
Quality Programs to Raise Practitioners' Skills and Qualify Newcomers
A detailed news report on the completion of the Kingdom's first international beekeeper training institute by the Cooperative Beekeepers Association in Al-Baha, accredited by Technical Education, approved by the Ministry of Social Affairs, with programs certified by the Bugshan Chair for Bee Research at King Saud University. Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Khazim Al-Ghamdi explains that assessment studies over three years confirmed the need for the institute and that it offers more than 20 programs from one day to nine months, focused on practical application and delivered by university professors, graduate students, technicians, and experienced practitioners. He adds the institute will coordinate with bodies such as the Ministry of Agriculture, the Agricultural Development Fund, social security, and charities, and aims to attract participants from across the Kingdom and the Gulf, with initial coordination with the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development for Arab-world courses and plans for international programs.