9.1
Public institutions
Министерство на земеделието и храните
Lead ministry for agricultural, food, forestry and fisheries policy. The minister's title has been Minister of Agriculture and Food since 6 June 2023, after Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (to 13 December 2021) and Minister of Agriculture (13 December 2021 to 6 June 2023)1. Its Directorate Analysis and Strategic Planning prepares the annual Agrarian Report required by Article 3 of the Agricultural Producers Support Act, the 2025 edition of which was published on 8 December 2025, and its Directorate State Aid and Regulation prepares national aid and de minimis schemes and supports the minister as chair of the Management Board of State Fund Agriculture234. The ministry's budget finances 12 other bodies, among them seven executive agencies, and the 28 regional directorates 'Agriculture'5.
www.mzh.government.bg
Държавен фонд „Земеделие“ – Разплащателна агенция
Established in 1998 by the Agricultural Producers Support Act to channel support from the national budget and from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy6. It is governed by an 11-member Management Board chaired by the minister of agriculture and an executive director, and works through a central office, 28 regional directorates and 11 regional paying agencies6. In calendar 2024 it authorised BGN 1,845.8 million of direct payments for campaigns 2023 and 2024, and the state aid and de minimis schemes it administered paid BGN 845.9 million to 62,366 beneficiaries7. It also lends from its own resources under three investment credit schemes7.
www.dfz.bg
Областни дирекции „Земеделие“
Twenty-eight regional directorates financed through the ministry's budget5. The General Directorate Agriculture and Regional Policy coordinates and controls them and their territorial units, including the municipal agriculture services8. In the 2024 direct payments campaign 13,673,039 registered legal grounds for land use were checked, of which 5,385,309 properties lay in consolidated-use blocks agreed voluntarily or allocated, covering 3,027,350 ha7.
www.mzh.government.bg/bg/ministerstvo/vtorostepenni-razporediteli
Българска агенция по безопасност на храните
Agency created by law and financed through the ministry's budget, responsible for official controls along the food chain95. Its directorates cover plant protection and quality control of fresh fruit and vegetables, plant protection products and fertilisers, and animal health and welfare10. It runs the EU co-financed surveillance programmes for animal diseases and the plant quarantine laboratory7.
bfsa.egov.bg
„Напоителни системи“ ЕАД
State-owned company of the ministry that operates and maintains the hydromelioration assets and supplies irrigation water1112. According to the Agrarian Report 2025 it owns or manages 181 dams, including 19 complex and significant dams in public state ownership provided for its use, and in 2024 it irrigated 342,614 decares (about 34,261 ha, own conversion) with 311.6 million m3 of water7. Water was delivered to 348,000 decares in the 2025 season13. In November 2023 it signed 24 grant contracts worth over BGN 112.3 million under the Rural Development Programme 2014–2020 to rehabilitate canals and pumping stations14.
nps.bg
Изпълнителна агенция по лозата и виното
Executive agency financed through the ministry's budget and listed in the Administrative Register in October 2026515. It is the source of the declared wine production data used in the Agrarian Report, 634,649 hectolitres for the 2024 harvest7.
www.eavw.com
Изпълнителна агенция по селекция и репродукция в животновъдството
Supports the minister on breeding policy and the management and conservation of animal genetic resources, and monitors the national genetic resources7. The state aid for keeping herd books and determining the productive qualities of animals paid BGN 9.8 million to 5,253 beneficiaries in 20247.
iasrj.eu
Изпълнителна агенция по сортоизпитване, апробация и семеконтрол
Controls the production, processing, marketing and storage of seed and planting material, certifies it, runs variety testing and recognition and publishes the annual Official Variety List7. It is listed among the executive agencies in the Administrative Register15.
www.iasas.government.bg
Изпълнителна агенция „Борба с градушките“
Bulgaria's hail protection system was created in 1968 under the Ministry of Agriculture16. In October 2026 the agency's website listed 11 regional directorates with command posts and rocket sites17. In 2024 it protected about 22 million decares with rockets in nine districts and about 30 million decares with aircraft in north-central and north-eastern Bulgaria, and it estimated the value of output saved by rocket seeding at BGN 128.3 million7.
