BULGARIAN AGRICULTURE AND FARMING NEWS
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BULGARIA'S AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO RUSSIA TO REACH USD 80 M IN 2012
06-Nov-2012
Bulgarian Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has announced that he is working to restore exports of Bulgarian agricultural products to Russia and the Middle East.
In a Friday interview for the morning broadcast of private TV station bTV, Naydenov pointed out that he was the first Agriculture Minister to meet his Russian counterpart in [Full story]
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THE FIRST SITE TO PRODUCE BIOKOMPOST NOW OPERATIONAL IN DOBRICH
06-Nov-2012
In Dobrich is already operational and the first site in Bulgaria for composting of green waste. Eight months ago, work began on creating its pilot project "Utilization of biodegradable waste in the municipality of Dobrich." Create 50 cubic meters of compost already invested in feeding the new rosary at the City Park and other green spaces. Is the first [Full story]
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BUDGET 2013 HAS INCREASED SUPPORT TO BULGARIAN AGRICULTURE BY 200 MILLION LEVA
06-Nov-2012
Budget 2013 has a net 200 million Levs increase of the total support to agriculture. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said in answer to an inquiry by MPs and Dimcho Mihalevski Penko Atanasov on the government policy to alleviate the farmers in the use of fuel for agricultural purposes, news agency "Focus." "In Budget 2012 a [Full story]
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WHY WE SHOULD BE EATING MORE ARTICHOKES
12-Oct-2012
Artichokes, which can be eaten or taken as artichoke leaf extract, have been shown to improve various digestive health disorders. They significantly lower blood cholesterol levels, prevent heart disease and atherosclerosis, enhance detoxification reactions, as well as protect the liver from damage.
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The artichoke is a thistle-like plant [Full story]
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BULGARIAN STATE FUND MOVES TO STIMULATE ORGANIC FARMING
09-Oct-2012
Bulgaria's State Agriculture Fund (SAF) has approved projects worth over BGN 17.5 M under Measure 121 for the Modernization of Agricultural Holdings.
The SAF has for the first time given the green light to 14 bio producers who invested in new plantations, according to the SAF's press office.
The applicants for subsidies plan to plant gardens with [Full story]
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BULGARIAN ORGANIC FARMERS SEEK MORE MONEY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
08-Oct-2012
Bulgarian organic farmers have criticized the government for failing to comply with the framework for the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the period 2014-2020.
"The new CAP of the European Union envisages 30% of the payments to go to organic farming. The Bulgarian government, however, is against the idea. There can be no agriculture against [Full story]
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BULGARIA LAST IN EU BY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION OF ORGANIC FOODS
01-Jun-2012
Only 0.5% of the arable land in Bulgaria is used for organic farming, which places the country last in the EU by production and consumption of organic products.
The figures were presented Friday at a press conference on ecological agriculture at the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA).
Dimitar Hadzhinikolov, PhD in Economic Sciences, argued [Full story]
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BULGARIAN AGRIMIN CONFIRMS NO EC BAN ON TURKISH TOBACCO
01-Jun-2012
The European Commission doesn't plan to ban the growing and processing of Turkish tobacco, Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture, Miroslav Naydenov, reiterated from Brussels.
Naydenov, cited by the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, said Tuesday that Directive 37 would not affect in any way oriental tobacco as cigarette ingredient, which subsequently does [Full story]
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BULGARIAN STATE TO AID CHICKEN, PIG BREEDERS
31-May-2012
The Bulgarian state will the first time allot funds to aid chicken- and pig-breeding, informed Bulgarian Deputy Agriculture Minister Tsvetan Dimitrov.
According to Dimitrov, those are two of the most vulnerable sectors in Bulgaria's agriculture industry.
Payments will start November 1, after the European Commission approved the state aid, [Full story]
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