About Governance of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System. The Case of Bulgaria. Part II
This paper is the second part of the attempt to examine the governance, efficiency, and development of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) in Bulgaria. In the years of EU membership, the expenditures for AR&D significantly decreased absolutely and relatively as a share in the total expenditures for R&D, which indicates diminishing importance and deteriorating financial, personnel, and material potential of the agrarian knowledge and innovation sector.
The research continues the first part already published in the previous issue with the third point of view related to the governance of agrarian research in Bulgaria is unpacked; forth, the state of the system of education and training of agricultural producers in the country is analysed.
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Bachev, H. (2022). About Governance of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System. The Case of Bulgaria. Part II. Journal of Research, Innovation and Technologies, Volume I, 2(2), 163-182. https://doi.org/10.57017/jorit.v1.2(2).06
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