Honey Production Chain in the Context of Conservation of Natural Resources

Abstract

Develop a poor community is increase the monetary income, with which it may purchase goods and services sold. Now, the only way to not even a poor community, casual illegal increase the money that your members earn is to sell out more expensive goods, in increasing amounts, without its price fall (at least in the short term). Find such goods is therefore essential but not sufficient condition for starting the development process. The development here sought is that of the community as a whole, not from some of its members only. Therefore, it cannot be achieved by attracting some foreign investment to the community. The investment required for the development has to be done by and for the whole community, so that everyone can be owners of new wealth produced and benefit from it. It is not, either, to stimulate competition the ' entrepreneurship ' single, which inevitably brings with it the Division of the community into winners and losers. Community Development means the development of all its members together, United by mutual assistance and collective ownership of certain essential means of production or distribution. According to the preference of the members, many or all may preserve the autonomy of individual producers or family. But, the major means of production _ silos or warehouses, fleets of vehicles, buildings and equipment for industrial processing, power distribution networks etc. _ must be collective, because if they are deprived the community split into distinct social classes and the class will explore the owner not proprietary. Therefore, the search for productive specialization that raises the efficiency of the community cannot dispense with this condition: the new productive branches have to allow all of them to participate, as producers and as managers of the production process. Those who demonstrate more skill and greater proficiency must of course _ because it is beneficial to all-help those who have less ease of developing these qualities. These values have obvious ethical justification, but also practice. Beekeeping stands out as an option for income generation and occupation of man in the field, since their supply chain enables the creation of jobs and income flows throughout the year, particularly in smallholder farmers, thus contributing to the improvement of the quality of life and of man in rural areas. The honey production not meaning to reduce or stop the farmer traditional activities, but is the complementary rural activity for generate income the farmer engaged on this activity. In addition the honey is a good source of food, is also widely used by the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, according to their therapeutic actions. The Zambezi Valley region in Mozambique was one of the most severely troubled during the armed conflicts of the years 80 and 90, principles and many infrastructures were seriously destroyed, causing the abandonment of various communities. With the end of the war there was a rapid resettlement, especially the primary and secondary roads was rebuilt, in areas with higher rainfall levels; the social infrastructure was built in this areas. The Zambezi Valley housed in 2006, 25% of the population of Mozambique. This region has a great potential for the development of agriculture, both irrigated and rained systems wants had possibilities of synergies with other development initiatives. The project benefited from five districts on the Zambezi Valley region of Mopeia, Morrumbala, Mutarara, Chemba and Maringue. The local government sub-divide of those districts are: 16 administrative posts (PA) and 45 Localities; the area of project is 37.491 Km2 and 823.137 beneficiaries. Beekeeping is an activity practiced by many people in the districts with forests, which are the case of project districts. This activity in the traditional way, with hives on top of trees, is productive, very little risk and harmful to the environment. The use of improved hives (of transition), could improve honey production, eliminate the risk of beekeepers and promote the conservation of the environment. On this basis, the project understand promote improved beekeeping in all districts. With this dynamic 1045 beekeepers were trained, and promoters 34 98 extensionists, as illustrated in the table below. The project has funded the acquisition of 14306 hives of type Kenya top bar (of transition) to 146 groups and individual beekeepers 110. Beekeeping has given significant results in these 5 districts located in the Zambezi Valley, and so is the most visible activity in the environmental actions so far undertaken by the project; particularly in combating the uncontrolled burning and conservation of natural resources.