Prof. Bozhidar Ivanov: If there is no change, sheep farmers will continue to decline

"Despite losing positions in sheep farming, in sheep and goat milk we continue to be at high levels of competitiveness from a global perspective, and that is through the lens of consumption. We continue to produce and sell, preserving and increasing the market share and added value per person in the population," commented for Agri.BG Prof. Bozhidar Ivanov, Director of the Institute of Agrarian Economics at the Agricultural Academy (AA), who presented a sector analysis during the Annual Meeting of the National Sheep and Goat Association (NOKA) in Hisarya. The sheep and goat scab and difficulties with pastures may have a solution According to Prof. Ivanov, the main reason for such results from the study is the decline in population. "The population is decreasing, and so is the amount of milk, but the rate of population decline is faster and this affects the preservation of the positions we have in milk," added Prof. Ivanov. The improvement in the financial situation of people in the ...