Early vegetable production this year would be suicide in Bulgaria

Published 2022년 2월 6일

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High energy prices have led to the closure of 70% of Bulgaria's greenhouses for vegetable production, resulting in a shortage of local vegetables and potentially impacting Polish production as greenhouses are no longer producing seedlings. The crisis, anticipated since August, has also affected the production of other vegetables. The Bulgarian Association of Greenhouse Producers and the National Union of Gardeners have highlighted the challenges and called for policy changes. The government plans to approve the budget for agricultural ministry to allocate aid to greenhouses in March. The article also discusses the demographic decline in agricultural sectors and the import of vegetables, with Bulgaria serving as a labor source for the EU.

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The shock energy prices caused 70% of the greenhouses for vegetable production to close, BNT reported. But apart from the fact that Bulgarian vegetables are now disappearing from the market, Polish production is also in question, as greenhouses are the ones that have to provide seedlings, and they do not work. "Every year we make an early harvest, which should be here at the moment, but this year it would be suicide," said Stoyan Berberov, manager of the greenhouse in Rakovski. We released all staff. Velichkov, owner of a greenhouse in the village of Razhevo Konare. "Years ago it was full of seedlings in this period. It's like a hotel. This bed is occupied from one date to another and it is known when it comes out and in its place there is another." Nikolay Tatarov, a vegetable seedling producer, explains: "We will always support small and medium-sized farmers" and when they are counted at the end of the year, it turns out that they have halved, said Krassimir Kumchev, a fruit and ...

Source: Sinor