The Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev held an online meeting with the agriculture ministers of Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia in connection with the difficulties of the agrarian sector due to the increased import of agricultural products from Ukraine
I was very impressed by this exhibition, showing the whole path from the field to the table. This is the truth and this will be the new policy of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, because power comes from the bottom to upward.
"Bulgaria is in solidarity with Ukraine, but a local glut is being created on the agricultural market, because instead of export corridors our countries are becoming warehouses"
“Bulgaria is famous for the aromas and tastes of its food”. With these words, the Minister of Agriculture Yavor Gechev addressed his German colleague the Federal Minster of Food and Agriculture Cem Ozdemir
Bulgaria expects the European Commission to pay special attention to the situation on the oil bearing crops market and to use all available instruments, including emergency measures .
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Ivan Ivanov, met with his colleagues from the PES before the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Luxembourg.
The Republic of Bulgaria welcomes the expressed solidarity with Ukraine and its people.
Sufficient support must be provided for the sector in this difficult period of time. We propose to raise the individual and national de minimis ceilings and to continue the extraordinary support.
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov took part in a meeting of the advisory council on grain to discuss the provision of food for the population and the problems facing the sector.
Bulgarian citizens must be completely calm about the supply of goods against the background of the crisis in Ukraine.