The Impact of Social Support on the Competitiveness of Bulgarian Apiculter after the Accession to the Europan Union

After the transformation of Bulgarian agricultural sector during the last decade of the 20th century the social support towards this important part of Bulgarian economics was all but abstinent. The accession of the country to the European Union and implementing the Common agricultural policies of the union have rapidly increased the level of support for the sector. Although scattered and uneven the social support has effected the apicultural productions as well, mainly thanks to the National program for apiculture, which is a part of a bigger union-wide support frame. The goal of the study is to assess the impact that social support have on the levels of competitiveness of Bulgarian apiculture, based on different sizes of productions and their access to funding. To reach this goal the study should accomplish three tasks: Assessing and analyzing the level of competitiveness of different sized productions in the