INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN PLANT-GROWING - ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

The agricultural sector in Bulgaria faces a number of challenges related to the new programming period for Europe and the prospective (forthcoming) technological transformation. The new realities in the transition period (2021-2022) require in-depth research activities on the readiness of the sector in terms of investment opportunities and prospects for the future. The purpose of this study is to analyze the investment activity of SMEs in the plant-growing sector (crop-raising sector) and to identify some of the main determining factors. The dynamics and the amount of investments in the sector is analyzed through the incremental changes that have occurred in the provision of tangible fixed assets. Accordingly, the impact of economic profitability, leverage as well as company refinancing opportunities are taken into account.