Complex development alternatives in South-Muntenia region – prospective assessments

Bucur, Sorinel Ionel (2017): Complex development alternatives in South-Muntenia region – prospective assessments. Published in: "Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania" , Vol. 8, No. ISSN 2285-6803, ISSN-L 2285-6803 (16 November 2017): pp. 130-137.

Abstract

To raise the issue of the complex development of a zone where the agricultural production is the prevailing economic activity implies a certain difficulty, induced by the natural question: how can pluri-activity be generated in a predominantly mono-active rural area? Even if, at first sight, the issue could be considered relatively marginal, in reality, at least two essential “agents”: agriculture, as such, and the remaining national economy have participated to the complex development of the rural area. Agriculture, because when it reaches performance, it becomes capable to generate surplus supply compared to the local consumption needs, available for re-distribution to other deficit areas or for processing. The national economy, because it generates alternative incomes for the surplus agricultural population through various non-agricultural activities developed in the rural area. Starting from the premise that regional development, in general, and rural development, in particular, takes place almost exclusively through local initiatives, we consider that by identifying certain production intensification opportunities in crops and livestock species that have favorable conditions in the counties from South-Muntenia region, we can shape the main pillars for the complex development at regional level. From the methodological point of view, the approach is based on public statistical information, using well-known statistical methods for processing the information, of comparison or structural type, the results being mainly presented under table form. The information support necessary for the development of the present approach was based on data supplied mainly by the National Institute of Statistics, through the Tempo-Online database.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: sustainable development, alternatives, criteria
• Subjects: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R10 - General; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity

References

Bucur, S., Bucur, C. (2016): “Rural area of the region South-Muntenia – evolutions and gaps of the socio-economic indicators. Case study: Arges, Dambovita and Prahova counties”, în volumul „Economie agrară şi dezvoltare rurală. Realităţi şi perspective pentru România”, noiembrie 2016, ISSN 2285–6404, ISSN-L 2247–7187, Editura ASE, pag. 263-271 (English version in tome: “Agrarian economy and rural development. Realities and perspectives for Romania”.

Bucur, S., Bucur, EC (2015): „Performanţa sectorului agroalimentar – evoluţii şi disparităţi teritoriale în perioada post-aderare la nivelul regiunii Sud-Muntenia”, capitol din volumul: „Perspectivele agriculturii şi dezvoltării rurale prin prisma noii politici agricole comune 2014-2020”, Ed.Academiei Române.