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Scientific Papers Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
Vol 10(3)/2010 ISSN 1844-5640
CONTENTS
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1. FROM FORMAL TO INFORMAL IN THE VEGETABLE CONTRACTUAL
RELATIONSHIP
Cornelia ALBOIU, Răzvan ŞTIRBU………………………………..………………………7
2.STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS – AN

INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Răzvan-Lucian ANDRONIC, Anca ANDRONIC .............................................................................11
3.RURAL DEVELOPMENT – THE “ BOTTOM UP” APPROACH : LEADER +

Răzvan-Lucian ANDRONIC, Anca ANDRONIC .............................................................................15
4.THE WINE MARKET IN ROMANIA AND AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

Iulian BADII……………………………………………..…………………………………………..19
5.THE TECHNICAL-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN VITICULTURE

Iulian BADII………………………………………………………..………………………………..23
6.THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN HOUSEHOLD

FAMILY IN RURAL AREAS
ADINA GABRIELA BĂDULESCU .........................................................................................27
7.MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE MARKETING OF THE NON-AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCTS IN RURAL AREAS
Adina Gabriela BĂDULESCU , Gabriel ŢÂNŢARCU.........................................................29
8.ANALYSIS OF THE SUBVENTION SYSTEM IN THE AGRICULTURE FIELD OF THE

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Grigore BALTAG………………………………..…………………………………………31
9.STRATEGIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BORDER TOURISM SATU

MARE COUNTY
Ovidiu BODEA……………………………………………………………………………35
10.SPECIFIC PROCESS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN

THE COUNTY SATU MARE
Ovidiu BODEA…………………………………………………………………………….41
11.CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF INTEGRATED APIARIAN CONSULTANCY

Dan BODESCU, Gavril ŞTEFAN, Maria MĂGDICI, Codrin PAVELIUC OLARIU……………..47
12.THE OUTSOURCING OR INTERNALISATION OF ACTIVITIES IN APIARIES IN ROMANIA

Dan BODESCU, Gavril ŞTEFAN, Maria MĂGDICI, Codrin PAVELIUC OLARIU………….….53
13.THE IMPORTANCE OF RURAL ENVIROMENT AND AGRICULTURE IN THE

ECONOMICAL-SOCIAL CONTEXT OF ROMANIA
Ioan BORDEAN, Alin-Constantin FILIP, Valentin CURTEANU, Gabriela PADURE….59
14.THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE RURAL TOURISM AND ITS CAPITALIZATION

WITHIN THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Ioan BORDEAN, Alin-Constantin FILIP, Valentin CURTEANU, Gabriela PADURE…..64
15.LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN

MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Branko KATIĆ, Drago CVIJANOVIĆ, Vesna PARAUŠIĆ.................................................71
16.AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA

Constantin Octavian BURGHELEA………………………………………………………..81
17.NEWS AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TOURISM,

AGROTOURISM AND ECOTOURISM IN THE COUNTY OF ARGEŞ, ROMANIA
Vergina CHIRIŢESCU, Sia SĂRARU, Mihai CHIRIŢESCU, Liana Angela NICULAIE,
Georgel PROFEANU – SANDU………………………………………………………...…87
18.THE MACROREGIONAL EVOLUTION OF RURAL EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURES

Lorena CHIŢEA , Mihai CHIŢEA , Ion DONA, Violeta FLORIAN, Elena TOMA,
Monica TUDOR, Elisabeta ROŞU, Mărioara RUSU……………………………………….…….....93
19.FIELD ANALYSIS REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT NEEDS IN THE RURAL

AREA, IN A MACROREGIONAL PROFILE
Lorena CHIŢEA , Mihai CHIŢEA , Ion DONA, Violeta FLORIAN, Elena TOMA,
Monica TUDOR, Elisabeta ROŞU, Mărioara RUSU……………………………………………….99
20.APPLYING THE EFFICIENCY PRINCIPLES IN THE FINANCIAL, HUMAN AND

MATERIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF OARZ
BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD
Ştefan CÂRCU, Emiluţ GĂINĂ, Gheorghe MUREŞAN………………………………...107
21.THE IMPORTANCE OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND AMELIORATION IN THE

BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD COUNTY
Ştefan CÂRCU, Gheorghe MUREŞAN, Emiluţ GĂINĂ……………..………………….111
22.FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN ROMANIAN UNIVERSITIES. A NEW

PERSPECTIVE
Cristiana Ileana COSCONEL…………………………………………………………..….115
23.STIMULATION OF CROSS BORDER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE

LOCALITIES SREBĂRNA –BULGARIA AND CIOCĂNEŞTI – ROMANIA, IN THE
CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Daniela CRETU, Radu Andrei IOVA, Mariana NĂSTASE, Georgiana CRUDU.............119
24.ROMANIAN VILLAGE, INSUFFICIENTLY USED TOURIST PRODUCT-CASE

STUDY-CALARASI COUNTY
Daniela CRETU, Radu Andrei IOVA, Dumitra CONSTANTIN, Elena LASCAR............125
25.TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL PREMISES FOR BIOMASS PRODUCTION , FAST

GROWING PLANTATIONS OF HYBRID POPLARS
Mihai-Liviu DAIA, Bogdan POPA, Mihai FILAT………………………………………..131
26.PROGRESES IN DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCER GROUPS AND PRODUCER

ORGANIZATIONS IN ROMANIAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SECTOR
Stefan DRĂGAN…………………………………………………………………………..135
27.RISK COMMUNICATION AND FOOD SAFETY ISSUES

Vili DRAGOMIR.................................................................................................................139
28.THE FLEXIBLE APPROACH OF THE SECOND PILLAR OF CAP TO MAXIMIZE

ADVANTAGES FOR EU FARMERS: ROMANIAN CASE
Gina FINTINERU, Ion DONA, Alexandru FINTINERU………………………………...143
29.PROJECTIVE STUDY ON THE SETTING UP OF A MODERN DUAL PURPOSES

CATTLE’S EXPLOITATION BY MODERNIZING A DAIRY COW’S CLASSIC STABLE
Gina FINTINERU, Livia VIDU, Cristiana COSCONEL, Eugenia ALECU,
Iulian ALECU......................................................................................................................147
30.THE OBJECTIVES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MANAGERIAL ACTIVITY

IN OARZ - BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD COUNTY
Emiluţ GĂINĂ , Ştefan CÂRCU , Gheorghe MUREŞAN……………………….………153
31.AGRITOURISM AND RURAL TOURISM IN ITALY

Paolo GAJO………………………………………………………………………………157
32.LEADER AXIS ENGIN FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Mihai GIDEA, Maria MATEFY..........................................................................................159
33.RURAL DEVELOPMENT – CASE STUDY CĂLĂŢELE AREA, DISTRICT OF CLUJ

Claudia GIURGIU, Sabina FUNAR………………………………………………………165
34.RESEARCH ON ISSUES MORPHOLOGICAL, HYDROGEOLOGY AND

GEOGRAPHICAL SPATIAL PLANNING OF FAGARAS MOUNTAINS -
ACCUMULATION AREA VIDRARU
Adelaida Cristina HONTUŞ.................................................................................................171
35.RESEARCH ON ANALYSIS AND PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE

IN THE RURAL NON-FARM IN PROFILE MACRO-REGION 1
Adelaida Cristina HONTUŞ.................................................................................................177
36.PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIAN ORGANIC BEEKEEPING

Marioara ILEA, Cristina Bianca POCOL…………………………………………………183
37.RURAL FAMILY COMMUNISM

Adina Magdalena IORGA………………………………………………………………....187
38.FAMILY IN THE TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN VILLAGE

Adina Magdalena IORGA……………………………………………………………….. 189
39.INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS E FOR THE SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL AREA - CASE STUDY, CĂLĂRAŞI COUNTY
Radu Andrei IOVA, Dumitra CONSTANTIN, Daniela CRETU, Elena LASCĂR,
Mariana NĂSTASE............................................................................................................191
40.IMPORTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES IN THE RURAL SPACE - CASE
STUDY, CĂLĂRAŞI COUNTY-
Radu Andrei IOVA, Daniela CRETU, Mariana NĂSTASE, Dumitra CONSTANTIN…..197
41.HACCP'S ORIGIN AND JUSTIFICATION
Teodor Ion ISBĂŞESCU......................................................................................................201
42.RISK MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SAFETY ISSUES

Teodor Ion ISBĂŞESCU , Vili DRAGOMIR......................................................................203
43.COLLECTION OF WILD PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES AS A FACTOR OF RURAL

DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Marko JELOČNIK, Lana IVANOVIĆ, Bojana BEKIĆ......................................................209
44.RESTORATION OF THE FLOODPLAIN FOREST FRAGMENTS IN AGRICULTURE

LANDSCAPE OF VÁH RIVER ALLUVIUM
Marián KOTRLA , Martin PRČÍK ..................................................................................................215
45.THE MICROREGIONAL PROGRAMME IN HARGHITA COUNTY, IN BEHALF OF

LEADER
Maria MATEFY, Csaba KOSZTA, Mihai GÎDEA..............................................................219
46.RURAL AREA NATURAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS (TIMIŞ COUNTY)

Nicoleta MATEOC-SÎRB, Teodor MATEOC, Camelia MĂNESCU, Iosif Ionel TOMA,
Gheorghe Csaba TOTH………………………………………………………………….225
47.IDENTIFYING NATURAL TOURISM RESOURCES IN THE CARAŞ-SEVERIN

COUNTY
Nicoleta MATEOC-SÎRB, Camelia MĂNESCU, Teodor MATEOC,
Marin CHETRINESCU, Diana BLAGA………………………………………………...231
48.MILKING COWS BREEDING – A PRIORITIZED ACTIVITY FOR THE REVITALIZATION

OF THE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SECTOR IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Virgiliu MOREI, Alexandru STRATAN, Andrei ZBANCA...............................................237
49.RURAL DIVERSIFICATION
Diana NECULA, Raluca NECULA.....................................................................................243
50.THE IMPORTANCE OF AN APROPIATE NAME CHOOSING FOR INTERNET

ADVERTISING FOR AGROTURISTICS PRODUCTS
Victor OLTEANU................................................................................................................247
51.RURAL TOURISM IN OŠČADNICA VILLAGE WITH THE EXAMPLE OF TOURISM

FACILITY – COTTAGES IN KYSUCE REGION OF SLOVAKIA
Pavol OTEPKA , Kristína KUČÁKOVÁ ………………...……………………………………….249
52.REALIZATION OF TRADITIONAL SHEEPHERDING IN AGRITOURISM

AND RURAL TOURISM IN CENTRAL SLOVAKIA
Pavol OTEPKA, Ján NEMEŠ………………..…………………………………………………….255
53.EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE STOCK IN REGION OF SUD VEST

ROMANIA
Radu Lucian PÂNZARU , Dragoş Mihai MEDELETE ………………………………….261
54.SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ROMANIAN BEEKEEPING CHAIN: DIAGNOSIS AND
PROSPECTS
Cristina Bianca POCOL, Marioara ILEA .......................................................................................265
55.STRATEGIES AND NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR FAVORABLE CREATION OF AN

INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Daniela POPA, Elena Timofti..............................................................................................269
56.INVESTMENTS – A STEP TO MODERNIZATION THE MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC

Daniela POPA, GOLBAN Artur..........................................................................................273
57.THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES’

LEGISLATION PROVISIONS REGARDING RURAL TOURISM
Liliana POPESCU , Romeo Cătălin CREŢU ......................................................................277
58.THE IMPACT OF MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEM ON THE QUALITY OF THE LABOUR

RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE AGRICULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF
MOLDOVA
Veronica PRISACARU…………………………………………………………………...281
59.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INDICES OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT FROM THE AGRARIAN SECTOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Veronica PRISACARU , Aurelia LITVIN………………………………………………...285
60.THE USE OF STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF

AGRICULTURAL LANDS CONSOLIDATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Anatol RACUL, Dragoş CIMPOIEŞ
……………………………………………………………………………………………………..289
61.PRODUCTION PROFILES AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF ROMANIAN FARMS

BY SAMPLE-BASED ASSESSMENTS OF LAND UTILISATION
Mirela RUSALI………………………………………………………………………...….293
62.ANALYSIS SERVICE ACTIVITIES OF THE FARM IN ARGES COUNTY, ROMANIA

Sia SARARU, Vergina CHIRITESCU, , Mihai CHIRITESCU………………………….297
63.COMPARISION BETWEEN SYRIAN AND ROMANIAN AGRICULTURE

(PRELIMINARY RESULTS)
Akram SHHAIDEH.........................................................................................................................303
64.SYRIAN STEPPE POLICIES IMPACT ON (AL-BADIAH) NATURAL RESOURCES

