The drought in Bulgaria failed the declared export of cherries to Italy

Published 2024년 7월 12일

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Bulgarian fruit growers are experiencing significant losses due to a recent drought, which resulted in a small crop size and affected export opportunities. The lack of irrigation facilities, despite government programs and funding, has been a recurring issue for the past two decades. The article highlights the difficulties farmers face in obtaining drilling permits and the insufficient budgets for drip irrigation. Low purchase prices for cherries and a decreasing labor force further exacerbate the challenges.
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Although this year's spring frosts spared the cherry orchards and farmers hoped for a good harvest, the sudden drought in June and the lack of irrigation once again ruined the business of thousands of fruit growers. And just when the cherries were about to fill mass, a drought occurred, resulting in most of the crop being unusually small in size, affecting prices and ruining a potential good export opportunity. This was reported to sinor.bg by the chairwoman of the Union of Gardeners in Bulgaria, Mariana Miltenova, pointing out that for the last 25 years all governments lined up to make irrigation programs, but the promises remain on the books, and the business suffers. This is how it turned out this year, in May, when 5 of the branch organizations in the fruit and vegetable sector made one of their most successful presentations at the most famous fruit exhibition in Italy, MACFRUT. "The interest of Italian traders in our production was extremely high and many colleagues received ...
Source: Sinor

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