Can Egypt sweeten deal for small beekeepers?
Egypt organizes its first beekeepers festival, but small producers wonder whether their presence will make a buzz.
CAIRO — Can Egyptians — huge consumers of saturated sugar — switch to honey? The organizers of Cairo’s first honey festival next week certainly hope so.
“Egyptians are major consumers of sugar, especially in jams and halva, [which are saturated sugar],” Mahmoud Hassan, chairman of MEDmart, which organizes the festival, told Al-Monitor. “We want to change that culture and get them to use honey — which is a healthier alternative — as one of the main ingredients at the Egyptian table. The festival will feature chefs cooking dishes with honey as a substitute for sugar.”
