Within the framework of the “Modernizing Vocational Education and Training in Agriculture in Armenia” (MAVETA) project, a short-term training course titled “Basics of Beekeeping: Production and Marketing of Honey Products” was held in the Syunik region on August 25–26. The training targeted displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh as well as local vulnerable groups.
The training was conducted by Tigran Sedrakyan, a representative of the “Beekeeping Forge Scientific and Educational Center”.
During the discussion, participants had the opportunity to learn the basics of beekeeping, key requirements for effective honey production, and mechanisms for marketing bee products. The training also covered sales strategies and legal regulations within the sector.
Throughout the sessions, participants acquired practical knowledge and approaches for initiating and expanding beekeeping activities in their communities.
The MAVETA project is funded by a broad coalition of international and local organizations led by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), including the Austrian Development Agency, the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Government of Armenia, the Swiss Church Aid (HEKS/EPER) NGO, Izmirlian Foundation, the Strategic Development Agency (SDA) NGO and Vanand Agro CJSC.
The project’s implementing partners are the GIZ and HEKS/EPER with the involvement of SDA and the School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (HAFL).