Farmers will receive 20% less funds in the new CAP. Is there cause for concern?

There is concern not only among Bulgarian farmers but also among European ones regarding the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). This was stated by Svetlana Boyanova, President of the Institute for Agrostrategies and Innovations and former Deputy Minister of Agriculture, to BNR following a meeting with European Commissioner for Agriculture Christof Hansen. "I believe that this time the process was somewhat opaque. The most important issue for all agricultural producers is whether what is required of them will be covered with the appropriate funds so that they can fulfill it and not worry. In recent years, farmers have been facing increasingly brutal changing factors: frosts on fruit crops, drought, floods. At the same time, there is quite heavy competition from third countries. The pressure is enormous. For Bulgarian producers compared to EU member states, there is also an internal competition that should not be overlooked – everyone supposedly produces the same, but does not ...