Quality rural products in general and wine more specifically, acquire an increasingly important role in European Communities Rural Growth policies. This results from the fact that they have a commercial advantage over other products, they support rural income and the rural economy, contribute to...

The rural household epitomizes the central socioeconomic unit of the vernacular village. The territorial resources, livestock and human capital shape the particular features of each place and zone. The present study relies upon field research, namely a questionnaire undertaken in 354 rural...

Throughout its history, Romania has gone through many crises in many sectors of the society. The premise, for the present situation, is that the reaction to a total crisis arising from a health problem, is being investigated. The consequences for the economy are still for analysis, but from now...

The welfare of the elderly becomes one of the emerging problems in Asia, whose baby boomers are about to become the elderly. Few studies, however, have addressed their "potential Need" for social welfare that is expected to rapidly rise soon after retirement. The potential need of these...