Cash-strapped Yemenis yearn for their own honey
Idrees al-Haddad used to buy seven kilogram tubs of Yemen's world-famous honey when he went shopping.
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Idrees al-Haddad used to buy seven kilogram tubs of Yemen's world-famous honey when he went shopping.
Idrees al-Haddad used to buy 7kg tubs of Yemen’s world-famous honey when he went shopping. Today he can only afford 1kg. Like many Yemenis suffering the extreme inflation and salary losses of a seven-year war, Haddad’s reduced consumption has left the industry with a production surplus. “Merchants used to come to us to buy honey from our houses, from the valley apiaries. Nowadays we go to the market — but there isn’t demand,” said beekeeper Amin Hussein amid his insects at Wadi Dhahr in Sana’a Province. The bees crawl and buzz around cabinet-like wooden hives, feeding on almond t...
Idrees al-Haddad used to buy seven kilogram tubs of Yemen's world-famous honey when he went shopping.
Idrees al-Haddad used to buy seven kilogram tubs of Yemen’s world-famous honey when he went shopping.
SANAA: Idrees al Haddad used to buy 7 kilogrammes tubs of Yemen’s world-famous honey when he went shopping. Today he can only afford 1 kg. Like many Yemenis suffering the extreme...