The drought in Bulgaria failed the declared export of cherries to Italy

Although this year's spring frosts spared the cherry orchards and farmers hoped for a good harvest, the sudden drought in June and the lack of irrigation once again ruined the business of thousands of fruit growers. And just when the cherries were about to fill mass, a drought occurred, resulting in most of the crop being unusually small in size, affecting prices and ruining a potential good export opportunity. This was reported to sinor.bg by the chairwoman of the Union of Gardeners in Bulgaria, Mariana Miltenova, pointing out that for the last 25 years all governments lined up to make irrigation programs, but the promises remain on the books, and the business suffers. This is how it turned out this year, in May, when 5 of the branch organizations in the fruit and vegetable sector made one of their most successful presentations at the most famous fruit exhibition in Italy, MACFRUT. "The interest of Italian traders in our production was extremely high and many colleagues received ...