Modern science is finding that many of the historical claims that honey can be used in medicine may indeed be true. In the Bible [ Old Testament ], King Solomon said,”My son , eat thou honey, for it is good”, and there are a number of reasons why it may be good.
There is some research to suggest that honey may be useful in minimising seasonal allergies. The Guardian reported that honey even ‘beats cough medicine’ at alleviating and reducing the frequancy of cough.
Over four thousand years ago, honey was used as a traditional ayurvedic medicine, where it was thought to be effective at treating material imbalances in the body.
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Cluster in various forms, particularly artisan based clusters, have been in existence in India for various historical reasons. The reasons may be skill or raw material or technological or designing or market related or a combination of more than one reason. In the era of economic liberalization, with increasing investment opportunities in various fields, the rural sector has raised a point where there are opportunities for the village artisans for their traditional industries to bring about more value addition, rather being mere suppliers of raw materials to larger processing units. With the combination of available raw materials, skill, innovative technology, design intervention, exploration of various market channels, booked by institutional support service (implementing agency), Common Facilitation Centre (CFC), their products may find more recognition with the changing consumption pattern emphasizing more ethnicity, eco-friendliness, even visually accepted, thereby reducing urban-rural disparities by promoting through broad based cluster concept in the rural areas.
The importance and contribution of rural enterprise sector to the economic growth and prosperity is well established in most of the developed and developing countries. The role of traditional industries for creation of employment, upholding the entrepreneurial spirit and innovation in the rural economy of the country is very important. To support, encourage and strengthen this, Government of India has been taking many proactive steps.
It is proved that these traditional industries can boost up their competitiveness through networking and this process is easier and more sustainable if they work very closely with one another in clusters. Also they can build their competitive strength through cost reduction, value chain up gradation and utilization of collective economics of scale when they cooperate with each other and build linkage with private or /and public service providers. The application of cluster approach has given very good results and sustainable development of rational industries in both developed and developing nations.
Government of India wants to strengthen the traditional clusters by providing benefits through different schemes related to technology up gradation, infrastructure provision and through various institutions at National and State level. Emergence of scheme like SFURTI is one of such schemes designed to development of Village Industries as a whole and beekeeping industry in particular.
It is expected that all out efforts through coordinated approach and integration of all measures under various interventions under the scheme is likely to bring about a visible changing scenario and happiness among the poor Beekeepers in the adopted clusters to a great extent of course leaving avenues for further attention to combat shortfall areas for the furtherance and sustenance of beekeepers and related stakeholders ahead.
Mission & VisionBroad based Sensitization Programme.
Intervention of Improved process and product Diversification (Institutional Base & Micro level service facilitation).
Improvements in products Quality.
Increase in income of Beekeepers.
Unit price realization enhancement.
Exploration & Technical dissemination of Allied Bee Products.
Market Expansion etc.
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