Vegetables a year earlier: Areas have halved in Bulgaria

Published 2020년 12월 31일

Tridge summary

In 2019, the area dedicated to vegetable production in agricultural holdings saw a significant decrease of 55.9%, totaling 52,539 ha, primarily due to a reduction in dried legume cultivation. Despite this, the production of greenhouse vegetables slightly increased by 0.7%. The total vegetable production was 15.1% lower than the previous year, predominantly due to a 13.8% decrease in open area production. The most cultivated vegetables were potatoes, tomatoes, watermelons, and cucumbers. However, there was an increase in the harvested areas for fresh legumes, leafy or stem vegetables, and fruit vegetables. The production from open areas saw a mixed trend, with increases in cucumbers, pepper, tomatoes, and watermelons, but decreases in several other crops. The production of dried legumes from open areas was 74% lower than in 2018.

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Original content

In 2019, the areas used for vegetable production, including dried legumes, on agricultural holdings are 52,539 ha, which is 55.9% less than the previous year, according to the Agrarian Report published by the relevant ministry. The decision came: Extend the term for implementation of investments in "Crop" Open areas with vegetables shrink by 56.3% to 51 617 ha, mainly due to a decrease in areas with dried legumes (chickpeas, lentils and ripe beans). Greenhouse areas are 922 ha (+ 0.7% on an annual basis), and were used an average of 1.3 times for vegetable production. The total production of vegetables - harvest `2019 amounts to 769 thousand tons - by 15.1% less on an annual basis, as the production of open areas decreased by 13.8% to 668.2 thousand tons and the greenhouse - by 23%, up to 100.8 thousand tons. In 2019, the largest is the production of potatoes - 197.4 thousand tons (25.7% of the total production of vegetables and dried legumes), tomatoes - 145 thousand tons ...

Source: Agri