SUSTAINABILTIY
Akram SHHAIDEH.........................................................................................................................307
65.THE PROFILE OF THE AGRICULTURAL COUNSELORS IN TELEORMAN

COUNTY
Paula STOICEA, Elena STOIAN , Mariana BURCEA..................................................................313
66.THE GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AS

COMPONENT PART OF THE SOCIAL-ECONOMICAL STATE POLICY
Elena TIMOFTI, Liliana CIMPOIEŞ, Cristina TIMOFTI...................................................317
67.ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE INTENSIFICATION OF USING
AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE AGRARIAN ENTERPRISES OF REPUBLIC
MOLDOVA
Elena TIMOFTI, Diana MEMEŢ, Liliana CIMPOIEŞ, Cristina TIMOFTI......................321
68.THE METHOD OF RATING APPLICATION IN THE COMPLEX STUDY OF

INTEGRAL ESTIMATION OF ECONOMICAL EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION IN
COMPETITIONAL ECONOMY CONDITIONS
Ghenadie TIMOFTI , Elena TIMOFTI , Daniela POPA, Cristina TIMOFTI,
Diana MEMEŢ.....................................................................................................................325
69.PRIORITY DIRECTIONS AND THE FIELDS FROM AGRICULTURE OF REPUBLIC OF

MOLDOVA SUBJECT TO SUBSIDY POLICY
Ghenadie TIMOFTI, Elena TIMOFTI, Iuliana CIMPOIES, Diana NEMET……………..329
70.FARM EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN ROMANIA USING FADN METHODOLOGY

Elena TOMA ……………………………………………………………………………………….333
71.GUIDELINE OF THE ROMANIAN VILLAGE TOWARDS TOURISM

Cornelia Elena TUREAC, Ioan BORDEAN, Anca Gabriela TURTUREANU,
Gabriela PADURE………………………………………………………………………..337
72.AGRICULTURAL POLICIES CURENTLY RUN BY ROMANIA IN THIS CRISIS

CONDITIONS
Anca Gabriela TURTUREANU , Valentin CURTEANU, Alin-Constantin FILIP,
Cornelia Elena TUREAC.........................................................................................................343
73.THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMEs IN RURAL AREAS

Cornelia Elena TUREAC........................................................................................................349
74.BREEDING SWINE FOR MEAT – MAIN DIRECTION OF RE-LAUNCHING OF THE

LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Andrei ZBANCA, Virgiliu MOREI, Alexandru STRATAN...............................................353
Scientific Papers Series Management , Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
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FROM FORMAL TO INFORMAL IN THE VEGETABLE

CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP
Cornelia ALBOIU1, Răzvan ŞTIRBU2
1Institute of Agricultural Economics, The Romanian Academy, Calea 13 Septembrie no. 13,
sector 5, Bucharest, phone/fax:021/3182411; e-mail: [email protected]
2
Faculty of Management, Economical Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development,
Bucharest, Romania, phone/fax: 00 40 744 6474 10; email: [email protected]
Key words : contractual relationship, vegetable production
Abstract
The integration into the world trade and particularly along the chain of products with high value added, such as the
vegetables chain, is considered as a promoter of growth and poverty alleviation (Aksoy and Beghin, 2005), even
though this topic is subject to controversy. Romania’s production of vegetables is quite fragmented, mostly coming
from the individual household farms (90%) and only 10% from the commercial farms.In this context, the objective of
the paper is to reveal the role of contractual relations along the vegetables chain, as the high level of requirements
imposed to small producers has been most often seen as a barrier to commercialization. At the same time, the role
and contract negotiating power by the individual producers is very low in relation with all the commercial partners
in the chain. The paper attempts to make an analysis of the contractual relations along the vegetables chain on the
basis of case studies conducted in the vegetables basins from the south-eastern part of Romania. The main
conclusions signal out the large number of informal contracts along the chain as well as the high degree of non-
respecting the formal contracts.
INTRODUCTION the informational, financial and educational

constraints of producers in these countries [2].
The horticultural products proved that they
Some farmers claimed that these constraints
generate high incomes per hectare and they
could be mitigated through increased vertical
are known as products that need intensive
integration, including the use of contractual
labour input [1].
arrangements.
Stricter quality requirements imposed by
supermarkets are hardly met by small scale
farmer but even though when these MATERIAL AND METHOD
requirements are met by larger farmers the
In valoric terms, in 2007, the production of
contractual terms are not respected or even
vegetables accounted for 24% of the total crop
worse the supermarkets avoid concluding the
production value. Nevertheless, following the
contract.
EU integration, the vegetable
In contrast to producers in industrialized
commercialization sector seems the most
countries who benefit from appropriate
negatively affected sector, due to the high
infrastructure, effective institutional systems
share of imports and the impossibility or
and agricultural policies that facilitate a
farmers’ incapacity to maintain stable
widespread adoption of good agricultural
contractual relationship within the chain. In
practices and environmental standards,
addition to that, many of them are not able to
producers in developing and emerging
enter or form producer groups either because
economies may encounter severe difficulties
of lack of trust or willingness to cooperate.
in complying to increasing levels of quality
At the European Union level, the share of area
standards. These difficulties generally result
under vegetables is quite similar; the
from idiosyncratic market failures
difference is that currently in Romania the
characterizing the vegetable production and
consumption needs are not fully covered by
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the current domestic supply. In the year 2007, questions regarding their main
the main cultivated vegetables were the commercialization channels. An open
following: tomatoes 18%, cabbage 17.7%, and comment has been also introduced in the
dry onion 14%. The individual holdings have questionnaire.
the highest share in the cultivated areas in the The relationships types as described by
vegetables sector (over 95%) (Figure 1). Williams are classified into 2 categories,
namely formal and non-formal. Respondents
Figure 1: Share of cultivated areas by types of holdings were asked to present which type of
contractual relationships they use in their
100%
80%
Others (research state
institutions) business and further, they were asked to
60%
Individual holdings
choose more than one of the four
40% Agricultural Associations relationships, i.d. spot market, repeated
20% Commercial companies market transaction, formal-written contracts,
0%
2006 2007 and financial participation arrangements.
Source: MAFRD, 2007
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
The figure depicts the situation at national
level; in the region where the analysis was Table 1 reveals the relationship type for the
carried out, the vegetable production is also three chain stages. The answers show that the
obtained in the individual holdings (more than percentage of formal relationship is extremely
96%). low both at farmer-wholesaler level and
farmer-processor stage. A higher percentage
The methodology used is based on statistical of formal relationship can be noticed in the
analysis of the stakeholders’ answers to the case of processor-retailer level. The formal
questions addressed in a structured relationships include formal written contracts
questionnaire. The description of the and financial participation arrangements,
methodology and the data collection methods including prices, qualities, quantities and any
were structured as a set of criteria and other financial support. Retailers tend to
questions that were answered and analysed by choose more formal relationships with
employing the structure proposed by processors, in comparison with farmers,
Williamson’s governance structures [3]. showing that downstream businesses are more
likely to coordinate and organize their
In the last 20 years the fresh and vegetable relationships more systematically and in a
supply chain in Romania has shown a standardized way. Similar findings are also
dramatic evolution following the destroy of presented at the European level [4] with the
the former fruit and vegetable difference that the percentages are much
commercialization companies which has lead lower in Romania’s case, especially at the
to fail the year-round domestic vegetable farmer-buyer and farmer–processor level.
supply and fragmentation of production.
Table 1: Percentage of formal relationship
Farmer– Farmer- Processor-
The paper is based on data provided by 30 buyer processor retailer
farmers and 8 processors located in the S-E (wholesaler)
region of Romania following a survey Formal 1/30 2/30 1/8
conducted in this region in 2008. In total, 30 relationship 3% 6% 12.5%
structured questionnaires were applied to %
Source: Field survey, 2008
farmers and 10 questionnaires to processors.
The analysis is mainly a qualitative one and As far as the relationship and contractual aspects
takes into consideration stakeholder answers are concerned, the respondents were asked to
to the questions regarding the type of existing rate on a scale from 1 to 4 (1: extremely poor
contractual relationship along with a set of to 4: very good) their opinions on the
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following aspects concerning: the quality of relationship while 17% are involved in more
the relationship, trust, contractual terms and than one relationship type.
the level of enforcement of the contracts. Another problem reported by the respondents,
is represented by imports, the quality of which
Table 2 reveals the answers of the is not rigorously checked at present. For many
interviewed stakeholders. vegetables, production has a seasonal nature,
and the products have to be consumed
Table 2. Farmer-buyer relationship and contractual immediately after harvesting. That is why the
aspects prices greatly fluctuate throughout the year. In
Very Good Poor Extremely
good poor general, immediately after harvesting begins,
The history 7% 13% 33% 50% prices go down fast. For example, the prices
relationship with the
buyer is of tomatoes, eggplants and peppers may
The respect of 0% 13% 43% 43% decrease by up to 50% in 2 weeks.
contractual terms is
The trust in our 3% 13% 33% 50% As long as the area under heated glasshouses
partner is is low, the producers cannot benefit from the
The enforcement of 0% 10% 37% 53%
this contract is high prices during the winter; in this period of
Source: calculations based on the field survey, 2008 the year, most vegetables come from imports,
mainly from Greece, Netherlands and Turkey.
The enforcement of the contract is seen as the
biggest problem the farmers have to face,
CONCLUSIONS
53% of them answering that the enforcement
of the contract is extremely poor. The level of Effective business relationships can help to
trust in partners and the history relationships reduce environmental uncertainty (e.g., by
are seen as poor and extremely poor. securing a more stable inflow of orders);
contribute to better access to crucial resources
Table 3. Processor-retailer relationship and contractual (e.g., raw materials, capital, specialised
aspects skills); and/or result in higher business
Very Goo Poor Extremely
good d poor productivity (e.g., by enhancing loyalty
The history 0% 23% 60% 17% among suppliers), (Dyer and Singh, 1998).
relationship with the
buyer is
The respect of 0% 23% 57% 20% Nevertheless, the results obtained reveal that
contractual terms is
The trust in our partner 0% 20% 60% 20% in Romania’s case there is a high degree of
is uncertainty among stakeholders both in terms
The enforcement of 0% 13% 60% 27%
this contract is of contractual relationships and contract
Source: calculations based on the field survey, 2008 enforcement. The share of contractual
relationship is higher at the processing-
The relationship and contractual aspects at the retailing level which is in line with the EU
processor-retailer level were assessed in a findings, but much lower than in the EU both
better light by the respondents, but still there for the farmer-buyer and the processor-retailer
is a lack of trust and a bad enforcement of level.
contracts among stakeholders.
This sector lacked a coherent strategy in the
Farmers were also asked to choose the type of period 2000-2007, being characterized by the
relationship they are involved. 67% of them diminution of the capacity to face the market
are involved only in a spot market relationship competition. At the same time, as a result of
(sale at the farm gate to different wholesalers) Romania’s joining the EU, its competitors
while the rest might choose some other from the EU both in the production and
relationships (repeated market transactions, processing sector are testing the Romanian
formal contracts, and financial participation). market; in case the Romanian vegetable sector
83% of them are involved in only one type is not able to get reorganized and benefit from
the established intervention measures, it will
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not be able to face the strong competition [3] Williamson, O E. 1991. Comparative Economic
coming from the Single Market and not only. Organization: The Analysis of Discrete.
Administrative Science Quarterly, 36 (2): 269-296.
[4] Fischer, C, Gonzalez, M, Henchion, M and P Leat.
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STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS

– AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Răzvan-Lucian ANDRONIC, Anca ANDRONIC
University Spiru Haret, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Braşov.

