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Zaid Sa’ad has a degree in media and communications, but has always been a farmer and beekeeper in Al Qurnah, Iraq.
“Our community has an indescribable relationship with our land; Our fathers and grandfathers were also farmers,” he speak. “Our work and life cycle on these farms is Interdependence.”
Ziad Sa’ad, a beekeeper in Basra, Iraq, is raising public awareness of the importance of safety in the workplace.
His goal is to raise awareness of the importance of farms in predominantly poor areas. So he founded Facebook and WhatsApp groups about beekeeping and farming, and received training from the International Labor Organization on occupational safety and health (ILO), he is spreading information on social networks and transferring knowledge to local farmers.
“Our work in agriculture promote economic opportunities, security and self-reliance” he say. “It allows us to be independent.”
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Gulhayo Khaydarova, from Durmon, Uzbekistan, has been a beekeeper for 14 years and her honey production is famous throughout the village. She speak The traditions and know-how of beekeeping are passed down from generation to generation.
However, the sharp drop in temperatures last winter killed most of her bees. Even the most experienced beekeeper can suffer this loss.
To make up for her loss, the United Nations food agency (FAO) provided her family Modern beekeeping equipment and 20 new beehives.
Today, she has increased her honey production, providing a more sustainable livelihood for her family.
Nearly 75% of the world’s crops that produce fruit and seeds for human use depend, at least in part, on pollinators.
Break down the gender barrier
“The bee is Insects are extremely intelligent” speak Ligia Elena Moreno Veliz, from La Fe, Venezuela. Once afraid of pollinators, thanks to an FAO scholarship, she now runs a thriving business dedicated to raising queens and is imparting knowledge to others.
She also broke a glass ceiling. Today, while only four of the community’s 30 beekeepers are women, the taboo is now gone, she said.
Meanwhile, Climate change is worrisome, She added. Climate instability, inconsistent flowering of plants and pollution cause bees to adopt new behavioral patterns, adapting to changes in flowering time.
To address this challenge, Ligia Elena and her colleagues planted new plants to attract bees back.
“Beekeeping is my way of life,” she said. “It is my family’s livelihood and an activity that I hope my daughters will continue to do in the future.”
Once afraid of bees, Ligia Elena now cherishes the creatures that have provided her with a livelihood for the past 17 years, a livelihood that began with an FAO program in her village.
Proud honey
Betty Ayikoru, from Arua district in Uganda, is a mother of four children, a farmer, local councilor and a beekeeper.
“That’s how I make a living,” she said.
She works with Honey Pride Arua, a social enterprise founded by Sam Aderubo and supported by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).
Like many others, her life has been improved by the skills training and sustainable markets provided by the business.
Now, more than 1,700 bee farmers keep beekeepers in bee farms, and when it’s time to harvest, they sell to Honey Pride.
“By engaging farmers, we are providing them with alternative jobs,” Mr. Aderubo said. “If beekeeping is brought to a point where farmers understand it as a business, it will improve their livelihood.”
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bee biosecurity
Ensuring the health of bees is a goal of the United Nations food agency, especially in the face of threats against them, including unsustainable agriculture, pesticide abuse and intensive monoculture production. .
The FAO says pollination is essential for maintaining plant biodiversity, the survival of the world’s ecosystems, with about 75% of crops – producing fruit and other nuts for human consumption. – depends, at least in part, on pollinators, including bees, says FAO.
Pollination-friendly practices include crop rotation and diversity, reduce pesticide use, and restore and protect their habitat. The agency says even the adoption of innovative and precision agricultural tools can protect bees.
To help better protect pollinators, on Thursday the agency organized and co-hosted the Second International Symposium on Biosecurity in Beekeeping, keeping participants up to date with the latest developments in bee biosecurity and the initiatives that the relevant international organizations are adopting in various fields. regions of the world to ensure the health of bees.
A beekeeper in Madagascar cares for his hive using techniques learned through training in climate adaptation.
Celebrating bees around the world
“World Bee Day has contributed significantly to raising awareness of the importance of bees and other pollinators, and promoting international cooperation to protect them,” said Nataša Pirc Musar, President of the Republic of Republic of Slovenia said.
Her country initiated the establishment of World Bee Day in 2016 at an FAO regional conference in Europe and co-created more than 300 pollination projects with partners on all continents, she said.
For its part, the United Nations marked World Bee Day with a global ceremony organized by FAO, highlighting the importance of these hardworking pollinators.
With the theme of pollinator-friendly agriculture, the event drew attention to the threats posed to these insects and the need to address them.
On Monday, a event at United Nations Headquarters will showcase best practices and innovative projects to raise awareness about bees’ contribution to environmental and social resilience.
“Protecting bees and other pollinators is necessary to ensure agricultural production, food security, ecosystem restoration and plant healthFAO Director General Qu Dongyu said.
As beekeeper Moreno Veliz puts it, “bees are extremely intelligent insects. They are beautiful animals.”
The National University of Costa Rica estimates that 65% of the plants on the planet need pollinators, and of these, the most important is bees.
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- FAO plays a leading role in supporting and coordinating the International Initiative on Pollutants and is committed to promoting policies that support crop pest control and the restriction of pesticide use. deep through Global action on pollination services for sustainable agricultureto build greater habitat diversity in agricultural and urban environments.
- Three of the four crops grown globally that produce fruit or seeds for human consumption depend at least in part on pollinators.
- Protecting bees protects biodiversity, as most pollinators are wild, including more than 20 000 bee species.
- Pollination-dependent food products contribute to a healthy diet and nutrition.
- Improving pollinator densities and diversity boosts crop yields – pollinators affect 35% of global farmland, supporting the production of 87 of the world’s top food crops world.
- Nearly 75% of the world’s crops that produce fruit and seeds for human use depend, at least in part, on pollinators.
