site.btaUPDATED PM Denkov, Some Farmers' Branch Organizations Sign Agreement

На 13 февруари земеделци от цялата страна ще проведат протест пред сградата на Министерски съвет в центъра на София, както и на още 21 места в страната, съобщиха в прессъобщение от Асоциацията на земеделските производители в България. Очаква се

Minister of Agriculture and Food Kiril Vatev discussed with representatives of branch organizations to sign an agreement with measures to help Bulgarian farmers at a meeting in the Agriculture Ministry, the press centre of this ministry said on Monday. The meeting was attended by State Fund Agriculture Executive Director Georgi Tahov, National Agricultural Advisory Service Executive Director Mladen Mladenov, National Association of Potato Growers Chair Todor Dzhikov, United Farmers National Association Chair Ventsislav Mitkov and National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives in Bulgaria Chair Nikolay Momchilov.

Farmers used heavy-duty machinery and bales of hay to block the highway between Ruse and Veliko Tarnovo at the village of Polikraishte (North Central Bulgaria) for several hours on Monday. Some of them spilled tanks of milk at the site.

An initiative committee, including 26 branch organizations from the agriculture sector, presented a declaration with demands for salvaging the sector at the BTA National Press Club on Monday. The initiative committee does not support the agreements

Bulgarian Agrarian Chamber Chair Kostadin Kostadinov Sunday was at the Agriculture Ministry to clarify the final texts of an agreement between part of the agricultural sector and Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov ahead of its signing on Monday at the Council of Ministers.

An initiative committee, consisting of 26 branch organisations from the agricultural sector, does not support the agreements reached during the series of meetings between government representatives and several agricultural organisations, which is why protests are continuing on February 13, says a message sent by the initiative committee to the media on Saturday.