National Bee Board

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National Bee Board (NBB)

  • About:
    • It is a registered society under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.
    • It was reconstituted/ restructured by the Department . of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India under the Chairmanship of Secretary(AC&FW) in June, 2006.
    • NBB is one of the National Level Agencies (NLAs) under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH)
    • NBB has also been designated as a Nodal Agency for promotion of scientific beekeeping in the country. Presently, the main thrust of NBB is setting up of Integrated Beekeeping Development Centres (IBDCs)/Centres of Excellence (CoEs) on beekeeping, at least one in each State.
  • Objectives: 
    • Overall development of scientific beekeeping in India by popularising state of the art technologies through the governmental schemes of National Horticulture Mission and Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States in the country.
    • Development of nucleus stock production, capacity building programmes and training of bee breeders and beekeepers, processing, research work, etc. and conducting of seminars.
    • Dissemination of information on technological advancement in the field of beekeeping through its various publications and the quarterly magazine “Bee World”.
    • Initiating steps for quality honey production and other bee hive products for overseas and domestic markets besides enhancing productivity of various crops through bee pollination.
    • Increasing the employment opportunity in the rural sector.

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