Adapting the Romanian rural economy to the European agricultural policy from the perspective of sustainable development

Burja, Camelia and Burja, Vasile (2008): Adapting the Romanian rural economy to the European agricultural policy from the perspective of sustainable development. Published in: , Vol. Proceedings of The third International Science Conference Rural Development 2007, volume 3, book 1, Akademija, Kaunas region, Lithuania, (08. November 2007): pp. 34-40.

Abstract

One of the major objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy is the sustainable development of the agricultural sector and of the rural area. Romania, as a country recent integrated in the European Union, has to pass an adapting process to the CAP, in order to achieve sustainable farming development. The analysis presented in the paper refers to the actual development stage of the sustainable agriculture in Romania and demonstrates the important efforts made on this line, also the very necessary actions for implementing the sustainable development strategy of the rural economy. Realizing this objective is a real chance for Romanian agriculture in order to increase the competitiveness on the EU market, valorizing in this manner its agricultural potential.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: rural economy, sustainable development, European agricultural policy, efficiency, farming strategy
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture; O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q0 - General; O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O13 - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q0 - General > Q01 - Sustainable Development; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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