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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Celebrates World Bee Day
YB WEB DESK. Dated: 5/20/2022 3:18:40 PM
New Delhi, Gujarat, May 19 The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India is celebrating World Bee Day on 20th May, 2022 at Tent City -II, Ekta Nagar, Narmada, Gujarat. The World Bee Day celebration would be graced by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. The MoA&FW is celebrating this significant day to promote beekeeping for the benefits of small farmers of the country for which the GOI is committed to processed which under the guidance of Hon'ble Prime Minister. The UN General Assembly declared 20th May as World Bee Day in order to create awareness on the pivotal role of bees and other pollinators in keeping people and the planet healthy and address many challenges in this context. The honourable Union agri. Minister will be Chief Guest of this event. Shri Kailash Choudhary and Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, Hon'ble Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Agriculture Minister, Govt. of Gujarat, Sushri Mateja Vodeb, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Sushri Konda Reddy Chavva, FAO representative of India, senior officers of MoA&FW, GOI and Government of Gujarat & all related stakeholders associated with honey production would participate in the programme. The programme is aimed at promoting and popularizing beekeeping nation-wide National Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM) of the Govt. of India under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. The NBHM is implemented through the National Bee Board for overall promotion of scientific beekeeping & entrepreneurship among small & marginal farmers, infrastructure development for postharvest management and support for research & development and to achieve the goal of “Sweet Revolution”. The Hon’ble Union Agri. Minister will also inaugurate Honey Testing Lab & Processing Units to be set up in J&K in Pulwama, Bandipura and Jammu, Tumkur in Karnataka, Saharanpur in Uttar Predesh, Pune in Maharashtra & Uttarakhand in virtual mode from Gujarat.