Green Foundation Manipur opens retail outlet for seasonal honey
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, November 12 2026: Green Foundation Manipur today opened a retail outlet for standard quality seasonal honey produced by women beekeepers, at the gate of its office at Kakwa Thiyam Leikai.

The outlet, named 'Retail Outlet - Seasonal Honey of Women Beekeepers', supported by Aditya Birla Capital Foundation and FICCI, was inaugurated by Urikhinbam Himat, CMD of Green Foundation Manipur.

Speaking on the occasion, Himat said Green Foundation Manipur has given training on seasonal management of beekeeping to around 1000 beekeeping families in the State, with support from Aditya Birla Capital Foundation and FICCI, and the retail outlet has been opened to sell the honey produced by them.

He said the outlet has been opened as a step to provide training to women beekeepers and to make the honey produced by them available to the public, with the aim of improving the economy of women in Manipur.

He said Aditya Birla Capital Foundation and FICCI have been providing financial support to Green Foundation Manipur for beekeeping to improve the economy of many women in Manipur.

Himat said honey is being sold by farmers themselves at many places in Manipur, and with the help of techno-science, efforts are being made to produce more honey from the same bee colonies.

Normally, farmers rearing bees in September-October months cannot produce much honey, but Green Foundation is trying to help farmers produce honey by giving technoscience training, he said.

Honey produced in September-October months has a very high aroma and quality.

Its value is also very high.

Honey produced after giving techno-science training will be available at the seasonal honey retail outlet opened today, he said.

He further said that even if beekeeping farmers face difficulty in finding a market after selling honey from their own farms, Green Foundation buys it and sells it to the public.

Green Foundation also does the process to keep the honey for a long time.

Green Foundation processes the honey to reduce the water and moisture content to make it more tasty, healthy to use and good honey, he said.

He added that efforts are being made to increase the income of farmers by providing good quality queen bees to farmers.

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