Bulgaria: Potato growers facing mass bankruptcies

A death sentence was issued for Bulgarian potato growers by Bulgarian officials, not European ones. Todor Dzhikov, an agricultural producer and chairman of the National Association of Potato Producers, expressed this opinion to the Bulgarian National Radio. The reason for the statement is the withdrawal of potato growers from the intervention to support income, as well as from another - to support the production of vegetables in mountainous areas. According to Dzhikov, over 85% of the potato growers in our country are located in mountainous and semi-mountainous regions and for these regions this is the main livelihood. "In practice, the Bulgarian administration, I state most emphatically, told 2,300 farmers that they will lose their jobs next year along with their families. According to the association's estimates, more than 5,500 workers are again in these low-skilled areas, which are directly related to the industry, too, "he said. Todor Dzhikov clarified that the arguments ...