AGRISPA Ltd. is dealing with manufacturing, sorting, packing and export of fruit for fresh consumption.

Agrispa Ltd. has an investment Project under the SAPARD Program for constructing a system against rain and hail, covering massives of cherry plants, as well as buying agricultural plant and equipment necessary for the growing of the durable plants in the land of Malka Vereya village, municipality of Stara Zagora.

The project is third for our company under the SAPARD Program. As a result of completion of the first Project, Agrispa Ltd. made a cherry garden of 65,000 square meters using the funds from the Program and with its own resources the garden was expanded to 68,618 square meters. The planted fruit trees are over our own agricultural land in the land of Malka Vereya village, municipality of Stara Zagora.

The second Project of the agricultural manufacturer in 2003 was also realized and 120,000 square meters of cherry plants and 65,000 square meters plum plants have been created also on own lands, in close proximity to the garden, planted under the first Project. Agrispa Ltd. continues to expand its farm and plant new trees over its own lands.

The chosen first class sorts of cherries and plums, as well as the strict observation of the agro-technical requirements regarding the growing of trees, give good results. In 2005 great part of the harvest is sold at the European market. The company’s intentions are to completely orientate its activities toward the foreign market and export the manufactured fruits.

The irrigations after the pick which make conditions for normal water supply and feeding of the cherry trees and setting a normal number of blossom buds for the next year are of particular importance for the cherry. The system, subject of the present investment, protects the trees from these inclement atmospheric interventions. It does not allow the white frost forming, which is particularly important during the bloom regarding the quantity and quality of the fruitfulness. It protects the fruits and the trees from hail. It impedes the heavy sun rays which burn the leaves. The cover protects from rains which is a precondition for dozed and forecasted wetting of the soil, in conformity with the period of fruit tree development. Moreover, the access of insects and birds to the trees is strongly limited, in this manner protecting them of these pests.

The construction of covering system makes conditions for very precise observation of the agro-technical and melioration requirements which can lead to high quality of the manufactured production.

The specialized plant and equipment, also subject to this Project, is orientated to creation of the better conditions for the fruit trees development. Furthermore, together with the other agro-technical activities, the pruning takes important place for obtaining quality product from the fruit plants. Mainly through it is determined the loading of each fruit tree. The aim is to provide optimum correlation between the growth and fertility so that there is permanent quality yield and normal yearly growth.

Other direction, in which the company shall advance, is the biological production. In the striving for manufacturing greater quantities of agricultural production last 30 years, considerable investments have been made for the intensive agriculture development. Within this period, the world plant-growing production was increased 180%, but losses from diseases, pests, and weeds have increased more than 3 times, while the plant protection costs – 5 to 6 times.

The modern conventional agriculture is now in serious crisis due to its high degree of chemization and the more and more strongly negative effect over the environment, soil and biological balance in the agri-ecosystems. The biological agriculture production has the complete confidence of the consumers since the quality is guaranteed by approved standards of manufacturing, processing and trade, inspection systems, certification and labeling based on compulsory international principles and norms.

The company foresees to realize the Project at two stages:
First stage – special equipment shall be bought and an anti-rain and anti-hail system shall be constructed at an area of 68,617 square meters. It is planned that the Project is realized in the beginning of 2007 before the bloom commencement of the fruit trees.
Second stage - Anti-rain and anti-hail system shall be constructed at an area of 70,263 square meters. This stage shall be realized in the beginning of 2008. The best conditions for growing a modern cherry garden with excellent yields of high quality fruits shall be made with the completing of this Project. 

At the moment we manage to cover all the orchards - 420 decars cherry orchards are protected with plastic and the other 150 decars peach and nectarine orchards, 150 decars apricot orchards and 30 decars plum orchards are covered with net. So we can produce best quality fruits for fresh consumption.