Dry and Sub-humid Lands Biodiversity

Case Study Details

 
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Name of Partnership Linking Bee Keepers to Markets
Organization SOS Sahel
Country Ethiopia
Regions Africa
Description Work with farming co-operatives to improve their production and marketing skills and help beekeepers to work themselves out of poverty. Supermarkets across Ethiopia are now selling Amar organic honey produced by co-operatives in Amhara region that have been trained by the project team to produce a higher quality product.
Lessons Learned Adoption and distribution of appropriate technologies

Pairing production with capacity building for marketing
Web Site http://www.sahel.org.uk/publications.htm
Main Actors Indigenous and Local Community Organizations
Type of Capacity Building Systemic Capacity Building
Keywords Information / Knowledge Sharing
Technology Development / Dessemination