Analysis of the socio-economic parameters of farms applying soil restoration strategies in Bulgaria and Austria

Dimitre Nikolov, Ivan Boevsky, Martin Banov, Ekatherina Tzvetanova, Krasimir Kostenarov, Gunther Carl Liebhard, Peter Strauss

Abstract: This article presents the assessment of the degree of influence of socio-economic parameters of farms applying soil restoration strategies over the supply chain cooperation, public-private partnerships, and landscape alliances in Austria and Bulgaria. The aim of the assessment is to highlight new socio-economic opportunities, which can be a target for the public policies. The study is based on the pilot farms analysis of the TUdi1 project survey results. The analysis of the socio-economic parameters is made with an Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP). The results are analyzed on both county and soil restoration strategy base. The analysis shows that Fertilization strategies have impact on supply chain cooperation. The goal aims to involve all suppliers and the most important socio-economic opportunities are certainty of demand, access to finance, and uncertainty of income. In terms of fertilization and remediation strategies, the analysis shows that the most important socio-economic opportunities are related to certainty of demand and access to finance. On the other hand, the implementation of Remediation strategy requires higher consensus in the local society and more activities, which explains the stronger interaction of this criteria with the goals public-private partnership and landscape alliances. In this case, the most important socio-economic opportunities are certainty of demand, access to finance, political support, and training and equipment.

Keywords: Austria; Bulgaria; farms; socio-economic parameters; Soil restoration strategies

Citation: Nikolov, D., Boevsky, I., Banov, M., Tzvetanova, E., Kostenarov, Kr., Carl Liebhard, G., Strauss, P.(2024). Analysis of the socio-economic parameters of farms applying soil restoration strategies in Bulgaria and Austria. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Management, 69(1), 46-57.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61308/LSPX6383

Date published: 2024-03-29