DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAND MANAGEMENT PROCESSES IN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

Abstract

Due to errors in the administration of processes and delayed digitalization of management processes related to land, as well as a subsidy policy based on outdated data, the confrontation of individual subsectors in the Bulgarian agricultural business is constantly growing. A large part of the information systems, and especially the information, were available at different times to individual economic entities. For the most part, large farmers started the digitalization of their business long before the state administration. The possession of information has created serious advantages. The consolidation of agriculture, and hence all the negative consequences, is also due to this fact. Late implementation of digital solutions for management of agricultural business leads to a decrease in its efficiency. The digitalization of land administration processes by the state has been implemented in slower timeframes, with untimely implementation of effective solutions. Making management decisions „piecemeal“, without connection between individual applications and data, leads to the collection of incomplete and unreliable information, as a result, the agricultural business in Bulgaria has a relatively slow development. It is necessary to build a comprehensive management vision based on information systems and a secure mechanism for control of deviations, and the institutional framework and digital solutions to be synchronized before their design and timely implemented after a thorough analysis, including forecasting the financial economic results of their implementation. At this stage in Bulgaria, digital solutions for control and management by the state are characterized by catch-up, not anticipatory development. The role of the state as an administrator of the relations between owners and users of agricultural land and owning the overall information about the state of the land resource should be a leading one to achieve effective support for access to information and digital solutions. The digitalization of land administration processes by the state is successful and timely when there is a connection between the individual applications and data, and the information collected is complete and reliable.