FG Plans to exploit $500 billion bee market

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has assured that the Ministry will work to exploit the $500 billion bee market, while admitting that Nigeria is lingering behind in beekeeping cultivating.


Ogbeh, who enrolled a few advantages of beekeeping uncovered this at the sixth Edition of ApiExpo in Abuja. said that Bee farmers across the country is currently targeting to use the Expo as a stepping stone towards exploring the potentials of exporting honey to the European Union market.AS Nigeria prepare to host this year’s Apicultural Expo (ApiExpo), Bee farmers across the country is currently targeting to use the Expo as a stepping stone towards exploring the potentials of exporting honey to the European Union market.

As indicated by him, "We have not treated the honey bee compassionate previously. Presently we have found that the honey bee is our companion, cash creator and an assistant of the biological system.

"As we as a whole know, beekeeping has made employments for some created and creating nations from generation, handling, bundling and advertising.

"Beekeeping has enhanced the lives of smallholder ranchers with an estimation of $500 billion."

He gave cheering news that "Legislature will attempt the more noteworthy help in beekeeping industry. Government will give materials, accomplish all the more preparing and urge more people to get included and that just the elevated requirements of generation are connected as we try to be a piece of this lively division to the agribusiness and nourishment industry," he noted.

Administrator, ApiExpo Africa 2018, Dr. Dooshima Kwange, included that all aspects of the nation is honored with honey bees, which ought to be tapped for financial expansion.