World Bee Day - Israel's Contribution
The UN declared May 20th as World Bee Day, recognizing the crucial role bees play in increasing crop yields and promoting food security and nutrition. As Israel has a comparative advantage in, this year MASHAV,Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, chose to participate in marking the World Bee Day in order to raise awareness of the need for bee population' conservation and its importance for the entire ecosystem.
Israel believes in beekeeping as a tool for development. It allows improving the livelihoods, nutrition and food security in the developing world while empowering thousands of smallholder farmers. Beekeeping not only helps to bring individual families out of poverty but also boosts local and national economies.
Israel pursues a wide arrange of projects to share the know-how and relevant techniques to help the developing world to make the most of the ecological and economic benefits offered by bees and beekeeping for biodiversity enhancement and livelihood development.