On June 15th, 2023, Savannah Vision Tanzania initiated a pilot modern beekeeping project for the welfare of Hadza communities at Domanga village. Domanga village is found in Yaeda Chini ward in Mbulu District. The main ethnic groups of Yaeda Chini are Nyisanzu, Hadzabe, and Datoga. The Datoga are nomadic pastoralists, while the Hadzabe hunt and gather their food from the wild.
To date, the majority of Hadza still rely on hunting and gathering from the natural environment. They gather wild fruits, tubers, roots, nuts, berries, and honey and hunt for wild animals. All these are the main sources of their food. Honey is a valuable traditional foodstuff for Hadza. Men collect honey in tree logs and caves. During honey collection, men are accompanied by their wives.
At present, the Hadza live a difficult livelihood due to a lack of enough food sources and a lack of income-generating investments. Modern beekeeping projects based at the household level have a high potential to raise the income of the household and improve their living standards.
Savannah Vision Tanzania is determined to work with Hadza communities to provide them with beehives, supporting equipment, and markets for the bee products they will produce. We hope this project will have a very significant positive impact on the improvement of Hadza’s livelihoods and the protection of the natural environment.
Savannah Vision Tanzania will provide training and the necessary capital needed at the household level, branding, and marketing of the Hadza beekeeping products. If this project at the pilot stage will show good results, there is a very high potential for scaling up honey production.
On 15.06.2023, Savannah Vision Tanzania initiated a pilot modern beekeeping project for the welfare of Hadza communities at Domanga village, located in Yaeda Chini ward in Mbulu District. The main ethnic groups of Yaeda Chini are Nyisanzu, Hadzabe, and Datoga. The Datoga are nomadic pastoralists, while the Hadzabe hunt and gather their food from the wild.
To date, the majority of Hadza still rely on hunting and gathering from the natural environment. They gather wild fruits, tubers, roots, nuts, berries, and honey and hunt for wild animals. All these are the main sources of their food. Honey is a valuable traditional foodstuff for Hadza. Men collect honey in tree logs and caves. During honey collection, men are accompanied by their wives.
At present, the Hadza live a difficult livelihood due to a lack of enough food sources and a lack of income-generating investments. Modern beekeeping projects based at the household level have a high potential in raising the income of the household and improving their living standards.
Savannah Vision Tanzania is determined to work with Hadza communities to provide them with beehives, supporting equipment, and markets for the bee products they will produce. We hope this project will have a very significant positive impact on the improvement of Hadza’s livelihoods and the protection of the natural environment.
The vast acacia woodland/savannah has the best characteristics for beekeeping. The land is not contaminated with agricultural chemicals, which we believe will add to the quality of honey produces. High-volume production will help Hadza obtain markets internally and export to industries out of Tanzania.
This project will put emphasis on the conservation of nature and the protection of bees through environmentally friendly production and associated sustainable features of project components.
The project will focus on a strategy to increase the ability of the community to cope with climate change, by conserving/protecting and sustainably using natural resources.
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