Compensation for damages
Reassurances from the Councilor for Agricultural Policies Alessandro Galella who announces that the Management has already distributed 961.032 euros in favor of the territorial hunting areas, which are entrusted with the task of compensating farmers for the damages caused to them wild boar raids have caused to their crops. Of this sum, 867.921 euros will be used to compensate for the damages suffered in 2022, while 266.695 euros are the additional financial resources that are added to the funds already disbursed by the Basilicata Region for the damages in 2021. The damages to be compensated in 2021 amount to approximately 903 thousand , while those of 2022 at 867 thousand.
Other wild species
“The Region – underlines Galella – regulates the wildlife-hunting management of wild boar through the Territorial Hunting Areas, with the aim of obtaining a presence of the species compatible with the protection needs of the same and other wild species, to guarantee the protection of crops agricultural. Compensation for our farmers for the damages suffered is important, the intent of this Department is to convert the emergency into an economic opportunity. In the territory subject to hunting management (excluding parks and protected areas) the selective sampling of wild boars in implementation of the PRIU (extraordinary plan for swine fever) is increasing.
A supply chain to be built
With the rotation and fixed stakeout technique, 3.000 animals were killed in the first half of 2023, with a clear growth trend in the harvest. Most of them were introduced to supply chain processes in processing centres. In the fight against excess numbers, the Basilicata Region is in fact working on a project to set up a supply chain that includes all the phases of the process starting from the capture or killing of the specimens, through the activation and management of collection centers, the transport and disposal of the carcasses, up to the production of processed products under the Lucanian brand" (source: Basilicata Region).
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