Shrikant Gajbhiye,( from IIM ) founder of Bee The Change - When bees are kept alongside farming activities, production increases between 20-200 per cent besides, of course, getting to sell honey on the market.
Shrikant Gajbhiye quotes Steve Jobs, "At least make a dent in the universe, else, why even be here."
These buzzing clusters of little black and yellow insects pollinate almost 70 per cent of the crops that feed 90 per cent of humanity. But this long and intricate natural chain, created by these busy bees, has been getting altered.
Two years ago, after graduating from IIM Kozhikode, he took up a five-day hobby course on bee-keeping at a government institute in Pune, and fell in love with the striped honey-makers.
"I learnt some of the most amazing facts about bees and the role they play in the ecosystem by means of cross pollination."
In the last few months, Bee The Change has trained more than 500 farmers and forest populations, and currently its network counts 50 trainees.
"As part of our operations, we meet farmers in rural areas and provide them with bee boxes and free training. Then, once they start bee-keeping, we buy back the honey at a pre-determined price. Ours is a not-for-profit outfit, and we generate income by selling this honey to retailers under our own brand."
For farmers, the proceedings of honey and wax sales are only one of the numerous gains.
Bees are an investment with high returns -- the crop yield increases and products become healthier.
However, in a venture where resources are not abundant and ambition must scale up ten times faster that the venture itself, not a dent, but a revolution is the goal.
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