On the base of analysis of the existing management system of the forestry sector symptoms of deepening crisis in forestry management, forests and forest industry in the years after 1997 are identified. They are systemized and directions of their removal are suggested. The main conclusion, which...

The paper presents results of a survey in the wood processing and furniture sector. It is identified that there is no system for obtaining professional qualifications; inadequate qualifications of middle and upper management; the strong protection of the employees by labour legislation hinders...

The objective of the paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the problems of economic integration of urban consumers’ demand and rural forestry production and possible solutions of forest-based entrepreneurship in small-scale forestry, wood processing and non-wood forest products...

The transition to market economy and the restructuring of the production and ownership in Bulgaria, as a whole and specifically for the enterprises from forest industry, raised the questions for their adapting to the new conditions and their forthcoming integration to the European market space....

The paper presents data on the forest resource development in Bulgaria during the 20th century, as well as contemporary challenges. It is summarized that during the last 14 years, forestry in Bulgaria has passed through numeral structural and economic changes, directed to its adaptation to...

Rapid industrial development and urbanization transfer more and more land away from agricultural production and affect the patterns of land use intensity. This paper analyzes the determinants of land use by modeling arable land and sown area separately. An inverse U-shaped relationship between...

This paper explores the effect of land titling on agricultural productivity in Vietnam and the productivity effects of single versus joint titling for husband and wife. Using a plot-fixed-effects approach our results show that obtaining a land title is associated with higher yields, for both...

Low efficiency is a problem in most developing agriculture, and is one of the reasons for food insecurity. This paper provides information on smallholder production efficiency in one of the developing Sub-Saharan Countries: Kenya. It applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to farm-level seasonal...

Low efficiency is a problem in most developing agriculture, and is one of the reasons for food insecurity. This paper provides information on smallholder production efficiency in one of the developing Sub-Saharan Countries: Kenya. It applies Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to farm-level seasonal...

This paper presents the results of the first large-scale study on forms, factors, and efficiency of eco-management in Bulgarian agricultural farms of different juridical type, size, specialization, and location. First, a brief characterization of surveyed “eco-active” farms is made,...