It is evening, the field is dry, and tomorrow you have to decide whether to spray. The Help Centre in Dobrich is closed, but the answer does not wait for opening hours. It is on dabu-edu.org/en/helpdesk – the page the Dobrudzha Agrarian and Business School created under the ADAPTAGRI project so that every farmer has a reliable answer at hand whenever they need it.
Type one word
No registration is needed. Type a word or two – “drought”, “nitrogen”, “drone”, “young farmer” – press “Search”, and the questions containing that word appear on the screen. Tap a question and the answer opens.
Every answer starts with a short “In brief” of one or two sentences, so you get the point straight away. The full explanation follows, often with a table and a list of common mistakes to avoid. Below it, you will find the project material in which the topic is covered in depth, and “See also” links to related questions.
12 topics – from the first step to funding
Every question is labelled with its topic. The page currently holds 106 questions and answers in 12 topics:
- First steps towards sustainable farming – 2 questions
- Funding and support – 14 questions
- Soil and tillage – 10 questions
- Crop rotation, varieties and sowing – 10 questions
- Fertilisation and nitrogen – 10 questions
- Plant protection – 11 questions
- Water and irrigation – 10 questions
- Smart technologies – 9 questions
- Climate risks – 8 questions
- Organic farming and quality schemes – 9 questions
- Good practices from Bulgarian farms – 5 questions
- Questions about the ADAPTAGRI project – 8 questions
Every answer has a source behind it
The answers are not opinions. The page has a separate section, “Literature by topic”, with 183 scientific and practical sources – 78 in Bulgarian and 105 in English, from classic works to studies from 2024. Each source is tagged with the topics it covers, and 130 of them are linked directly to specific questions. Most sources relate to fertilisation and nitrogen and to crop rotation, varieties and sowing – the topics that matter most to grain growers in Dobrudzha.
This way, a farmer who wants to learn more, or any specialist, can check where every piece of advice comes from.
In Bulgarian and English, with a picture guide
With one button, the whole page – topics, questions and answers – switches to English. This makes it useful for the project partners from Greece and Türkiye as well. For those who feel less confident in front of a screen, a picture guide shows step by step how to search, choose a topic and open an answer.
The database keeps growing
The page is not a finished handbook that stays the same. When the Help Centre opened its doors on 1 October 2026, it held 72 questions and answers; today there are more than 100. And anyone can add their own question.
Can’t find your question? Ask it right on the page.
At the bottom of the page is the “Ask a question” form. Choose a topic, describe your situation and press “Send question”. You can ask anonymously – name and email are optional, and if you fill them in, only the administrators can see them. The project experts review the question, and the answer is published on the page in the section with expert answers to your questions, without your name or email. Questions and answers are translated automatically between Bulgarian and English.
Prefer to talk to a person? Contact the Help Centre:
- Visit us: 3 Bulgaria Str., ground floor, Dobrich, Monday – Friday, 10:00 – 12:00 (EET)
- Call us: +359 885 398 656
- Write to us: adaptagri.helpdesk@gmail.com
ADAPTAGRI is co-financed by the European Union through the Interreg VI-B NEXT Black Sea Basin 2021–2027 Programme.
This publication was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the Dobrudzha Agrarian and Business School and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the Interreg NEXT Black Sea Basin Programme.