The financing of the Romanian agriculture and rural space through the SAPARD program created the technical and financial premises necessary for the process of accession to the European structures. Thus, the funds developed through the SAPARD Agency have directly contributed to the economic and...

Agriculture is a risky and often expensive activity, where due to unpredictable weather conditions, crops may suffer and implicitly farm yields and incomes that may be significantly affected. The paper presents the main sources of subsidies used in agriculture, as well as the role they played in...

This paper aims to analyze the degree of concentration of loans allocated to agricultural and livestock activities in Brazil from 2000 to 2009, and to assess the distribution pattern of rural credit among the Brazilian states. The major motivation is to investigate if the volume of available...