This publication has been prepared under the Multi-Annual Programme within the subject The Competitiveness of Sustainable Agriculture, which involves three research tasks, as follows:(1) Alternative forms of agriculture in the strategy for the development of the agri-food sector and rural...

Agricultural holdings have a very important role for the sustainable socio-economic development. Contemporary, the farms` activity is mainly determined by the market mechanism. Market imposes rules on agricultural holdings` functioning, on both the type and the scale of agricultural activities,...

The idea of sustainable development, extended at the end of 20th century, takes the form of a strategic concept in the field of socio-economic development in many countries and their regional groupings. It is also being promoted by international organizations, considering the United Nations and...