UNDP1221
Within the hard economic situation, UNDP is establishing an agroforestry site to serve the beekeepers of Akkar in their winter production of honey. As they are faced with seasonal climatic challenges, around 240 beekeepers from the area are obliged to rent lands at lower altitudes to settle their beehives and undergo the winter seasons. To minimize their expenses and protect their honey production, this site is being established in Tal Abbas, a village in the Sahel Union of Akkar, in collaboration with the municipality of Tal Abbas and the beekeepers cooperative of Akkar. As it is being implemented by around 50 Lebanese and Syrian men and women of Akkar, as a short-term income-generating opportunity for them, the site will be planted by winter flowering trees and herbs to ensure winter productivity of the beekeepers. The site will host around 100 beehives and plant around 500 flowering trees. Not only will it serve for honey production, but the species planted on this land will ensure fruits and herb production that will generate the income needed for the maintenance and operational management of the site.
UNDP1221
Within the hard economic situation, UNDP is establishing an agroforestry site to serve the beekeepers of Akkar in their winter production of honey. As they are faced with seasonal climatic challenges, around 240 beekeepers from the area are obliged to rent lands at lower altitudes to settle their beehives and undergo the winter seasons. To minimize their expenses and protect their honey production, this site is being established in Tal Abbas, a village in the Sahel Union of Akkar, in collaboration with the municipality of Tal Abbas and the beekeepers cooperative of Akkar. As it is being implemented by around 50 Lebanese and Syrian men and women of Akkar, as a short-term income-generating opportunity for them, the site will be planted by winter flowering trees and herbs to ensure winter productivity of the beekeepers. The site will host around 100 beehives and plant around 500 flowering trees. Not only will it serve for honey production, but the species planted on this land will ensure fruits and herb production that will generate the income needed for the maintenance and operational management of the site.