Why Apiculture Ethiopia
Apiculture is a promising off-farm enterprise that directly and indirectly contributes to smallholder’s income, particularly the nation’s economy in general. Ethiopia is known for its tremendous variety of agro-climatic conditions and biodiversity, which favored the existence of diversified honeybee flora and a huge number of honeybee colonies playing a significant role in generating and diversifying the income of subsistence. While the diversity of its agro-ecological religion has endowed the country to have five different types of honeybees with millions of honeybees’ colonies, Beekeeping practice in the country is undertaken by three types of beehives: traditional, intermediate, and modern hives. Establishing the beekeeping market network and developing its information delivery system for the producers will bring a socio-economic impact and encouragement via enhancing their benefit from Honey Production, Crop Pollination, and the Source of immediate cash income. Therefore, strengthening the apiculture practices through research and consolidating the extension system solves the challenges, exploits the available opportunities, and improves the marketing linkage playing a significant role in developing the country’s GDP. Basically, the country’s agricultural and rural development policy is the first prospect to improve any agricultural sub-sectors.