Bulgaria can produce more vegetable protein

Bulgaria has the potential to increase the production of vegetable protein, having good experience and traditions in this field. This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture Hristo Bozukov at the summit of the Ministers of Agriculture of the countries of the "Three Seas" initiative, which is being held in Poland. See the indicative schedule for Campaign 2021 He also pointed out that fodder peas and legumes play a leading role after legumes. Our country has a significant number of its own, adapted to our climatic conditions sustainable varieties of legumes. The statistics show that in recent years the areas with protein crops have increased, as in 2018 there is an increase of about 136% compared to 2014. This is also due to the Scheme for coupled support of protein crops in direct payments. International cooperation to build protein security in the Three Seas region must take into account the production of compound feeds in which soy-protein-derived proteins obtained from the ...