site.btaAgriculture Ministry Aims to Create Middle Class of Bulgarian Farmers - Minister Ivanov
ESD 12:28:01 10-02-2022
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107 POLITICS - AGRICULTURE MINISTER - EU FUNDS - COMMENT
Agriculture Ministry Aims to Create
Middle Class of Bulgarian
Farmers - Minister Ivanov
Sofia, February 10 (BTA) - In a televised interview for Bulgarian National Television on Thursday, Agriculture Minister Ivan Ivanov said that his Ministry will aim to initiate changes in order to create middle-class Bulgarian farmers, who will be the backbone of Bulgaria's agriculture. "Our goal is to have funding from the EU reach the small and medium-sized farms, so that we avoid disproportion," he also said.
In his words, the lack of control over the last 12 years and the preferential allocation of funds has led to the Bulgarian farmer having a bad image. From here on out, funds will be dispensed according to the coupled support principle. "We aim to create competitive export-oriented production, to saturate the Bulgarian market with local produce, as has been stated in the coalition agreement," he added.
Minister Ivanov said that inspections on imported foods from third countries will be carried out. After the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency started being governed by the Council of Ministers rather than the Agriculture Ministry, the Agency must become an active and effective body that prevents violations in the sector, he added. /DS/NZ/
/МЙ/
MY1224ES.107
107 POLITICS - AGRICULTURE MINISTER - EU FUNDS - COMMENT
Agriculture Ministry Aims to Create
Middle Class of Bulgarian
Farmers - Minister Ivanov
Sofia, February 10 (BTA) - In a televised interview for Bulgarian National Television on Thursday, Agriculture Minister Ivan Ivanov said that his Ministry will aim to initiate changes in order to create middle-class Bulgarian farmers, who will be the backbone of Bulgaria's agriculture. "Our goal is to have funding from the EU reach the small and medium-sized farms, so that we avoid disproportion," he also said.
In his words, the lack of control over the last 12 years and the preferential allocation of funds has led to the Bulgarian farmer having a bad image. From here on out, funds will be dispensed according to the coupled support principle. "We aim to create competitive export-oriented production, to saturate the Bulgarian market with local produce, as has been stated in the coalition agreement," he added.
Minister Ivanov said that inspections on imported foods from third countries will be carried out. After the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency started being governed by the Council of Ministers rather than the Agriculture Ministry, the Agency must become an active and effective body that prevents violations in the sector, he added. /DS/NZ/
/МЙ/
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