The payment of the bee animal welfare subsidy has begun

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István Nagy drew attention to the fact that beekeeping cannot be viewed only as an economic activity, because its primary purpose is not to sell honey, but to ensure pollination. The maintenance of biological diversity and a safe food supply are unthinkable without bees. The head of the ministry also touched on the fact that beekeeping is one of the smallest but also the most important sectors of agriculture. The Ministry of Agriculture supports the maintenance of healthy bee colonies with all possible means. In the first round, the Hungarian State Treasury will begin payments to more than 3,000 beekeepers, worth almost HUF 1 billion, he added. He also pointed out that the Hungarian efforts are on target, because at the initiative of our country, the EU agriculture ministers agreed at their last meeting in Brussels that in the future it will be mandatory to indicate the place of origin and the exact percentage of the honey on honey bottles. István Nagy highlighted that, in addition to advocating for the cleaning of the EU honey market, the Ministry of Agriculture provides special assistance to beekeeping in the support period of the Common Agricultural Policy until 2027, as well as in the national support system.

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