Bulgaria: Drastic decline in vegetable production this year
Fruits
Vegetables
Bulgaria
Published Jun 11, 2022
Tridge summary
A drastic decline in the production of major groups of vegetables, reported by the Ministry of Agriculture in a review analysis of the sector to date. The campaign for planting tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, melons and watermelons in the open lags behind in the range of 20.4% (tomatoes) to 37.7% (watermelons), experts say. The most drastic decline is in watermelons, which are currently only about 2.5 thousand ha, which is over 37% below last year's levels in the same period of the year.
Original content
For melons, the decline is about 25%, reaching 1.4 thousand ha. In the case of open-air cucumbers, the reduction is about 1/3, and only 230 ha are planted. Outdoor tomatoes are located on an area of over 360 ha, but the decline is about 1/5. In the case of open-air pepper, the reduction of occupied fields is about 21%, and so far they have reached about 1.5 thousand ha. The Ministry of Agriculture notes that at the beginning of June 2022 the open areas planted with potatoes and strawberries were respectively 2.2% and 5.9% higher than last year, and in cabbage the increase reached 67%. The quantities of potatoes and cabbage harvested so far are 56.4% and 26% less, respectively, compared to a year earlier, and both crops have lower average yields per decare. Cabbage production is ...
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