you.
Thank you.
Bees for rural developemnt the un exploited sector. Good luck.
it should be included in the rural development policy.
Well done. Nice project. Good luck.
Thank you.
Organic Honey production attached with forest conservation is impressive idea. Excellent brother. Good luck.
Thank you.
Good luck. Nice idea.
Thank you.
I like your idea and need to copy to my country. Good luck.
I ready to share you. Welcome.
Environmentally friendly and community based project. Go ahead!
I will go thank you.
Ethiopia needs this kind of project. Good luck Joni
Thank you.
This project is important for maintaining Ethiopian ecology . You are the winner
Thank you.
Forest conservation can be effective through improving livelihood of beekeepers. Good way to do that.
Thank you.
Don’t stop until you succeed.
I will done my best.
I wish you all z best!!!
Thank you.
If you set your mind to it ….Anything can happen.
Thank you.
Don’t let anything hold you back!
Ok, thank you.
Proper planning always leads to a win..so plan and execute carefully.
Ok, I will do my best.
Satisfaction is important …so if it makes you happy..why not?, and it helps others too as i can see.
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Yes, thank you.
Try..try again…try harder…try another way. This motto helps me every day..I hope it helps you too.
Thank you.
Work hard and you’ll never regret it.
Ok, thank you.
Its feels like a good idea, just be patient with it!
Everything takes time and if you take your steps carefully …its definitely possible.
Yes correct. Thank you.
May GOD be with you.
Thank you.
Nice jhonny!
Thank you.
I read your project with great interest. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about honeybees. Help beekeepers as much as you can.
I will try to do my best.
I knew there was something in you that can make a change.
Thank you.
Bees for rural development. Great job. Good luck.
Thank you.
Happy to read you project. Good idea!
Thank you.
Organic agriculture best applied in honey production in forest area. Once you have institutional arrangement with beekeepers you will have good market. Nice idea. Good luck.
I have started contract agreement.
Very interesting. It looks more of practical.
Thank you.
Interesting project.
Thank you.
I read your project and impressed on the way you try to link the nature, the community and the economy. Please keep it up. Well done.
Thank you.
Good luck great job.
Thank you.
No tee, No bees No honey , No money. nice approach. This help you for sustainability.
Thank you.
Jony I like your project idea. Please include collection centers. Good luck.
Thank you.
Nice idea. Good luck.
Thank you.
Intersting intervantion.
Thank you.
I think your project area is unesco certified forest area. Nice opportunity to promote the your product.
Yes the forest is certified by unsco which will be good opportunity for the business.
Great job well done. Good luck.
Thank you.
I will use this project to be implemented in my area and ready to work with you. Good luck.
Please use this idea to implement. I am at your disposal to support you.
The role of beekeeping in agri based economic development is to big. But not realized yet by many developing country government. Such intervention by skillful individuals need support to benefit the country farmers and to contribute to national development. Jony, good idea and development. Good luck.
Yes, not realized but there is some motive to support.
Great development idea.
Thank you.
This will motivate the government and NGos working in the forest area. Great.
Any concerned body should react.
Community based projects like beekeeping will maintain forest resources stable. Well done.
It is helpful for forest conservation.
Good luck. I like your project.
Thank you.
Bees for developemnt. Well done good luck.
Thank you.
Great bro. Good luck.
This is best solution for my family whose eceonomic source is beekeeping.
Definitely you family and other community near to the natural forest area will benefit for beekeeping but there should be support in diffrent way through identifying the gap.
Nature, beekeeping and community development can support each other! I like it. Good Luck!
Right Takele thank you.
Great. Interesting good luck.
Thank you.
It will help to use huge honey production potential of the country.
The potenatial should be converting to benefit.
Very good intervention to share beekeeping knowledge, skill and technologies.
Thank you.
Nice work. Good luck.
“No Trees, No Bees, No Honey, No Money”. Well said, implement it.
I will try my best to implement.
Novel idea!
Thank you.
Multipurpose project. The right way of reducing poverty in forest community.
Thank you. Beekeeping is best for the forest based rural development.
Nicely planned project! Best of luck.
Thank you.
