(a) the main objective of the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM); and
(b) the names of the districts in Gujarat other than Banaskantha where Banas Honey Project has been extended along with the details thereof?
(a) the main objective of the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM); and
(b) the names of the districts in Gujarat other than Banaskantha where Banas Honey Project has been extended along with the details thereof?
MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
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(a): Main objective of NBHM is promoting scientific beekeeping for holistic growth of beekeeping industry for income & employment generation, providing livelihood support to farm and non-farm households, to enhance agriculture/ horticulture production, developing infrastructural facilities, viz.; setting up of Integrated Beekeeping Development Centres (IBDCs), honey testing labs, bee disease diagnostic labs, nucleus stock, bee breeders, HRD/ capacity building, empowerment of women through Beekeeping, etc. under Mini Mission-I, setting up of collection, trading, branding, value addition, marketing centres, honey processing plants, storage, etc. under Mini Mission-II and R&D under Mini Mission -III.
(b): Banas Honey Projectwas implemented by Banas Dairy, Palanpur, Gujarat with the assistance of KVIC. The project has been extended to Patan District. More than 400 farmers from Banaskantha & Patan Districts have been trained in beekeeping. These beekeepers are migrating their bee hives to Surendranagar, Jamnagar, Somnath, Veraval, etc. districts of Gujarat.
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