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

The holding is a plant-growing affiliate with the cultivation of orchards - peaches and cherries. It is located in the land of Sliven, Sliven municipality, Sliven. The plantations are located on 7 plots of land under lease contracts. All areas are irrigated, with a drip irrigation system built. During the current economic year 2017/2018, the applicant processed 17,507 dk peaches and 3,901 acres of cherries. It plans to increase the size of the arable land and the orchards, as well as the inclusion of new fruit species - plums that grow in a biological way. For the purposes of the business plan, it plans to buy or lease 7,000 acres of agricultural land and to create 7 decares of plums of organic cultivation. Currently, the applicant does not have the necessary agricultural equipment and uses external mechanized services. Its intentions are to invest some of the funds in buying a sprayer attached to the most important agro-technical activities related to the activity on the holding - the plant protection in the plantations. Along with improving the physical condition of the holding, the applicant will do the necessary to acquire professional skills and competences by passing a minimum of 150 hours of training 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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