Kasese queen rearing and beekeeping project

The project we wish to do is the Beekeeping project which we hope shall improve the livelihood of the people in our rural communities.

PROJECT TARGET AND BENEFICIARIES:

There will be 3 types of beneficiaries:

(i) The 30 members of Action for life improvement who are the direct beneficiaries and owners of queen rearing and bee keeping demonstration project for development.

(ii) The 2215 community members of Kasese who have expressed the need to keep bees for domestic poverty alleviation.

(iii)The 27,300 farmers in Kasese who produce Soya, Maize, beans, cassava banana and fruits and are experiencing in agricultural output. (figures are given according to Uganda population census of 2010) Kasese districts is among the poorest of Uganda whose main stay is farming (peasantry)

There are so many factors that led to this and one of them, and possibly the greatest, is the poor method of farming which lead to very low output. Though there is a lot of labour input and favorable conditions of weather, Kasese district is still experiencing low agricultural out put. The issue of low agricultural out put was raised in the 16th April, 2022 evaluation debriefing work shop. It was highlighted by 4 agricultural scientists that one of the biggest reasons of low agricultural out put was that most of the  pulse and fruit flowers were poorly pollinated due to government policy of promoting use of DDT in fighting malaria. The scientists added that though government had revised this policy, it was not easy to increase out put in the limited time due to security of bees. The queen rearing and bee keeping project were recommended for the following reasons:

- To increase honey, wax and propolis production in the community to increase incomes of the rural poor so that they meet their basic needs and get school fees for their children

-Equip our people with practical skill on bee keeping and demonstration alternative income generating for poor elderly owning small land.

-Teach the elderly viable options of increasing their incomes as well as household.

-Demonstrate the integration of bee keeping into the entire substance farming system.

-To increase crop production, while also promoting environmental protection.