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SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF BULGARIAN FARMS

Agricultural and Resource Economics International Scientific E-Journal

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Title SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY OF BULGARIAN FARMS

 
Creator Bachev, Hrabrin
 
Subject farm sustainability, governance; economic; social; environmental; Bulgaria.

 
Description Evaluation of sustainability of agricultural farms is among the most topical academic and practical – farm, business and policies forwarded issues. Despite that there are practically no studies on overall, economic, social, ecological, etc. sustainability of Bulgaria farms during European Union (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) implementation. This article tries to fill the gap and presents results of a first large-scale study on integral, governance, economic, social, and environmental sustainability of market oriented farms in Bulgaria in general and for holdings of different juridical type, size, specialization and location. Initially, a holistic framework for assessing sustainability of Bulgarian farms is outlined, including a system of appropriate for the specific conditions of Bulgarian agriculture system of principles, criteria, indicators, and reference values for evaluating individual aspects and the integral sustainability of farming enterprises. Next, an assessment of made of the overall, governance, economic, social, and environmental sustainability of Bulgarian farms in general and holdings of different juridical type, size, specialization, ecological and geographical location. Finally, implications for further research and practices in sustainability assessment are withdrawn.

 
Publisher Agricultural and Resource Economics International Scientific E-Journal
Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal
 
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Date 2017-06-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://are-journal.com/are/article/view/100
 
Source Agricultural and Resource Economics International Scientific E-Journal; Vol 3, No 2 (2017); 5-21
Agricultural and Resource Economics: International Scientific E-Journal; Vol 3, No 2 (2017); 5-21
2414-584X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://are-journal.com/are/article/view/100/98
 
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