By Katare Mbashiru in Dodoma
DODOMA, Tabora and
Singida are the top three regions leading in the country in producing,
packaging and export of honey to over 20 countries in the world,
Tanzania Forest Service Agency
(TFS) has said.
In an interview
with the 'Daily News' here, the Agency's Beekeeping Officer, Frida Kundy
said the agency was continuing with its efforts to providing education
to people so that honey produced in the country maintains its highest
levels of quality.
According to her,
among the countries where the honey produced in Tanzania has the highest
market include Germany, England, Belgium, France and Italy. Others are
Norway, Kenya, Uganda, Oman, Rwanda, Dubai, Japan, Canada, Saudi Arabia,
Lebanon, Iran and United States of America (USA).
The Beekeeping
Officer expressed optimism that generally; the market for honey locally
and internationally was superb, adding that currently, the country was
in plans to woo the Chinese market.
Apart from Tabora,
Dodoma and Singida regions, Ms Kundy named other regions that were
producing honey as Mbeya, Rukwa, Katavi, Iringa, Kigoma and Shinyanga.
She also said there
was equally production of Honeycomb which is also exported outside the
country, adding that TFS was intensifying its training programmes to all
beekeeping stakeholders, where so far about 225 people from different
groups have benefited from course.
"About 95 per cent
of beekeepers are capitalizing on natural beekeeping, while the
remaining 5per cent are on modern beekeeping," she added.
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