DECOLLECTIVIZATION OF BULGARIAN AGRICULTURE

Restitution of collectivized lands, plus Bulgaria's current financial crisis, have put the country's agricultural land use in a state of flu x. The Farm Land Act of 1992 allows variation in the decollectivizatio n process based on each cooperative farm's socioeconomic context. Case studies of three co-ops demonstrate a range of possibilities, includi ng: continuation of the existing co-op structure; dissolution and liqu idation of the co-op and its assets; formation of a smaller, specializ ed private co-op; and cessation of farming on the poorest land. Thus B ulgaria's future land use is uncertain.