Programme: Rural Development Programme

The farmer carries out his agricultural activity on the land of the village of Shumata from Sevlievo municipality, district Gabrovo. During the current economic year, the farm grows 11,400 decares - plums / 5.9 decares are sown and 5.5 decares are intended for planting /, 1,500 decares - apples, 2,200 decares - walnuts. With the exception of the forthcoming 5.5 decares of plums for planting, the other gardens are fruitful. The economic size of the farm is 7249.40 euros SPO. The activities that the applicant plans to carry out in the next years of the project are related to increasing the economic size of the farm, measured in the SPO. The mandatory target of increasing the SPO by at least 2,000 euros will be met. In the autumn of 2023, land will be leased and 4,000 decares of plums will be created. From 2023 until the end of the project, 15,400 decares of plums will be grown on the farm. The remaining crops will be grown in the same amount as in the current marketing year. The applicant will have fulfilled a specific result from Table 1, to create at least 2,000 decares of new perennials. In 2023 he will buy a bush cutter, which he will use for the activities on the farm. By the end of 2023, the farmer will start keeping a regular diary of chemical treatments and fertilizers, soil improvers and biologically active substances and will perform a risk assessment in accordance with the requirements of the Safety and Health Act. The implementation of the business plan will begin within nine months after the signing of the Contract for approval under sub-measure 6.3 with the purchase of the brushcutter.