The state should help eradicate the vines in Bulgaria

Published 2023년 9월 11일

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Bulgarian winegrowers have faced a difficult year due to extreme weather conditions, including rain, hail, and drought, resulting in low yields and crop damage. Some winegrowers have been forced to finish their harvest early, while others are facing bankruptcy and are hoping for financial assistance to switch to growing other crops. The industry is calling for an eradication program to destroy vine plantations and believes that assistance should be available to all growers, even those with existing obligations to the state and municipalities.

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This year is extremely difficult for all farmers, including Bulgarian winegrowers. There was a lot of rain in some places, so the farmers could not get in to spray in time and were forced to have a serious fight against diseases and enemies. For this reason, many winegrowers "finished" their harvest already in May. In other regions, hail fell and destroyed crops, and in others there was a severe drought, which resulted in extremely low yields. "I don't expect a high harvest. My colleagues and I are discussing that since the state cannot do anything else - to help eradicate the vines. We want an eradication program, to allocate a certain amount to destroy the vine plantations, because even for that the cost is quite high", Atanas Vasilev, chairman of the board of the National Association of Bulgarian Vintners, commented to Agri.BG. The winegrowers who only have wine vineyards and have not built cellars are facing bankruptcy, they are praying for funds to free up the areas to grow ...

Source: Agri