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The State Fund "Agriculture" transferred over 3 million leva (BGN 3 031 795) under the scheme "Aid for compensating farmers for the implementation of measures under the National Program for Pest Control on Perennials during the Winter Period" in 2019. 2,959 producers who grow perennial fruit, strawberries and raspberries received subsidies.

Olive oil produced from the crops of one of the world’s oldest trees was sold for a high price at an auction held on Nov. 17 in Turkey’s Aegean province of İzmir.

Police in the northern town of Kozani seized 6 kilograms of saffron crocus stamens valued at 2,740 euros and arrested two men, aged 23 and 24, on Tuesday.

The two suspects reportedly stole the stamens from an underground basement owned by a 54-year-old resident of Kozani.

The town is renowned for its crocus flowers that are cultivated by saffron producers. 

Burgas. The 4th edition of Flora Autumn flower bazaar opens today at Flora Exhibition Centre, said the press office of Burgas Municipality, reports Focus News Agency. 

"It's a funny paradox with the carob tree: On the one hand it is neglected, and on the other it is deeply entrenched in the conscience of the Cretan people," says Korina Miliaraki, president of the Agritourism Union of Crete and the Epimenides Cultural Society of Panormos, and the individual spearheading a campaign to get the carob tree onto the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage o

Pazardzhik. Law enforcement officers from the regional directorate have seized cannabis plants grown on private property, said the Ministry of the Interior. A police raid that took place yesterday found 35 cannabis plants of one to two metres in height growing in the garden of an unoccupied house in the village of Sinitevo, Pazardjik municipality.

Prior to the fire of July 23, because of the enormous efforts over the past year of Vangeli and Sisi, who help me in the garden, there is still some semblance of a garden. Sadly this is not the case for most of my neighbors.

This past year, I "illegally" took out two enormous pine trees - last year one - and we topped and pruned three others.

The olive-growing area of Amfissa at the foot of the world-famous 4th-century BC Delphi Sanctuary in central Greece, is to become a global ambassador for olives and olive products thanks to a proposal by Greek scientists that has been endorsed by Yale University.

Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba is seen in this file photo while inspecting potato seeds during a farming event in the Central Anatolian province of Niğde on March 23, 2018. Photo: Doğan News Agency

The government is set to allow potato and onion imports in certain amounts and from certain countries in an effort to curb prices, which have recently skyrocketed.