Farmer: Despite Industrial Production in Our Country, 85% of Potatoes Are Imported

"Despite the industrial production of culture in our country, 85% of our potatoes are imported. There's no one to produce them. We have opportunities, we know how, our land is good, and despite the industry, we eat foreign potatoes," comments Pavel Stoimenov to young farmers, who grows grain crops and various vegetables in the land of Brest village, Pleven region. The culture occupies over 1,000 decares on different plots in his farm, and he realizes the harvest through contracts with trade chains in the country. Farmer: I Cannot Expand Production Because There's No One to Work The farmer believes that Bulgarian land is unique and even with minimal care, decent yields can be obtained. Fully mechanized, after harvesting summer potatoes from the fields in Brest, the land will be processed and then wheat will be sown. "Biologically, we cannot do such potato production on large areas. This year it's potatoes, next year it will be wheat. After 4 years, potatoes return to these fields ...