Bulgaria Development Project,
1993 – 1996
In 1993 the former Extension Service (ES), USDA, successfully
developed and conducted pilot extension programs at Plovdiv,
Kyustendil, and Gorna Oriahovitsa in collaboration with three
Bulgarian agricultural research institutes, a seed propagation
station, regional agricultural officials, mayors, and other
local agricultural leaders. These programs were focused on,
but not limited to, fruit and vegetable extension efforts
and were closely integrated with other USDA fruit and vegetable
initiatives as well as extension and outreach efforts carried
out by the Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC), Volunteers for
Overseas Cooperative Assistance (VOCA), and the European
Community’s Poland and Hungary Action for Restructuring
of the Economy (PHARE) project. In addition, field teams
explored organizational options for conducting extension
activities at the local and regional levels. The teams facilitated
several workshops on organizing extension activities in Bulgaria.
These grew out of ES’ pilot efforts, the CDC’s
livestock extension program at Stara Zagora, and PHARE’s
review of Bulgaria’s agricultural science organizations.
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