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The Government of Bulgaria (GOB) continues to oppose agricultural biotechnology and generally advocates for anti-biotech policies within the European Commission (EC).

Post forecasts that total stone fruit production in marketing year (MY) 2018 will be stagnant.

In marketing year (MY) 2017/18, Bulgarian pear production increased by 42 percent.

The EU grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.

This report contains information about Bulgaria’s retail food and beverage market.

From May 12-28 FAS/Sofia participated in the first of its kind for Bulgaria traveling culinary festival “Bulgaria Meets the Flavors of the World”.

Bulgarian farmers increased their wheat planted area by 8 percent and reduced barley area by an estimated 7 percent in MY2016/17, according to the latest official report.

Slovakia took over its first ever European Union (EU) Council Presidency on July 1, 2016.

Bulgarian farmers increased rapeseed planted area by 5% and soybean area was reported to decline by 42%.

In 2015, the European Commission (EC) officially introduced a seven percent cap on food based biofuels thus limiting future production of these first generation or conventional biofuels....