Analysis of the External Environment of Agricultural Holdings in the Grain Sector in Bulgaria

Hristina Harizanova-Bartos and Zornitsa Stoyanova ()

International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, 2016, vol. 5, 116-124

Abstract: Grain sector is a major subsector of the plant in Bulgaria, because grains represent a significant part of the food stocks in the country. Agricultural structures in grain production are mainly large farms which are managed as business units and are willing to take greater risks and with positive future performance. The main aim of the paper is to analyze and evaluate the external environment of holdings in grain sector and on this basis to make general conclusions and policy recommendations on the development of these structures in Bulgaria. Aim has the following tasks: 1) Literature review of characteristics of internal and external environment of agricultural holdings 2) Assessment of the impact of the external environment in which agrarian structures with grain specialization operate 3) Based on the aggregated and analyzed information will be offered policy recommendations and general conclusions. Conclusions and analysis in the paper are prepared according to methodology of interviews with Bulgarian grain producers operating in grain sector. As well some of information is taken by agricultural branch experts.

Keywords: External environment; grain sector; agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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