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  "id": "news-oct22-more-ae-abu-dhabi-honey-sector-programme-20261008",
  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "en",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/ae-abu-dhabi-honey-sector-programme-20261008",
  "slug": "ae-abu-dhabi-honey-sector-programme-20261008",
  "category": "policy-standards",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-09",
  "sourceDate": {
    "kind": "event",
    "value": "2026-10-08"
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  "sourceName": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/17grhn5-abu-dhabi-honey-programme-launched-develop-honey",
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  "tags": [
    "United Arab Emirates",
    "Agriculture",
    "Food security",
    "Investment",
    "Abu Dhabi"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Abu Dhabi launches 17-initiative honey and beekeeping programme",
    "summary": "The programme was launched on 8 October and reported by WAM on 9 October; queen-bee figures describe 2015–2025 outcomes.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "paragraphs": [
          "Abu Dhabi launched a programme of 17 initiatives for beekeeping and honey production, announced on 8 October during Global Food Week. Measures include beekeeper and hive registration and licensing, forage-area management, local honeybee breeding, research, disease monitoring and honey-quality certification. ADAFSA said that from 2015 to 2025 it bred 10 generations and produced about 25,000 queen bees; around 19,000 were distributed to 613 beekeepers across the UAE. These are historical programme outcomes; the initiative sets future sector-support and export aims, not a honey-output forecast. WAM published the report on 9 October."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Emirates News Agency (WAM)",
            "url": "https://www.wam.ae/en/article/17grhn5-abu-dhabi-honey-programme-launched-develop-honey"
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