Programme: Rural Development Programme

The farm is entirely plant-growing. 13,582 acres of agricultural land is cultivated, including yards. Vegetables grown in the open air, greenhouses and perennials. The farmer cultivates eight properties on the land of Balabansko village, municipality. Troyan region Lovech. The yard is divided into five properties that will grow vegetables outdoors and in a greenhouse, apples and plums. The other three properties are planted with perennials of apples and plums. The properties used are not within the scope of the ecological network Natura-2000 or protected territories, but they border. The land of Balabansko village, municipality. Troyan is within the reach of the less favored areas in Bulgaria. The farm is not part of a nitrate-vulnerable zone. It does not fall within the sanitary protection zone. Tomatoes grown in the greenhouse and outdoors are the vegetable crops on the farm. Old traditional Bulgarian varieties of tomatoes are used. They are grown on a structure planted on nests of two plants in a nest at distances of 75-80 cm between the nests. Areas in permanent crops are maintained by grass. Prunes are both newly planted and older and are fertile. The varieties used are Stanley and Chacha Lepotica. They are planted according to a scheme that provides them with a density of plants in an area of ​​37 to 40 pcs. The apples have an average plant density in the area of ​​47 - 50 pcs. The varieties are old traditional Bulgarian varieties. The planned orchards with plums and apples will be planted by the end of the third marketing year on the holding, as follows: Plums - 2,500 acres under the scheme 5m x 5m and density 40 pcs. plants per hectare, apples - 0,600 decares according to the scheme 5m x 4m and the density of the plants per hectare 50 pcs.