Is the interest in durum wheat growing in Bulgaria?

Durum wheat is popular in Europe, but in our country it is still "starting". High quotations on the stock exchanges provoked interest in her. Varieties of durum wheat, which are representatives of the European selection, have already appeared in the fields in Dobrudja. Vote: What will farmers suffer the most from the political crisis? At the same time, Bulgarian science has been working in this direction for years and has achievements. "So far we have created 5 varieties of durum wheat. We were constantly putting them into production, unfortunately there was no reaction from the grain producers ", said Prof. Ivan Kiryakov from the Dobrudzha Agricultural Institute. In the autumn of 2021, there were almost no applications for durum wheat seeds. The Dobrudzha Agricultural Institute maintains seed production of only one variety, not because of the domestic market, which is not interested, but because of the concluded contracts with partners from Turkey, who seek, sow and successfully ...