Organic Entrepreneurship as an Opportunity for Labour Market Development in Bulgarian Rural Areas
Organic Entrepreneurship as an Opportunity for Labour Market Development in Bulgarian Rural Areas

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the organic food production sector in Bulgaria as a potential factor for labour market development in rural areas. The author reviews the sector’s strengths and the opportunities it offers for developing sustainable and high-quality jobs in rural regions, and also presents the weaknesses hindering the achievement of that goal. Based on national and European statistical data, as well as on results from two sociological studies on the sector, the text concludes that although Bulgaria has excellent possibilities for developing local rural economies through organic farming practices, there is still a set of structural and policy challenges that need to be met before the sector might unfold its full potential to develop the local economies and labour market in rural regions.

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