Beekeeping

Ustya beekeepers have managed to set contacts with Scandinavians during the Margaritinskaya trade fair

Several agreements were outlined within the frameworks of the business part of the Margaritinskaya trade fair asa a result of the district administration delegation’s three days work. On making these agreements Ustya district (Arkhangelsk Oblast) will take part in new programmes and projects…

New collaboration with the ecological fund Eco-Pomorka representing Barents Region in Arkhangelsk will give Ustya beekeepers the opportunity to take part in a new programme of cooperation on creating a regional system of pedigree bee keeping. The aim of the programme is breeding selectionof pedigree bee material by means of a whole system of apiaries. The projects starts the next year.

Barents-September project financed by the same Norwegian fund will allow creating an educational centre on the basis of vocational school 34 for preparing core specialists in processing of agricultural production (including beekeeping production) which is produced by small and medium-sized enterprises in the Ustya district.

The negotiations on financial support of creating youth labour exchange on the basis of Culture and Tourism Department continue. Such labour exchange will allow creating permanent and seasonal jobs in the district for senior schoolchildren, teenagers and unemployed young adults keeping all the social and legal guarantees for this group of population. /From local newspaper “Ustya land”/

(From www.dvinainform.ru)