Vegetable growers: If Europe does not protect farmers, we are doomed

The new program period of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is approaching, but the mood among fruit growers is not optimistic. "The next program period of the CAP is knocking on the door and not very optimistically," commented to Agri.BG Dimitrichka Tarpanava, Vice President of the Dobrudja Fruit Growers' Union (DFGU). The main concern among producers is the risk that member states will allocate the resource themselves. "We played this match with the Sustainability and Recovery Plan. If the budget is not differentiated, I don't see how we will manage," she said categorically. According to her, 2026 will be a turning point: "Then it will become clear whether Europe wants to keep its producers... all this is on the table under very ...