Agri-Environmental Schemes (AESs) represent one of the main agricultural policy instruments which address environmental objectives in Common Agricultural Policy. In spite of twenty years of application and its high share of RDP budget, several evaluation reports and scientific literature have...

The farmers spend much of their time with technical issues and routine tasks related to the production process. The administrative aspects of rural activities are usually relegated to a second plane. Thus, planning, information and knowledge acquisition, and development of strategies for...

This study aimed to validate the Identification Method of Management Degree (MIGG) as a tool for diagnosis and intervention, applicable in various activities of agricultural production. The MIGG aims to provide information to producers to enhance their economic activity and turn it into an...

Sustainable management not only constitutes the main challenge for agricultural systems, it is also becoming a driver of development in many regions of the world. As well as guaranteeing the production of food and other basic products, agriculture can foment social progress and economic growth...

On-farm agricultural biodiversity conservation has long been recognized as a fundamental resource to the maintenance of ecologic and economic functions. Among the factors affecting biodiversity, institutional failures at different scales are reported as potential causes of biodiversity loss both...

A produção de leite exerce papel de destaque no agronegócio brasileiro. No ano de 2012, a produção brasileira representou 5,16% do total mundial, colocando o país como o quarto maior produtor de leite. Em termos de valor bruto da produção, somente o segmento produtivo gerou US$ 14,4...

The paper intends to examine the effects of the accession to the European Union on Romania's cereal sector, in the period 2007-2016, in terms of evolution of areas cultivated with wheat and maize, production in volume and value terms, consumption and self-sufficiency, exports and imports, as...

The present study investigates various issues related to farm competitiveness, using viability indicators, such as Net Value Added and Net Income of farms, as well as indicators regarding factor productivity, highlighting the relationship between productivity, farm typology and farm size....

The paper highlights coordinates and aspects of the sheep breeding sector, which can lead to the creation of the framework of efficiency or inefficiency of production activities. The sheep sector is very diverse in terms of farm size, breeds and scale of production. Low average incomes, which...

The prices of horticultural products fluctuate depending on a number of factors, such as perishability, storage possibilities, insufficient supply for a certain assortment, quality, etc., which can stimulate or reduce the incomes of agricultural producers. The paper aims to substantiate from a...