I too noticed the lost enthusiasm for beekeeping in our village and the
surrounding areas. I suspect, it is a combination of the effort that goes into
it, lack of adequate knowledge, resultant low yields
and perhaps even low price fetched by the harvests. I understand a litre of
honey in Assam these days cost around Rs. 200. That is fairly good for the
villagers, but the buying power of Rs. 200 these days of essential goods not
locally produced, is virtually negligible. Thus the incentive is not there.
Incidentally, India is the largest exporter of honey to the USA. There is huge
discontent among US beekeepers raging these days, because of Indian merchants
laundering banned Chinese honey
( due to excessive use of prohibited antibiotics) and dumping in US markets at
low prices, thereby driving down price of American beekeepers' produce.
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Part of the same malady -- the dependence on the useless Indian Rupee.
Because nobody assures that the yield will be promptly paid for at "SUPPORT
PRICE" and lifted-- HARDLY ANYBODY takes to beekeeping.Yet Assam could have a
million hives -if not Crore --to forage in the girdling hills /forests
Nobody extolls the great virtues of Honey-Propolis-Wax as super
nutrient,Biomedicine,prophylactic-- nobody buys and takes . If there was any
money to buy -- they buy PotatoSituation is same for all seasonal greats :
Pineapple,Orange, Amlokhi,Tomato,Carrot,Arum(Kosu),KathAlu, Kothal, Oxomiya
Nemu,-- each running to million tons/season
Yesterday there was a daylong government DO -- To facilitate meeting Big
names in food Processing. Euphemism for" Surrender to India ".Another
fruitless Torun/Prodyut 'Investment' meet?Today's Doinik Oxom 3rd page
article blames children Not eating FOL-MUL at the root of rapid rise in
Assam in anemic weak,disease prone Youth. Actually it is economics. Kol /dozen
at Gau =Rs 50/- .mm
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