Supporting the process of creating a viable and sustainable farm of a young farmer orchard.

The holding is a plant growing associated with the cultivation of fruit plums - plums. It is situated in the lands of two villages from the municipality of Tvarditsa, Sliven region - Bliznets and Chervenakovo. Plantations are located on four plots of land under lease contracts with an eight-year lease term. They were created in 2018. There is one variety - "Stanley". There is no irrigation system at the time of application. It plans to increase the size of the managed crops by creating new plum plantations that also grow in a biological way. The applicant plans to purchase or lease 6,000 acres. agricultural land and to create 6 decares of fruit plantations of plums. Another objective of the applicant is to improve the mechanization of the holding by purchasing agricultural machinery, plant and equipment for the needs of the farm. Currently, the applicant does not have the necessary agricultural equipment and uses external mechanized services. Her intentions are to invest some of the money in buying a lawnmower for carrying out some of the most important agro-technical activities related to the activity on the holding - the mechanical control of the weeds in the plantations. Along with improving the physical condition of the farm, it will do the necessary to acquire professional skills and competences by attending a minimum of 150 hours in the field of agriculture, including training on key environmental protection issues in the agricultural sector sub-measure 1.1 "Vocational training and skills acquisition". The project also sets goals with social focus - opening new jobs. The candidate's foresight is to create additional employment by opening a new workplace with a production focus on the farm.

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