iabg.government.bg
Агенция по геодезия, картография и кадастър
Creates and maintains the cadastral map and cadastral registers for the whole country under the Cadastre and Property Register Act, and maintains the state geodetic, cartographic and cadastral fund18. The ministry's Directorate Land Relations and Consolidation exchanges cadastral data with it19.
www.cadastre.bg
9.2
Financial institutions and regulators
Българска народна банка
Central bank. Bulgaria adopted the euro on 1 January 2026 at the fixed rate of BGN 1.95583 per euro, and from 1 February 2026 the euro has been the sole legal tender20. From 1 October 2020 to 31 December 2025 the ECB supervised Bulgaria's significant banks directly, and oversaw the less significant ones, under the close cooperation with the BNB established by ECB Decision (EU) 2020/1015 of 24 June 2020 and announced on 10 July 2020212223. Since euro adoption on 1 January 2026 Bulgaria has taken part in the Single Supervisory Mechanism as a euro-area Member State2324. Mutual-aid credit cooperatives of farmers must be entered as financial institutions in the public register under Article 3a of the Credit Institutions Act to borrow under the BDB on-lending programme25.
www.bnb.bg
Комисия за финансов надзор
Established on 1 March 2003 by the Financial Supervision Commission Act to regulate and supervise the capital market, insurance and supplementary pension insurance26. It is independent of the executive, reports to the National Assembly and licenses and supervises insurers26.
www.fsc.bg
Българска банка за развитие
Credit institution wholly owned by the state, created in 1999 as the Encouragement Bank, and accredited by the European Commission to manage InvestEU budget resources27. Its group includes the National Guarantee Fund, BDB Microfinance, BDB Leasing and the Capital Investment Fund27. It runs an on-lending programme for farmers' credit cooperatives, and the EIB lent it EUR 175 million for SMEs and mid-caps in July 20232528.
bbr.bg
Национален гаранционен фонд
Guarantee company founded in 2008 by the BDB with BGN 80 million of capital, which guarantees bank loans from its own resources29. Its guarantee programme with the ministry for agriculture, forestry and fisheries had guaranteed loans of over BGN 566 million to 1,200 companies between 2013 and October 202529. The NGF PRSR 2026 scheme has a limit of EUR 200 million and covers up to 80% of each loan30.
www.ngf.bg
Фонд мениджър на финансови инструменти в България ЕАД
State-owned company that allocates EU programme resources and national co-financing through financial instruments, with the state's ownership rights exercised by the economy minister31. Its instruments under the Programme for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture 2021–2027 lend to fisheries and aquaculture enterprises through a selected intermediary32. The instruments listed on its site in October 2026 did not include one under the CAP Strategic Plan31.
fmfib.bg
9.3
Market institutions
Софийска стокова борса АД
Founded on 11 April 1991 by 13 banks, institutions, firms and branch unions. It received a certificate to operate as a commodity exchange in 1998 and a licence in 2007 from the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and Markets, under the Commodity Exchanges and Markets Act of 199633. It held its first remote trading session in 202433.
www.sce-bg.com
Държавна комисия по стоковите борси и тържищата
Licensing authority for commodity exchanges under the Commodity Exchanges and Markets Act, which certified and licensed the Sofia Commodity Exchange33. Its administration is listed among the state commissions in the Administrative Register in October 202634.
iisda.government.bg/ras/adm_structures/state_commissions
„Пристанище Варна“ ЕАД
State-owned operator of the national public transport port of Varna (Varna East and Varna West), with ownership rights exercised by the transport minister35. Private grain and oilseed terminals near Varna at Beloslav were financed by the EIB in 2018 and 20233637.
port-varna.bg
Национална асоциация на зърнопроизводителите
Non-profit association representing grain producers38. It took part in the ministry's Advisory Council on hydromelioration and irrigated agriculture in January 2024 and met the Prime Minister on support for grain producers in November 20253940. In September 2026 it called for an extension of the Temporary State Aid Framework38.
www.grain.bg
9.4
Data and advisory
Национален статистически институт
State institution that collects, processes and disseminates official statistics on social, economic and demographic processes41. Its national accounts are the source of the GDP figures in the ministry's Agrarian Report7.
