GUWAHATI: The North East Advisory Council of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) is organizing an online conference on beekeeping and honey making under the theme 'Honey Season-2020' from 10:45 am on August 28, 2020 to promote the sector by establishing a platform for interaction between various stakeholders from the government and Industry. KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission) Chairman Vinay Kumar Saxena will attend the programme slated to bring together potential entrepreneurs from the sector. Over the past few years, awareness regarding health benefits associated with honey has significantly increased. Governments and international organizations are promoting it as an important food ingredient as well as a beneficial mediational ingredient.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recognized honey as a potential remedy for various respiratory-tract infections. In addition to this, honey making and bee keeping also offers plenty of business opportunities for entrepreneurs. The market of honey in India is worth Rs 17.3 billion. It has the potential to sustain 120 million bee colonies that could generate 1.2 million tonnes of honey and 15,000 tonnes of beeswax. The North East Region (NER) of India, Punjab and Maharashtra are the key areas for natural honey production. The strong foothold of apiculture, coupled with a high concentration of middle-income age-groups in countries including China and India, is projected to promote investments by the prospecting companies in the near future, stated a release.
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