Year 2014, Issue 123

Date published

26.6.2014

Table of content

  • Violeta Blazheva
    PRODUCTION AND SALE OF CONVENTIONAL AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
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    Summary: -  ... ... CONTENTS Abbreviations used 9 Introduction 11 Chapter one. Analysis of the state of the agricultural sector in Bulgaria 15 1.1. Economic and production outcomes of the agricultural sector in Bulgaria for the period 2007–2012 15 1.1.1. The incomes of farmers in Bulgaria for the period 2007–2013 23 1.1.2. Stimulating the development of Bulgarian agricultural sector in the period 2014–2020 28 1.2. Bulgarian agricultural holdings in the context of the European structures 34 Chapter two. Markets for agricultural products in Bulgaria for the period 2007–2013 45 2.1. Analysis of the product structure of the agricultural sector in Bulgaria 45 2.1.1. Production of and trade with traditional (conventional) agricultural products 46 2.1.1.1. Production of traditional (conventional) crop products - a foundation for the development of agricultural markets 47 2.1.1.2. Production of traditional (conventional) livestock products and its impact on agricultural markets 59 2.1.2. Analysis of the production of organic agricultural products 75 2.1.2.1. Production of organic crop agricultural products 80 2.1.2.2. Production of organic livestock agricultural products 83 2.2. Bulgaria's participation in the European and global agricultural market 85 Chapter three. Rural areas – priority in Bulgarian agricultural policy in the context of European structures 94 3.1. Opportunities for developing and restructuring the agricultural markets through the European programmes for funding rural areas 94 3.2. Small farms – an opportunity to revitalize the rural economy and increase their participation in agricultural trade 97 3.3. Short supply chains – a European model for the sale of agricultural products in rural areas 109 3.4. The need to adapt production and markets for sale as climate changes 120 Conclusion 129 Addenda 133 References 169 Abstract -