www.nsi.bg
Главна дирекция „Земеделие и регионална политика“, МЗХ
Acts as a statistical authority for agriculture. It runs the farm structure surveys under Regulation (EU) 2018/1091, keeps the statistical register of agricultural holdings and computes standard output8. The ministry's Agrostatistics department is cited as the source of crop and livestock data in the Agrarian Report7. It is the liaison body with the European Commission for the farm accountancy network, now the Farm Sustainability Data Network, which from accounting year 2026 covers holdings with economic size above EUR 8,000842.
www.mzh.government.bg/bg/ministerstvo/struktura/glavna-direkciya-zemedelie-i-regionalna-politika
Национална служба за съвети в земеделието
Public advisory body in the ministry's structure and part of the agricultural knowledge and innovation system7. It gives free advice and training, on-farm visits and soil analyses, and free advisory packages under the CAP Strategic Plan44. In 2024 it gave 102,858 consultations to 15,774 persons through 27 regional offices and 28 mobile municipal offices7.
www.naas.government.bg
Селскостопанска академия
National autonomous budget organisation for research, applied work and education in agriculture, livestock and food, under the minister of agriculture45. Re-established in 2008, it received its current status by a law adopted on 28 February 201846.
www.agriacad.bg
Аграрен университет – Пловдив
University tracing its origin to the agronomy-forestry faculty opened in Plovdiv in 1945 and the Higher Agricultural Institute created in 1950. It teaches in four faculties (Agronomy, Viticulture and Horticulture, Plant Protection and Agroecology, Economics)47.
www.au-plovdiv.bg
9.5
International programmes and credit lines
EU funds. The CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027 has planned funding of EUR 7.73 billion in its February 2026 version, about US$8.96 billion at the end-August 2026 rate (own calculation), of which EUR 5.64 billion from the EU budget4849. The Commission approved the plan on 7 December 2022 and its fourth amendment on 27 February 202650. Planned financing of the Rural Development Programme 2014–2020 was EUR 3.77 billion in version 19 of the programme on the Commission's Cohesion Open Data platform (own calculation from the planned rows)51. The Agrarian Report 2025 gives a public budget of EUR 3,791.9 million under the 17th amendment52.
Development banks. World Bank operations with an agricultural or land purpose included an agricultural credit project approved in 1994, two sector adjustment loans of 1999 and 2001 and a registration and cadastre project closed in 200953. Among the dropped operations were those for irrigation restructuring, rural financial services and rural development, and the Projects API listed no Bulgarian operation approved after December 201853. The EBRD financed a grain warehouse receipts framework in 1999 and lent up to EUR 10 million to the agricultural lender Elana Agrocredit in 20235455. The EIB signed loans for grain and oilseed export terminals near Varna (EUR 14 million in 2018 and EUR 50 million in 2023) and for oilseed and meat processing363756.
| Programme / facility | Funder | Partner | Amount | Date | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAP Strategic Plan 2023–2027 | European Union (EAGF and EAFRD) and national budget | Ministry of Agriculture and Food, State Fund Agriculture | EUR 7.73 bn (EU EUR 5.64 bn, national EUR 2.09 bn) | Approved 7 Dec 2022, fourth amendment 27 Feb 2026 | Plan covering direct payments (EU EUR 4.12 billion), sectoral support and rural development, worth EUR 7.73 billion in the February 2026 version, about US$8.96 billion at the end-August 2026 rate (own calculation)4849. It redistributes 10% of direct payments to the first 30 ha of small and medium-sized farms and caps support at EUR 100,000 per farmer48. In March 2025 the ministry announced that insurance premium support of up to 70% would be financed as an intervention of the plan from 202557. |
