This paper offers a holistic framework for an adequate understanding of the concept and components of agri-food governance and for assessing its quality. Agri-food governance is defined as a complex system with five components: (1) agri-food and related agents, (2) means (rules, forms, and...

This article is a response to a call for evidence from the UK Institute for Public Policy Research on "food and the recovery of nature, communities and livelihoods". It outlines recent research on the emergent practices of regenerative agriculture, concerning its agricultural, environmental and...

There are intense debates about the importance and quality of agri-food governance, which have not been passed in Bulgaria. There is no suitable translation for governance in the Bulgarian language, and many inaccurate terms are used such as managing, management, leadership, directing,...

According to the Ministry of Finance, more than 40 percent of Pakistan’s GDP is attributed to the informal sector. Nearly 75 percent of Pakistan’s working-age population is employed in the informal sector, according to the Labour Force Survey (2020-2021). The widespread persistence of the...

This paper suggests a holistic framework for assessing farm competitiveness, and analyses competitiveness of different type of Bulgarian farms. First, it present a new approach for assessing farm competitiveness defining farm competitiveness and its three criteria (efficiency, adaptability and...

The importance of “good governance” for achieving agrarian sustainability has been increasingly studied in the last two decades. What has been a recent development is the inclusion of governance into (agrarian) sustainability as a new “fourth” pillar. Still there is no consensus on: what...

The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the growth in area, production and productivity and resource use efficiency of maize in various agro-climatic zones of Bihar. The growth pattern in production and productivity were also observed to be positive and statistically significant....

This paper presents a holistic approach for assessing agrarian sustainability in Bulgaria based on its economic, social and ecological aspects on sectoral macro-level. It is based on official statistical and other information as well as on expert evaluation. Our study has found that the...

This paper applies interdisciplinary framework and assesses the level of agrarian sustainability in Bulgaria at regional, ecosystem, sectioal and farm levels. Factors for increasing agrarian sustainability are also identified, and directions for improving research, managerial and assessment...

This paper epitomizes the dynamics in agrarian livelihood of a tribal community. The study probes the transformation taking place over the period with a focus on their agricultural patterns. Outcome of the inquiry reveals that a shift in the pattern and practices of cultivation enforced by the...