Krassimira Zagorova
Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/EMAN.2018.417
2nd International Scientific Conference – EMAN 2018 – Economics and Management: How to Cope With Disrupted Times, Ljubljana – Slovenia, March 22, 2018, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Management Koper, Slovenia; Doba Business School – Maribor, Slovenia; Integrated Business Faculty – Skopje, Macedonia; Faculty of Management – Zajecar, Serbia, ISBN 978-86-80194-11-0
Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of the main objectives, priorities and principles set out in the strategic framework for management and development of the irrigation sector in Bulgaria for the periods 2001–2020 and 2018–2030, respectively. The sharp decline in the share of the country’s irrigated areas, mainly due to gross mismanagement, maladministration and unregulated and unsupervised responsibilities in the process of restructuring and restoration of land ownership, establishes new priorities as identified in the Strategy for the development of irrigated agriculture under the conditions of private agricultural property. The summarised results of the implementation of the accomplished objectives pursued in the Strategy (2001–2020) inevitably point to the conclusion that the restructuring processes of the country’s hydromelioration sector are complex, lengthy, time-consuming and practically ineffective. The critical drop of the amount of the actually irrigated areas to less than 10% of all the irrigable land proves to be the primary reason for changing the existing framework in Bulgaria and adopting a fundamentally new “Common strategy for the management and development of the hydromeliorations and protection against the harmful effects of water” over the period 2018–2030.
Key words
Hydromelioration sector, Strategic priorities, Irrigation associations
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