7 Turnului, 500152, Braşov, Romania,
Phone / Fax: + 40 68 548225, E-mail : [email protected]
Key words : strategy, sustainable development, community
Abstract
This article presents the authors’ experience in developing local development strategies of three rural communities
in Brasov County. The development premises of this type of documents in Romania (in the context of accessing
European funds), the activities undertaken in order to achieve these particular strategies and the common elements
of strategic planning concerning these documents are here presented, as well. The interdisciplinary team and some
working groups for development, whose contribution was essential in determining the development vision, the
objectives and action plans currently pursued, had to make an effort in order to accomplish the aforementioned
strategies. The accomplishment of the development strategies at the community level has proved to be an useful step,
promoting both the access to grants and the "bottom up" appropriate establishment of a sustainable development
coordinates of each community.
INTRODUCTION also for its important cultural traditions, the

enterprising spirit of its people or for the most
The approach for developing sustainable visited historical monument in Romania, Bran
development strategies concerning rural Castle; Prejmer (a community with a long
communities of Romania has increased in the tradition of ethnic coexistence, a city with a
recent years, rather due to practical site on the world heritage list of UNESCO
considerations than to reconsidering the role (the fortified church and the fortress) and
of strategic planning in sustainable which has determined the largest investment
development. To obtain EU funds for rural in Brasov county, The Industrial Park -
development (through the National Program Prejmer) and Vama Buzaului (which until the
of Rural Development - NPRD), points are nineteenth century, had represented a frontier
obtained if the applicant proves the point located at the intersection of the roads
correspondence between the proposed project linking the three Romanian countries, one of
and the development strategy of the town / the most "green" rural areas of Romania, with
rural area in question. For example, an a quasi-non-existent pollution and several
applicant under Measure 322 of NPRD can Nature 2000 sites, situated in the Ciucaş
obtain five points if he meets this criterion [1], Mountains).
a fact which cannot be overlooked, given that In preparing the development strategies for a
the projects financed under this component period of seven years (the period chosen to
have obtained between 75 and 90 points [2]. ensure the correspondence with the main
European funding programs currently
MATERIAL AND METHOD operational) a team expert of five consultants
- experts has been engaged (a social
The authors of this article have participated in development specialist, an education science
the achievement of sustainable development specialist and a human resources specialist -
strategies for three communities with distinct the two authors of the article – specialists in
characteristics of Brasov county: Bran - best economic development, environmental
known as "homeland" of rural tourism, but protection and civil society / European
citizenship), a team which has worked closely
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with a working group for development, where plans. This work involved a transposition of
every person, institution or organization development objectives in practical actions,
concerned to accomplish the strategy were included in the measure plans developed for
invited to attend. each prior area of development. The projects
To achieve the three strategies of the facilitating the achievement of development
aforementioned municipalities the following goals and the action plans required to
(joint) set of activities was undertaken: implement these particular projects have also
1. The constituting of the Working Group for been identified.
Development (WGD), composed of These plans include the main tasks to be
representatives of the local public administrative completed, an estimated calendar,
authorities, private companies and members of responsibilities (of different social actors),
the civil society. Were invited to attend this funds and the implementation and monitoring
group: elected and appointed individuals of the mechanism. The priorities set by the WGD
local government, business men, business or were taken into account, and the inclusion of
professional organizations, private necessary projects was made based upon
entrepreneurs, personalities from various fields, relevance, feasibility and sustainability. In
representatives of the church, NGOs, particular, the projects financed by European
representatives of the media. funds were considered.
This work was conducted through a public Focus groups were put together in order to
meeting where has been initiated the accomplish this activity (at least five, for each
accomplishement of the strategy, where the strategy) and workshop-type small meetings
objectives and benefits of its achievement and (at least ten).
the methodology to be used were also 5. The development of the first version of the
presented. strategy involved both the reunion of the
2. The development context analysis and the previously identified elements within a single
drafting of the community profile, including material and the description of the
here the analysis of the regional, national and methodology of implementation, monitoring
international context (in order to develop an and update, in order to be presented to WGD.
integrated strategy within these contexts of For each community were taken into account:
development). The SWOT analysis model has the investment plans / projects already
been used as the main tool of analysis and developed / approved, the general urban plan
presentation, being supplemented with cost- and development documents prepared at a
benefit analysis and opinion surveys ( at least more general level (at the level of
five surveys / community, regarding major Development Region 7 "Center" of Brasov
issues involved in the strategy development). county and the rural development area under
3.The defining of the vision and strategy the Leader Axis + Program), marketing and
goals, which was made with the participation business plans known by the local authorities,
of WGD, in order to obtain a general accessible funding programs, etc. available.
agreement on some principles, on certain This first version of the strategy was subject
economic interests, concerning environmental to a public debate in a public meeting held in
protection and an appropriate resource the "open door" system.
management. The consensual definition of the 6. The completion of SDD, the preparation of
vision and objectives was made setting out the the adoption by the City Council and the final
principle that a certain community with report of the consultancy team. After
specific goals and objectives offers greater receiving comments from the members of the
confidence to its members, increasing thus WGD, from other experts in development and
citizen participation and the degree of the participants in the public debate, was
association according to its own interests, developed the final form of sustainable
which would be more clear after a joint development strategy, which has been subject
formulation of strategic objectives. to public debate (as required by the laws in
4.The development of policies and action force). The suggestions, recommendations
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and amendments made were the basis of the b. Elaboration of the development vision,
final text, which was adopted by a decision of objectives, policies and action plans.
the Local Council. The development vision for each community
Regarding the report of the expert team, it expresses an ideal target, jointly shared with
included as a distinct section, the strategy the planning development that meets the
implementation monitoring measures to be needs and expectations of citizens. After the
undertaken by local authorities. The report elaboration of the development vision, the
also included a particularization of possible strategy objectives were defined - being
sources of funding conerning prior areas of identified based on results of consultations
development (from European funds and other within WGD. The objectives were defined
funding sources). and ranked according to the expected time
horizon (short, medium and long). Depending
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS on the objectives established, the prior areas
of development have been identified (where a
Thus, three strategies resulted - corresponding special attention was given to areas whose
to the development priorities of each development depends mainly on local
community, which had for a nucleus two resources).
particular elements: In formulating the prior objectives and areas,
a. The analysis – diagnosis on the current the complexity of local factors that may
situation, presented as a SWOT analysis, influence sustainable development were taken
whose content was completed using a series into account (such as: business environment
of investigative tools (structured interviews, situation, local economic context and the
opinion surveys, cost benefit analysis etc.). national one, employment situation, efficiency
Within every content of each development and equity of public services provided by
strategies were developed SWOT analysis for local authorities; availability of stakeholders
each of the areas currently associated with the to assume roles and responsibilities,
concept of sustainable development: expectations and priorities of community
I. The economic growth, with an emphasis on members).
improving the business environment and Also, in definition the objectives and areas of
development opportunities in services, development were considered the approaches
industry, agriculture, trade. currently associated with sustainable
II. Providing local public services, focusing development: environmental protection,
on the authorities capacity to fund and provide proper use and management of resources,
public service in the following areas: public sustainable economic development, the need
utilities, education, health, social services. to develop local partnerships etc.
III. Civil society development, focusing to For the implementation of the vision and
increase the involvement and participation of objectives set by the WGD, proper policies
citizens regarding decisions. and action plans have been formulated - used
IV. Qualification and retraining of the in the implementation of the strategy:
workforce, in order to meet new requirements - Policies are designed to institutionalize
of the European, national and local labor procedures and practices that will lead to the
market; implementation of the strategy's objectives
V. Tourism sustainable development along throughout the community. Thus, the effects
with the protection of natural, cultural and of the actions and the decisions and
historical resources of the community. behaviours inconsistent with the objectives
VI. Urban development, with emphasis on will be limited. By their very clear structure,
promoting urbanism policies and local the policies will help to keep the strategic
infrastructure policies set at the local level, vision and the completion of the development
within the context of ensuring environmental objectives;
protection. - the measure plans represent objectifications
of policies in each development area, being
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defined in terms of concrete actions, directly positive impact of change, according to the
measurable. These plans are working tools for established strategy.
the persons / organizations involved in 4. Monitoring the development process of the
implementing the strategy, the true "roadmap" strategy is an essential action for an early
developed for each domain / sub-domain of detection of its adjustment needs or of the
sustainable development. implementation process development. For a
successful strategy implementation, all
CONCLUSIONS community stakeholders must be involved
(depending on their field of competence /
1. The value of a strategy implementation for expertise) in designing the process of
sustainable development in rural areas evaluation and in the establishment of
consists in institutionalizing the strategic plan. indicators for achieving the concerned
It is essential to create an organizational and strategy, according to socio-economic
financial base to support this particular plan. developments at the local, county, regional or
Strong links with organizations and programs national level.
that could harmonize the strategy, must be
created. There are required certain techniques ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
for financial planning and project
management, without which no strategic The authors wish to express their
development plan could be accomplished. consideration for the given support in
2. The existence of measure plans developed developing local development strategies by
for each area has proved a useful members of WGD, especiallly to thank the
methodological option concerning the following people (in alphabetical order):
monitoring of strategy implementation. Each Tiberiu Nicolae Chirilas, Laurentiu Modiga,
measure plan is observed by a group of local Fabian Cristian Roth, Mihaiela Liliana Sima,
experts, aiming: the accomplishment of Todorica Constantin Serban.
responsabilities (self) assumed by local actors
of development; the development of project REFERENCES
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optimization of resource use, in the purpose of
change management and maximizing the
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT – THE “ BOTTOM UP” APPROACH : LEADER +
Răzvan-Lucian ANDRONIC, Anca ANDRONIC
University Spiru Haret, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Braşov.

7 Turnului, 500152, Braşov, Romania,
Phone / Fax: + 40 68 548225, E-mail : [email protected]
Key words : strategy, sustainable development, community
Abstract
This article presents the main issues involved in the implementantion of LEADER+ Program, as part of The
National Program of Rural Development (NRPD). Here are presented issues related to the program development
and history, its characteristics and advantages and the particularities of its development in Romania, as well. The
current development stage of the program, which involves the constitution of Local Action Groups with legal
personality and their strategies preparation for the development of rural areas is also exemplified.The importance
of LEADER + is given by the fact that it requires a different approach of rural development than other parts of
NPRD, the one based upon the operation of some public-private partnerships at the level of certain rural territories
with common features. In addition, after accomplishing the accreditation process of the LAG, the direct funding of
projects that meet the development strategies, becomes possible.
INTRODUCTION preserve the rural and cultural heritage, the

