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On Defining, Assessing and Governing of Agrarian Sustainability
Authors: Hrabrin Bachev
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Research on governance of agrarian sustainability is at the beginning stage due to
“newness” of the problem, emerging new challenges, fundamental modernization during recent years,
“lack” of long-term experiences and relevant data, application of narrow (certain form/management
level), one-dimensional, unisectioral, normative, without transaction costs etc. approaches. This paper
suggests a modern and practical framework for analyzing and assessing the system of governance of
agrarian sustainability. Interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics framework is incorporated and
agrarian sustainability is properly defined, principle mechanisms and modes of governance
(institutions, market, private, public, hybrid) of agrarian sustainability are classified, and a holistic
approach for identifying components and factors, assessing efficiency, and improving governance
system is presented. Framework is to be further discussed and improved while its application requires
new type of micro and macro-economic data for agrarian agents’ preferences and behavior, activities
and efficiency of farming organizations, effects and impacts on social, community and natural
environment, etc.