Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 1
By Maksim Tsurkov – Trend:
UK’s BP company together with its project partners in Azerbaijan have presented the “Sweet Gold” project worth 3.3 million manats, aimed at the development of beekeeping in the regions of the country.
The pilot phase of the project was launched in March 2017 in 18 rural communities, and the presentation of the project was based on the success of this phase.
The goal of the project is to provide the community members with the necessary resources and skills to create competitive beekeeping farms.
Addressing the event, BP Regional President for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Gary Jones said that the project is a part of the efforts of BP and partners to support the increase of community incomes.
He noted that the company considered two aspects: providing the necessary equipment and tools and building the capacity to manage this area.
This project will also support the government’s efforts to develop the non-oil sphere, said Jones.
The BP regional president expressed hope that the company will be able to achieve the set goal by increasing the incomes of rural communities and their skills.
To date, 100 beekeeping farms have started operating in the Yevlakh, Samukh and Shamkir districts of Azerbaijan as part of the pilot phase. Each farm was provided with 15 beehives and 10 bee colonies, as well as other equipment.
The project’s second phase envisages expanding and increasing social investments, and the next phase will last until 2020.
The project is being implemented by local company – Puls-R.
The cost of the project’s pilot phase is about 400,000 manats and the cost of the second phase is 2.9 million manats.