| Rural Development Programme 2014–2020 (2014BG06RDNP001) | European Union (EAFRD) and national budget | Ministry of Agriculture and Food, State Fund Agriculture | EUR 3.77 bn planned (EU EUR 3.11 bn) | Programming period 2014–2020 | Planned financing in version 19 of the programme totals EUR 3.77 billion, of which EUR 1.27 billion for investments in physical assets (measure 4), as a sum of the planned rows (own calculation)51. Sub-measure 4.3 financed 24 irrigation rehabilitation projects of Irrigation Systems EAD14. |
| Agricultural Development Project (P008309) | World Bank (IBRD) | Government of Bulgaria | US$50.0 m | Approved 29 Jun 1994, closed 30 Jun 1998 | Credit financing to stabilise and increase agricultural production for domestic supply and export of primary and agro-processed products58. |
| Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan (P057925) | World Bank (IBRD) | Government of Bulgaria | US$75.8 m | Approved 22 Jun 1999, closed 31 Jul 2000 | Supported reforms in agricultural trade policy, land restitution and privatisation59. |
| Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan 2 (P057926) | World Bank (IBRD) | Government of Bulgaria | US$50.0 m | Approved 28 Jun 2001, closed 31 Jul 2002 | Continued the reforms begun under the first loan, with emphasis on the legal and institutional framework60. |
| Registration and Cadastre Project (P055021) | World Bank (IBRD) | Government of Bulgaria | US$30.0 m (project cost US$37.1 m) | Approved 21 Jun 2001, closed 1 Mar 2009 | Improved the coverage and accuracy of the cadastre and property registration systems to support secure tenure, including for agricultural investment61. |
| Grain Receipts Programme (EBRD 6312) | EBRD | Bulgarian commercial banks | DM 50 m (EUR 25.5 m) framework | Approved 6 Jul 1999, complete | Credit lines for banks to lend to farmers and processors against grain held in licensed warehouses, to finance seasonal working capital54. |
| RLF – Elana Agrocredit Loan (EBRD 54286) | EBRD | Elana Agrocredit AD | Up to EUR 10 m | Approved 21 Mar 2023, repaying | Senior loan to a non-bank lender founded in 2012 that leases agricultural land and lends working capital to farmers, to increase lending to farms affected by the war in Ukraine. Its portfolio was EUR 30.7 million in December 202255. |
| Oliva Grain Port Terminal (EIB 20210337) | EIB | Buildcom EOOD and Oliva AD | EUR 50 m (project cost EUR 100 m) | Signed 27 Jun 2023 | Port facility at Beloslav near Varna for storing, handling and exporting cereals, oilseeds, vegetable oils and meals, under InvestEU37. |
| Agria Grain Port Terminal (EIB 20170928) | EIB | Agria Group Holding AD | EUR 14 m (project cost EUR 29 m) | Signed 20 Dec 2018 | Port facility near Varna with an annual throughput of 1 million tonnes of grain, 160,000 tonnes of vegetable oils and 110,000 tonnes of sunflower meal36. |
| Agria Food Production Capacity (EIB 20230165) | EIB | Agria Group Holding AD | EUR 35 m (project cost EUR 75 m) | Signed 22 Dec 2023 | Oilseed processing plant for edible oil and railcars to carry oil to the port of Varna, under the InvestEU Sustainable Infrastructure Window62. |
| Boni Meat Production (EIB 20200180) | EIB | Boni Holding AD | EUR 30 m (project cost EUR 61 m) | Signed 11 Dec 2020 | Pig-rearing facilities, slaughterhouse refurbishment, a rendering plant, grain silos and solar panels63. |
| Food Industry Capacity Expansion (EIB 20160578) | EIB | Oliva AD | EUR 37 m proposed, EUR 37.2 m signed (project cost EUR 74 m) | Signed 18 Sep 2017 (EUR 31.0 m) and 29 Jul 2021 (EUR 6.2 m) | Sunflower crushing and oil extraction plant of up to 1,500 tonnes a day at Beloslav near Varna64. |
