According to the data for 2021, 184 operators received funds for organic crop production and organic livestock breeding in Haskovo region.
Haskovo Region, as a constituent part of Haskovo-Evros bioregion, is located in the southeastern part of the South Central Region. It includes 11 municipalities: Haskovo, Dimitrovgrad, Harmanli, Simeonovgrad, Svilengrad, Madzharovo, Ivaylovgrad, Lyubimets, Mineralni Bani, Stambolovo and Topolovgrad with a total area of 5,543 km². As of 2021, 211,565 people live on the territory of Haskovo region, which represents 3.2% of the country’s population. The relief of the area is varied. Agriculture in Haskovo region is defined as a traditional activity for the population. Its development over time is determined by the good qualities of the soil and the favorable agro-climatic conditions.
The used agricultural area in Haskovo region is between 23% and 37.9% of the total area of the region in 2020.
Crop production, as a branch, has a larger share in the total agricultural production in the region. Cereal, technical and fodder crops are mostly represented. Almost half of the structure of arable land (46%) in the district is formed by cereals, incl. wheat, barley, rye and triticale, oats, corn and other grains. 35% of the arable land is occupied by sunflower and other oil crops.
Livestock breeding in Haskovo region is highly concentrated in the private sector and is characterized by high relative share of small farms. Cattle, pigs and poultry are raised in the plain areas of the region, and sheep and goats are raised in the semi-mountainous areas.
According to the data for 2021, 184 operators received funds for organic crop production and organic livestock breeding in Haskovo region.
The municipality of Svilengrad has the largest number of organic producers who have received European funds – 43, followed by Harmanli and Haskovo, where 42 and 37 are registered, respectively. The municipality of Simeonovgrad where there is one organic producer, have the fewest registered operators who have received grants.
91,23% of payments in the region are for organic crop production. The total value of funds received by organic producers in the region for 2020 amounts to BGN 2.674.469,95.
According to the database of producers, processors and traders of agricultural products and food produced in an organic way, as of January 2021, there are 273 certified and registered operators in Haskovo region.
The largest number of operators are registered in Haskovo Municipality – 66, in Svilengrad Municipality there are 62 operators, and the third place is for Harmanli Municipality, where 40 of the organic producers, processors and traders of agricultural products and food produced organically in Haskovo region are registered. As of January, 2023, the fewest organic producers in Haskovo district are in the Municipality of Simeonovgrad – three agricultural producers. In the Municipality of Stolichna, 1 organic producer is registered, operating on the territory of Haskovo region with a workplace in the village of Mezek, municipality of Svilengrad with the main activity – production of wine from grapes.
According to the data of the Electronic Register of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the predominant branch of agriculture in the region is organic crop production (83.4%). With a 11.6% share in the structure of organic production in Haskovo region is livestock breeding, which is mainly associated with beekeeping. A few farmers breed cattle and buffaloes.
Regarding the quality of agricultural products and foods, produced organically in Haskovo region, the analysis shows that 74.7% of the operators in the organic production control system have products certified as organic. 25,3% are the products in transition in Haskovo region.
The largest is the number of the operators on the territory of the region which grow plums, walnuts and almonds, forming 28.2% of the total certified activities. Beekeeping and the production of honey and bee products has a predominant share (88,4%) of livestock breeding. It ranks 2nd in the distribution of certified activities in the region.
Lucerne and onion registered operators are with 19 certified activities each.
Fallows, which are maintained plowed and weed-free lands that have not been seeded with anything throughout the growing season, are certified by 16 producers.
The wine vineyards, making up the structure-determining branch of the regional economy – wine production also occupy a significant share in the organic productions by number – 12 producers.
Number of registered operators in the system of control in organic production in Haskovo region (producers, processors and traders of agricultural products and food produced in an organic way)
Of which – number of applicants and respectively received funds for organic plant breeding and organic animal breeding in Haskovo region
Total value of funds received by organic producers in the region for 2021
Average amount of received European funds per 1 organic producer in 2021 in Haskovo region
Certified area – biological and in transition in Haskovo region as of January 2023.
Amount of organic product produced in Haskovo region in 2022.
of which – amount of produced biological product from the “livestock” sector in Haskovo region in 2022.
