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Bee-keeping for Increased Crop Yield: Solving National Problems

This text discusses the problem of low yield of pulses and oil-seeds in India and proposes bee-keeping as a solution to enhance crop production. It provides information on the benefits of bee-keeping, the potential income, and the training requirements. The text also highlights the current status of bee-keeping in India and its market potential.

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Bee-keeping for Increased Crop Yield: Solving National Problems

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  1. Solving National Problems  Less yield of pulses and oil-seeds Importing 33%  Bee-keeping & enhanced yield of crops

  2. India – Agrarian Society • Observation • Developed nations have 3-5% population working in agriculture  self-sufficient • We have 70% population working in agriculture •  still we have to import 33% pulses and oil-seeds •  not self-sufficient • We don’t have efficient agriculture techniques • We don’t have skilled labor

  3. Solution • Solutions are • Increasing the production of pulses, oil-seeds, milk with the help of bee keeping •  an increase in 35% to 100% in the pulses and oil-seeds •  reason: bees help in pollination • 2. Removing chemicals from farming •  1 lakh crore is spent annually on chemical fertilizers •  replace by organic khaad •  vermi-composting

  4. Bee Keeping In 1995, 10 kg honey per box Today 40-50 kg honey per box 1 frame has 2000 bees = Rs. 200 cost 1 box has 10 such frames = Rs. 2000 cost Cost of box = Rs. 500 Total cost of one full box = Rs. 2500 = Investment  output 50-60 kg honey per year Rs. 50 per kg = one box gives Rs. 2500 of honey per year  Cost recovered

  5. Bee Keeping  More output Honey bee multiplies to about 3 times in 1 year = 20 more frames of bees = one frame = Rs. 200 20 frames = Rs. 4000 per year  Net income = Rs. 6500  Net profit = Rs. 4000 per year

  6. Bee Keeping If a beginner starts with 10 boxes  investment = Rs. 25000 Does bee keeping for one year  net profit = Rs. 40000 and 30 boxes Second year  net profit from 30 boxes = Rs. 120000 and 90 boxes (If 60 boxes sold = Rs. 2500 * 60 = Rs. 150000) Third year  profit from 90 boxes = Rs. 360000 and 270 boxes (One person can manage about 30 boxes – The above profit excludes the cost of supporting extra man-power) Fourth year  profit from 270 boxes = Rs. 1080000 This income is Tax Free

  7. Bee Keeping Current Status More than 100 bee-keepers in the country have more than 2000 boxes each Since these bee-keepers are experienced, they earn about Rs. 8000 to Rs. 10000 per box (and not just Rs. 4000 per box) They have been working since 1995, i.e. since last 14 years They are earning Rs. 1-1.5 crore per year  Perseverance, hard work and experience can lead to good earning in this business

  8. Bee Keeping Current Status More than 5000 bee-keepers in the country have more than 250 boxes each In 1995 the work started with 2500 boxes In 2009 there are about 2.5 lakh boxes

  9. Bee Keeping • Requirements • It is a 100% full time job • It is migratory in nature – if the flower dries at one place, the bee-keeper has to migrate to some other place where there are flowers – this can be migration of 100-500 km • Example: Bharatpur, Alwar, Jaipur have mustard crop from November to January – many bee-keepers migrate there with their boxes • Once the crop is over, the bee-keepers move to Dehradun for Lichi crop •  • The bee-keeper has to be strong and courageous • Even MBA’s are doing bee-keeping

  10. Bee Keeping • Man-power requirement • As of now, about 5000000 people are needed right away • Contact un-employed youth • Contact mislead youth Training requirement One day introduction One week preliminary training One month field training After this the person can start the business One year training Understand how bee behaves with season

  11. Bee Keeping Training Method A large bee-keeper, who has more than 500 boxes and a staff of about 20 people can keep a trainee with free boarding and lodging (and some stipend like Rs. 1000 per month) The trainee works with the trainer in the field The trainee can save Rs. 5000 in a few months and buy 2 boxes The bees keep multiplying, and by the end of one year, training is complete, as well as the trainee acquires about 10 boxes

  12. Bee Keeping Market From 1995-1997 the bee-keepers could produce enough honey for the Indian market The cost of this honey was Rs. 14 per kg and later Rs. 18 per kg Therefore, in 1997 they went to the exporters 267 ton honey was exported Total consumption of honey in the world – 10 lakh ton 3 lakh ton is produced by China India has reached 1 lakh ton annual production And is exporting 45000 ton per year To Germany (6.5 kg per capita consumption) and USA (honey is an energy food in the world)

  13. Honey is connected to mal-nutrition also Major application near Saharanpur

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