Honeybees, what a lovely creatures! Your project leads to bring a change at ground level.
Yes, thank you.
Wish you all the best for your success!
Thank you.
The current issue to increase farmers income without affecting the environment.
Yes. Thank you.
Nice jony, I like your approach to motivate and engage beekeepers as out growers. Real innovative idea. Good luck.
Thank you.
Great idea.
Thank you.
Honey production to bring sustainable development in nice linkage with natural conservation well done.
Yes Beke. Thank you.
Hope I will have a jar of organic honey linked to benefit millions of beekeepers in conserving the nature.
Definitely this what I dream to make on the international market.
Very interesting plan with great vision!
Thank you.
Ethiopian organic honey and beeswax from the naturally conserved forest. Imagine how it is tasty and bring meaningful contribution to the rural development. Good luck. Great.
Thank you. Yes it real good to intervene to the sector problem in having such approach.
Promising iea. Keep it up.
Ok, thank you.
Timely intervention. Nice job.
Thank you.
Good luck. Bees for natural conservation and solution for climate change.
Thank you yes.
I can imagine how this project contribute to the climate change problem. In addition to income source. It has multiple advantage.
Thank you. The issue of climate change is highly linked with loss of our environment. Conserving our forest is not something we ignore.
Interesting project.
No tree, No bees No honey No money. Nice linkage. Please support this idea.
Unless there should be linkage between our economic development and nature in a positive way it not possiable to bring real change. This is important for our agri based economic development.
Brilliant business model.
Thank you Seni.
Organic honey form 13 month of sunshine. Well said. Good luck.
Thank you. The 13 month sunshine is best for honey production. We will have honey the whole year.
Nice linkage.
Thank you.
I know Ethiopia has huge honey production resource not yet exploited. Such projects will do better to benefit from the sector. PLease work hard and try to scale up it.
Dear Petter thank you for your comment. I will try my best to further develop the idea and scale up.
Wow it is good project. Good kuck Joni
Thank you.
Good idea and project.
Thank you bro.
I like your visionary idea.
Thank you.
It is interesting idea, am appriciate you.
THank you.
Organic agriculture is one way of solve the problem of forest area farmers. Good luck Joni
Yes it is good opportunity.
Wow it is basic idea to protect Ethiopian forest from damage.good luck Joni.
Am appriciate your idea . Good luck.
Ethiopian farmers needs you, please be strong. God bless you.
Nice project I liked it realy.
Making money from honey by forest conservation. Good luck.
Thank you.
Thank you for this nice idea. Well done.
Thank you.
Nice bro. Good luck.
Thank you.
I like this innovative and visionary project.
Thank you.
Hi Jony, this is promising project idea. Keep it up.
Thank you bro.
Bees for rural development.
Thank you.
Nice bro. Good luck.
Thank you.
Bees for development. Good luck.
Thank you.
Joni you are an important person to change our Beekeeping sector. Good luck.
Thank you.
Best solution for both the increasing honey demand and climate change issue. Great idea.
Thank you.
Really promising business idea.
Thank you.
I got this link from one of my friend from Ethiopia. I was impressed with this nice business idea which gas good market and real impact on the beekeepers and the nature. Good luck.
Thank you for good filling for my project.
Nice business idea.
Thank you.
Hi Jony nice to see such interesting development from you. I still expect another business model.
thank you.
No doubt you’ll succeed.
I hope this nice way for our beekeepers struggling with traditional beekeeping. Good luck.
Thank you.
It’ll work if you give it all you got.
Well done bro. Good luck!
I wish you all the best.
Thank you.
Bees for development. Real project. Good luck.
I’m always behind you.
Thank you.
I am from this area from your project area. I can imagine how beekeepers there including my family will benefit from the intersting project. Great well done.
Definitely it will help all.
Nice business idea.
Share your feelings and thoughts so that you’ll have someone to back you up if you need help. Its a great idea.
Ok, I will share. Thank.
Honey business with natural conservation. Well done good luck.
Thank you.
Hope is what gets everything done , don’t lose it
Thank you.
Somethings will work out while others will try to let you down …don’t give in!
