Assoc. Prof. Boyukliev from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences silenced Bulgaria with this forecast for food prices

Food prices will increase by more than 50% until the new harvest. This shows an economic analysis of BAS. Food prices are three times higher than a year ago. What is the most optimistic scenario for the market until the new autumn harvest?

“On the one hand we have a war, on the other we have an iron barrier. We closed the factories that produce the raw material, the factories that produce the fertilizers remained. We make the bread with electricity or gas and so we get to the store where it is connected to transport. increase in fuel prices “, said Assoc. Prof. Ognian Boyukliev from the Institute for Economic Research of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in the studio of “Bulgaria in the morning” on Bulgaria on Air.

According to him, 80% of vegetables in Bulgaria are imported and it comes from 3000 km from Spain.

“These are trucks that drive with expensive fuel and here is another increase. The Bulgarian greenhouse production was almost non-existent this year because they cannot withstand the prices of gas and energy,” the associate professor added.

We are already a member of the European Union. We want to have a currency and we have signed a treaty guaranteeing the free movement of goods, people and capital, and now we will not release oil, sunflower and grain. This is not possible. These people must we stimulate them to export and take the highest price, to help with the production “, said Assoc. Prof. Boyukliev.

He said the world was facing a production crisis.

“The important thing is to have a realistic policy in terms of production, balance in terms of imports and exports, assistance and social policy,” the guest concluded.

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