Outgoing Agriculture and Food Minister Kiril Vatev outlined three key priorities for his Ministry during Friday's report on the government's performance over the past nine months.
As a topmost priority, Vatev identified legislative changes in support of local producers aimed at promoting Bulgarian products.
Secondly, the Outgoing Minister highlighted the strengthening and increasing of laboratory capacity for quality control and food safety.
Thirdly, Vatev focused on the restoration and modernization of Bulgaria's hydromelioration systems. "We are also restoring the administrative capacity, which was reduced to zero," he said, recalling that the rehabilitation of 24 key irrigation canals is currently underway.
In a public video report on his Ministry's performance as part of the Denkov Cabinet since June 2023, Vatev said that for nine months they had defended the interests of agricultural producers, initiated the restoration of irrigation farming, and affirmed state food control at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint on the border with Turkiye.
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