Thank you.
I”m new to this idea but it seems that there is a lot to gain.
You have good idea .God bless you.
Thank you for the best wish.
Be strong !
Since working with bees I will be strong.
Well Done brother.
What a novel idea.
You are eyes of Ethiopian apiculture sector .
Thank you.
It is a great idea. You do it.
It is the incentive who motivate the beekeepers.
Unless we pay for the beekeepers effort to conserve the forest it is impossible to see the forest.
Nice business model. Good luck.
Great job well done.
Good opportunity for beekeepers near to natural forest area. well done.
Thank you Chuo
Organic product demand is increasing this days. So bringing such innovative idea is timely business model. Great job.
The market is demand organic honey due to inclination of consumption habit to natural things.
Brilliant idea.
Organic honey and other bee product for export market please devote to realize.
Yes Work I will do my best to realize.
Nice job good luck.
I so you again with this innovative idea. Great job. Good luck.
Thank you Anne.
Congra for coming with such nice business model which help beekeepers. Great.
Thank you Sid.
Big impact business model. Make it please.
I will make it. Thank you.
Thank you. Good luck.
Great job.
Working with bees real I like it. Good luck.
Thank you. We can learn a lot from bees. Busy to make life sweet like honey.
Nice business model.
Thank you.
Jon it is good project for our Beekeepers. so youare be strong.
Ok, we will do our best
Nice opportunity to promote the your product.
Thank you.
To potentially support the beekeepers and bring expected positive change on the rural development and livelihood of the farmers it is better to follow such approach.
Acting on technology adoption and access to market is yes vital.
I hope it will add one step further in the apiculture sectors.
Yes, I will try to do so.
you have make a big project and also dream that you will have millions of beekeepers from all over the country.
Thank you hope it will support millions of beekeepers.
Nice idea please support. Good luck.
Very interesting plan. Good luck Jony!
Thank you.
Nature loves this kind of projects. I like it.
Thank you.
This project has so many social advantages,is viable economically and is environmental friendly.
So Joni do it . God bless you.
Thank you Abiy. I will try my best to implemnt theidea.
We expect organic honey in our table soon. Good Luck!
Thank you I will have it.
Fascinating idea. Do not give up until you reach your goal.
Yes no give up.
It was real impact on the beekeepers and the nature. Good luck.
Thank you.
Big business concept which can be scale up to the country level.
Thank you.
perfectly designed project!
Good job, good luck Jony!
Great job well done.
Bravo good luck.
Bees for development. Good luck.
Bees for forest based economic development. Well done. Good luck.
I am invited by one of my friend to read this business idea. I like it. Nice business model and it will be helpful and practical.
Great Job. Good luck.
Conserving our forest is not something we ignore.
The project leads to change nectar resource into delicious honey.
Nice result of WUR organic agriculture department. Good luck.
Well designed. Nice business model.
Great job!
Great vision to help poor traditional beekeeprs in rural Ethiopia. Good luck
Organic farming for rural development. Convincing idea in honey sector. Well done.
I love it…keep it up;
No time to wait this project on ground. Nice.
Hi Jony great job good luck.
Community and environment friendly project. Good luck!
Nice idea….well done..keep going
Organic honey from the natural forest area. Keep it up.
Congra nice idea.
You can show innovative approach to support apiculture sectore.
This project has so many social advantages,is viable economically and is environmental friendly.
Hope your project have great contribution to introduce modern beekeeping practice.
Yes we have technology demonstration package.
your initiative in filling such gaps is an essential starting point. All the best.
Thank you.
Apiculture is a huge resource in Ethiopia, but unexploited so far. Good start.
Thank you. We will exploit.
work for it and when you succeed..you’ll be glad you did it.
I will do it . thank you.
Honey production Business model. Great linkage.
Thank you.
Nice bro.
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Thank you Ade.
Waiting to see jar of honey on my table. Good luck.
You will have more than a jar. Believe me.
Nice job. Good luck.
Thank you.
Jony good job nice business model. Well done.
Thank you Mimi.
Great Jo. Good luck.
Thank you Hadd.
Bees for rural development.
