The district of Gorongosa, in the Mozambican province of Sofala, plans to process 100 tonnes of honey a year, with the inauguration of a factory to extract and process the product, an official source told Lusa on Saturday 27.
By building the factory, ‘the aim is to boost the honey value chain in the region and at national level by promoting sustainable beekeeping practices,’ said the administrator of Gorongosa National Park, Pedro Muagura, adding that the project aims to ‘guarantee the disposal of honey and its by-products’.
The new honey extraction and processing plant was built in the buffer zone of Gorongosa National Park, in Sofala province, with funding from the Canadian and Irish embassies, to the tune of 174,000 dollars (160,000 euros), also aimed at ensuring ‘benefits of these goods to the community’ through biodiversity conservation.
‘With the placement of the honey processing plant in the park, we are ensuring that the belt of tangible direct benefits is being formed,’ said the administrator of Gorongosa National Park.
The factory, said Pedro Muagura, occupies an area of 240 square metres and has the capacity to process 100 tonnes a year.
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