Besides it represents a support to sustainable development, organic agriculture represents also a driving force of rural development for sixty years, especially in marginal areas. As it bases on the principles of natural resources' sustainable use, protects the population health and leads to an...

The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU influences the agriculture in production but also in different functions as there are the function of resource protection, recreation, landscape diversity and spatial structuring. Especially in a comparison of regions on both side of the former Iron...

The focal point of this article is to discuss whether or not, or to which extent, nature protection can be considered a factor differentiating the level or speed of regional socio-economic development. We decided to use empirical evidence in order to test the historical belief that nature...

Information and knowledge are now considered the most important factors for the development of the farm, and in the economic aspect they often allow to build competitive advantages. Naturally, the requirements of today's food production sector go beyond the economic effects of the production and...

EU CAP reform after 2013 envisages strengthening of agri-environment measures of support, tailored to local specificities, in particular HNV areas and Natura 2000 cites. Additional support would be directed to the development of local markets, promotion of quality local products (including...

The strategy for rural development provides a differentiated approach to each type of rural areas. Particularly "sensitive " areas for rural development in Poland are remote rural areas, which are dominated by small farms with small economic strength. In many cases further agricultural...

Core objectives for rural development support for the programming period 2007-2013 are: (1) improving the competitiveness of agriculture and forestry, (2) improving the environment and the countryside, and (3) improving the quality of life in rural areas and encouraging diversification of...

The aim of this article is to present the results of a project implemented in Romania between December 2006 and March 2008. The project entitled “Study Regarding the Prospective Valuation of the Socio-Economic Development of the Rural Space in Vaslui County†was driven by the Vaslui...

Historically, the economic contribution of rural areas to regions was clear: it was the provider of farm produce and other raw materials such as coal. Rural employment was evidently based on the exploitation of natural capital. More recently this picture has been obscured by several trends such...

According to the Draft Spatial Plan of Republic of Serbia (2010): spatial integration and functional connection of regional units, that are necessary for achieving ofgreater territorial cohesion within Republic, as well as for development capacities strengthening and greater competitiveness of...