Agriculture is one of the broadest Sectors of the Economy, Just like the Information Technology field as it is an Intelligent Age.
Bee farming is one of those sectors of Agriculture that is an undervalued trade in Nigeria. Coincedentally, Honey can form an essential components of diet without any side-effects.
The Economic prospectus of the Apiculture industry is high as Global yearly production of raw honey which is averagely 1.4 Million Tonnes valued at the Global Market at $5,000 per metric Ton. This is equivalent to $7 Billion or 1.120 Billion Naira in total.
Total Global value of Apiculture industry stands at $230 Billion( About 40 Trillion Naira)...David Musa; Committee member & Technical Expert, Inter-Ministerial committee on Honey production, Bee Health and Pollination Services Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
A jar of Unadultrated Honey in the Giant West Africa Country ranges from 3500 Naira($9.70) to 6000 Naira($16.74) per liter. One very key set backs to Local Apiculture Farmers is their lack of exposure to the Advancement in the Trade.
With a Tropical Climate, Nigeria stands at an advantage to trive in Animals production and food producing insect rearing.
Annual production of 0.2 to 0.4 Million Tonnes of raw honey could be achieved if properly funded and managed by either Government or Private investors.
There had been a long time reliance on Crude oil to sustain the Economy of the Nation and other sectors had been neglected. The Governement is overly relied upon and clearly this political systems have other bites to chew and they slightly or never pay attention to more revenue generating ventures to foster the economy; which relatively creates more job opportunities for the masses.
If only this busy Governments could optimise the Honey-Production systems and stimulate huge Capital into the Apiculture Farming; not just Oil and Gas, Bee farmers would be adequately equipped and they have a chance to better Techniques which in turn brings improvement to Agriculture in Nigeria's Honey Bee production.
Reviving Agriculture generally needs a devotion, not just Cocoa, Palm Oil and Rubber but all aspect of Agriculture to salvage Nigeria's dwindling economy from Collapsing Totally.
When the large Crude oil Deposit runs dry, what do we fall back on as a country? Absolutely Nothing!
While so many Africans are pessimistic this plans might not work, some are still keeping the Faith. As an old wise saying goes:
There is no harm in trying, not trying at all makes an individual a miserable failure!
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Our government has been so reliant on the use of crude oil as the primary source of revenue thereby not tapping into the resources of other sectors like agriculture, tourism, aviation and other industrial sector that can generate revenue probably because they don't want to go through the stress of developing other sectors or ignorance.
Trustfully if blogs like this could reach those in the position of power they will invest more in other public sector. Thanks for sharing. It's very informative.
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Most welcome mate, thanks for reading through...
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What else will i be doing if not read your posts.
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This is a message that consist of two things, I'll say
Reliance on crude oil is not going to help this country, therefore, if government can adopt all other part of agricultural practices then we can have a more flourishing economy
Also individual too can venture into bee rearing which in turn could solve some financial problems.
May the Lord help us
God bless Nigeria
God bless Africa
God bless the whole world
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God bless you buddie
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Amen,
Thanks for the prayer
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Every piece of information here is valuable. I know because I almost ventured into this in 2011. Thanks for sharing. Still keeping our deal in mind and working to have it ready as soon as i can.
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Okay mate, no rush😊
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This is something i thought i can venture into , oh i forgot how painful a bee sting is😪😥! Lovely bussiness , i will surely look into it. Thanks for sharing.
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Lol!
Bee Sting is medicinal you know, but just one sting not battalion attack😊
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Raw honey is the best
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Nothing beats that....
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apiculture....very good and informative post...want to here more from u
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Wow love this
upvoted and reestem
Seeing someone advocating for the involvement of the government in Agriculture on steemit
That is my aim too
Why use AK47 when you can use the pen
I hope it gets to them
Anyway am happy Nigeria is out of recession and repory said Agriculture contributed too that
Hope they learn
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Hello, that is perfect people started talking about it. I found beekeeping as the most efficient and eco-friendly business so far. We actually teach people in Cameroon to keep bees as an alternative to slash and burn farming to save and restore their precious forest.
Nice day,
@martin.mikes
Co-founder and coordinator of @kedjom-keku association
Let's save 1,000 hectares of Abongphen Highland Forest together!
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Plant tree and get paid for it!
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