Beekeeping offers a great potential for development and is comparatively less demanding in terms of investment, labour and time. The importance of beekeeping as an income-generating activity is due to the fact that many people use honey as food, medicine and for sale. Also, beekeeping is advocated to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty through increased household income that is invested in other economic undertakings such as paying for social services - education, health, transport and housing. Beekeeping gives local people economic incentive for the retention of natural habitats, and is an ideal activity in any pastures and forest conservation programme.

This project will be implemented in the remote village of Iballe, Puke district. The area is very remote and it has some of the lowest income in the country.