The Bulgarian Association of Raspberry Producers (BAR) participated in the double exhibition expoSE expoDirekt in Karlsruhe, Germany.
What our farmers saw there was told to us by the chairman of BAR, Bozhidar Petkov.
"This is a specialized exhibition for berry and asparagus crops. This year, there are an exceptionally large number of new techniques and technologies - systems for combating climate change and conditions, agri-photovoltaics.
It is impressive that there are many novelties in direct sales.
There are vending machines and entire vending stores - you could call them that because they have over 50 items," said Petkov.
He pointed out that during the exhibition, there was a large presentation of machinery to help automate farms and improve the efficiency of manual labor where it remains.
"We also saw many autonomous machines - for weed control, with laser targeting, for applying plant protection products," said Petkov.
But can farmers afford these technologies?
"At this stage, a large part of these things are prot..."