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Bulgaria's rose producers fear mass bankruptcies on eve of rose-harvesting season

published on 4/28/20 12:51 PM

Bulgaria's emblematic rose-yielding rose (Rosa Damascena)

Photo: BGNES

On the eve of the rose-picking season, this sector is faced with mass bankruptcies, the chairman of the professional organization of producers of roses in Bulgaria, Hristo Nikolov, stated.

The rose-harvesting season is expected to start in early May and traditionally involves about 40,000 people. The work in this sub-sector is very specialized and few people have the necessary skills.

The oil-yielding rose (Rosa Damascena) has long been emblematic for Bulgaria, making the country's Valley of Roses a world leader in rose oil production and export.

In the current crisis, there are problems related to the registration of rose producers, the sanitary measures for combating the coronavirus infection in the fields, the transportation of workers and the forecasts of distilleries that they will operate at 50% of their capacity this year, Nikolov explained.

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