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Moderated conference on rural advisory services for family farms: 1-18 December 2014

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Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:40:13 +0100
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My name is Dimitar Vanev. I'm working in the Bulgarian National Agricultural Advisory Service. It is a public institution and we annually provide advice to about 20 000 farmers - most of them (above 80%) are small family farmers.

I would like to take up a position to question 4.1 about the unique characteristics or features of rural advisory services for different types of family farms especially for small family farmers. 

In Bulgaria, most of the small farmers are from mixed farms, which are not specialized in one production. They cultivate different crops; some of them also breed animals. Also one part of them works on other places. Their income is low.

For these reasons, rural advisory services for them in comparison with big farmers are more connected with consultations about improving the production technologies (with the purpose of increasing the quantity and quality of production), possibilities for diversification (with the purpose of increasing the income and management of the risk), setting up producer organizations (with the purpose of selling at a better price their produce), etc.

Dr. Dimitar Vanev
Director of General Directorate "Agricultural advices"
National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS), 
7 "Shosse Bankja" street; 
1331 Sofia, 
Bulgaria
Tel.: (+359 2) 81 00 971
Mobile: (+359 88) 2 498 016
E-mail: vanev (at) naas.government.bg 

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