July 2016 – September 2023
Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology

Strengthening the Analytical and Public Outreach Capacity of the Center for Agricultural Policy Analysis (CAPA) at the Institute of Agricultural Economics
Institute of Agricultural Economics

BGN 233,000

The objective of this project is to provide continued support to the Center for Agricultural Policy Analysis (CAPA) in the Institute of Agricultural Economics in Sofia to strengthen its analytical and public outreach capacity. With this extended support and again assisted by the Food and Agri-Policy Research Institute in the University of Missouri, the Center will develop expertise to run different scenarios and reveal outlook based on the econometric models elaborated for the Bulgarian cereals, dairy, meat, and vegetable industries.

The team will also strive to develop a price forecast model for the grains sector and establish the CAPA as a platform for discussion and solutions-seeking both at micro and macro level, providing objective quantitative analyses, while working closer with farmers’ unions, agri-business structures in the country and looking for involvement in project networks across the EU for implementation of various specialized economic tasks and assignments.