Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania

Abstract

Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium Agricultural Economics and Rural Development - Realities and perspectives for Romania 20-21 November, 2014, in Bucharest, Romania The present volume is the collection of the conference papers presented on The 5th International Symposium Agricultural economics and rural development. Realities and perspectives for Romania, organized by The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development during 20-21 of November, in Bucharest, Romania.

The symposium aim is to present and promote the newest research results related to increasing the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises, agro-food quality and safety, sustainability, innovation and fight against climate change, biodiversity preservation, economic efficiency of farms in terms of increasing the environmental performances, labour productivity in agriculture, socio-economic situation of rural areas, production and use of energy from renewable sources, research - development - innovation in the bio-economy domain.

The symposium proceedings is structured in 4 specialized sections, where the read my find interesting argues regarding this research field.

Keywords: Agricultural systems, food production, rural development, rural population

JEL Classification: A1, N5, O13