case study Mozambique Honey Company

[Martinus Ruijten]

The Mozambique Honey Company  is front runner in developing the local beekeeping sector; through professional processing, packing and marketing of honey, supporting capacity building of small holder beekeepers and their representative institutions; technical training; appropriate production technology; provision of market access to local markets (high-end outlets but also bottom-of-the-pyramid consumers), while contributing to pollination of food crops and conservation of forests.

The Mozambique Honey Company engages with poor Mozambicans in their role of consumer, supplier, distributor and worker. Beekeepers are organised to take up their role as shareholders.