STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND PROSPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN BULGARIA

Venelin Terziev¹ and Teodora Stoeva^2
1Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural History, Professor, Eng., D.Sc. (National Security), D.Sc. (Economics), D.Sc. (Social Activities), Ph.D., Russian Academy of Natural History, Moscow, Russia, Vasil Levski National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria University of Rousse, Rousse, Bulgaria, terziev@skmat.com
²Associate Professor, Ph.D., Agricultural University – Plovdiv, Bulgaria, teodorastoeva@gmail.com

Abstract

The agricultural sector has always been a strategic branch of Bulgarian economy. Bulgaria has many years of experience, well-established traditions and opportunities in the sphere of agriculture and particularly in vegetable production. The evaluation and analysis of the contemporary situation for the development of vegetable production are issues of current importance for Bulgarian agriculture in the context of the Common agricultural policy. The aim of this article is to present the problems and the trends of changes in the Bulgarian vegetable production related to the sustainable economic development of Bulgaria.

Keywords: vegetable production, development, agricultural sector.