Bulgaria: Poor strawberry crop and 30% higher price this year

Published 2023년 6월 11일

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Strawberry producers in Bulgaria's Kresna region are facing challenges such as high cultivation costs, labor shortages, and a harvest that is half the strength of the previous year, leading to an anticipated 30% price increase. The current price ranges from 4 to 5 BGN per kilogram. The lower prices in Greece are attributed to state subsidies for production. As a result, many producers are shifting to other sectors or reducing fruit production in favor of investing in vegetable greenhouses due to the financial pressures of fruit and vegetable cultivation.

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Producers from the Kresna region are expecting a poor harvest of strawberries. Expensive preparations, lack of labor and a twice weaker harvest compared to last year. Such is the balance sheet for Alexander Hristov, who grows tens of acres of strawberries. And because of the difficulties with cultivation, the producers expect a 30% increase in the price. "The price of our product here this year is on average between 4 and 5 BGN. It is competitive with the Greek one, which is 2-3 BGN this season," said Alexander Hristov, a strawberry producer, to BNT. The reason for the lower price of strawberries in Greece is that the production of this fruit there is subsidized by the state. "There should be some regulation, some incentive for these workers, purely insurance. But I hear that in other European countries seasonal work is well subsidized," he said. The price of Bulgarian strawberries at the cooperative ...

Source: Dnes