Programme: Rural Development Programme

In order to turn its farm into an economically profitable one, which would generate revenues that would guarantee its maintenance and allow investments and increase its competitiveness, Iskra Bozhilova PA focused its attention on modernizing the available equipment by purchasing: a tractor; gentle cultivator, precision seeder, corn cob, trench seeder and navigation - equipment specialized for Trimble agricultural machinery with e-management of sections and norms and planting of organic lavender plantation on an area of ​​178,146 decares. The purpose of the PA is to increase the efficiency of the farm by reducing its production costs for external services to carry out the necessary agro-technical measures, thereby increasing the profit, and hence the economic indicators of profitability of the farm. Over 50% of the investments under the project are directed to crops in the sector "Essential oil and medicinal crops" and are related to trends in conservative and organic farming. The other technique is for the activity related to the cereals and oilseeds grown by it: disc harrow; seeder and header. The tractor and the navigation equipment are designed to provide with the necessary capacities the working process in the farm in the direction of the essential oil crops, which will be used exclusively for all agro-technical activities related to organically grown lavender plantations, which aims not to introduce into the arrays the machines used for other crops and with which fertilization or spraying with preparations, which are prohibited for use and are outside the admissible plant protection products, specified in Annex 2 to Ordinance 22. The attachment for the other crops will be coupled to the available tractors on the farm. The project proposal does not contribute to the implementation of two main priorities for sub-measure 4.1 "Investment in agricultural holdings" - 2 and 5.