Nice success for Ethiopian honey.
Yes good chance. Thank you.
Very nice.
Very good development project.
Thank you.
Natural forest benefit from bees pollination, bees receive nectar and pollen rewards from forest and finally beekeepers will have money from honey. Multipurpose project.
Yes, this intervention has many propous.
Let us use our huge beekeeping resource. Great Job.
We have to convert the potential to benefit. Thank you.
Organic honey from organic forest!
Yes Dawud. Thank you.
This is what we say creative mind.I like your idea.
Thank you.
We will be from your side! Well done.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The more your work with bees, you love and start working hard like them.
Apiculture is such a lovely profession. The country shall benefit from it.
Thank you. We have huge un touch potenatial.
Traditional beekeeping will gradually be changed in to modern with this approach.
Yes, this is what I dream.
√ It is great idea that consists solutions to the main challenges which impedes beekeeping achievements.
√ It is a great tool that will bring radical change in the apiculture sector as aims at beekeepers honeybee management skill improvement, natural resources improvements and conservation through plantation. All these ensure high hive production and cash crop production through pollination which will increase beekeepers income and improve their living styles. It also increase national economy.
√ This project is useful not only to the mentioned intervention locality but also to the whole potential areas of the country. So Jony please scaling up to all parts of the country to upraised the apiculture benefits as a national level.
√ At last, I have some suggestions:
1. In order to create awareness on advantage of beekeeping and minimizing damage on honeybee through different cases (example: use of agro chemical on crops) and to start (new beekeepers) on beekeeping practices as their income sources; I think it is better to include all non beekeepers (crop growers and others) in the training program of your project. In other words it is better if you arrange that training will give to all beekeepers and non beekeepers within the intervention localities. If you already have, it is nice.
2. I think, it is better also if you include some strategy that limit distribution and application of agro chemical on any agricultural practices by any body not only in your intervention areas but also in other areas in order to create sustainable organic products.
Indeed continue with your smart ideas; I appreciate you.
Thank you for valuable comments. Agri chemicals are devastating bees. In the project area most of the farmers livelihood depends on forest. But there are some farmers use chemical. For this reason I have included in my training package how to deal with agrichemical application. Your comment is well taken.
Honey form the un touch forest. Really organic well done.
Great business model. Good luck.
Bees for development. Good luck we are yours.
Best business model workers for forest based rural area.
Thank you.
Nice Jo. good luck.
Thank you.
Good luck.
Bees for rural development. Nice approach.
Thank you.
I am curious to see the result of your project!
We will see together. I will keep informed.
Organic honey and other bee product based business linkage with beekeepers great system. Well done.
THank you.
My father is beekeeper. He has many hives with traditional system. Such project is a hope for beekeepers like my father. Keep it up.
Yes, this a way to adopt modern system. Thank you.
Great business model. Good luck.
Thank you.
Bees and forest nice linkage for sustainability.
Yes.
Everybody in developing countries having natural forest coverage should follow such model good luck.
I am ready to share it. Thank you.
The most important project that enhances community development around forest areas.
Ya, it contributes a lot to the community.
You will have promising market in Eu countries. Be fast.
My target for the export market is EU. Hope I will have it.
Great bro. Good luck.
Thank you Geme.
Nice appliaction of princeple of organic agriculture.
Thank you.
Promising business model.
Intersting idea. Good luck.
Highly demanded business model, friendly with nature.
This is good oppertunity for beekeepers in the natural forest area. Good luck.
Well done great business idea.
The forest resources have great potential to reduce poverty.
Make your dream true!
Currently wanted project from environmental conservation perspective. Good Luck!
May God help you to achieve your plan.
Truly speaking, I appreciate your project.
You dream is big. Obviously, thousands of beekeepers are waiting for experts assistance like you. Make it true!
As a beekeeping expert, I am very excited to read your project…… Go forward!
Wow it is a business & service provision model which could be replicated. On my side the amount of budget is not enough to do so, but can show innovative approach to support honey producers.
Currently even the gov’t is looking this sector to bring a change. New vision to help the poor community.
Great idea. business model with already nice market since organic.
