site.btaInterest in Essential Oil Crops Is Growing - Expert
NW 12:31:01 23-04-2015
SN1230NW.105
105 ECONOMY - ROSES - MARKETS
Interest in Essential Oil Crops
Is Growing -
Expert
Kazanluk, Southern Bulgaria, April 23 (BTA) - In the past 25
years, already 40 companies have begun to operate in the
business of growing and processing essential oil crops which
they export abroad. Patchwork farming and unreliable supply of
quality raw material have forced larger exporters to plant their
own gardens and close the production cycle.
The Director of the only Institute of Roses, Essential and
Medicinal Plants in Bulgaria, Georgi Chaoushev, told BTA that
there are over 1,300 species Bulgarian farmers can raise. A
large portion of these can be subsidized and there is an
enormous trade niche and demand on the market, the added.
Sales and exports exceed 20 million leva a year, but these are
approximate figures, as well as those relevant to the areas
where essential oil producing plants are farmed.
Interest in the essential oil crop business is growing and this
year the institute has already sold the planting material
produced for 2015. Interest is traditionally concentrated on the
rose and the lavender produced in Bulgaria, but this spring has
seen a dramatic rise in the demand for mint leaves on the world
markets, Chaoushev said.
There is a similar situation with tilia (linden), chamomile,
rose hip and Saint John's wort, for which the American market is
opening after ten years. White oregano, yellow poppy, rosemary,
yarrow and saffron also stand good chances for sale on the
market. The last two are an alternative for farmers who grow
tobacco, Chaushev said.
This year, too, the largest problem essential oil crop producers
face is the systematic lack of workforce. The Roma do not want
to work with contracts and when they pick 10 kg a day they stop.
The rest of the people hired to pick roses, including
schoolchildren, pick up to 25 kg a day, says rose producer
Ivanka Marinova who has been trying to find a way to cope with
the problem for years.
Flowering is late because of the lower temperatures this spring,
but several sunny days will mean rose-picking will again begin
on May 7-8, one of the largest rose producers in Bulgaria,
Dimiter Lisicharov, told BTA. /VI/BR
/СН/
SN1230NW.105
105 ECONOMY - ROSES - MARKETS
Interest in Essential Oil Crops
Is Growing -
Expert
Kazanluk, Southern Bulgaria, April 23 (BTA) - In the past 25
years, already 40 companies have begun to operate in the
business of growing and processing essential oil crops which
they export abroad. Patchwork farming and unreliable supply of
quality raw material have forced larger exporters to plant their
own gardens and close the production cycle.
The Director of the only Institute of Roses, Essential and
Medicinal Plants in Bulgaria, Georgi Chaoushev, told BTA that
there are over 1,300 species Bulgarian farmers can raise. A
large portion of these can be subsidized and there is an
enormous trade niche and demand on the market, the added.
Sales and exports exceed 20 million leva a year, but these are
approximate figures, as well as those relevant to the areas
where essential oil producing plants are farmed.
Interest in the essential oil crop business is growing and this
year the institute has already sold the planting material
produced for 2015. Interest is traditionally concentrated on the
rose and the lavender produced in Bulgaria, but this spring has
seen a dramatic rise in the demand for mint leaves on the world
markets, Chaoushev said.
There is a similar situation with tilia (linden), chamomile,
rose hip and Saint John's wort, for which the American market is
opening after ten years. White oregano, yellow poppy, rosemary,
yarrow and saffron also stand good chances for sale on the
market. The last two are an alternative for farmers who grow
tobacco, Chaushev said.
This year, too, the largest problem essential oil crop producers
face is the systematic lack of workforce. The Roma do not want
to work with contracts and when they pick 10 kg a day they stop.
The rest of the people hired to pick roses, including
schoolchildren, pick up to 25 kg a day, says rose producer
Ivanka Marinova who has been trying to find a way to cope with
the problem for years.
Flowering is late because of the lower temperatures this spring,
but several sunny days will mean rose-picking will again begin
on May 7-8, one of the largest rose producers in Bulgaria,
Dimiter Lisicharov, told BTA. /VI/BR
/СН/
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