The Region alongside Calabrian beekeepers. The notice for the selection and financing of interventions in favor of beekeeping for the year 2025 has been published and is available on the portal www.regione.calabria.it, in the Agriculture Department section.
The initiative aims to guarantee – among other things – technical assistance, consultancy, training, information and exchange of best practices services; refresher courses; thematic seminars and conferences; fight against parasites and diseases; prevention of climatic adversities; repopulation of the bee population; rationalization of transhumance; qualitative improvement of the hive’s production for marketing purposes; promotion, communication and marketing, including market monitoring actions and initiatives aimed at raising consumer awareness of the quality of beekeeping products.
“During 2024 – underlines the regional councilor for Agriculture, Gianluca Gallo – the hives registered in the national beekeeping database have grown, exceeding 146,780 units. An encouraging figure, even more so considering the difficulties that the sector has encountered, especially due to the repeated climatic adversities. Hence the choice to ensure particular attention to support actions in terms of technological innovation, as well as that of production and marketing, for example by extending the breadth of the contributions to be assigned, in some cases equal to up to 100% of the eligible expenditure”.
The available resources amount to 1,348,654 euros. Participation is reserved for beekeepers, beekeeping entrepreneurs, professional beekeepers, also through associated forms, with registered office in Calabria. The submission of only one application for support and therefore a single definitive project including, by choice, the different types of investment envisaged is permitted. The deadline for submitting applications is set for 13 January 2025.