Bees for conservation of the forest.
Nice bro good luck.
I so Ethiopian honey in UK. There is nice demand for it please go for it good start.
Working with bees is the most fascinating and very good opportunity to help forest based community.
Bees for development.
Ethiopia has huge potential of honey production not yet touched. Such project will facilitate the benefit of the country from the sector. Good luck.
Good to have such project for the sector development.
So impressive! Please let us know your success in the future.
Good luck bro.
Nice business model.
Knowledge can be changed in to fruit through sharing for others. Interesting business plan.
I am sure many small-scale beekeepers will benefit from this.
Good like bro
Nice idea. Well done.
Honey production and marketing linked to forest conservation nice model.
A jar of honey with many impact. Great business.
Please be strong and struggle to realize.
Hi Jony interesting business model. Good luck.
Very good job. Good luck!
Great job well done.
Nice Jo well done good luck.
Great business model good luck.
Bess for natural conservation and development. Good luck.
It would be encouraging for your initiative of your creative ability.
Your attachment with apiculture can prosper those farmers who are to be benefited.
It is interesting that I found this information. Your idea will succeed.
Good luck. I like it.
Good business model. Good luck.
Bees for development.
Ethiopian organic honey production need such intervention to improve the quality and exploit the market.
Nice job.
Well done bro. Good luck.
Bees for development.
Nice model.
Well done.
Bees for development.
Bro well done good luck.
Organic agriculture can benefit the rural community through such intervention. I like it.
Promising idea. Good luck.
Organic honey production has intersting market in the developed world . please try to realize it. Good luck.
Ethiopia is known in honey production but not yet able to use it to support the rural development issues. Such project help to use the sector. Good luck.
Great business model. Good luck.
Bees for development. Good idea to help the rural community.
Organic agriculture easily applied in honey production. Good luck.
Thank you.
Nice idea Bro.
Thank you.
Very interesting approach. Well done. Hope we will see your product soon.
Yes. Thank you.
I read your project idea. Realy I like it.
Thank you.
Honey production best for forest community. Good luck.
Thank you.
Well done.
Come on Jony you bring interesting and timely idea. Good luck.
Thank you Dave.
Well done.
Great business model.
Thank you.
Bees for development.
Bravo nice model.
Thank you.
Ilike you idea. Good luck.
I need enter to this business please consult me. I like it good luck.
No problem I will consult you please communicate.
Please hurry up to bring your organic honey good job.
I will bring it soon Thank you.
Well done, Good luck.
Thank you.
Interesting idea.
Thank you.
Nice bro I like it.
Thank you.
Beekeeping is a long standing sector in Ethiopia stay in traditional system for long time. This project will contribute to the sector development. Great.
Even if we have a potenatial not yet used. Hope we will convert it to benefit.
Nice business model.
Thank you.
Nice idea. good luck.
Thank you Mercy.
Promising project.
Thank you.
you will have millions of beekeepers from all over the country.
Yes it is huge potenatial.
Nice business Idea. Hope we will share the idea. Good luck.
Well done good luck.
Intersting idea good luck.
Please go on. Good luck.
Nice model for our region. Good luck.
Organic product the current demanded product.
Jony nice idea. Good luck.
Bees for rural development. Good luck. Nice linkage.
Great job good luck.
Organic honey production. Good opportunity for the beekeepers and for you. Good luck.
Thank you.
Nice Bro. Good luck.
Thank you.
Well done. This nice model for us in the similar business. Good luck.
Keep it up. Please do it. Good luck.
Innovative idea I expect more form you. Good luck.
Thank you.
Great job well done.
Jony great job well done.
Thank you.
Jony nice business model.
Thank you.
I am also in this business but not see in this direction. Good luck.
Thank you
This business model is practical since lined to participants benefit and natural conservation. It answers what most of the business missed. Good luck.
Thank you.
Bees for rural development and natural forest conservation.
Thank you.
Well done Jony. Good luck.
Thank you.
Promising sustainable business model. Good luck.
Thank you
Well come to our region also please. Good luck.
I will be there. thank you.
I will follow you. Good luck.
Thank you.
Well done. Good luck.
