Romania will pay over 4.50 euros per bee colony in 2024

In 2024, beekeepers in Romania will receive a grant of 23 lei (4.63 euros at the current exchange rate - note ed.) per bee family in the form of direct payments, announced the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of our northern neighbor Florin Barbu during discussions of the department's budget at a meeting of the joint commissions for agriculture, reported the electronic publication Agrointeligenta. The aid is for active beekeepers and is provided from the state budget based on the Temporary Crisis Framework for Ukraine, the validity of which was recently extended by the European Commission until June next year. The purpose of the assistance is to save the beekeeping industry, which has suffered severely from the fierce competition of Ukrainian honey on the market in the country and the European Union, which is offered at lower prices. "For 2024 - something that has never happened - we will provide support under the Ukrainian scheme of almost 23 lei for each bee ...