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A Study on Environmental Sustainability of Bulgarian Farming Enterprises

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  • Hrabrin Bachev

    (The Bulgarian National Science Fund has supported this research, Europe
    Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bulgaria, Europe)

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The issue of assessment of diverse aspects of sustainability of farming enterprises is among the most topical in the last decades around the globe. Nevertheless, in Bulgaria there are no comprehensive studies on environmental sustainability of farms in general or of different types. This article applies a holistic framework for assessing environmental sustainability of Bulgarian farming enterprises. Firstly, multi principle, multi criteria and multi indicator frame work for assessing environmental sustainability of farm in the country is outlined. After that the level of environmental sustainability of farming enterprises in Bulgaria is evaluated in general and of farms different juridical type, size, production specialization, and ecological and administrative location. Finally, relations between environmental and socio-economic and integral sustainability of Bulgarian farms are specified.

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  • Hrabrin Bachev, 2017. "A Study on Environmental Sustainability of Bulgarian Farming Enterprises," International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 6(1), pages 01-15, - October.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijesnr:v:6:y:2017:i:1:p:01-15
    DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2017.06.555676
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    1. Bachev, Hrabrin, 2020. "Evaluation of governance sustainability of Bulgarian agriculture," MPRA Paper 103478, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    4. Hrabrin Bachev, 2021. "Assessing €Œmissing†(Governance) Pillar Of Sustainability €“ The Case Of Bulgarian Agriculture," Economia Coyuntural,Revista de temas de perspectivas y coyuntura, Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas y Sociales 'Jose Ortiz Mercado' (IIES-JOM), Facultad de Ciencias Economicas, Administrativas y Financieras, Universidad Autonoma Gabriel Rene Moreno, vol. 6(1), pages 1-48.
    5. Bachev, Hrabrin & Ivanov, Bojidar & Sarov, Angel, 2020. "Как Да Измерим Управленческата Устойчивост На Българското Селско Стопанство? [How to measure the governance sustainability of Bulgarian agriculture?]," MPRA Paper 103926, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Bachev, Hrabrin & Ivanov, Bojidar & Sarov, Angel, 2019. "Framework for assessing the governance pillar of agrarian sustainability," MPRA Paper 103477, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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