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  OPPORTUNITIES AND PROBLEMS OF INTEGRATED PRODUCTION IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

  The study is based on the thesis that integrated production is a system for agricultural production, processing and realization of food, which optimizes the use of resources and natural regulation mechanisms, ensuring viability and sustainability of agriculture in the long term. In this regard the main research objective is deduced: studying the ... The study is based on the thesis that integrated production is a system for agricultural production, processing and realization of food, which optimizes the use of resources and natural regulation mechanisms, ensuring viability and sustainability of agriculture in the long term. In this regard the main research objective is deduced: studying the opportunities for development and the problems in practising plant-growing integrated production, as well as the prospects for sustainable development of the agricultural sector. The specific tasks are related to disclosing the economic, ecological and social benefits of integrated production; identifying its problems, assessing the readiness of economic subjects for sustainable integrated production and outlining possibilities for coordination and interaction in its development in the rural areas. The results of the study are: working out approaches to reduce the risks and impact of pesticide use on human health, stability of agrarian-ecosystems and environmental pollution, through long-term sustainable development of agricultural business and increasing the viability of the rural economy; preparation of an alternative model for sustainable agricultural development based on the integrated production of plants and plant products; displaying the advantages and challenges as an opportunity for manufacturing high added-value products while managing sustainably the natural resources.

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  BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM ADOPTION IN A HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

  The basic idea of the research is inspired by the vivid controversy about the quality of higher education and the unsatisfying position of the Bulgarian higher educational institutions in the international and European charts. However, there is free potential for better institutional management of the educational institutions within the framework ... The basic idea of the research is inspired by the vivid controversy about the quality of higher education and the unsatisfying position of the Bulgarian higher educational institutions in the international and European charts. However, there is free potential for better institutional management of the educational institutions within the framework of the autonomy secured by law. This potential can be found in the presence of large datasets. Intelligence systems need to be established in the universities in order to have systematic and automatic integration, data processing and analysis of these large datasets. The objective of the research is to present the capabilities of the business intelligence system that has been developed and established at the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Svishtov. Such system would dramatically increase the capacity of the academic leaderships for taking prompt, informed, well-grounded and proactive governing decisions – to be more adequate regarding the more and more dynamic and rival educational environment, as well as the rapidly changing learning needs of the students.

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  AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT IN TEACHING STUDENTS OF ECONOMICS

  When implementing the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union the agricultural sector needs to have well-trained specialists to optimally expend the funds envisaged in order to meet the dynamic challenges facing it and contribute to achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The purpose ... When implementing the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union the agricultural sector needs to have well-trained specialists to optimally expend the funds envisaged in order to meet the dynamic challenges facing it and contribute to achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The purpose of this paper is to study and outline the modern aspects of agricultural holdings management. It focuses on the following tasks: studying the theory and practice in terms of the management of agricultural holdings; identifying the problems that influence agricultural holdings management; evaluating the state of the agricultural sector in terms of the opportunities to conduct an economic survey in the field of agricultural holdings management; making recommendations and conclusions regarding the agricultural holdings management. The object of study is agricultural holdings. The subject of study focuses on the modern aspects of agricultural holdings management in teaching students of economics. The research thesis emphasizes the need that agricultural holdings should be managed by trained specialists, who are professionally and technically competent – a prerequisite for the development of the agricultural sector. The above stated is a reason to look for ways for better and high-grade training when preparing agricultural economists in the context of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.