美国学生将蜂蜜工程引入加纳(1)
一群来自佛罗里达州的学生为加纳的社区农民带来了养蜂业的商机。这个被称为蜂蜜工程的项目，不仅给学生们提供了

创业和经营的机会，同时也让他们有机会帮助Agogo的农民通过养蜂、销售蜂蜜脱贫致富。
在Agogo的周边生活着大量的野蜂，但是当地却没人做蜜蜂生意。3年前，一个叫Nathan Burrell的商人和他的同伴来到

Agogo谈生意,无意中发现了这个商机。
"它可以使当地居民的生活条件有所改善。作为一个商人，你通常会关注市场运作，比如销售什么产品,获利的最大风险

在哪里。其实说真的，那绝不应该是蜜蜂。不过它们确实为当地人带来了商机，改变了人们的生活，让他们有钱谋生。
Nathan Burrell说很多在生活Agogo的农民每天收入不足1美元。他称这个项目为企业家社会福利示范工程。该项目开始

于他们在Agogo进行的10-12个蜂箱的养殖。

Some American students from Florida are bringing the business of beekeeping to farmers in a community in

Ghana. The program, called the Honey Project, not only gives the students a chance to own and manage a

business. It also gives them a chance to help ease poverty in Agogo through beekeeping and the sale of

honey.
There are plenty of wild honeybees around Agogo, but there was no established market. A businessman named

Nathan Burrell and some of his colleagues came up with the idea during a business trip to Agogo 3 years

ago.

" It was the ability to effect change and impact the lives of the people. As an entrepreneur and a

business person , you normally look at market movement. You look at what will sell and what's the most  

profitable venture to take on. And trust me, it wouldn't have been honey. But it was the fact that the

honey had an   opportunity to really change the lives of those people and provide them with a living

wage. "

Nathan Burrell says many of the farmers in Agogo earn less than a dollar a day. He calls the project an

example of social entrepreneurship. It began with the planting of 10 to 12 beehives in the town.