Representatives of agricultural organizations Asaja Cáceres, Extremadura-APAG-Asaja, COAG Extremadura and UPA-UCE Extremadura and Agri-Food Cooperatives Extremadura have insisted that the budget for pollination premium is "insufficient." These organizations, as partners of beekeeping in the region, met Tuesday in Merida with the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, Environment and Energy, José Antonio Echávarri. In a press release explains that after this meeting, the beekeeping sector continues to believe that the budget for the premium of pollination should have kept "whole", ie "with an amount of 1,600,000 euros and in 2011, and not only 1,000,000 euros, finally approved in the budget. "