Thank you.
Jony brilliant idea. Keep it up. Good luck.
Thank you.
Nice bro.
Thank you.
Great business model with bees. Good luck.
Thank you.
Forest conservation is impossible without incentive for the farmers inside the forest. Such business model is one of the solution for conservation problem.
Thank you
Thank you Jony, nice business model.
Thank you.
I like you project. It is nice business idea. Good luck.
Thank you.
Nice Jony. Good luck.
Thank you.
Bees for development good luck.
Thank you.
Jony well done. Good luck.
Thank you.
No tree, No bee No honey , No money. Nice idea. Good luck.
Jony it is good.
Jony good job please share it. Good luck.
Jony your business idea is really nice. It is applicable and practical. For Ethiopia this is good solution for forest area. Good luck.
is viable economically and is environmental friendly.
Organic honey market demand is increasing on the international market. Please do it good idea. Good luck.
Bees for developemnt good luck.
Good business model.
Thank you.
Good model.
Thank you.
Your business idea is good. Be strong in marking a contract with beekeepers.
I will do my best.
Jony nice idea. Good luck.
Thank you.
Great job nice to see such business model.
Thank you.
Nice idea working with bees.
Thank you.
Great idea. Nice linkage bees, forest and beekeepers. Good luck.
Thank you for the best wish.
Innovative approach to support honey producers.
Thank you.
Jo well done. good luck Do it.
I will do it.
We will support you in any aspect. Please implement it. Good luck.
Thank you for you support. I will do it.
Well done.
Good project
This is great model to be done without any hesitation. Good luck.
Yes I will try my best to do it.
Great job well done.
Your business model is good. good luck.
Good luck. I like it.
Nice bro. Well done.
I like your business model. Good luck.
Bees for rural development. I like it. Good luck.
Well done. No doubt practical.
yes practical.
Honey production linked to forest conservation nice idea.
thank you.
No tree, No honey, No bee, No money. Nice linkage.
Bees for developmet. Good luck
This is innovative promising idea.
thank you.
Your idea will succeed.
Good luck.
I like it. Good luck.
thank you.
Jony keep it up. Interesting business idea.
thank you.
Well done. Good for Ethiopian apiculture sector. Good luck.
It will be promising.
Great man. Good luck.
Thank you.
See you soon with your organic honey good luck.
Thank you.
Very nice idea. Good luck.
Thank you.
Great job.
We will promote on our association. Great approach.
I will support in any activities you want me. We will make also partition.
The linkage you made is great for your business success.
Than you.
Good luck.
Bravo nice job.
I like your business model. Good luck.
Well done good luck.
Great Jony well done.
Thank you.
I like your busness.
Thank you.
Bees for development. Good linkage. Good luck.
Nice Business model good luck.
Thank you.
Well done. Practical idea.
Thank you.
You done it. Good luck.
Great job. Good luck.
Thank you.
Jony i read your business idea. Great job.
Thank you for the comment.
This is also good for female beekeepers. Please include many femal beekeepers.
Yes Tsedy, I will include them. It is the sector easily done by females at the backyard.
Jony well done. Good luck.
Thank you for the best wish.
Good approach we will support you. Good luck.
Thank you.
Jo good luck.
Thank you.
Good luck.
I like it.
Honey production is one of the sector which has good transformational capacity. Good luck.
Perfectly Tesfsh. Thank you.
Great job.
Nice Jony.
Thank you. This a type project applicable in your area.
Nice model.
Thank you Alex.
Well done. Good luck.
Thank you.
Great well done.
Thank you.
As a result, they conserve the forest since they can make money from the forest. Good idea please push forward.
I will push it.
This is in line with organic principles. Good Luck.
Thank you.
This is in line with organic principles.
Perfectly inline with organic principles.
It is eco-friendly research to protect our environment from pollution. Good luck Jony
Yes, it has no effect with environment. Thank you.
this pilot project everybody will use it to scale up.
Thank you.
Waw you,nature and community linked systematically. Good luck.
Jony it is good project. Good luck.
Thank you.
Such business model is one of the solution for conservation problem.
Ya thank Alem.
