The Romanian rural economy is mainly an agricultural economy, as the share of agricultural economy is 60% compared to 14% in European Union. Most farmers practise part-time agriculture, insufficiently spending the working time on agricultural activities. In total Romanian rural area, the...

The volume contains the papers accepted and published in the proceedings of the 8th International symposium entitled: “Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania', organized by the Institute of Research for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development,...

The present volume is the collection of the conference papers presented on The 10th International Symposium Agricultural economics and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania, organized by The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development during 14 of November,...

The volume contains the papers accepted and published in the proceedings of the 6th International symposium entitled: Agrarian Economy and Rural Development -- Realities and Perspectives for Romania', organized by the Institute of Research for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development,...

Rural tourism in Romania has significant potential. The Romanian effort to develop and promote tourism in the rural area has been completed by the support provided by the European Union funds. In this context, the objective of this paper is to highlight the territorial development of the rural...

The present volume is the collection of the conference papers presented on the 11th International Symposium Agricultural economics and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania, organized by the Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development during 19 of November,...

Romania has a great tourism potential, but unfortunately this potential has not been explored enough. The objective of this paper is to analyze how the European funds were accessed for developing and promoting tourism activities in rural areas at national level. The work is based on the data...

The rural area from Dobrudgea has an extensive and highly diversified tourism potential. The main tourist attractions are represented by: natural resources – such as spas and balneo-climateric resorts; religious heritage; cultural and historical heritage; ethnographic and gastronomy elements....

The sustainable rural development of the Dobrudgean rural area requires reaching a balance between the need to preserve the rural economic, ecological and cultural space and the tendency to modernize the rural economic activity and life. The pleading for the promotion of tourism activities in...

The rural economy is more developed and more dynamic if it has a more diverse structure, and if the share of non-agricultural economy is higher. In this context, the agrotourism is a field that is growing in popularity as producers try to diversify their activities and increase profits that can...