The President of the Diputación salmantine shows its support for the beekeeping sector in the province

The President of the Diputación de Salamanca, Isabel Jiménez, met this morning with representatives of Asaja and Coag, the Association of bee-keepers from Salamanca, the Chairman of the Queen Kilama cooperative and the mayors of Valero and San Miguel de Valero to show their support for bee-keeping as a priority sector for the salmantine province. Isabel Jiménez, who was accompanied by the Deputy of agriculture and livestock, conception Miguélez, pledged after hearing all the Parties present to request a meeting with the director-general of Community policy in the Ministry of agriculture and livestock of the Junta de Castilla y León, Juan Pedro Medina, to find solutions to the exposed demands, and that he will be accompanied by the takeover bid. The primary objective is to ensure the viability of the industry as a reference in the province.

Participants expressed their gratitude that the President of the provincial Council would like to maintain this kind of meetings, important to know the world of bee-keeping and the will, commitment and interest of the Provincial Administration with the bee-keepers. The representatives of the sector agreed to present the necessary demands for the sector, especially in the requirements for agri-environmental aid that has established the Junta de Castilla y León for pollination, which urge the provincial government to intercede with the Board to make more flexible the months of stay of the hives in Castile and León, Spain. His claim is mandatory six-month turn 4, thus avoiding inconvenience, economic losses in transport and solve one of the possible causes of mortality of bees, which face in the latest campaigns.

In the same way they presented its concerns about the economic cuts of the administrations, affecting beekeeping and the future of the sector in the negotiations of the CAP for the period 2013-2020. They also were concerned by the abolition of the budget allocations for the restocking of hives and lack of knowledge of the possible extension of contracts for farms biodiversity, which are intended to extend for two years more. Finally, dealt with the intrusion that exists in the sector, the problems of marketing of products and economic cutting of the Ministry of the environment, Rural and marine for the beekeeping National Plan for the three-year period 2011-2013.