It deserve recognition. Great performance by Jony
Thank you.
I am sure many small-scale beekeepers will benefit from this.
Yes, thank you.
Great performance by Jony.
Thank you.
It is greate idea.
Thank you.
is viable economically and is environmental friendly.
Thank you.
I am sure many small-scale beekeepers will benefit from this.
Yes it is good opportunity for small scale beekeepers.
Ashenafi Sheferaw
Thank you.
It is nice project.Good luck Jony
Thank you Aster.
keep it up;
Thank you Ayanalem.
Appiculture & forest conservation is impressive idea. Excellent brother. Good luck.
Thank you.
Good luck Jony
Thank you.
Ethiopian beekeepers will be highly benefited from such type of practically visible demonstration sites along with capacity building which you already have started.
Thank you.
I hope it will add one step further in the apiculture sectors.
Right I will try my best.
it is eco-friendly and it is important to conduct eco-friendly research to protect our environment from pollution.
Thank you.
Beekeeping is best for the forest based rural development.
Thank you.
economy needs such type of approach in harmony with nature.
Thank you.
huge potenatial for development.
Right.
Forest areas are the best place for organic production. I like your system. Good luck.
Thank you.
Please think how to reach many beekeepers.
I will include many beekeepers through time. I have scale up program.
It is nice opportunity for beekeepers in natural forest area
Thank you.
Beekeeping is one of the sector suitable for farmers living with in the forest.
Correct.
Good luck Jony.
Thank you Dani.
Bees for natural conservation and solution for climate change.
Yes, thank you.
Yes, thank you.
Great job well done.
Good luck.
Thank you.
I like you job.
Thank you.
Thank you. Well done.
Thank you.
Great job good luck.
Thank you.
Jony I like your job good luck.
Thank you.
Bravo well done.
Thank you.
Bees for development. Good luck.
Thank you.
Great job. Well done.
Thank you.
Honey production with forest conservation. Well done.
Thank you.
Jony well done.
Thank you.
Nice project for the forest based rural development.
Thank you.
Jony great job.
Thank you.
Very interesting project. well done good luck.
Thank you.
bees for rural development. Great job well done.
Thank you.
Nice Jony. Good job.
Thank you.
Great job well done.
Thank you.
No tree, No bee, No honey, No money.
Thank you.
Great job nice project.
Thank you
Nice Jony good luck.
Thank you.
Well done Jony great job.
Thank you.
Jony I like your project idea. Well done.
Thank you.
Organic honey production is a timely intervention in forest area. Well done.
Yes, thank you.
Forest based organic honey production. Great job.
Thank you.
Great job good luck Jony.
Thank you.
We are waiting your organic honey in a jar. Great job.
Hope you will have soon.
I read your project idea. Great job Jony.
Thank you.
Promising project good luck.
Thank you.
Jony I like your project idea. Well done.
Thank you.
Well done great job.
Jony nice job. Well done.
Thak you.
No tree, No bee, No honey No money. Great.
Thank you.
Very interesting.
Thank you.
Well done good luck.
Thank you.
Nice Bro.
Thank you Jo.
Well done great job.
Thank you
Honey from the forest area. great job.
Thank you.
Great Job.
Thank you.
Very interesting. Well done good luck.
Thank you Sis.
Jony I read you project it is interesting and great job good luck.
Thank you hana.
Interesting.
Thank you.
Behind a jar of bottle honey beekeepers are benefiting and forest conserved. Great idea.
yes, right thank you.
Nice Jony well done.
Thank you.
I like it.
Thank you.
Honey for the rural life.
Thank you.
Nice Jony. Good luck.
Thank you.
Jony good like I like your approach.
Thank you.
I like it. Good luck.
Thank you Addis man.
Interesting story. Good luck.
Thank you.
Great job
Thank you.
Good luck.
thank you Alem.
Well done.
Thank you.
Good luck bro!
I hope you will get the found bcoz this kinds of project really very important for the small scale framers to improved their livelihoods by creating additional income.
Dear Jony, Congratulation!!!!
The approach you have on the matter is very interesting! Thanks for the information! Be well!