| Bulgaria Wholesale Markets (EBRD 6266) | EBRD (sovereign loan) | Republic of Bulgaria | US$10 m (EUR 9.57 m) | Approved 20 Jul 1999, complete | Loan for four agricultural wholesale and farmers' markets in Sofia, Sliven, Stara Zagora and Plovdiv65. |
International financing for agriculture in Bulgaria, selected World Bank, EBRD and EIB operations
| Operation | Financier | Approved / signed | Status (Oct 2026) | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Development Project (P008309) | World Bank (IBRD) | Approved Jun 1994 | Closed Jun 1998 | US$50.0 m58 |
| Domaine Boyar AD, wineries (4639) | EBRD | Approved Jun 1998 | Complete | US$19.0 m A-loan, US$9.5 m B-loan, US$2.0 m equity66 |
| Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan (P057925) | World Bank (IBRD) | Approved Jun 1999 | Closed Jul 2000 | US$75.8 m59 |
| Grain Receipts Programme (6312) | EBRD | Approved Jul 1999 | Complete | DM 50 m (EUR 25.5 m) framework54 |
| Bulgaria Wholesale Markets (6266) | EBRD (sovereign) | Approved Jul 1999 | Complete | US$10.0 m65 |
| Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan 2 (P057926) | World Bank (IBRD) | Approved Jun 2001 | Closed Jul 2002 | US$50.0 m60 |
| Registration and Cadastre Project (P055021) | World Bank (IBRD) | Approved Jun 2001 | Closed Mar 2009 | US$30.0 m61 |
| Bulgaria Irrigation Restructuring (P008311) | World Bank (IBRD) | Board date listed Oct 2001 | Dropped | US$25.0 m, not committed53 |
| Rural Financial Services Project (P074571) | World Bank (IBRD) | Board date listed May 2003 | Dropped | US$60.0 m, not committed53 |
| Rural Development Project (P083436) | World Bank (IBRD) | Board date listed Jan 2005 | Dropped | US$50.0 m, not committed53 |
| Belvedere, wineries and vineyards (35309) | EBRD | Approved Mar 2005 | Complete | Up to EUR 9 m (EUR 7 m debt, EUR 2 m equity)67 |
| Oliva, sunflower crushing (43860) | EBRD | Approved Sep 2012 | Complete | Up to EUR 8.0 m68 |
| Boni I, pig breeding and meat processing (45790) | EBRD | Approved Oct 2013 (disclosed May 2006, as printed on the EBRD page) | Complete | EUR 10.5 m69 |
| Food Industry Capacity Expansion, Oliva (20160578) | EIB | Signed Sep 2017 (EUR 31.0 m) and Jul 2021 (EUR 6.2 m) | Signed | EUR 37 m proposed, EUR 37.2 m signed64 |
| Agria Grain Port Terminal (20170928) | EIB | Signed Dec 2018 | Signed | EUR 14 m36 |
| Boni Meat Production (20200180) | EIB | Signed Dec 2020 | Signed | EUR 30 m63 |
| RLF – Elana Agrocredit Loan (54286) | EBRD | Approved Mar 2023 | Repaying | Up to EUR 10 m55 |
| Oliva Grain Port Terminal (20210337) | EIB | Signed Jun 2023 | Signed | EUR 50 m37 |
| Agria Food Production Capacity (20230165) | EIB | Signed Dec 2023 | Signed | EUR 35 m62 |
Source: World Bank · EBRD · EIB — Selected operations with an agricultural, agribusiness or land purpose, from the World Bank Projects API v3, the EBRD project list and the EIB project list, all read on 20 October 2026. World Bank amounts are IBRD commitments, EBRD amounts are the financing approved by the EBRD as stated in the project summary document, and EIB amounts are the proposed finance on the project page (signed amounts from the signatures shown on the project page where they differ). 'Dropped' World Bank operations were never committed. EIB credit lines to Bulgarian banks for SMEs, including EUR 175 m to the Bulgarian Development Bank signed in July 2023, are not specific to agriculture and are not listed. Amounts are in the currency of the source and are not converted.
9.6
National programmes
Currency. Amounts for 2025 and earlier years are given in leva (BGN) as published. Bulgaria adopted the euro on 1 January 2026 at the fixed rate of BGN 1.95583 per euro, and amounts for 2026 are in euro20. State Fund Agriculture authorised BGN 1,845.8 million of direct payments in calendar 2024, about US$1.02 billion, and state aid in agriculture totalled BGN 976.6 million in 2024, about US$540 million, both converted at the 2024 average rate of BGN 1.8078 per US$ (own calculation)771.
