This project builds on the first two phases on promoting and scaling-up modern beekeeping in the East Usambara Mountains respectively. The project will be implemented in the same villages of Kimbo and Shembekeza to ensure that the work that has been done so far is continued and sustained. Right now 8 beekeeping groups comprising of about 80 members are involved in this project. The idea is to have this number increased to over 100 participants by the end of the project. The quest is also to see to it that the project results into notable impact by having more hives constructed by group members in addition to the ones provided by the project and also income generated from selling of honey and other honey bee products notably beeswax. In the end the broad objective is for the project to contribute in biodiversity conservation and improved community livelihoods in the East Usambara Mountains. A number of activities are planned as a “road map” towards attaining the project objectives and they include:

i) forming new beekeeping groups

ii) organizing and conducting training on modern bee keeping and management to the new groups

iii) organizing and conducting village sensitization meetings on modern beekeeping

iv) organizing and conducting training on related policy and beekeeping legislations

v) organizing a study tour for beekeepers to go and learn what and how others elsewhere are successfully practicing improved beekeeping

vi) facilitating formation of beekeepers association for the beekeepers to have formal linkages and one common voice to enable them advocate for individual and group interests in connection to beekeeping.

To track progress of the project monitoring will be conducted regularly involving the project team/ relevant stakeholders including primary beneficiaries (community members), village leaders, district council officials (forest officer and beekeeping officer) and the grantee. Similarly the project team will strive to establish more linkages with other stakeholders so that it is widely known within and outside the country. Such initiatives are believably critical for securing more support from interested individuals and organizations and also in terms of widening networks and linking beekeepers with potential market opportunities and ultimately making the project more vibrant and impactful.