development of the economic environment,
The changes in the agricultural sector, as a the training of individuals in the rural area and
result of the Joint Agricultural Policy reform, the improvement of organizational abilities of
the pressures upon the environment, the rapid local communities. Its name reflects its
spread of new technologies, the aging original objective, since this is the acronym in
population and rural depopulation are only French – “Liaison Entre Actions de
some of the factors affecting rural areas in Developpment de l’Economie Rural” (“Links
European Union (EU). Following these between Actions of Rural Economic
changes, the need to implement a program Development”).
aimed at developing public-private The development of the LEADER program in
partnerships and the exploitation of local EU began in 1990, as a result of the
resources (natural, human and financial) for government programs for rural development
developing and implementing local in many countries were limited in terms of the
development strategies has occurred. objective of the fact that the public programs
In Romania, the program is called Axis for rural development were limited in what
LEADER + - the most decentralized concerned the goal of their interventions,
component of the National Program for Rural being managed in a traditional top-down
Development (NPRD) [1]. manner (from the central to the local level).
Therefore, a program of Community
MATERIAL AND METHOD intervention has been developed, based on the
work of Local Action Groups (LAG), which
The Leader + Program is an approach that represents public-private partnerships formed
offers new opportunities for rural in associations, consisting of representatives
development based on the identification of of the public and the private sector, and civil
local needs, on strengthening the development societies in the concerned territory .
capacity, designing and implementation of At the decisional level, the economic partners
local development strategies. Unlike other and companies representatives must represent
components of NPRD, Leader + allows local over 50% of the local partnership. The LAGs
decisions on funding certain projects aimed to are responsible for developing and
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implementing the local development strategy animation and achievement of the skills to
and also for the selection of projects to be mobilize the local potential;
financed within the strategies. In the Member b) promoting public-private partnerships.
States, the LAGs have different legal Leader will continue to play an important role
structures (non-profit associations / in encouraging innovative approaches
foundations, local or regional authorities, concerning rural development and bringing
companies, cooperatives, etc), they develop together on the same stage the private and the
an integrated local rural development strategy public sectors;
and they are responsible for its c) promoting cooperation and innovation;
implementation. In the territory where the d) improving local management. LEADER
function, the LAGs chose the projects to be promotes the development of innovative
financed within the strategy and may select approaches, ensuring thus the link between
projects of cooperation with other territories / agriculture, forestry and local economy and
LAGs. helping therefore to diversify the economic
This decentralized program only aims the base and to strengthen the socio-economic
rural areas (defined according to the structure of rural areas.
methodology of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
(OECD), as the area in which the population
density /km2 is less than 150 inhabitants per At European level, three distinctive phases of
km2). Each LAG is formed on an territory the program development can be defined:
eligible within the program, which provides a) The initiation phase: at Community level,
several features (the rural feature, consistency, between 1991-1994 was conducted Leader I,
adequate resources, local identity, population in which there had been formed 217 Local
between 10,000 and 100,000 inhabitants). Action Groups (LAG), selected at European
The LEADER program is based on a level;
combination of seven features: b) The generalization phase: through
1) territorial approach ( the efficient use of LEADER II (1994-1999) had been formed
local resources within a specific territorial 1000LAGs, selected at national level;
area, the deployment of integrated activities c) The consolidation phase, corresponding to
and the development of a shared vision); LEADER + Program (2000-2006), where 896
2) partnership approach (achieving a public- LAGs had been selected in the rural areas
private partnership interested in the area within all Member States (based on a
development, called the Local Action Group); selection procedure carried out at the EU
3) a bottom-up approach (active participation Member States) level.
of the local population in planning, decision In Romania, the implementation of the
making and implementation of strategies program was initiated in 2006, along with the
needed to develop the territory); establishment of the LEADER Service and
4) an integrated and multi - sectorial approach the Rural Development Network [3] within
of the strategies (based on the interaction of the General Directorate for Rural
partners from all sectors of local economy, in Development – the Management Authority for
order to plan and put together the problems of NPRD. In May 2006, was initiated a
rural areas); competition at the national level for the
5) a special emphasis on innovation and selection of potential animators of the
experimentation (looking for new responses to territories, where were received 156
the existent problems of rural development); applications, of which 121 were selected.
6) implementing cooperation projects; Subsequently were organized two training
7) networking the local partnerships (within sessions (in July and November 2006) and a
LEADER territories). national network of potential LEADER
The main advantages of the program are: territories was also accomplished.
a) forming the local partnership capacity, In September 2009 was published the ad
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regarding the competition of projects for
Measure 431 within NPRD, the Sub-measure b. The LAG "Curbura Carpaţilor" (whose
431.1, Phase 3 - Financial support for the territory is composed of the following
preparation of files for LAG selection . municipalities - Budila, Prejmer, Tărlungeni,
Following this ad, 111 projects have been Teliu and Vama Buzăului of Braşov county,
selected, valued at 4,827,533.49 EUR [1]. Dobârlău village and Întorsura Buzăului of
By observing the report of the selection Covasna county):
process for these projects we can see that:
a) a single project which had been submitted
for funding was rejected (which contrasts the
evaluation results of the projects submitted in
other components of NPRD, such as eg. 322
or 313);
b) the total amount financed is only 49.24% of
the total amount allocated for the session for
submission of projects (9,803,744 euros).
In other words, despite the fact that the Leader
was promoted even since 2006 through
informing measures throughout the country
and through a national network of animators,
not yet has been achieved its full
development, which can be explained by
evoking several factors (low associativity, Fig. 2. The LAG territory „Curbura Carpaţilor” (the
lack of confidence in the success of public- defined area on the right side of the image).
private partnerships, lack of specialized staff
in rural development at the administrative- The two territories have the following main
territorial units level etc.). features, presented in a comparative manner
To exemplify how territories were delineated concerning the area, the number of
within the selected projects, we chose from inhabitants, population density and traditional
Brasov county (with a total of five projects occupations primarily practiced in the two
funded), the two LAG including also several areas:
cities near the capital of the county:
Table 1. Characteristics of The LAG territories
a. The LAG “Ţinutul Bârsei” (with a territory "Tinutul Barsei" and " Curbura Carpaţilor".
that includes the following municipalities:
Bod, Crizbav, Dumbrăviţa, Feldioara, Hălchiu The LAG The LAG
and Sâmpetru of Braşov county). Territory: “Ţinutul Bârsei” “Curbura
Carpaţilor”
Surface (km2) 403,8 571,5
Population 32.172 37.760

(No. of
inhabitants)
Population 79,67 66,07

density (nr.
inhabitants /
km2)
Traditional Agriculture and Livestock, wood
occupations: livestock, food exploiting and
industry processing
Regarding the action plans in the period when

Fig. 1. The LAG territory “Ţinutul Bârsei” the two projects had been funded (January ÷
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April 2010), they are adapted to the municipalities), due to the fact that they are
specificities of the two territories and include: obliged to dispense individual work (at the
a) The LAG "Ţinutul Bârsei": community level);
1. Information, communication and promotion; 6. it involves taking into one’s own hands the
2. Obtaining legal personality for the LAG; control of rural development, hence the need
3. Elaborating the Local Development Plan; to change the current mentality (to await
4. Project management; decisions from the central level) with that of
5. Ensuring project visibility. making local decisions.
b) The LAG "Curbura Carpaţilor"
1. Project Management; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2. Conducting acquisitions;
3. Elaborating the Local Development Plan; The authors wish to express their
4. Transferring the European LEADER consideration for their support offered in
expertise; preparing this article to Ms. Mihaiela Liliana
5. Information and promotion; Sima (Prejmer Town Hall, The LAG
6. Audit. “Curbura Carpaţilor”) and Mr. Cătălin
Frangulea Pastor (Metropolitan Agency for
CONCLUSIONS Sustainable Development Brasov, the LAG
“Ţinutul Bârsei”).
The application of Axis Leader + in Romania
has a number of peculiarities:
1. Unlike previous approaches of this program REFERENCES
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is not funded separately, by structural funds;
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2. The institutions and agencies to be involved pregatirea dosarelor pentru selectia
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communities about the potential of LEADER
Leader?, http://www.madr.ro/pages/dezvoltare
approach; _rurala/analiza15.pdf
4. It is based on involving more types of [3] Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltării Rurale,
partners (private and social) found in the Autoritate de management pentru PNDR
composition of the LAG and who will benefit LEADER şi Reţeaua de Dezvoltare Rurală,
from the implementation of the concerned http://www.madr.ro/apel.php?id=2
project;
5. It has a certain degree of difficulty
(particularly for animators and
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THE WINE MARKET IN ROMANIA AND AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Iulian BADII
1
S.C.A. Bucium S.A. Iasi, 14 Bucium, 700465, Romania, Phone: +0744 70 81 73,
E-mail: [email protected]
Key words: wine, demands, supply, international trade, evolution, Romania
Abstract
The research has sought to determine the Romanian viticulture position relative to the viticulture at an international
level. Thus, it was done to determine the volume and evolution of the demand and offer of wine and, also, of the
international wine trade. In the 2000 – 2007 period, the wine demand was of 4785, 4 thousands hl, the offer of 5251,
2 thousands hl. The imports had a volume of 150, 0 thousands hl and the exports 325, 4 thousands hl.
INTRODUCTION – the last years for which information are

available in the researched database.
The market analysis represents the starting
On the european continent, the wine demand
point, respectively the basis for future decisions.
was of 155140 thousands hl and in the
This supposes consumption analysis, offer
European Union it was of 126285 thousands
analysis, prices analysis, competition analysis,
hl.
the analysis of tendencies and changes in the
In Romania, the wine demand is of 4785
macromedium and micromedium of the
thousands hl, representing 3.8% of the
company [2].
European Union demand, 3.1% of the demand
The wine production is an important area of
at continental level and 2.1% of the global
activity for the Romanian economy due to its
demand.
food, industrial, agro technical, ambiental Table 1 The wine demand in the 2000-2005 period
importance, for export and as a profit source [1]. (thousands hl)
Area Worldwide Europa UE Romania
MATERIAL AND METHOD 2000 220075 148513 122778 5104
2001 223098 152328 125015 4965
The quantification of the level of development 2002 223904 151480 122778 4845
Year
of viticulture has been realized using statistical 2003 234566 158599 128704 4939
interpretation procedures utilizing statistical 2004 236807 158640 128007 4572
information available in the FAOSTAT 2005 238969 161282 130430 4287
database [3]. Average
229570 155140 126285 4785
2000-2005
The statistical interpretation and the economic- SOURCE: FAOSTAT - 2010
mathematical models represent the essential The evolution of wine demand is expressed
particularity in aproaching the specific problems through an annual increase at global level of
of agricultural exploitations management. 1.4%, a reduction with 1.4% at european
The statistical indicators utilized were: wine level, with 1.0% in the European Union and a
demand, individual wine consumption, wine reduction of 2.8% in Romania.
offer, the volume of wine import, the volume of To know the level and evolution of the wine
wine export, the value of wine import, the value demand depending on the evolution of the
of wine export, the price of wine. population is necessary to determine the level
of the individual level of consumption
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS presented in Tab.2. Worldwide, the individual
average consumption in the analysed period
The analysis of the data presented in Tab.1 was of 3,7 l/pers/year with a variability of
indicates a demand worldwide of 229570 3.5% and on the continent this has a value of
thousands hl of wine over a serie of six years 21,3 l/pers/year with variations of 7.9%.
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Table 2 The individual wine consumption in the 2000- Table 4 Importul de vin în perioada 2000-2007 (mii hl)
2005 period (l/pers/year) Arealul Mondial Europa UE România
Area Worldwide Europa UE Romania 2000 54800 41742 37378 13
2000 3,6 20,4 32,5 23,1 2001 60316 46659 40941 7
2001 3,6 20,9 33 22,5 2002 62977 48296 42025 7
2002 3,6 20,8 32,2 22,1 2003 68406 52448 44917 7
Year Anul
2003 3,7 21,7 33,6 22,6 2004 73509 56887 48232 12
2004 3,7 21,7 33,2 21,1 2005 77258 59156 49076 42
2005 3,7 22,1 33,7 19,8 2006 78084 57316 49464 732
Average 2000- 2007 83425 59320 51271 380
3,7 21,3 33 21,9
2005 Media 2000-
69847 52728 45413 150
SOURCE: FAOSTAT - 2010 2007
In the European Union, the individual wine SOURCE: FAOSTAT - 2010
consumption was of 33.0l/pers/year and in The wine import in the 2000-2007 period was,
Romania of 21.9 /l/pers/year with variations according to the data in Tab.4,at global level
of 4.5%, respectively, 14.8%. of 69847 thousands hl wine; on the continent,
This indicator registered a significant this registered an average of 52728 thousands
reduction in the analysed period, especially in hl and in the European Union of 45413
Romania, where a reduction in consumption thousands hl with variations of 41.0%, 33.3%,
of 2.4% in the analysed period was produced. respectively 30.6%. In Romania the average
But in the European Union and on the quantity of wine imported was of 150
continent, there has been recorded an increase thousands hl with a variation of 483.6%.
of the individual consumption with 0.6%, This indicator registered an annual increase at
respectively 1.3% and worldwide this global level of 5.4%, in Europe of 4.6%, in
increased with 0.4%. the European Union of 4.1% and in Romania
Table 3 The wine offer in the 2000-2007 period of 233.5%.
(thousands hl) The wine import had, at global level, at
Area Worldwide Europa UE Romania average value of 18515 mil $, on the continent
2000 283949 202520 191297 5453
11709 mil$, in the European Union of 10298
2001 270063 185484 173176 5463 mil $ and in Romania of aprox. 12 mil.$ with
2002 262031 179451 166758 5461 variations of 78.5%, 74.5%, 73.1%,
2003 268877 182176 168739 5457 respectively 310.5%. The value of the grapes
2004 307910 211105 195880 7071
imported by Romania represents aprox. 0.1%
2005 281455 181463 168349 2602
2006 279047 190367 177366 5251
from the value of european imports and aprox.
2007 283949 202520 191297 5453 0.06% from the value of imports at global
SOURCE: FAOSTAT - 2010 level.
Table 5 The value of wine import in the 2000-2007
The wine offer at global level presented in
period (mil $)
Tab.3 indicates a multiannual average of Area Worldwide Europa UE Romania
283949 thousands hl and at european level of 2000 12772 8136 7206 1
202520 thousands hl with multiannual 2001 13097 8500 7470 1
variations of 16.4%, respectively 16.6%. In 2002 14290 9266 8194 2
2003 17507 11204 9859 2
the European Union an annual offer of Year
2004 19943 12904 11414 4
191297 thousands hl has been recorded with a 2005 20681 13111 11479 9
multiannual variation of 16.4%. Romania 2006 22519 13686 12029 38
realized anual 3.0% of this reaching an annual 2007 27314 16863 14736 39
average level of 5453 thousands hl. Reported Average
18515 11709 10298 12
2000-2007
to the global and european offer, the SOURCE: FAOSTAT - 2010
Romanian wine offer represented 1.9%, The evolution of the value of the wine import
respectively 2.8%. The variability of the is given by an annual increase at global level
Romanian total offer was of 85.1% due to the of 10.2%, 9.8% at european level, 9.7% in the
high variation of surfaces and average European Union and 73.3% in Romania.
production as to the reorganization processes
of the grapes processing units.
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The analysis of the data presented in Tab.6 Average
2000-2007
18518 13986 13679 23
indicates an exported quantity, at global level, SOURCE: FAOSTAT - 2010
of 74976 thousands hl. On the european The evolution of the value of wine export is
continent, the wine export was of 54536 expressed through an annual increase at
thousands hl and in the European Union of global level of 11.0%, 9.5% at european level
51798 thousands hl and in the European Union and of 4.5% in
Table 6 The wine export in the 2000-2007
Romania.
period(thousands hl)
Area Worldwide Europa UE Romania
2000 61008 47230 45226 254
CONCLUSIONS
2001 65755 50582 48089 394
2002 66550 51129 48523 503 1. At global level, the average wine demand
Year
2003 71114 52929 49983 410 was of 229570 thousands hl, the wine offer of
2004 76680 55668 52411 370
279047 thousands hl, the average value of
2005 79186 56807 53147 269
2006 83564 60242 57314 254
imports was of 18515 mil. $ and that of
2007 95953 61701 59693 148 exports of 18518 mil.$
Average
74976 54536 51798 325
2. In Europe, the average wine demand was of
2000-2007
155149 thousands hl, the wine offer of
SOURCE: FAOSTAT - 2010
190367 thousands hl, the average value of
The value of wine exports in the 2000-2007m
imports was of 11709 mil.$ and that of
period was, according to the data in Tab.7, at
exports of 13986 mil.$.
global level, of 18518 mil.$; on the continent,
3. In the European Union, the average wine
this recorded an average of 13986 mil.$ and in
demand was of 1262859 thousands hl, the
the European Union of 13676 mil.$ with
wine offer of 177366 thousands hl, the
variations of 85.0%, 74.7%, respectively
average value of imports was of 10298 mil.$
75.1%.
and that of exports of 13679 mil.$.
In Romania, the wine export is of approx. 325
4. In Romania, the average wine demand was
thousands hl, representing 0.63% of the
of 4785 thousands hl, the wine offer of 5251
European Union export.
thousands hl, the average value of imports
This indicator registered an annual increase, at
was of 12.0 mil.$ and that of exports of 23.3
global level, of 5.9%, in Europe of 3.4%, a
mil.$.
reduction of 3.6% in the European Union and
also a reduction of 2.4% in Romania because
REFERENCES
of the high variations registered from one year
to the other. [1] Pânzaru R. L. şi colab., 2009, Economia producţiei
In Romania, the average quantity of wine vegetale, Editura Universitaria, Craiova, Capitolul 3,
exported was of 23 mil.$ with a variation of p. 57-58.;
57.5%. [2] Ştefan G. şi colab., 2007, Economia şi filiera
Table 7 The value of wine export in the 2000-2007 produselor agroalimentare, Editura „ALFA”, Iaşi,
period (mil $) Capitolul 5, p. 137-138;
Area Worldwide Europa UE Romania [3] www.faostat.fao.org.
2000 12705 10020 9845 18
2001 12671 9861 9641 20
2002 14206 11066 10828 23
2003 17318 13509 13198 25
Year
2004 19765 14855 14506 26
2005 20655 15410 15011 22
2006 22424 16861 16493 31
2007 28402 20302 19908 22
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THE TECHNICAL-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN VITICULTURE
Iulian BADII
1
S.C.A. Bucium S.A. Iasi, 14 Bucium, 700465, Romania, Phone: +0744 70 81 73,
Key words: viticulture, economic diagnosis
Abstract
The diagnostic analysis realized in this paper has as a purpose the establishment of informational benchmarks
regarding the internal and external situation in which the economic actors from the viticulture domain evolve. The
way through which this purpose can be reached are based on the establishment of the economic environment
conditions and the primary data obtained by the company. So, it has been proved that the analyzed company has a
great economic potential, but reduced flexibility and is subjected to economic risks.
INTRODUCTION activities in the Moldova region. Given the

