Description
Beekeeper's Map was an interactive map of honey crops of Ukraine, designed to ensure fruitful interaction with beekeepers and their associations. The initiative's key features included a comprehensive online map showcasing actual sown areas of cash crops, detailing crop varieties, forecasting flowering periods, and providing insights into planned spraying works. The map also informed beekeepers about the requisite number of colonies for optimal pollination.
Technology
The Beekeeper's Map was an interactive and user-friendly map of honey crops of Ukraine that employed a robust registration system, underscoring "Continental Farmers Group's" commitment to openness and responsibility. The map used a desktop/web-based platform to showcase distinctive features like SMS notifications, GPS, GIS, logistics optimization, migration planning, and comprehensive crop information.
Target
The main users of the Beekeeper's Map were farmers, in particular beekeepers and associations of beekeepers. This mapping tool was purposefully designed to cater to the needs of smallholder farmers, medium-sized farms, and rural communities, including cooperatives.
Business model
The Beekeeper's Map was free for users. It may require a fee for specific consulting services.
Impact
The Beekeeper's Map is no longer operational. The initiative aimed to boost agricultural productivity and resource efficiency, benefiting smallholder farmers and cooperatives. The integration of the map with an inclusive FORUM and Facebook page intended to cultivate knowledge sharing and community building, fostering best practices and innovation.
Partners
Association of breeders of Ukraine; Ternopil Regional Association of Beekeepers named after M. Mykhalevych; Agricultural service cooperative "Bdjolmatk"; Association of producers of beekeeping products "Bukovynskyi BEDJOLYAR"; Union of beekeepers of Ukraine Buckfast; Union of beekeepers of Prykarpattia; Union of beekeepers "Carpathian"; "Opillya" beekeeping development association; Agricultural service cooperative "EKOBDJOLMED"; SOC "Galician beekeepers"; association of beekeepers of pustomytiv district; Horodotsk District Union of Beekeepers of Ukraine; Agricultural service cooperative "Podilskyi beekeeper"; The "Swarm" brotherhood; Association of beekeepers of Chortkivshchyna; Association of beekeepers of Ternopil district; Beekeepers of Husyatynshchyna; All-Ukrainian Association of Public Organizations "Union of Beekeepers of Ukraine"; Agricultural service cooperative "Beeland"; Regional brotherhood of beekeepers of Kovel Oblast; All-Ukrainian Brotherhood of Beekeepers of Ukraine; Shum District Union of Beekeepers
Four Betters
Better production
