Nkhusu Honey Processing and Marketing Project

About this Project

The Beekeeping high quality processing and marketing project seeks to scale-up Tiyanjane Community Based Organization's current beekeeping project by increasing the number of beehives from 50 beehives to 100 beehives. Through this project they will also construct a honey processing factory, purchase bee suits and processing machines. The project is set to increase their income generation thereby improving the wellbeing of the community members.

With the $12,828.77 grant from World Connect, Tiyanjane Community Based Organization is growing its beekeeping enterprise by constructing a honey processing  and selling unit, training its members on cooperative management  and adding hives among others. The three (3) roomed building is about 90% completed with only flooring and painting remaining. 50 members have undergone cooperative training facilitated by the Ministry of Trade officials.  Once completed, the project will increase income generated by the group and shares returned by members thereby  contributing to improvements in members' living standards.

Led by Boyson Majomeka of Tiyanjane Community-Based Organisation in Mchinji invested $12,828.77 to strengthen the honey value chain through constructing a hygienic processing house, procuring processing equipment, and training 55 members in modern techniques and cooperative management. These efforts improved honey quality, increasing the selling price from K8,000 to K10,000 per kilogram, while harvests grew from 1,320 kg to 1,431 kg, resulting in a 35.5% rise in sales from K10,560,000 to K14,310,000. This initiative has significantly empowered community members economically, exemplified by Manes Jere, who testified that income from honey sales enabled her to purchase goats and pigs, and consistently pay her daughter's school fees of K35,000 per term, thereby enhancing her overall well-being.