Bulgaria recovers from 2019 African swine fever crisis

Published Dec 26, 2022

Tridge summary

The USDA GAIN report highlights the resilience of Bulgaria's livestock industry, which has rebounded from the 2019 African swine fever crisis despite facing challenges such as rising feed grain and energy prices, inflation, and consumer demand fluctuations due to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The political stalemate has negatively impacted domestic support policies, leading to a decrease in backyard farmers raising pigs. However, commercial pork farmers have recovered, with consumer demand improving due to the stabilization of the hotel, restaurant, and institutional sector, and better travel and tourism seasons. Beef and pork consumption has grown significantly, reaching record highs in 2021 and likely in 2022.

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Original content

According to a recent USDA GAIN report, in 2021 and 2022 to date, the Bulgarian livestock industry has successfully recovered following the 2019 African swine fever (ASF) crisis. The major challenges in 2021/2022 were related to sharply increasing feed grain and energy prices, skyrocketing inflation, and fluctuations in consumer demand related to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. Bulgaria’s political stalemate negatively affected domestic support policies, but despite these challenges, commercial pork farmers have rebounded. Most backyard farmers have stopped raising pigs. Consumer demand has improved due to stabilization of the ...

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