Condition of stock-breeding in the region of Strandzha

Brashlyan26-27.06.2007

Number of animals by municipalities and species

Young cows

Meat cows

Bulls Sheep Goats Birds Bees

Malko Tarnovo

153 15 56 2825 1832 3246 3357

Tzarevo 167 64 9 3530 2850 1050 3680

Sredetz 1270 628 44 17121 5838 48963 6709

Sozopol 80 240 40 4000 3000 12400 2640

Primorsko 254 - 120 6975 2000 2466 1924

Total 1924 947 269 34451 15520 68125 18310

Available agricultural land by municipalities (ha)

Meadows, common land, pastures

Arable land - total

Uncultivated land

Malko Tarnovo

4,691.37 11,364.68 11,345.79

Tzarevo 1,482.38 5,292.65 5,178.00

Sredetz 11,989.20 50,769.80 32,532.90

Sozopol 3,463.00 17,489.00 15,262.00

Primorsko 1,080.00 6,177.00 6,027.92

Total 22,705.95 91,093.13 70,346.61

Agricultural land registered in СИЗП (ha)

Meadows, common land, pastures

Arable land

Malko Tarnovo 2859.13 18.89

Tzarevo 1720.85 114.65

Sredetz 7992.59 18236.90

Sozopol 3150.00 2226.00

Primorsko 1270.13 149.08

Total 16992.70 20745.52

Registered APs by municipalities (number)

Plant-growers in SIAP

Stock-breeders in SIAP

Plant-growers acc. Reg. 3

Stock- breeders acc. Reg. 3

Malko Tarnovo

3 41 5 40

Tzarevo 11 47 22 46

Sredetz 116 94 87 223

Sozopol 42 78 86 99

Primorsko 29 12 7 22

Total 201 272 207 430

Conclusions

Highly decreased number of farm animals compared to 1989

Developed breeding of mostly sheep, goat and bees and less cattle and bulls;birds are bred mainly in personal farms

Pastures pig-breeding is highly reduced and without perspective

Conclusions As a whole, stock-breeding is extensive, low

productive, at low technological level, with difficult to realise produce.

Available large areas of common land, pastures and meadows (22,800 ha) which are not fully utilised (not fully grazed, mown and maintained) which leads to shrub growth, afforestation and development of weed vegetation

Conclusions High % uncultivated land compared to the total arable

land (77%), whereas over 99% in the municipality of Malko Tarnovo

Common lands, meadows and pastures registered in SIAP are approx. 75% of available lands, while the arable land registered in SIAP is approx. 23% of the available (mainly in the municipality of Sredetz)

APs registered in accordance with Regulation 3 are 207 plant-growers and 430 stock-breeders and APs registered in SIAP are 201 plant-growers and 272 stock-breeders

Opportunities Development of modern pasture sheep,

goat, cattle and bull breeding through use of the available pasture resources of Standzha and observance of GAEC

Improvement of the race structure of stock-breeding through introduction of meat-yielding sheep and cattle races

Opportunities

Development of bee-keeping through improvement of technological equipment

Development of biological stock-breeding and plant-growing

Production and offering of specific products made in the region of Strandzha

Opportunities

Development of agro-, rural and ecotourism

Establishment of producer organisations and registration of trade marks

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!!

V.Byalkov

RAAS-Bourgas