Beekeeping as an Entrepreneurship

Amarjit K Nath¹* , Meena Thakur¹ and Satish K Sharma²

Received: October 01, 2019;   Published: October 11, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/CIACR.2019.07.000269

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Abstract

It has been projected as per United Nation that India’s population could surpass that of China’s around 2024, two years later than previously estimated and is projected to touch 1.5 billion in 2030. Because of it, India will have to face two major challenges, provide employment to youth and nutritive food in adequate quantity to people. Beekeeping industry can play an important role in addressing these challenges. Beekeeping is maintenance of honeybee colonies, commonly in manmade Beehives. According to the National Commission on Agriculture, India needs minimum 200 million honeybee colonies just to pollinate and increase productivity of 12 major crops which are self-sterile and need insect pollination. This will provide employment to 215 lakh people and produce 10 million tons of honey.

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