1. Bulgarian agriculture
Sandra Ivanova
Radoslava Grozeva
Milena Ninova

2. Where is Bulgaria?

3. The Bulgarian Landmarks in the UNESCO List
Ivanovo Rock Churches
Rila Monastery
Madara Horseman
Sveshtari Tomb
Nessebur, the old part of the town
Kazanluk Tomb

4. Bulgarian traditional products
Cheese
Natural yogurt
Lyutenitza
Lukanka
Banitza
Rose attar
Oriental tobacco
Wine
Rakia

5. VEGETABLE AND FRUIT AGRICULTURE
Bulgaria has a strong tradition in production and processing of vegetable and fruit. Altogether, in this sub-sector there are 209 processing plants of which 147 ones are newly established. Major products are: canned vegetables, peppers, fruit products, juices, fresh and dried mushrooms, herbs.

6. DAIRY PRODUCTS
Bulgaria is well-known producer of dairy products from sheep, cow and goat milk. There are 495 operating dairy factories of which 450 newly established. Famous types of cheese produced in Bulgaria are Kashkaval and Feta (produced through ultra-filtration).

7. MEAT PRODUCTION
All conditions for production of quality meat production in Bulgaria are present . There are traditions in the sheep, pig and cattle breeding, poultry farming, and bee-keeping.

8. WINE PRODUCTION
Bulgaria has been a major wine producer for many years and currently a number of modern wineries export their products all over the world. There are 56 companies operating in this sub-sector and 12 of them newly established.

9. Bulgaria’s Agriculture Sector
Arable land – 29.21% of land aria
Cereal production - 66 thousand metric tons
Crop production index – 125.4%
Fertilizer use – 31.4 kg
Food production index %
Labor share – 6.6%
Meat production thousand metric tons
Organic cropland hectares

10. Positive trade balance
72% of the Bulgarian agricultural export goes to the rest of the EU with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, and the Arab world
Fastest growth of all economic sectors in Bulgaria
Highest growth of agriculture income in the EU

11. Animal breeding income
from cattle breeding grew by 36.5%
from eggs – by 10.2%
from sheep – 2.5%
from goats – by 2.5%

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