The meeting of the regional council called to define the criteria for the allocation of resources intended to cover the costs of high fuel for various production categories is scheduled for Wednesday 14 October. This was confirmed by the Councilor for Agriculture of the Calabria Region, Gianluca Gallo, on the sidelines of the presentation of the new CSR Calabria portal.
Speaking to journalists, the councilor anticipated that work is being done on defining the criteria for the agricultural sector, criteria which will have to be approved by the council on Wednesday. In addition to the farmers receiving the resources, 15 million recovered from the budget adjustment, there will also be hauliers. “The Region – said Gallo – intervened promptly with budget funds at the request of President Occhiuto and allocated 15 million. A part will also be allocated to the agricultural sector to relieve farmers from expensive agricultural diesel. These are structural problems which concern the entry of products which have no controls and which have much lower labor costs and on the other hand also the difficult relationship with large-scale organized distribution because the cost of the primary product is very low while the cost for the consumer is very high. We should therefore open discussions with large-scale organized distribution to ensure that there is a higher remuneration value for our farmers, as is right sia”https://calabria.gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/economia/2026/10/12/caro-carburante-la-giunta-della-regione-calabria-pronta-a-definire-i-criteri-per-lassociazione-dei-15-milioni-09daee4f-d7e2-4b89-851c-64f4f79efcad/.”La Calabria was ready to intervene and give an important signal also in quantitative terms in relation to what was done by regions larger than ours” concluded Gallo.