Romanian agro-food products’ competitivity depends, as a priority, on their quality. There are some factors that conduct to a decrease in productivity for agricultural production in Romania and in its quality, the main are: financial difficulties in input supply, small dimension of the farms...

The collapse of the communist regime in Romania, in December 1989,determined, at a very short time, the disappearance of the co-operative sector, once Law 18(Land Law) was enforced in February 1991, which initiated the land ownership reform. Inthis context, the re-activation or more concretely,...

On agro-food products’ market of the European Market a saturation of products has been reached, attaining the stage of limitation, by means of certain policies and specific levers, of the expansion of this market. Romania faced the situation of member state of EU, when, after year 2006, it...

Nowadays, economical reality in developed countries shows that the most important and efficient investments are those related to intelligence, stimulating creativity and knowledge. Investments orientation to these three directions guided to the creation of what literature of specialty calls...

Given the conditions of European Strategy for Labour which was ratified also by Romania, that states an intensifying implementation at national level of labour policies and especially those regarding young person labour market integration, and taking into consideration the great human and...

This paper investigates the state of food security in Romania and its place in the world. We analysed the level of food security indicators for 1990–2012, in Romania, and their average levels worldwide. References are also made to developed and developing countries. The research seeks to...

The objective of the paper is to identify how large is the sector of organic farming in Romania, as part of agro-food system. The research question is: what are the dimensions of organic farming in Romania? In pursuing this, statistical data regarding agricultural areas and livestock under...

Chapter from the Monograph: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT: INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES AND EXPERIENCES OF EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA

The article analyzes consumers’ concern for healthy food, emphasizing the role of the vegetarian diet. Studies on the topic are available world-wide; however, none of these focuses on the role of vegetarian diet within the concern for healthy food, in Romania. In answering this question, a...

Sustainable development is a concern of governments and groups of countries around the world. The topic is on top agenda because the need for a coherent development strategy became imminent under global crisis conditions. The objectives of the work consist in identifying the level of sustainable...