Bulgaria: The almonds are being harvested, but not without problems

Published 2021년 9월 27일

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The article highlights the ongoing almond harvest in Bulgaria, with farmers facing challenges such as climatic conditions leading to a sticky almond surface and a bigger problem of labor shortage. Despite these challenges, farmers like Silvia Kostadinova are confident about the crop's yield and are trying to overcome the labor shortage by supporting each other. The situation reflects the broader issue of a lack of seasonal workers in agriculture across the country, with reports of a broken French-Bulgarian criminal network for the export of cheap labor. Kostadinova considered mechanizing the harvest but ultimately decided it was manageable with manpower.

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And the harvest of almonds is in full swing in our country. Some farmers in the southeast have already finished, others have started a campaign days ago - depending on the varieties, but not only - a major problem is delaying the harvest. The important thing - listen in AgriPodcast "We started a few days ago and it's hard for me to say about the yield, so far it looks good," he told Agri. BG producer from Burgas Silvia Kostadinova. Climatic conditions have affected almonds this year on her farm. From the June rains in her garden of 50 decares between Aytos and Karnobat more resin appeared, "the almond became more sticky", Sylvia reports and adds: "But it is generally an extremely sustainable crop, and we insure ourselves by growing both early and late varieties ". However, they are all Bulgarian. Sylvia is adamant that the native almond is much better than the American, Greek and Spanish on our market. Having recently become a farmer, she wants to profile herself in this ...

Source: Agri