superior processing capacity of the grape
The way through which this purpose can be
quantity produced by the firm, the company
reached are based on the establishment of the
can be considered over dimensioned for its
economic environment conditions and the
profile, but the promoted development policy
primary data obtained by the company. So, it
regarding the conservation of the
has been proved that the analyzed company
supplementary capacity has been correct
has a great economic potential, but reduced
taking into account the natural growth of the
flexibility and is subjected to economic risks.
enterprise.
Likewise, it has been observed that once with
MATERIAL AND METHOD
the change of the structure of the shareholders
and the managerial team the firms` policy has
Knowing the firms` dimensions, the turnover
changed. The current debt have been paid to
and the efficiency of resources usage allows
benefit of the provisions of Law 254/2002
to form a general image about the object of
(which provider for cancellation of
the evaluation and permits to select the
outstanding debts and increases in penalties)
methods and techniques adequate for
and the contracting of bank loans to support
diagnosis. [1] For the appreciation of the
the activity in the period between the delivery
general economic state of the firm the
of products and the collection of their value.
following criteria have been used:
Situational analysis 30000000
The turnover 25000000
24372794
21197742
The diversification of production 20000000 17306629 16126563
The share of the exported quantity out of 15000000
the total volume of sales 10000000
The share of viticulture in the volume of 5000000 1180066
3175052
1446810
receipts 0
The dynamic of work productivity -5000000 2004 2005 2006 2007
-10000000 -8246231
Cifra de afaceri Cifra de afaceri marginala
Following the realized situation analysis it has Figure 1. The evolution of the turnover (lei)
reached the conclusion that SC
Agroindustriala Bucium SA has a greater
dimension that other enterprises with similar
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The analysis of the raw volume of activity exported products quantity, it has been
reveals that although in the analyzed period determined a more accentuated decrease than
the turnover shows a significant growth, the the one highlighted in the graphic
marginal turnover registered a critical value in representation namely from 13,5% in 2004 to
2005.(fig. 1). 5,2% in 2007.
The GINI-STRUCK concentration coefficient The share of the branch production in the
registers an increase from 0,72 in 2004 to 0,84 Gross Domestic Product (PIB) permits the
in 2007 and the Herfindhal index increases appreciation of the place and role of the
from 0,21 in 2004 to 0,38 in 2007 (fig. 2). branch in the national economy, given the size
of this share. The branches which hold a great
1 share in the PIB theoretically create favorable
0,81 0,84
0,76
0,8 0,72 assumptions for the future development of
0,6 companies in them. [2]
0,38
0,4 0,32
16
0,21 0,18 13,46 12,94
0,2 14
11,54 11,83
0 12 11,15
2004 2005 2006 2007 10 8,71
8
coeficientul de concentrare GINI –STRUCK
6
indicele Herfindhal
4
1,62
Figure 2. The level of diversification of the business 2 0,97 0,72 0,56 0,52 0,18
0
The highlighted results in the diagram indicate a 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
reduced level of production diversification, the
company pursuing specialization on certain Ponderea agricult in PIB Ponderea viticult in PIB
assortments recognized nationally and
Figure 4. The share of the branch and sub-branch in the
internationally and, also, an important PIB (%)
concentration given by the high share of some The share of the agriculture and viticulture in
products in the volume of sales. the volume of PIB (fig.4) shows a significant
decrease but this must be appreciated
16,0
14,0
13,5 accordingly to the annual growth of this
12,0
indicator. In these conditions, it can be
10,2
10,0 concluded that the activity domain is
8,0 6,5 important for the national economy and has
6,0 real chance of development.
4,0 3,1
2,0 14
11,70 12,18
11,42 10,94
0,0 12
10,21
2004 2005 2006 2007 10 9,12
8
Figure 3. The share of exports in the total volume of
sales(%) 6
4 2,47
2,13 1,97
The share of the exported quantity in the total 1,11 1,48 1,40
2
volume of sales (fig. 3) indicates an 0
appreciable decrease but this fact is due to the 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
decrease of the volume of productions due to
indicele abaterii ponderii cu bază fixă
the reduction of surfaces and unfavorable
indicele abaterii ponderii cu baza în lanţ
climatic factors. Through the correlation of
the evolution of production with the share of Figure 5. The deviation of the share of the branch and
sub-branch from the PIB
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The deviation of the share of the branch The correlation of indicators regarding the
against the deviation of the volume of PIB situation of production capacity indicates the
(fig.5) indicates a growth of the importance of fact that there is a high availability of
agriculture and viticulture for the national production capacity. Because of this situation,
economy in conditions in which these the management of the unit intends to grow
branches of activity are in the process of the surface of plantations and, in the same
capitalization, retechnologization and time, to purchase raw material.
consolidation on the European market. The last years have been characterized by a
The dynamic of work productivity (fig.6) reorganization policy of the personnel, reason
reveals a significant annual growth but the for which it decreased both the average age
variations of their level indicates a high and the average experience registered in the
unfavorable instability both for the firm. A measure with important impact on
performances of economic units and for the these indicators consisted in the development
personnel hired in this domain of activity. of the sales teams in which have been
promoted young and dynamic persons to
consolidate this sector.
60
48,60 If the work productivity expressed in natural
50
39,00
42,10 units registered important variations in the
40 35,70
28,10 researched period, the productivity in value
30 25,80
22,50 units (fig.8) indicates much smaller variations
20 14,60
10,60 12,18 of 26196,6 lei/person and an increase of it in
10
0,00
0,00 the last two years.
0
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 120,000
97,707
dinamica productivităţii muncii cu baza în lanţ 100,000
83,950
78,806
dinamica productivităţii muncii cu bază fixă 80,000 71,511
Figure 6. The dynamic of the branch productivity 60,000
40,000
Through the correlation of the analyzed
indicators it can be appreciated that the 20,000
economic unit has good capacity and -
perspectives. The firm operates in an 2004 2005 2006 2007
important economic domain, warranty for its
lei/om
future development.
Figure nr. 8. The work productivity
45000
39034 38928
40000
35000
32955
31057
Sure that this increase can be put on the
30000 evolution of prices and of the rate of inflation
25000 but thus two phenomenon’s have been
20000
13943,49 registered in the first two years also. In this
15000 12045,01
10000 5966,47 6071,69
case, it may be said that significant efforts
5000 440,49 1934,98 1175,69 2132,00 have been made at management level to
0 control these results even in the precarious
2004 2005 2006 2007 environment conditions internally and
externally.
Capacitatea de productie
Capacitatea medie de productie
Hence, it results that the human potential of
Rezerva de capacitate the company is good, from this perspective no
restrictions for future developments existing.
Figure 7. The situation of the production capacity
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CONCLUSIONS products on new markets and the
consolidation of the market quota on the
1. The situational analysis highlights a traditional markets.
superior dimension of the processing capacity 5. The fructification degree of human
of the wine production capacity but if offers resources is increasing. This phenomenon
conditions for further development. represents a warranty factor for the increase of
2. The evolution of the turnover indicates an the firms` performances.
economic growth doubled by a development
of the managerial performances.
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3. The diversification of production is
unfavorable because is subjected to situational
risk. [1] ROUX P., 1986, Economie agricole, Ed. Technique
et Documentation, Lavoisier, Cap. 1, p. 11-12.;
4. The share of incomes from exports is [2] Ştefan G. şi colab., 2007, Economia şi filiera
decreasing, reason for which is imposed the produselor agroalimentare, Editura „ALFA”, Iaşi,
growth of promotional efforts of own Capitolul 5, p. 137-138;
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THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

IN HOUSEHOLD FAMILY IN RURAL AREAS
Adina Gabriela BĂDULESCU
The Research Institute for Agrarian Economics and Rural Development 61 Mărăşti Bv. , Sector
1, Bucharest, Romania, cod 011464, Phone/Fax +40-21-224.27.95,
Email:[email protected]
Key words: non-agricultural activities, rural areas, family farms, distribution, promotion
Abstract
In addition to agriculture, which is the main economic activity, in rural areas we find a number of non-agricultural
activities. They are held in a few small and medium enterprises.
Despite the increasing trend of private entrepreneurs in rural areas, the number of non-agricultural activities is still
low. The extension of the SMEs activities meets a number of obstacles related to: the supply of resources, the work
itself, problems faced by entrepreneurs.
The analysis of non-agricultural activities on the rural markets from the study made it possible to identify a typology
of their three areas of relief. This type of analysis allowed the four components of marketing mix's, namely: non-
agricultural product, price, distribution, promotion.
INTRODUCTION rural areas. Most participants interviewed felt

that occupational diversification can be
achieved in order to reduce excessive
The purpose of the analysis was the dependence on agriculture communities. Their
identification of opportunities for economic views have been realized on a scale of
diversification in the rural households, favorability and restrictions.
problems and opportunities of the sales
market of the agricultural and non agricultural RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
products, public perception of the degree of
economic development of communes, failures Restrictions identified in the focus groups
in marketing products. The vast majority of reveal a number of specific features in the
the non-agricultural activities is closely communities investigated, which, regardless
correlated with the degree of agricultural of location, gives an overview not only of the
development as a secondary activity of the Romanian rural society but also the conditions
rural population remains subsistence farming. in which market relations is evident. Rural
It is a vicious circuit between the two sectors markets in Romania are affected directly or
as agricultural activities themselves are not indirectly by the above problems, they putting
very efficient due to the lack of suppliers of his mark on the degree of development of
goods and services needed to ensure rural economy, especially as regards
performance (mechanization services, repairs, agricultural products/non-agricultural, pricing,
loans). distribution and promotion.On the other hand
it gives us a vision of the functionality of
MATERIAL AND METHOD these markets and allowed highlighting the
following aspects of rural community: there is
The research was conducted in mountain, hill a small number of retail outlets, income rural
and plain and watched finding different households are directly affected by the results
specificities of rural markets in the of farming, consumption is affected by
communities examined.Using questionnaires income and small economies, education level,
to study participants were interviewed with etc.. and there is a slow adaptation to change
questions on non-agricultural activities in and modernity of producers and consumers
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due to age and level of education, there are a
large number of intermediaries that directly CONCLUSIONS
affect prices and the organization,
infrastructure is inadequate in most cases [1].
Analysis of non-agricultural activities on rural 1.On rural market, in addition to agricultural
markets in the study made it possible to products, are marketed a number of non-
identify a typology of their three areas of agricultural products, but both their share and
relief, as follows: revenue are scaled [2].
Table 1 Analysis of non-agricultural activities in hill 2.Non-agricultural activities are carried out in a
and mountain plains few small and medium enterprises.
3.Obstacles encountered in the establishment of
Plains Hill Mountain
Food Products of animal Food Animals Food such non-agricultural establishments are: poor
industry origin (Apiculture, animals infrastructure, lack of monetary resources,
(slaughterhouses, slaughterhouses, (meat
milk and dairy milk and milk processing, outdated mentality, poor access to credit, lack
products, canned products) Slaughterh of skilled labor, lack of knowledge of
fish) Food plant ouse)
Food plant (bakery, (herbs) management and marketing, unstable or
Canned vegetables) Alcoholic insufficient demand, limited opportunities for
beverages
(bottling) advertising, legislation unclear and unstable,
Textile Workshop tailoring Garment etc.
Industry factory
Textile 4. Also, there is a loss of traditional crafts due
factory to aging and lack of interest among young
Wood Carpentry Workshop Sawdust
Industry workshop primary wood briquette people.
Factory floor processing factory 5. Furthermore, access to European funds is
(sawmill) Workshop
Furniture Factory primary hampered by high bureaucracy, corruption, lack
wood of specialized consultants.
processing
(sawmill) 6. Non-agricultural activities, the vast majority,
Construc Building materials Workshop is closely correlated with the degree of
tion processing
marble, concrete agricultural development as a secondary activity
Services Joint store Joint Store Joint Store of the rural population remains subsistence
Bank Branches
Catering Restaurant
farming.
Tourism Pensions Pensions Tourism Diversification into non-agricultural activities
(relaxation, fishing, (organic, relax, (cultural,
business) agritourism, ecumenical
of family households depend on these five main
pedestrian, ) factors: the general level of education, educated
fishing, business)
Manufac Weaving twigs Wood
agricultural advisory and non-agricultural
turing sculpture, incomes and local transport. Furthermore,
Cooperage diversification is affected mainly by four
Folk artists
Source: own interpretations
factors: lack of capital, inadequate knowledge,
high cost of inputs and consumer access and
lack of instruments to implement rural
Analyzing the four components of marketing development policies.
mix's in the three areas we have seen that in
terms of non-agricultural product in the hilly
area are local brands in beekeeping, drinks, REFERENCES
price is on application and production costs
are of seasonal / permanently in all areas, [1].P.S.611:Socio-economic development and
distribution is achieved through direct sales to sustainable rural communities and strengthening family
farms in agriculture and multi activity
food sales is the butcher's shops, processing
[ 2]. Maria Vincze, Regional and rural development
plants etc. and promotion depends on the ideas and practices, University Ed.Presa Clujeană 2000,
product, for example in hilly area for the p.93
wood industry is in fairs and exhibitions,
tourism is promoted through advertising.
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MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE MARKETING OF THE NON-

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN RURAL AREAS
Adina Gabriela BĂDULESCU , Gabriel ŢÂNŢARCU
The Research Institute for Agrarian Economics and Rural Development 61 Mărăşti Bv. , Sector
1, Bucharest, Romania, cod 011464, Phone/Fax +40-21-224.27.95,
Email:[email protected]
Key words: non-agricultural products, marketing, non-agricultural activities, rural households, the market
Abstract
Marketing failures on the market access of many participants in rural areas highlight the importance of
diversification of the activities in Romanian households. The development of non-agricultural activities and hence of
services to rural areas is closely connected to the activity of family households practicing agriculture and rural
development of small and medium enterprises. Thus, householders carry several types of activities in addition to
those identified in the territory. To implement these different types of non-agricultural activities, in the rural
households should be adopted a series of measures and developed solutions for the entire rural economy.
INTRODUCTION the private can carry several types of activities

than those identified in the territory [ 2].
Non-agricultural activities and products Identified categories of non-agricultural
offered by rural households are dependent on activities can be structured as: processing of
the activity engaged in agriculture heritage agricultural products (plant products, meat,
and development of small and medium-sized milk, vegetables and fruit, etc.), primary and
marketing rurale. Marketing failures identified secondary industry, commerce, catering, craft
highlight the importance of diversification products, etc.
activities in the romanian rural households. When non-agricultural activities come to fill
farming carried out in a household, in order to
MATERIAL AND METHOD make additional income, economic
diversification opportunities may
I used to base research data from the include:establishment in the household of:
questionnaires made after identifying the workshops, warehouses, garages, offices and
problems of rural areas in macroeconomic consulting services, food processing units,
identified. Measures taken macroeconomical retail store; promoting rural tourism, camping
(political, legal) and micro (the family site, holiday boxes (while setting up centers
household), must take account of the with specific local artisanal products);
foundation elements of marketing strategies. establishment of processing units of biomass
energy and creating unconventional (waste,
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS wind);promotion of leisure (without
accommodation) as well as fishing, observing
In rural communities meet two types of non- wildlife and flora, extreme sports (paintball,
agricultural activities: ATV, hunting, etc..); setting up of riding
- household survey carried out - processing of (riding trails, stables, riding classes, races);
agricultural products and foodstuffs, To implement these different types of non-
construction materials processing, etc. agricultural activities in rural household
- conducted in the community or locality in should be adopted and a series of measures
proximity- construction, industrial designed solutions for the entire rural
processing,transportation,services.Believe that economy.
1. Macroeconomic measures:
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Developing the agricultural sector to ensure TRANSPORT Limited
VIABILITY Limited
its competitiveness by supporting economic 4 PROMOTION
growth and stability of family farms, ADVERTISING TV, radio
developing legal and institutional instruments SALES Ocazional
necessary to diversify the rural economy, PROMOTION Brochures
ADVERTISING Poor
creation of viable and functional links Source: own interpretations
between agriculture, industry, tourism and
environment, developing a marketing system,
facilities development of small and medium CONCLUSIONS
agro.
2. Microeconomic measures: Given the current situation which shows
At the microeconomic level, diversification of business growth in rural areas, community
agricultural activities in core non-farm income support is needed to promote sustained
generating activities should take into account national and non-agricultural activities,
the following elements in the foundation of leading to:
marketing strategies (range of practical 1. rising incomes of the rural population,
activities, planned and organized on price, 2. creating jobs,
promotion and distribution of products and 3. reduce discrepancies between rural and
services). urban.It is necessary to promote
Marketing mix for products manufactured and diversification of activities by assimilating
marketed in rural markets have to take into new entrepreneurial skills, acquire new skills
account a number of general features: and providing new services to rural
Table 1 Features on the marketing mix
population.
1 RURAL PRODUCTS RURAL
AWARENESS LEVEL Low
CONCEPT Poor knowledge REFERENCES
POSITIONING ON THE MARKET Difficult
MARKET RESEARCH Difficult, poor
knowledge [ 1]. http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/crpr/
QUALITY Low [2].www.regional-studies-assoc.ac.uk//feher.pdf
2 PRICE [3]. Sector Project 611:Socio-economic development
SENSITIVITY High and sustainable rural communities and strengthening
LEVEL Low, medium family farm
3 DISTRIBUTION
DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS Local Markets
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ANALYSIS OF THE SUBVENTION SYSTEM IN THE AGRICULTURE

FIELD OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Grigore BALTAG
State Agrarian University from Moldova, 44, Mircesti street, 2049, Chisinau, Republic of
Moldova, tel. (+373 22 212808), gsm (+ 373 79 552451) [email protected]
Key words: Land, land market, perspectives, peasant farms
Abstract
One of public policy to promote of agriculture it’s represent through subvention system. In dependence of politic
factors and macroeconomics results the size of subventions depends from one period to other. More of them the
subvention mechanism in agriculture is enough diversify in different periods and in methodological aspects, which
often create for producers a illusion than a reward. The foal of this study is to analyze the importance of
subventions for agriculture producers, to research the function of methodology and to identify the proposals and
recommendations from the researches.
INTRODUCTION Cooperation and Economic Development

(OECD) and of the Institute for Development
Developing scenarios of the agricultural and Social Initiatives (IDIS) «Viitorul»,
branch, in dependence on the country, are Republic of Moldova.
varied and depend in a large measure on
budget financial possibilities of the RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
government, degree of investments attracting,
applied agricultural policies, existence of some During the period 2003-2009 the totality of
clear strategies of development in this sense. subventions for the agricultural sector has
Also, the accomplishment of these strategies increased approximately tenfold. If in 2003
and activities in the agricultural field in a great this figure was of 300 mln. MDL2 lei, so in
part depends on the degree of distribution of 2010 the figure is of 300 mln. MDL lei.
public expenses. During the last years the Basing on their destination – agricultural
evolution of public expenses for agriculture is sector, the subventions are not managed only
very varied, that demonstrates also, in fact, the by the resort ministry. At present, the
development, in whole, of the national management of subventions for the
economics. agricultural sector is spread on some public
institutions, namely: Ministry of Agriculture
MATERIAL AND METHODS and Food Industry, Ministry of Finances,
“Molresure”, Apele Moldovei Agency.
There were the publications used of the According to the conception of the subvention
National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic system of agricultural producers for 2008-2015
of Moldova for the analysis of the subventions years there is the subvention of the following
system in agriculture, the concept of the directions offered: Modernization of the
subvention system of agricultural producers agricultural sector, that provides investment
for the years 2008-20151 of the Ministry of activities related to the initiation of activities of
Agriculture and Food Industry. food production processing, the renewal of
In order to make some comparisons there were agricultural equipment and of processing lines,
used the reports of the Organization of the formation of network purchase and
collection of agricultural production, the
1
Government decision No. 1305 of 28.11.2007 regarding the founding of perennial plantations, the initiation
approval of the conception of the subvention system of agricultural
producers for 2008-2015 years. Official monitor No. 188-191/1356 of
2
07.12.2007 MDL- Moldavian leu, national currency of the Republic of Moldova
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of product enterprises of planting and competitiveness of agricultural products, the
reproductive seed material, the initiation of insurance of food security and of equitable
services provision in agriculture; Agricultural incomes for farmers, market stabilization (Table
performed activities in the vegetal and animal 1).
sector, that has the goal to increase the
Table 1 Distribution of Fund assets for the subvention of agricultural products in 2003-
2010 years, millions lei
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total for the years 30 45,3 180 220 465,3 270 313,5 300,0
Crediting financing in agriculture 30 21,2 29,0 - - - - 100,0
Creation stimulation of machine stations 9,0 18,0 20,0 43,0 20,0 23,5
Financing of the works related to the
15,3 - - - - -
autumn plowing execution
Support of the fruit sector - 10,0 15,0 17,0 25,0 52,9
Endowment of stock-raising and
- 2,0 - -
veterinary offices
Financing of sugar beet growers - - 20,0 8,8
Financing of photo sanitarian products
- - 50,0 130,0 50,0 50,0
and fertilizers
Keeping of the stock-raising sector - - 15,0 15,0 23,0 12,5 15,0
Repayment of VAT share at the
agricultural production delivery by - - 100,0 140,0 50,0 50,0
proper fabrication
For financing of agricultural works - 121,0 - 99,0
Financing of tobacco cultivators 5,0 2,5 8,0
For encouraging nut culture development 3,0 5,0 8,0
For supporting the promotion of
2,0 4,0 7,0
ecological agriculture development
Reimbursement of the VAT sum by
acquisition of techniques and agricultural 5,0 - -
equipment
For insurance risks financing in
18,0 24,1 15,0
agriculture
Investments stimulation in the vegetable
production on the closed ground area in
20,0 12,5 18,0
acquisition of techniques and irrigation
equipment
Investments stimulation in acquisition
of equipment and outfit for small and
middle enterprises of processing, drying
20 - 30,0
of fruits and vegetables, placed in rural
localities and for package houses and
refrigerators
Investments stimulation in creating of
60,0
perennial plantations
Investments stimulation in technique
acquisition and agricultural equipment, 20,0 - 40,0
irrigation equipment
Stimulation of acquisition of pedigree
cattle and of maintenance of their genetic 15,0
fund
For coverage of expenses for water
7,0 10,0
pumping
Source: Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) «Viitorul»
Government Decision of the R. of Moldova regarding the using method of Fund assets for financing the agricultural
producers for the year 2010
Along with the mechanism evolution of 2010 financed at the expense of the financing
subventions there were funding directions of fund assets of agricultural producers in the
agriculture activities expanded, so there are 9 amount of 300 mln. MDL lei, namely:
financing directions provided for the year
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1. Crediting stimulation of agricultural hectare, but will not exceed the total amount
producers by the commercial banks. This of 150 thousand MDL lei for every
measure comes to stimulate the crediting beneficiary;
system in the agricultural sector, in the iii. for bacciform crops: 20 thousand
conditions of economic crisis and high value MDL lei at one hectare, but will not exceed
of financial resources available in the market the total amount of 200 thousand MDL lei for
of Moldova. The maximal value of rendered every beneficiary;
assistance to a beneficiary will not exceed 85 iv. for nuciferous (grafted) crops: 10
mln. MDL lei; thousand MDL lei at one hectare, but will not
2. Mechanism stimulation of risks exceed the total amount of q00 thousand
insurance in agriculture. This measure MDL lei for every beneficiary;
supposes development advancement of the v. for grapes plantations with mass species:
risks insurance system in agriculture. The
30 20 thousand MDL lei at one hectare, but
financial assets provided in this section will
be used in conformity with the Law No. 243- will not exceed the total amount of 200
XV of July 8, 2004 regarding subsidized thousand MDL lei for every beneficiary.
insurance of production risks in agriculture 4. Investments financing in vegetables
and on the basis of the List of risks and production on the closed ground (winter
objectives subjected to subsidized insurance hothouses and solaria). The value of the
in agriculture in the year 2010, confirmed by rendered help is calculated under the form of
the Government decision: a)excessive drought
compensation in percentage rates in the
(that has provoked harvest lowering of more
than 30%), hail, b)lowered temperatures proportion of 30% from the cost of the
under the biological limit of plants resistance, hothouse modules, of the acquired equipment
c)storms, d)floods, e)animals and birds death and outfit, necessary for vegetables
because of illness, storm, hail, flood, production on the closed ground. The
excessive cooling, traumas, f)sacrifice of maximal value of help for every beneficiary –
necessity of animals, according to the 100 thousand MDL lei.
indications of the Sanitary-Veterinary Agency
5. Investments stimulation in acquisition
and for Products Security of Animal Origins.
3. Investments financing in creation of of techniques and agricultural equipment,
longstanding plantations. The value of the of irrigation equipment. The value of the
rendered help is calculated under the form of rendered help is set under the form of
dimensions expressed as set amounts to the compensation in percentage rates in the
area unit: proportion of 30% from the cost of techniques
i. for seedy species: and irrigation equipment, but will not exceed
o 15 thousand MDL lei at one hectare of super the total amount of 150 thousand MDL lei for
intensive garden with planting density of 1800 every beneficiary.
trees at one hectare, but will not exceed the 6. Sustaining of ecological agriculture
total amount of 150 thousand MDL lei for advancement and development – pursues
every beneficiary; the object of efficient using of natural
o 10 thousand MDL lei at one hectare of resources and environment protection by
intensive or classical garden, will not exceed developing the ecological agricultural sector.
the total amount of 100 thousand MDL lei for The value of the rendered help is calculated
every beneficiary; under the form of dimensions expressed as
ii. for drupaceous species, including almond- set amounts to the measure unit and
tree and nut-tree: 7.5 thousand MDL lei at one constitutes: a) 700 lei for one hectare of the
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ground area subjected to the conversion help is calculated under the form of
process in the first year (up to 100 ha) and compensation in percentage rates, in the
de 400 lei in the second year (up to 100 ha), proportion of 20% from the cost of the
and b) 20% at the price of ecological acquired equipment and outfit. The maximum
agricultural and food products value of the support for one beneficiary does
commercialized on the republic territory. not exceed the amount of 150 thousand MDL
The maximum value of the rendered support lei for every participant associated at the
for a beneficiary is 100 thousand MDL lei. presented project.
7.Investments stimulation in technological
CONCLUSIONS
using and renovation of cattle-breeding
farms. The value of the rendered help is set Weighty points
under the form of compensation in the amount 1.Funds concentration from agriculture for
of 30% from the cost of technological financing into a single and managed one by a
equipment destined for debts and separate institution – Ministry of Agriculture
modernization of cattle-breeding mini-farms and Food Industry, that will rise efficiency of
situated outside. The maximum value of the their managing;
rendered help is 200 thousand MDL lei. 2.Creation of the Subventions Agency within
8.Stimulation of pedigree cattle acquisition the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry
and maintenance of their genetic fund. The that will monitor using of the Fund for
value of the rendered help is calculated under agricultural products financing;
the form of dimensions expressed as set Insignificant points
amounts to the weight unit: 3.Debts growth by paying subventions;
i. cows-donors of embryos with productivity 4.Existence of disproportions in subventions
at least 9000 kg of milk on lactation - 65 distribution in proportion to organizational -
lei/kg; juridical forms;
ii. cows who give birth for the first time, 5.Absence of the lists of the subventions
heifers of at least 12 months old - 30 lei/kg; beneficiaries for the precedent years.
iii. boars of at least 6–8 months old - 25
lei/kg; REFERENCES
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v.non-conceived young pigs of 6–8 months eşecuri, Policy Brief, IDIS „Viitorul”, Chişinău.
2. Hotărârea Guvernului nr. 1305 din 28.11.2007 cu
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vi. rams and goats of 6–20 months old - 25 subvenţionare a producătorilor agricoli pentru anii
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months old - 15 lei/kg; 29.12.2009 privind aprobarea modului de utilizare a
mijloacelor fondului de subvenţionare a producătorilor
viii. bees queen of at least 3 months old - 50 agricoli.
lei/unit. 4. Hotărârea Parlamentului nr. 312 - XIII din
The maximum value of the support for one 25.12.2008 privind aprobarea modului de utilizare a
mijloacelor fondului de subvenţionare a producătorilor
beneficiary is 150 000 Lei.
agricoli
9.Investments stimulation in development
of post-cropping and processing
infrastructure. The value of the rendered
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STRATEGIES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BORDER