| Programme / facility | Funder | Partner | Amount | Date | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct payments and transitional national aid | European Union (EAGF) and national budget | State Fund Agriculture | BGN 1,845.8 m authorised in 2024, EUR 20.7 m transitional national aid for 2026 | Annual campaigns | SFA authorised BGN 1,845.8 million of direct payments in calendar 2024 for campaigns 2023 and 2024, about US$1.02 billion at the 2024 average rate (own calculation)771. For campaign 2026 the SFA board approved EUR 20.7 million of transitional national aid for cattle and for ewes and does, with the total by sector limited to 35% in 2026 under Article 147 of Regulation (EU) 2021/211572. |
| State aid and de minimis schemes in agriculture | National budget | Ministry of Agriculture and Food, State Fund Agriculture | BGN 976.6 m in 2024 (BGN 845.9 m through SFA) | Annual, 2024 data | State aid in agriculture totalled BGN 976.6 million in 2024, about US$540 million (own calculation), including BGN 653.1 million of liquidity aid under the EU Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, BGN 14.2 million of de minimis aid and BGN 130.7 million of tax relief771. To July 2025 the SFA board had approved BGN 160.0 million for state aid and de minimis, of which BGN 113.7 million was used7. |
| SFA investment credit schemes | State Fund Agriculture (own resources) | Farmers, beekeepers, commercial banks for refinancing | BGN 90 m budgeted for 2025 | Investment credit scheme in force since 1 Apr 2010 | Three schemes in 2024 financed perennial crops and greenhouses, livestock farms and machinery, approved beekeeping projects and public-works projects under the Rural Development Programme. Rates were not below 5.91% for direct lending and up to 7% for bank refinancing in 2024, with terms of 12 to 114 months7. The credit scheme for investments in agriculture has been in force since 1 April 201073. The beekeeping scheme lent BGN 0.58 million on 94 loans in 20247. |
| NGF guarantee scheme for agriculture (НГФ ПРСР 2026) | National Guarantee Fund | Ministry of Agriculture and Food, partner banks | EUR 200 m guarantee limit | Loans included until 31 Dec 2029, open to new partner banks in Oct 2026 | Portfolio guarantees of up to 80% of investment and working-capital loans to SMEs in agriculture, forestry and fisheries and rural enterprises, up to EUR 1.5 million per borrower, for a fee of 0.65% a year3074. Since 2013 the NGF's mandated programme with the ministry had guaranteed loans of over BGN 566 million to 1,200 companies by October 202529. Its first agricultural scheme, for RDP 2007–2013 investment projects, ran from early 2013 to November 2015 with guarantees of up to 80% and BGN 3 million75. |
| BDB on-lending programme for farmers' credit cooperatives | Bulgarian Development Bank | Mutual-aid credit cooperatives of private farmers | Up to BGN 15 m starting budget | Conditions published by BDB, undated | Loans of up to BGN 3 million and up to 10 years to registered farmers' credit cooperatives for on-lending to their members, at 6-month EURIBOR plus 2.5 percentage points25. |
| Irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation | EAFRD (75%) and national budget (25%) | Irrigation Systems EAD, State Fund Agriculture | Over BGN 112.3 m (24 contracts) | Contracts signed Nov 2023, completion of works on all 24 sites reported in the Agrarian Report 2025 (Dec 2025) | Grants at 100% aid intensity under RDP sub-measure 4.3 to restore main canals, siphons and pumping stations, with five branches completed by September 20241476. The Agrarian Report 2025 states that construction works on all 24 sites were completed77. The company plans works on 41 further facilities under the CAP Strategic Plan76. |
| Agricultural insurance premium support | National budget, then CAP Strategic Plan | State Fund Agriculture, insurers | BGN 3.03 m paid in 2024 (state aid) | State aid scheme to 2024, CSP intervention from 2025 | The state aid scheme co-financed insurance premiums for 678 beneficiaries in 20247. In March 2025 the ministry announced that from 2025 the CAP Strategic Plan would finance up to 70% of premiums against frost, storm, hail, icing, torrential rain and severe drought57. |
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- Финансов инструмент „Подкрепа на рибарството и аквакултурите“ (fisheries and aquaculture financial instrument) — Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria (FMFIB, Fund of Funds)verified
- За нас – История и развитие (about the exchange) — Sofia Commodity Exchange ADverified
- Административен регистър – Администрации на държавни комисии (Administrative Register, administrations of state commissions) — Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgariaverified
- Пристанище Варна днес (the port today) — Port of Varna EADverified
- Agria Grain Port Terminal (20170928), project page — European Investment Bank (EIB)verified
- Oliva Grain Port Terminal (20210337), project page — European Investment Bank (EIB)verified
