Bulgarian fruit and vegetable producers have been informed by the Committee on Agriculture that they can count on receiving support under the de minimis aid programme, although specific details have yet to be finalised, as stated Nikolay Kolev, chairman of the Association of Danube growers.This year, the situation for fruit growers is very risky as a result of constant rainfall and recent frosts after the early flowering of some fruits, particularly apricots, which have already suffered considerable damage.Because of unstable weather this spring, many fruit and vegetable producers have also been forced to do more spraying compared to previous campaigns, but according to Nikolay Kolev, even that didn't save the crops for some colleagues. In his words, this is a widespread problem which has reportedly also affected apricot growers in neighbouring countries, such as Greece.

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