Bulgarian manufacturer: Covid-19 closed many saffron markets

The saffron crocus market has also suffered from the pandemic, the sector said. Domestic producers sell their products mainly abroad, and the culture is still not entitled to subsidies under national and European programs in our country. This year's harvest was collected a month ago, but will there be a place to sell it before it becomes unusable? Listen to AgriPodcast: Will we fix the BFSA if we send it to the moon? "Our goods are endangered because they have a shelf life of up to three years," farmer Angel Baltov told BTA. He cultivates 3,000 decares of saffron in the village of Drazhevo, Yambol region. He shares that very often the investment in saffron production has no return and adds: "I have invested BGN 12,000 in these 3,000 decares, apart from that is labor." There is no established market for the expensive crocus in our country. However, at the beginning of the year there were requests that interest in culture has increased. Before Agri.BG, the famous representative of ...