The issue of adequate assessment of socio-economic and ecological sustainability of divers agricultural holdings is among most topical academic and practical problems. It is particularly important for smallholder farms accounting for the majority of all farms in the globe. In Bulgaria...

This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics in a comprehensive framework for analyzing risk management in the agri-food sector. First, it specifies the diverse types of agri-food risks (natural, technical, behavioral, economic, policy, etc.) and the modes of their...

Bulgarian Abstract: В статията се обобщават основните постижения и характеризират най-важните предизвикателства на устойчивото аграрно развитие в България и Китай на...

Bulgarian Abstract: В разработката се прави оценка на интегралната, управленческата, икономическата, социална и екологическа устойчивост на Българското селско...

In Bulgaria, like in most countries, the comprehensive assessments on agrarian sustainability are mostly at sectoral or farm levels while there is practically no in-depth study on sustainability at sub-sector (industry) level. This paper tries to fill the gap and assess the sustainability of...

Bulgarian Abstract: Оценката на устойчивостта на фермите е сред актуалните академични и практични (ориентиран към фермата, агро-бизнеса, политиката) въпроси. Въпреки това...

This paper gives an answer to important questions such as: "what is sustainability of farms?" and "how to assess sustainability of farms?" First, evolution of the "concept" and the major approaches for assessing sustainability of farms is discussed. More adequate definition of the farm...

This paper attempts to give answer to some important questions, on which there is no agreement among researchers, namely: "what is farm sustainability?", "what is the relation between farm and agrarian sustainability?", "which are critical factors of farms sustainability?", and "how to assess...