Agriculture remains one of the dominant activities in rural areas all over the European Union, not only in respect of utilization of
land but also for its impact on landscapes. Agriculture operates within complex systems and is multifunctional in its nature. The
concept of multifunctional agriculture emerged in the last decade of the twentieth century in developed countries where the
economic importance of agriculture was negligible, and the community was increas ingly concerned with the quality of consumed
food and the surrounding environment. Within multifunctional agriculture, the different functions can be categorized into five
colour categories. Firstly, the white functions represent a contribution to food security and food safety. Secondly, green functions
represent a contribution to nature, the environment and landscape. Water management by farmers and the harnessing of energy
on farms are categorized as blue and red functions, respectively. The yellow functions, which have a more social focus. The final
category is the social farming belongs to the group of yellow functions. It is one of the fields of multifunctional agriculture.
Multifunctional agriculture is a relatively new concept in the CEE countries, especially in Bulgaria. Empirical findings show that
the notion of multifuncionality is rarely used in Bulgaria. The government of the country does not implement the concept of
multifuncionality in the National Plan for Rural development but use relative concepts such as “economic diversification”, “rural
development” or “alternative activities”. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and assess the status of multifunctional
agriculture and its yellow function in Bulgaria using two cases of studies and on the basis of farmers’ attitude towards the
development of such activities as well as proposals or ways to establish a National Competence Center