The assumption of the multifunctional character of the rural area implies the multiplication of roles that this territory has in the society. The new roles (ecologic, socio-cultural, etc.) are assumed as far as the rural society perceives their importance, as well as the benefits generated by...

The present paper investigates the oilseed and vegetable oil chain as well as the competitiveness of players on the market; at the end, on the basis of constraints and limitations, it comes with proposals for activity improvement in this sector.

In a market environment where the economic activity has a pronounced globalization trend, the wine producers are confronted with problems regarding the supply, demand and the consumption trends; although the vine and wine sector has been extremely active in attracting the European Community...

The paper investigates the evolution of the milk and dairy market in the context of the quota system implementation in Romania: supply and demand for each representative dairy category; prices – correlated with quality; processing and commercialization, as well as new product policy elements.

It should be emphasized that the network concept has become widely used in the socio-economic studies of the economic life. Following the debates around research development, the networks may also have particular utility in making understandable the different forms of rural development. This...

“Subsistence and semi-subsistence farming” has been a research topic in the last decades on which a generally agreed definition was not reached yet. The main approaches to this subject are based on some criteria such as: farm size, economic size and market participation. In the context of...

According to the official documents of the European Union targeting the new programming period (2007-2013), the two CAP Pillars (market policy and rural development) “should decisively contribute to competitiveness increase, to a better integration of the environmental problems, to job...

After one decade of structural, legislative and institutional reforms, of economic and social restructuring for accession preparation, the Romanian agricultural sector has to face again a significantly changed situation in the context of the Common Agricultural Policy future Health Check. This...

The growing interdependency of national economies within the world economy as well as the increase of sectoral connections and dependencies of Romania’s economy are processes that determine the connection of the Romanian economy and agriculture (rural development, in its broader sense) to the...

The sustainable development of agriculture and rural area in Romania is conditioned by a series of factors, among which the financial resources hold a top position in our opinion. Considering the current level of capitalization on the Romanian holdings and the competition on a free market...