The Agricultural Academy () is an organization with headquarters in

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, for

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, for applied, service and support activities in the field of

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, animal fiber, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising ...

food industry The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. The food industry today has become highly diversified, with manufacturing ranging from small, traditional, ...

.Agricultural Academy. History
website of the Agricultural Academy It has the right to prepare doctoral students in the relevant scientific disciplines. In the past, from 1971 to 1975, the Academy was a higher school, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.

History

It was created under the name Academy of Agricultural Sciences (AAS) in 1961, after the model of

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academy in

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. AAS was closed in 1971, while its researchers moved to the

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; , ''Bŭlgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy, with headquarters in Sofia, is autonomous and consists of a S ...

. In 1971 a new higher school was established under the name Georgi Dimitrov Agricultural Academy (GAAA). It united the scientific AAS with the higher schools in the country, preparing specialists in the mentioned fields of science – Higher Agricultural Institute "G. Dimitrov" and the Higher Veterinary Medical Institute "G. Pavlov" in Sofia. GAAA was closed in 1975. The State Council of Bulgaria restored the scientific Agricultural Academy in 1982. Between 2000 and 2008 the Academy was named National Center for Agrarian Sciences. In the summer of 2018, a new set of rules were adopted, which introduced important changes to its structure. Since 1 August 2018, the academic titles of "academician" (full member) and "corresponding member" were introduced. The structure of the Academy includes numerous subdivisions: 38 research institutes, 35 experimental stations, Kabiyuk agricultural research complex, National Agricultural Museum, etc. The heads of the Agricultural Academy are Acad. Titko Chernokolev, Acad. Hristo Daskalov, Acad. Kunyu Stoev, Acad. Tseno Hinkovski, Corresponding Member Vasil Chichibaba, Prof. Hristo Karzhin, Acad. Tsvetan Tsvetkov, Prof. Svetla Bachvarova, Assoc. Prof. Georgi Kostov, Prof. Petar Slaveykov, Prof. Hristo Bozukov, Prof. Totka Trifonova, Prof. Ivan Pachev, Prof. Vasil Nikolov, Prof. Martin Banov, Prof. Violeta Bozhanova. Members of the Executive Bureau of the Agricultural Academy in recent years have been Prof. Nikola Vichev, Assoc. Prof. Margarita Nikolova, Assoc. Prof. Galina Panayotova, Prof. Valentin Bachvarov, Prof. Lazar Kozelov, Prof. Maya Ignatova, Assoc. Prof. Zdravka Petkova, Prof. Hristo Daskalov, Prof. Iliana Nacheva, Prof. Elena Todorovska.Селскостопанска академия, CA
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References

External links

Official website
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