Sustainability level of Bulgarian agriculture

Hrabrin Bachev (), Bodjidar Ivanov, Desislava Toteva and Emilia Sokolova

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Abstract: This paper presents a holistic approach for assessing agrarian sustainability in Bulgaria based on its economic, social and ecological aspects on sectoral macro-level. It is based on official statistical and other information as well as on expert evaluation. Our study has found that the Bulgarian agriculture on macro-level has good sustainability. Some of the sustainability aspects have higher levels (e.g. the economic aspect) while others (social and environmental) are inferior. Study results could help in focusing the political efforts, so that the agrarian sustainability, in its social and ecological aspect, could be increased. However, a further research is needed to evaluate the level of sustainability at micro-level, so that the major issues and problem areas are addressed accordingly.

Keywords: agrarian sustainability; sustainability indicators; economic; social; ecological aspects; Bulgarian agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q10 Q15 Q18 Q2 Q20 Q3 Q30 Q5 Q52 Q53 Q54 Q56 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-01
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