Todor Jikov: The budget for agriculture is becoming increasingly smaller

"The overall European budget for agriculture has been reduced by nearly 18%. This is evident and it is mathematics, regardless of the fact that for the new program period, public investments and processing have been removed from it, the budget has still been reduced and not by a small amount. Against the backdrop of inflation, increased prices of fertilizers, preparations, seeds, fuels, increased labor costs, and on top of everything, the low prices on the stock exchange, it means that we cannot continue to produce with the same parameters," commented for Agri.BG European agricultural policy expert Todor Dzhikov from the National Association of Potato Producers (NAP). Europe at a crossroads: Rifles or plows According to him, political motives are increasingly evident in the preparation of various European project regulations. "In the two draft regulations that are being prepared for a vote in Brussels, the professional approach and motive are already absent. We are observing a ...