Open AccessENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD PRODUCTS
Author(s) -
Darina Ruscheva
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
trakia journal of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1313-3551
pISSN - 1312-1723
DOI - 10.15547/tjs.2019.s.01.053
Subject(s) - production (economics) , business , context (archaeology) , consumption (sociology) , agriculture , food security , food products , quality (philosophy) , food chain , food processing , food industry , green food , natural resource economics , environmental economics , agricultural economics , economics , food science , geography , raw material , ecology , social science , philosophy , chemistry , archaeology , epistemology , sociology , biology , macroeconomics
The purpose of the report is to assess the main environmental aspects of the food products industry in Bulgaria. It focuses on the quantitative dimensions of food products and the opportunities for satisfying their consumption in the country; observance of ecological requirements during the production process, at the entrance and at its exit, as well as in the other units of the food chain: production-storage-transport-realization-consumption. The main result of the study is to outline problems and justify their causes. The conclusions are in the context of national food security, enhancing the competitiveness of the food products, protecting the environment and improving the quality of life and the agricultural policy pursued in the country.