Bees are becoming the first component marked on the would-be livelihoods card of new projects. You MAY wish to include  them in your project...... but SHOULD you?

WANT TO ADD  BEE-KEEPING to your project?

Follow Pam Gregory's pathfinder microsoft_word_-_apimondia_poster_-_sept_09 to see if they are a viable option for you. 

AA International Ltd trained MoA and FAO-SIFSIA crops and food supply assessors prior to an Assessment conducted in Nov/ Dec 2009. The Assessment Mission Report was written by AA International's Director, Ian Robinson, from the information obtained by the trained teams and from reports prepared by FAO-SIFSIA, Khartoum. The Mission Highlights are given here and access to the approved version of the report may be found in the Crop and Food Supply Assessments Section of the website:

FAO release 18th February 2010 - full report now available by going to www.fao.org/giews

Mission highlights are summarised in the blog: