Knowledge Transfer in the Process of Rural Development

Rural Areas and Development, vol. 5, ISSN: 2657-4403, 2007

11 Pages Posted: 19 Jan 2021

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Gabriel Popescu

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

The collapse of the communist regime in Romania, in December 1989, determined, at a very short period of time, the disappearance of the co-operative sector of Bolshevik type, once Law 18 (Land Law) was enforced in February 1991, which initiated the land ownership reform. The causes of the liquidation of farmer agricultural production co-operatives were many, as these entities had proved to be efficient tools in the communists' exercise of totalitarian power. In this context, the re-activation or more concretely, the reconfiguration of a new co-operative sector in full process of recognition and reconstitution of the private land ownership seemed impossible to achieve. From an economic perspective, the relaunch of the co-operative sector in agriculture, after 1991, look place under the background of certain "restrictions in the agricultural sector" generated by a complex set of factors, where the competition between the small-sized and the large-sized holdings has constantly prevailed ever since. Starting from these general considerations, we think that the Romanian agriculture first needs a new reconfiguration of the ownership and operation structures; in the second place, it needs a new approach to the agricultural market operation and development policy.

Keywords: Co-Operatives, Knowledge Transfer, Rural Development, Romania

Suggested Citation

Popescu, Gabriel, Knowledge Transfer in the Process of Rural Development (2007). Rural Areas and Development, vol. 5, ISSN: 2657-4403, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3727983

Gabriel Popescu (Contact Author)

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies ( email )

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Bucharest, 010374
Romania

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