Over one third of the Ukrainian population is living in the rural area, yet the rural people’s living conditions are significantly different from those of urban inhabitants, primarily due to the inequality in income distribution. Even larger gap exists between them and residents of EU member...

The paper attempts to make a quantitative and qualitative analysis of processes and phenomena determined by the interference of natural and human ecosystems, in the context of the sustainable development of the rural communities located in the area covered by the irrigation system of Brăila...

Biodiversity is a huge variety of ecosystems, species and genes, which represent the natural capital, and provides services supporting the economy. The biodiversity values make up the natural heritage that must be used by the present generations without jeopardizing the chance of the next...

The paper intends to evaluate the impact of the new budgetary perspectives and of the different options with regard to CAP reform on the Romanian farms. This approach starts from the fact that the new reform and the financial allocation proposed for the period 2014–2019 bring certain novelties...

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the semi-subsistence farm development potential in Romania. The approach is based on case studies on the agricultural holdings that completed files to access the specific development funds. From the methodological point of view, several stages were...

Estimating the necessary costs for the operation of Natura 2000 Network represented a constant concern at the European Union level throughout the years. For Romania, this approach is in an early stage. In this context, the main objective of the present paper targets the estimation of the...

Getting people aware – at individual and local level – of the ecosystem benefits and services is a complex phenomenon that starts with the evaluation of the existing natural heritage by the inhabitants and ends with the institutionalization of valorization through the establishment of rural...

The research focused on the investigation of the comparative advantages of agri-food products in Romania estimated for the pre- and post-EU accession period. The method of calculating the degree of trade specialization applied to the agricultural sector was used. The index enables to evaluate...

The approach to the agri-food demand presents a real interest for all the European states, the changes produced in its structure being in the focus of all the authorities, mainly in the present period deeply affected by the economic and financial crisis. The aim of the present analysis is to...

In Romania, due to weather conditions, irrigation is of utmost importance for the normal development of crops. The infrastructure serving the irrigation systems, mostly designed in the period of command economy, has been adapted to the new land operation structure resulting from the process of...