Open AccessSTATUS AND TRENDS OF PRODUCTION AND BREEDING DEVELOPMENT OF TOMATO IN BULGARIA
Author(s) -
Zh. P. Danailov
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ovoŝi rossii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-7132
pISSN - 2072-9146
DOI - 10.18619/2072-9146-2012-2-32-37
Subject(s) - bulgarian , accession , production (economics) , european union , agriculture , common agricultural policy , political science , microbiology and biotechnology , business , economic policy , economics , biology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , macroeconomics
We made an analysis of the status and development of tomato production in Bulgaria after its transition to a market economy and accession to the European Union. The problems encountered in the single market are shown. A brief description of the development of tomato breeding is given. The advantages and disadvantages of foreign and Bulgarian tomato varieties, directions of research with an emphasis on flavor and antioxidant properties of fruits are shown. The basic ways of overcoming the crisis and the need to protect the interests and positions of the country in the development of EU Common Agricultural Policy in 2014 - 2020 are described.