Theoretical framework for assessing governance sustainability of agricultural holdings in Bulgaria
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https://doi.org/10.61308/YRPG7186Keywords:
sustainability, farms, BulgariaAbstract
The study is part of a series of articles aimed at investigating the problems related to the sustainability of agricultural holdings and to develop a methodology for the assessment of this sustainability. The present study tries to make a parallel between the sustainability of agricultural holdings and the principles of governance sustainability. The article also starts a discussion about the principles of sustainable management of agricultural holdings. In this point, we shed light on the understanding of the governance sustainability of agricultural holdings.
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