SINGIDA, May 27 -- THE Tanzania Forest Services Agency (TFS) is set to construct a new modern factory equipped with advanced processing machinery for bee products valued at 200m/- to meet the growing domestic and international demand for honey and beeswax.

The new facility will be built in Manyoni District, Singida Region, where a small bee products processing plant currently serves the central zone comprising Singida, Manyara and Dodoma regions. Briefing reporters in the capital, TFS Principal Conservation Officer II, Claudia Kinabo said the agency has already allocated a budget for the construction and expansion of the processing plant.

Ms Kinabo, who supervises the Central Zone Beekeeping Unit, made the revelation while outlining the...