APIMED returns to Palestine: realized the Second Technical mission of the project


PHOTO: a moment of the mission

From the 23rd to the 27th of August 2015 took place the second mission of technical assistance in Palestine, included within the activities of the project "Mediterranean CooBEEration: a network for beekeeping, biodiversity and food security." APIMED organized the mission in cooperation with FELCOS Umbria, and they benefited from the support of the local focal point associated with APIMED, the Ramallah Beekeepers Cooperative.

During the mission the participants to the technical training received individual questionnaires to be filled that were related with the collection of data of the Observatory of Mediterranean Beekeeping. Moreover, it took place also a meeting between APIMED's expert and the Ramallah Beekeepers Cooperative about the group on the quality of Mediterranean honey, to which the Palestinians adhered with great enthusiasm, proposing also a specific proposal for the work to be done with the group.

The second mission of technical assistance to Palestine is listed within the activities of the project "Mediterranean CooBEEration: a network for beekeeping, food security and biodiversity" rif. DCI-FOOD/2013/322-438 financed by the European Union. The project partners are FELCOS Umbria (Fund of Local Authorities for Decentralized Cooperation and Human Sustainable Development), APIMED (Federation of Mediterranean Beekeepers, UNDP (United Nations Development Program), DIPSA (Department of Agro-environmental Sciences and Technologies of University of Bologna), DISAFA (Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Science of University of Turin) and INAT (National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia).

 

SOURCE: www.fedapimed.org

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