Currently, there are 300,000 honey bee families in Azerbaijan, each family gives nearly 10 kg of honey a year.
Chairman of the animal husbandry at the Ministry of Agriculture Galib Abdulaliyev told reporters: “Of course, this is very low figure.”
He added that in the world practice this figure equals to 20.5 kg.
“The average price of honey in the world market is $ 3.5 per kg. But Azerbaijani honey can be easily sold at $ 8 per kg. Per capita consumption of honey in Azerbaijan amounts to 280 grams. We try to increase this figure to 1 kg. 6,000 people are involved in apiculture in our country. We have capability to double this figure and we will work for this,” he said.
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