The human capital, the quantity and quality of labor resources affect the rural development pattern. Knowing the level and structure of labor resources, the socio-professional structure, by age and educational level, as well as the territorial distribution of labour force provides an opportunity...

The paper investigates price transmission along the agri-food chains, using the monthly series of agricultural, processor and consumer price indices in the period January 2006 – August 2010 for this purpose. The analysis is made at sectoral level and it is particularized for a few important...

The dynamics of the agri-food systems plays an important role in the development and the fast increase of the number of modern retail stores. Several driving factors contribute to this situation such as industrialization, globalization and multinational systems, foreign direct investments. The...

The main purpose of this paper is to assess the competitiveness of the SIRIUS1 Irrigation Project in the Cazasu Rural Area – North Braila Terrace. SIRIUS aims to establish innovative and new service capacities for the irrigation water management user community with the vision of bridging and...

In this study we present some issues regarding the “network paradigm” considered to be nowadays the “third way” for the sustainable rural development. The sustainable rural development focuses on improving the livelihood in rural areas, respectively on satisfying the economic, social,...

In the conditions in which we accept the idea that sustainable rural development can no longer rely only on agriculture, in most EU countries agrotourism can become one of the non-agricultural activities, adjacent and complementary to agriculture, to ensure the development of small-sized family...

In the period of transition, the Central and Eastern European Countries went through an intensive process of disorganization and distribution of products. The dual character of agriculture in these countries (very small units on one side) requires different approaches from the structural point...

Ukraine’ rural area is confronted with many social and economic problems, which have remained unsolved for decades, thus creating a significant gap between the rural area development and the conditions present in the densely populated areas. The development of rural territories is a difficult...

The purpose of the present paper is to highlight a stringent issue for Romania, namely the need to find viable and far-reaching solutions and implement them for the sustainable development of rural areas. The paper used several bibliographical sources, trying to make a synthesis of the...

The paper makes an analysis of the business and rural development in the two countries investigating the level of fund absorption from the rural development program mainly from Axis 1 and axis3. To compare the two axes we used a set of socio-economic indicators which were used in order to...