Rural development has attracted the interest of European regional and agricultural policies in the last two decades. This is more evident after the late 1990's when rural development became the second pillar of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). In Greece, traditional agricultural programs have...

This paper aims to broadly develop the concept of bioeconomy from the perspective of agricultural producers, presenting an analysis of the current challenges as well as the future trends in this field. In the coming period, the world economy is moving towards increased competition for limited...

Romania's rural development and, implicitly, of Maramures county is a sector of significant importance, which has become a priority also for the European Union, particularly since 91% of the European territory is represented by rural areas. In Maramures County, the rural environment is faced...

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...

An efficient agriculture is a basic branch of a strong economic system, regardless of the country referred to. All the more we can say this in the case of Romania, taking into account the fact that our country enjoys favorable climatic and pedological conditions for the practice of agriculture,...