Bulgaria: Every year, about 50,000 decares of vine plantations are destroyed in our country

"The grapes are scarce this year and we had to harvest them quickly to preserve them and have quality drinks, despite the small quantities," shared farmers from the sector. "We, the Bulgarian producers of grapes and wine, are not treated as working in an EU member state and are not on an equal footing with other producers in Europe," says the Bulgarian Chamber of Vine and Wine. In addition, in our country there is no objective and public criterion for the distribution of aid for the viticulture sector. "We are also deprived of participation in the European programs for investments in new techniques and technologies" - Marin Kalnev, a member of the National Association of Bulgarian Vintners, reveals some of the problems. "For many years, the sector has suffered from the lack of an adequate development plan and strategy," he explained in an interview with BNR-Plovdiv. "Every year, about 50,000 decares of vine plantations are destroyed in our country, that's more than 350,000 decares ...