project - EIP-AGRI Operational Group

AGROAPIS PROJECT TO RAISE THE VALUE OF APICULTURE PRODUCTION BY USING AGRICULTURAL CROPS BENEFICIAL TO BEES AND POLLINATORS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGR
AGROAPIS-PROIECT PENTRU RIDICAREA VALORII PRODUCTIEI APICOLE PRIN FOLOSIREA CULTURILOR AGRICOLE BENEFICE ALBINELOR SI POLENIZATORILOR IN CONFOMITARE CU CONDITIILE DE AGROMEDIU

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Ongoing | 2021 - 2023 Romania
Ongoing | 2021 - 2023 Romania
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Objectives

Romania's agriculture is experiencing an accelerated intensification process, an important phenomenon in terms of the efficiency of economic operators in the agricultural field but with negative, sometimes disastrous effects for beekeeping and environment. Nowadays, a major cause of the decline of pollinators is the scarcity of food sources for bees due to less use of nectariferous plant hybrids and varieties with a short blooming period. Current agricultural practices leave the land uncultivated after harvesting the main crops until the next sowing. Turning this resource into account is an opportunity that, properly administered, would lead to the progress of both beekeeping and agriculture.

Objectives

Agricultura Romaniei cunoaste un proces accelerat de intensivizare, fenomen important sub aspectul maririi eficientei operatorilor economici din domeniul agricol dar cu efecte negative, uneori chiar devastatoare pentru apicultura si mediu. O cauza principala a declinului polenizatorilor in zilele noastre este restrangerea surselor de hrana prin culturi bazate pe hibrizi si soiuri mai putin nectarifere si cu perioada de inflorire redusa. In prezent de regula sunt necultivate terenurile dupa recoltarea principalelor culturi pana la infiintarea altora. Punerea in valoare a acestora reprezinta o oportunitate care, corect administrata, ar duce la progres in apicultura si in agricultura.

Activities

1. Operational group management
2. Comparative study of plant species to be studied
3. Defining and evaluating the technology to be applied for each considered species
4. Acquisition of equipment for partners and for the management of the operational group
5. Development of online database and smartphone app for managing project results
6. Starting cultures of selected plants and maintenance
7. Placing of beehives in the filed in the vicinity of test cultures
8. Collection of probes from beehives and from the field for evaluation
9. Testing of probes at laboratory level and final report preparation
10. Dissemination
 

Activities

1 Managementul grupului operational
2 Studiu comparativ al speciilor vegetale ce vor fi studiate prin proiect.
3 Definirea și reevaluarea tehnologiilor pentru fiecare specie luată în considerare
4 Achizitia echipementelor necesare pentru parteneri si pentru managementul grupului
5 Realizare aplicație online și baza de date pentru gestionarea rezultatelor proiectului
6 Înființare culturi agricole și îngrijire până la stadiul culegerii de date
7 Deplasare stupi la culturile de test
8 Colectare de probe din stupi si din camp pentru evaluare
9 Testarea probelor colectate in laborator si pregatirea raportului final
10 Disemniarea informatiei

Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
Rural Development Programme
2014RO06RDNP001 Programul Național de Dezvoltare Rurală pentru perioada 2014 - 2020
Location
Main geographical location
Călăraşi
Other geographical location
Bucureşti

EUR 270 250.00

Total budget

Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.

Resources

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1 Practice Abstracts

The project aims to identify, study and implement alternative sources of nutrition (nectar and pollen) for bees and other pollinators by introducing new types of cultures that are appropriate for sustainable agro-environmental conditions, considering the limitation of food supplies as a consequence of the increase in the use of monocultures and less use of nectariferous plant hybrids and varieties with a short blooming period. We aim to identify plants with high nectariferous potential and agricultural practices that will benefit both farmers and beekeepers. For insects one could ensure a continuous flux of nectar and pollen throughout the beekeeping season, thus ensuring a good health for bees, the presence of strong colonies that will have sufficient reserves for winter. Direct effects would be the reduction in costs with artificial food for beekeepers and the decrease in bee mortality over winter. These effects would have a significant effect for apiculture activity, resulting in an estimated 10-30% increase in efficiency. This estimation is facilitated by the potential offered by the available Romanian agricultural soil, considering that only 5% of this (meaning 500000 ha) could be used to implement the EU agro-environmental conditions and provide appropriate food sources for bees. With a potential of 150-200 kg of honey/ha, one could obtain at national level an impressive supplemental beekeeping production of 100000 tons (reference: the Romanian honey production totals roughly 25000 tons). A large scale implementation of the results will ensure the fulfilment of the agro-environmental requirements for farmers and increasing agricultural efficiency by increasing soil quality. 

Cercetarea intreprinsa urmareste identificarea, studierea si punerea in practica a surselor alternative de hrana (nectar si polen) pentru albine si alte insecte polenizatoare prin introducerea in circuitul agricol a unor culturi noi, care sa indeplineasca conditiile de agromediu in situatia limitarii surselor de hrana pentru acestea datorata extinderii monoculturilor si a culturilor avand calitati melifere diminuate si cu perioada de inflorire mai scurta. Prin culturile cu potential melifer inalt se doreste identificarea speciilor si a practicilor agricole care sa avantajeze atat apicultorii cat si fermele agricole vegetale. Pentru insecte s-ar asigura un flux continuu de nectar si polen pe cea mai mare parte a sezonului apicol, asigurand conditii pentru o buna sanatate a albinelor si colonii puternice, cu rezerve de hrana suficiente pentru iernare. Reducerea costurilor cu hrana artificiala si a mortalitatilor la iernare ar fi efecte directe, cu un impact spectaculos asupra apiculturii ce poate fi estimat la o crestere procentala a eficientei apicole de ordinul 10-30%. Aceasta situatie este justificata de potentialul oferit de terenul agricol al Romaniei, avand in vedere ca 5% din acesta, dedicata masurilor de agromediu in UE, reprezentand pana la 500000 ha s-ar putea transforma in sursa de hrana pentru albine. Cu un potential de 150-200 kg miere/hectar s-ar putea obtine un supliment impresionant de productie apicola la nivel national de 100000 tone (referintă: productia de miere marfa a Romaniei este aprox. 25000 tone). O utilizare pe scara larga a rezultatelor acestui proiect ar asigura indeplinirea conditiilor de agromediu pentru fermele vegetale plus marirea eficientei prin imbogatirea solului si limitarea imburuienarii. 

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Contacts

Project coordinator

  • "ROMAPIS - FEDERATIA ASOCIATIILOR APICOLE DIN ROMANIA"

    Project coordinator

Project partners

  • APIGARDEN SRL

    Project partner

  • Alianța Industriei Semințelor din România

    Project partner

  • Duică I. Ionel PFA,

    Project partner

  • Pință Gheorghe-Vasile PFA

    Project partner

  • Tănăsoiu Ionuț-Cristian PFA

    Project partner

  • UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRONOMICE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA BUCURESTI (fuziune intre Universitatea de Științe Agronomice și Medicină Veterinară Bucure

    Project partner