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Strengths & weaknesses of the BG agri sector

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• Good quality soil
• Generally good climate • Low yields
conditions • Land fragmentation, cadastre
• Availability of land • Irrigation & infrastructure
• Lower labour costs • Aging population + migration
• EU funds for investments (2.9 • Non-organised primary sector
bln Eur for 2014-2020; (reluctance to cooperate)
• Strong need for modernisation • Lack of (co-)financing
• Consumer market with growth • Fiscal & legal/regulatory instability
potential • Bureaucracy
• More liberal regulation of the
sector (compared to NL)

13 Emar Gemmeke | Landbouwraad voor Romenië en Bulgarije
16-03-2016