- Национална асоциация на зърнопроизводителите – начало (home page) — National Association of Grain Producers (НАЗ)verified
- Министър Вътев: Възстановяването на напояването в България е приоритет (press release, 17 January 2024) — Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF)verified
- Премиерът Желязков: Капиталът на „Напоителни системи“ ще бъде увеличен (press release, 24 November 2025) — Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF)verified
- За НСИ – история (about NSI) — National Statistical Institute (NSI)verified
- Система за информация за устойчивостта на земеделските стопанства (СИУЗС) – системата (Farm Sustainability Data Network) — Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF)verified
- Система за агропазарна информация – за нас (about SAPI) — SAPI EOOD (Agricultural Market Information System)verified
- Национална служба за съвети в земеделието – начало (home page), Internet Archive copy of 18 April 2026 — National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS)verified
- Мисия (mission) — Agricultural Academy (ССА)verified
- История (timeline) — Agricultural Academy (ССА)verified
- История (history of the university) — Agricultural University – Plovdivverified
- At a glance – Bulgaria's CAP Strategic Plan (factsheet, updated version February 2026) — European Commission, DG AGRIverified
- Euro foreign exchange reference rates – US dollar (EXR.D.USD.EUR.SP00.A), 31 August 2026 — European Central Bank (ECB), published in Bulgaria by the Bulgarian National Bankverified
- CAP Strategic Plan – Bulgaria (country page) — European Commission, DG AGRIverified
- ESIF 2014–2020 Finances Planned Details – Bulgaria National Rural Development Programme 2014BG06RDNP001 — European Commission, Cohesion Open Data Platformverified
- Годишен доклад за състоянието и развитието на земеделието – Аграрен доклад 2025 (Annual report on the state and development of agriculture, 2025 edition, reg. No. 93-З-939/08.12.2025) — Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria (MAF)verified
- Projects API v3, Bulgaria projects sorted by approval date (JSON) — World Bankverified
- Bulgaria/Grain Receipts Programme (project 6312), PSD — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)verified
- RLF – Elana Agrocredit Loan (project 54286), PSD — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)verified
- Financed projects – Bulgaria (project list) — European Investment Bank (EIB)verified
- Заместник-министър Янчев: За първи път застраховането ще се финансира като интервенция по Стратегическия план (press release, 20 March 2025) — Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF)verified
- Agricultural Development Project (P008309), project page — World Bankverified
- Bulgaria Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan (P057925), project page — World Bankverified
- Agriculture Sector Adjustment Loan 2 (ASAL 2, P057926), project page — World Bankverified
- Registration and Cadastre Project (P055021), project page — World Bankverified
- Agria Food Production Capacity (20230165), project page — European Investment Bank (EIB)verified
- Boni Meat Production (20200180), project page — European Investment Bank (EIB)verified
- Food Industry Capacity Expansion (20160578), project page — European Investment Bank (EIB)verified
- Bulgaria Wholesale Markets (project 6266), PSD — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)verified
- Domaine Boyar AD (project 4639), PSD — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)verified
- Belvedere (project 35309), PSD — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)verified
- Oliva (project 43860), PSD — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)verified
- Boni I (project 45790), PSD — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)verified
- Project summary documents, all projects (projectsData.csv), Bulgaria entries — European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)verified
- IMF, Exchange Rates (ER) dataset – Bulgaria, domestic currency per US$ — International Monetary Fund (IMF)verified
- Отпускат се 20,7 млн. евро по преходните помощи за животновъдите (press release, 1 October 2026) — Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF)verified
- Кредитна схема за инвестиции (credit scheme for investments), Internet Archive copy of 6 February 2023 — State Fund Agriculture (SFA) – Paying Agencyverified
- За земеделски производители – Гаранционна схема в партньорство с МЗХ, ПРСР 2026 (guarantee scheme for agricultural producers) — National Guarantee Fund (NGF)verified
- Гаранции по проекти в сектор Земеделие (closed guarantee scheme for agricultural projects) — National Guarantee Fund (NGF)verified
- Министър Тахов: Инвестициите в напоителни съоръжения осигуриха 50% икономия на вода (press release, 4 September 2024) — Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF)verified
- Annual report on the state and development of agriculture (Agrarian Report 2025), covering 2024, Reg. No. 93-З-939 of 8 December 2025 (PDF, in Bulgarian) — Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Bulgariaverified
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