The Agricultural Knowledge and Information System, AKIS, in Bulgaria consists of the following actors:
INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS |
STRUCTURES AND ORGANISATIONS |
Politicy/government structures responsible for capacity development in the agricultural sector. |
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, MAF, www.mzh.government.bg/mzh/en/Home.aspx MAF with its integrated Directorates (esp. Rural Development) and Departments (esp. Agroecology, etc.) within each Directorate and their respective regional offices. Ministry of Environment and Waters, MEW, www.moew.government.bg/index_e.html MEW's integrated directorates also relate to MAF and NAAS, e.g. soil and water protection, NATURA 2000, etc. |
Regional MAF Structures |
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Field Extension staff |
At the RAAS and the RDA |
Extension managers |
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Farmers/farm households and private producers |
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Non-governmental consultancy organizations |
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Farmers’ associations |
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The Ministry of Education with its extensions in higher and vocational education |
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Input suppliers and traders |
- in every region and large town |
Wholesalers, agro-processors and agro-processing industry with their associations |
- in every region and large town |
Provided by the Director of NAAS, L. Marinov, July 2011 (used by permission). The full analytical report is attached below.
List of Extension Providers
The following list shows an excerpt from the GFRAS Directory of Extension Providers for Bulgaria. Some of these entries may be specially marked for having more detailed information in the database of the Worldwide Extension Study WWES.
Documents
Bulgaria_AIKS_Analytical_report_in_English_-_received_from_Marinov_July_2011.pdf
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