Apiculture or Beekeeping

1. Bibek Debroy Committee on Beekeeping Development (Important Stats and Recommendations)

  • Beekeeping Development Committee setup under the Chairmanship of Bibek Debroy recommended to recognize honeybees as inputs to agriculture and considering landless beekeepers as farmers.

Important Recommendations

  • Plantation of bee friendly flora at appropriate places and engaging women self-help groups in managing such plantations.
  • Institutionalizing the National Bee Board and rechristening it as the Honey and Pollinators Board of India under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. Such a body would engage in advancing beekeeping through multiple mechanisms such as setting up of new Integrated Bee Development Centres, strengthening ....
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