Bulgaria: Differential rates in greenhouse production will brighten the sector

Published Jun 12, 2024

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The Bulgarian agrarian ministry is planning to differentiate support for the greenhouse production sector, starting from 2025, in response to EU guidelines and to compete with other countries' subsidies. The current subsidy of BGN 1,800 per acre is only 2% of the cost of producing greenhouse tomatoes. The ministry also proposes changes to the required yields for individual crops to address those who receive subsidies without actually cultivating. However, it has been observed that many greenhouse owners save on heating and only plant one crop per year, avoiding the winter season.

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The differentiated support, for which the entire "Greenhouse production" sector is fighting, will shed light on the sector and show in reality which producers invest in heated greenhouses and which only benefit from the subsidies that are applied, Viktor Asenov, a producer, commented to Agri.BG of greenhouse tomatoes and a member of the Management Board of the Bulgarian Association of Greenhouse Producers (BAPOP). It is predicted that such a division of aid will take place from the next campaign - in 2025, it became clear from the plans of the responsible agrarian ministry. "There are guidelines from the European Union that we cannot escape. In other countries, they receive state aid, as do we, but if we compare what greenhouse producers receive abroad, we cannot compete with colleagues from the Netherlands, Greece and other countries. Our subsidy as greenhouse producers is about BGN 1,800 per acre, considering that the costs of producing greenhouse tomatoes in heated greenhouses ...

Source: Agri