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Bulgaria imported more than 55,000 tons of fresh vegetables in the first two months of this year alone - according to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute. For the same period, the import of fresh fruit in Bulgaria was nearly 66,000 tons.

Students of a kindergarten in the southern province of Antalya have established a mini open-air market and donated the income of the sales to quake survivor students.

Established in the kindergarten's garden, the mini open-air market sold food prepared by the students' families and had stalls of vegetables and fruits collected from their parents' greenhouses and gardens.

We will have to get used to the high prices of vegetables. Currently, Bulgarian cucumbers are in the range of BGN 4.80(EUR 2.45) - BGN 5.20 wholesale and the price will jump even more because of the more expensive gas and electricity, as well as the requirements for higher insurance of agricultural manufacturers.

A local agricultural company in the southern province of Antalya growing micro-sized special fruits and vegetables has now begun selling "baby watermelons" weighing only five grams.

Our country ranks at the bottom of the EU by the amount of fruit and vegetables consumed, according to data from Eurostat's analysis of the consumption of these products in the EU countries in 2017.
 
Only about 37 percent of Bulgarians consume fruits every day, and 45 percent of our compatriots eat vegetables on a daily basis, according to European statistics.

Bulgaria remains a net importer of peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes due to the country's low production and the lack of indication of significant developments in the medium term. This was said in an analysis of the sector carried out by the Center for Agricultural Research in Agriculture (CAPA) at the Institute of Agrarian Economics.

Dmitry Lashin's family have been building greenhouses in central Russia's Lipetsk region for decades, but has moved into top gear since Moscow banned imports of fresh vegetables from Europe.

About 5% more will be paid by Bulgarians for their Easter repast this year, said the Chairman of the Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets State Commission (CEWMSC) Vladimir Ivanov, according to Radio Focus.

In the week until March 31, the food wholesale market index fell by 0.82% to 1.458%, the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets reported, according to BNR.

BELGRADE - On green markets and in stores throughout Serbia is offered vegetables and fruits from all over the world. With vegetables that can produce itself, Serbia purchases abroad milk, meat, grain for which the country pays tens of millions of dollars.