TOURISM SATU MARE COUNTY
Ovidiu BODEA1
1University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59, Mărăşti Blvd.,
Bucharest, Romania
Key words: strategy, cross-border tourism, regional tourism, rural tourism
Summary
Sustainable rural development processes in the Satu Mare, are positive conditioned recovery efficiency potential
tourism area which during the 2007-2013 strategic planning must ensure its efficient and sustainable building
structural component that ensures the foundation of infrastructure and management necessary to achieve medium
and long term objectives. Beyond the parameters of absorption of the European Community structural funds, is
determined areas in the regional integration ensuring dynamic cooperative relations, and in view of achieving
performance criteria and competitiveness of Europe, is shaping concern for adopting joint efforts to promote and
representation .According to the laws based development initiatives and promote vertical, they will have the
foundation elements of strategy projects and local, zonal and Euro-regional.
INTRODUCTION
The study was conducted by analyzing a
Diagnostic analysis carried out in the Satu database of papers represented documentary
Mare County, Suitability and revealed the strategic planning, concept of business
high potential of development through forums: Romanian, Hungarian and Ukrainian,
tourism, due favorability relief, landscape, drawn from business forums and NGOs.
the geo-thermal mineral water. When they joined a number of common
To these are added human elements elements of strategy: local, zonal and micro,
represented by the structure of multi-ethnic summarized in a consistent vision and
and cultural population, whose historical strategy elements benchmarks Satu Mare.
development has created diversity and
specificity values of historic heritage, RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
cultural and spiritual.
Enhancement of the potential of these In the present context, development processes
resources falls under the opportunities for must be adapted to the new austerity, to avoid
accessing structural funds conferred by syncope, ensuring continuity and maximum
political and economic system of European potential of attracting European Community
Community, to which Romania joined in financial means, to achieve a synergy effect
2007, the new philosophy of sustainable of the resources involved in achieving the
development and the compatibility of strategic targets proposed. With the district
economic, social and environmental administrative authorities and the resort
European Community. decentralized Satu Mare county have
Against this background, the planning developed an Integrated Development
phase 2007-2013, despite these Strategy County, Chamber of Commerce,
opportunities, there was the threat of Industry and Agriculture Satu Mare, in the
global financial and economic crisis - the bipartite and euro-regional international
limiting factor for achieving the objectives agreements, has made this task strategic
outlined in the programs of national and cooperation with foreign partners, by devising
territorial development, by reducing the plans cross-border cooperation with Hungary
capacity of local financing. and Ukraine, whose development punctual,
MATERIAL AND METHOD created the national strategic planning in
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tourism in the Satu Mare County for 2007- 4. - Business development through regional
2013 programming phase and the tourism;
possibility determining medium and long 5. - Service quality in tourism and creating
term projections. new products;
Strategic vision for development and the 6. - Promoting tourism on the border area.
Satu Mare County border, is becoming a The plan of actions and measures designed
tourist destination with quality travel the way it plans to integrate cross-border
services based on the promotion of local cooperation with partner countries Hungary
tourism resources and values. and Ukraine.
This mission is the creation of diversified Plan Priorities
service packages specific to the region Priority 1. Tourism
attractive local and foreign tourists at Measure 1.1. Modernization and development
levels low cost, making it one of the main of thermal and mineral water resort, covering:
pillars of economic and social the modernization and infrastructure
development of the area, focused on development Establishment, development of
leisure and entertainment. the accommodation, creating new diversified
Target groups are: offer of leisure activities, promotion of
- foreign tourists from Germany, Italy, interest in the premises: Tăşnad, ACIS,
Poland, Slovakia, Netherlands, France, Bixad, Beltiug, Negre Oas, Customs, Mary
Hungary, Szabolcs-Szatamar-Bereg county Valley.
and neighbors in the border area of Measure 1.2 Development of SPA and
Ukraine (Transcarpathia region): Lvov, wellness tourism centers, creating
Kiev, Chernivtsi, Ivano -Frankivska. These infrastructure for such activities and
are added and other groups represented by specialized services through upgraded
business for business travelers, students accommodation, gyms and fitness facilities,
sport and recreational tourism, tourism cafeterias and promote wellness and SPA
proponents of ecumenical and diverse centers in locations: Tăşnad, Satu Mare ACIS,
cultural events occasioned by the Bixad, Beltiug, Negre Oas, Customs
traditional calendar. (Puturoasa baths), Mary Valley.
- Tourists native of components counties Measure 1.3 Development of treatment and
Region 6 North-West Development and balneotherapy, the retention of-age tourists
neighbors: Satu Mare, Bihor, Salaj, III, chemical analysis of water curative
Maramures and Cluj. setting, creating medical infrastructure,
Strategic Objectives: services and therapeutic procedures in:
1. Tourism development in the border area, Tăşnad, Satu Mare, ACIS, Bixad, Beltiug ,
2. Conservation of natural heritage, history Negre Oas, Customs (Puturoasa baths), Mary
and culture of the border area with tourism Valley.
potential and rehabilitation Priority 2. Business Tourism
3. Modernization and dezvoltrarea areas Measure 2.1 - Business tourism, targeting:
with tourism potential, modernization and development of meeting
4. Business support by improving tourism spaces, increasing the number of units 3 and 4
services; stars, diversifying services: sauna, swimming
5. Developing brands border area of pool, casino, entertainment programs of the
interest. region.
Priorities: Measure 2.2 - tourism events aimed at:
1. - Restoration of cultural heritage, developing management organization for fairs
historical, religious and identity and exhibitions, involving companies,
preservation, professional associations in congresses,
2. - Recovery of natural resources in the exhibitions and fairs.
context of sustainable development; Measure 2.3 - tourism conference, aimed at:
3. - Rehabilitation of areas of interest, modernization and development of specific
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areas and leisure spaces in restaurants, Priority 6. Agro-tourism has a potentially
billiard halls, and bowling. major development in the traditional character
Measure 2.4 - Tourism related collective of life, the existence of well-preserved areas
activities of employees of companies of ethno-folk, with diverse ethnic cookery.
(teambuilding, training and seminars) with Oas and foreign areas as the price of the
the aim: to complete these activities with priorities of development.
attractive tour packages on various points Measure 6.1 - To encourage their investment
of interest or tourist routes (land and gyms, and local entrepreneurship in rural tourism:
swimming pools, bowling halls, the conduct of information campaigns on the
restaurants, discos, water sports facilities, practice field and the economic and social
canoeing, river rifting and hiking). benefits, assistance in attracting funding from
Priority 3. Tourism Transit European Community funds.
Measure 3.1 - Tourism transit routes for Measure 6.2 - Development of rural tourism
domestic tourists Romania-Ukraine and is to: favorability particular areas of the
also the purpose of the longer and stay in country's ethno-folk Forests and Oas County,
view of the stage stops. These activities through development assistance and offers
require the development of future channels tourist services, integrated network and
of communication routes: routes of links, service diversification complementary
ring roads, transport connections to thematic routes, turning the natural and
European culuoarul IX. rifting and hiking). traditional culture, art technical and popular.
Priority 4. Ecotourism is currently in the Priority 7. Tourism-specific ethnic
Satu Mare County this form of tourism ese nationalities.
sufficiently recovered, she was reduced to Measure 7.1 - German tourism for German
visit potential areas: Natural Reserve Tour, citizens who have relatives and friends in
forests Noroieni, Mujdeni Mountains Oas villages in the county Svăbeşti: Petreşti,
County, without offering specific services Foieni, Căpleni, Bogdand and others. -
of this type. Hungarian tourism in county towns that have
Measure 4.1 - Hiking aimed at the creation ethnic majority or a significant proportion of
of tourist information points, mobile ethnic Hungarians and the nature of family
signal, guides, mountain rescue services. ties or friendship and cooperation can support
Measure 4.2 - Sports in nature, which: the local forms of tourist activity. - Tourism
attract foreign tourists and social activities, Mosaic: for Jewish pilgrimage to synagogues
land-water courses, horse riding, and cemeteries or other places with religious
equestrian trails, cycling. and secular vocation of the presence of this
Priority 5. Cultural tourism and ethnic group within the county. All this
ecumenical requires upgrading the tourist infrastructure,
Measure 5.1 - Cultural tourism, targeting: the supply of services and programs of
visits to archeological sites, castles, interest, thematic tours, accommodation,
manors, memorial houses, palaces, organizing programs and events for ethnic
churches, art museums, historical and and inter-ethnic (festivals, debates, festivals,
ethnographic. celebrations).
Measure 5.2 - Tourism History for: greater Priority 8. Related areas
choice of recreational activities by: Measure 8.1 - Encourage European
tournaments, plays medieval weapons development financed projects: the
demonstrations and historic ceremonies development of tourism management, and
and stays emotionally charged .. efficient instrument in the field consulting,
Measure 5.3 - ecumenical tourism, by information campaigns.
providing accommodation close to and Measure 8.2 - Development of transport
during religious objectives of traditional infrastructure: road by fast roads linking the
events and pilgrimages. different areas and with pan-European
Corridor IX, the electrification of rail lines
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and creating room with high speed, air Comparative analysis of the situation of the
through the modernization and two counties partner project revealed a
development of airport capacity Satu Mare, number of constraints and opportunity
customs by modernizing and resizing the elements of both parties :
border crossing points. - both counties have a peripheral layout;
Measure 8.3 - Software qualification / - limited access to financial resources for
training and to stop migration of human development ;
resources in tourism: the improvement of - tend to underestimate their own resources
service managers and staff to raise and development opportunities in relation to
standards of service, the creation of local external (cosmopolitan trend);
organizations to organize courses, - lack of knowledge, strategic vision,
preparation of development plans in the entrepreneurship, initiative, voluntary
field, motivating students and young and association and availability.
offer seasonal jobs. Romania-Hungary common elements :
Measure 8.4 - Development cooperation in - organizational structure with small rural
tourism: the creation of forms of towns and high fragmentation in particular in
association at the local government and the area proximal border ;
tourism operators, agents, collaboration - features demographic trend of decreasing
and inter-system efficiency, collaboration similarity, aging and migration trends in rural
and public-private cooperation, exchanges areas;
and transfers of experience. - Poor road infrastructure Satu Mare can take
Measure 8.5 - Promoting tourism in Satu advantage of connecting the M3 motorway
Mare, setting directions for promotion and that runs through Hungary Szabolc-Szatamar-
target groups represented by the various Bereg county and thus eliminate a major
links existing in other areas: financial, limiting factor for development and access
economic, ethnic, coreligionist, NGOs pan-European;
with specific community areas from - the state of the lower sphere of activities
Germany, Austria, Holland, France , Italy, represented by services ;
Hungary and Ukraine by: tourist guides, - low penetration of information services ;
brochures, tourist signs, additional road - communication informatics - unilateral
signs, TV and radio spots, billboards, exploitation feature exclusive tourism and
Internet virtual environments. travel by transit ;
Strategy Satu Mare county is part of two - low polarization products, services and
collaborative projects in tourism border attractions;
with Hungary and Ukraine, evidenced by - the relative underdevelopment of rural
projects financed by the European tourism and ecotourism through insufficient
Community funds. promotion and professional assistance in their
The project "Tourism without Borders" - development processes ;
joint tourism development strategy Satu - lack of integrated tourism activities with
Mare and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg other economic and social fields, providing a
developed in 2007 between the Chamber framework articulated synchronous
of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture development and sustainability additional
Satu Mare and the Chamber of Commerce collateral;
and Industry of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg - weaknesses on the effectiveness and impact
county through the project PHARE CBC of actions to promote specific values valences
Romanian-Hungarian border was likely to support tourism development ;
complete objectives in order to harmonize - the most significant objectives of tourist
the aspirations of common development in interest and economic efficiency in both cases
the medium and long Concorsi material are outside the urban centers of vocation
resources available. development, maintaining the characteristics
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of difficult access and their isolation by Romania European Territorial Cooperation
infrastructure poor transport; 2007-2013, the national level: Romania:
- the practice of forms of tourism point of National Development Plan 2007-2013,
collapse and geographic area of attention National Rural Development Plan 2007 -
and interest of the public service potential 2013, National Tourism Development Master
consumer interest ; Plan 2007 - 2013; Hungary: Hungarian
- reduced ability to practice permanent National Development Plan Nine 2007-2013,
tourism and eliminate seasonal tourism; National Tourism Development Strategy 2007
- the space point dissipated ( isolated) of - 2013; at regional levels: Romania: Regional
various travel deals designed to bring Development Strategy for North-Western
economic and social development process, Regional Sectoral Paper Programming for the
without a single character given by North West Tourism Development 2007 -
"thematic routes" ; 2013; Hungary: The 2007-2013 Strategic
- the low degree of specialization in Eszak-Alfold, Alfold Eszak-Operational
tourism services through school activities, Program 2007-2013, the region's tourism
retraining and continuing training in the development strategy Eszak-Alfold 2007 -
field. 2013; the county level: Romania : County or
Elements of differentiation Romania- Large lacks development strategy planning
Hungary period 2007-2013, Hungary: The Concept of
- in Satu Mare County there is an Tourism Development and Strategic Program
institutional system travel in county of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, the
government. This resulted in the absence Operational Program Guide Szabolcs-
of specific strategic planning documents, Szatmár-Bereg County, Strategic
which experienced the uncoordinated Development Concept and operational
development of this area economically. - programs of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county.
In Szabolc-Szatamar-Bereg County is a The result of these steps was an increase in
network of local tourism associations the number of tourists in rural locations to
affiliated to a district system, in turn locations for rural tourism accommodation
integrated regional system. - Playing the capacity having higher: Tăşnad, Cert, Mary
role of initiator and supporter of the Valley, Călineşti Oas, part due to price levels
Hungarian party in relation to the Satu as a convenient services more satisfactory,
Mare County, on contacting indicating a growing part of the price / quality
representatives of business enterprises, service. It is worth mentioning that about 63%
institutions interested in tourism and non- of tourists registered in the Satu Mare County
governmental organizations that can from neighboring counties (within a radius of
support the tourism development process up to 150 km), mostly having preference as
to integrate by ensuring the transfer of tourism and treatment, the difference is
experience in management and marketing represented the majority of cross-border
of tourism products, the best experience, transit tourism.
promotion and advisory conclusions. The
strategic planning process of cross-border CONCLUSIONS
tourism, the programs had to harmonize
the system of targets and strategies to the Evolution of tourism development in the Satu
programming documents in force at Mare County, shows steady trend of positive
European, national and regional levels, in development, the priority of rural tourism,
conditions in which Romania since which is due to infrastructure development in
10.01.2007, has become with Hungary, a the area by the European Community
full member of the European Union, such Structural Funds in the field, and the effect of
integrated planning period 2007-2013. local development strategies and area, the
These documents were adapted in all materialize of external cross-border
sections: international: Program Hungary- cooperation by setting specific institutional
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framework and experience in the sphere of REFERENCES
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SPECIFIC PROCESS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND RURAL

DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTY SATU MARE
Ovidiu BODEA1
1
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 59, Mărăşti Blvd.,
Bucharest, Romania
Keywords: sustainable rural development, local strategies, micro-regional strategies, regional strategy, cross-
border strategies
Summary
Sustainable rural development process involves a series of strategic planning processes within some areas or
territorial area of implementation, adapting elements whose viability of political advertising at point of specific
characteristics. With the object-subject rural tourism of Satu-Mare in terms of rural development, these processes
have provided specific element in the evolution of matching the objectives of ONG s type telecentre , of their
assistance in Hungary and in the current strategic planning phase in the cross-border regional plans and programs
of international bilateral. In nature absence of institutional strategies at the local programmatic elements of these
NGOs were able to substitute strategic development needs.
INTRODUCTION bilateral levels. In this context, were

considered targets pathways and measures,
In Satu Mare County are developed strategic identifying specific elements of nature and
development programming documents as an micro-regional area specific Satu Mare.
integrated strategy for sustainable
development by institutions of county RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
government and the devolved institutions
spring. This may be due to anticipatory The first nuclei of type telecentre in Satu
initiatives in this area of concern coming from Mare (and also in our country except
the type telecentre NGOs that since 1999, Miecurea Ciuc and Odorheiul Secuiesc),
have expressed such concerns, initially occurred in localities: Tăşnad, Cehal, Petreşti
through the local development process and Căpleni, the short period being
management projects. coordinated by the Center Resource
Yet the onset they were originally cross- Carpathian Euro Region - CREST Satu Mare.
border collaboration with parent organizations Through his instrumentality were ensured
in Hungary Telehaz, anticipating and pre- unity of action, coordination, advice and
accession structural national programs assistance to implement the transfer and
available after Romania, opportunities offered exchange of experience with structures similar
by the Hungarian part of the PHARE NGOs in Hungary, the management of
program, the support of the Hungarian projects, preparation of development plans
communities in the border area of our and micro-regional strategies in different
country. areas. The next step, in 2000, was the first
occurrence of associative structures with
MATERIAL AND METHOD micro-regional character of the area that micro
region "Fagu" that would meet 4 Telecentres:
The study was conducted by analyzing the Cehăluş, common Cehal, Satu Mare, Camara
strategic planning documents available, drawn and Carastelec of Salaj and Balchik, the
from business and NGOs forums Romanian, county Bihar.
Hungarian and Ukrainian, harmonized euro- Micro would prefigure future community
regional policy documents and integrated development associations of local programs
cross-border international programs ended and continue them through the process of
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territorial cohesion and cross-regional CBS. Source: Romanian Association for
programs. The development programs of the Transparency Monitoring Report management
territory of Satu Mare County experienced a of structural funds in Romania - Phare /
qualitative stage of development at local 2005/017-553.01.02.-33., Developed under
micro-regional and cross-border levels. In this the pilot program "to create a national
stage was the transition from software network of NGOs to monitor the integrity of
development point of local character, to those the use of funds structures in Romania in
of larger territorial area, factor in the shaping January 2007 - August 2008 "Development
of local development plans and strategies on Region 6, page 26.
planning period determined by the context Exception made some county-level
European Community policies, specifically institutions of education, administration and
2000-2006 and structural stages of pre-2007 trade that have designed and developed
to 2013. strategic planning documents through multi-
In this period, the funding source with the annual plans. The strongest development
largest share of suffering a translation of the strategies have met in tourism and
extension of a neighboring state PHARE environmental protection, which originally
program, for 6 Regional Development had steps of NGOs, whose strategic
Agency North West added that a number of documents have been incorporated for
other programs: ISPA.; RSDF and others with harmonization of regional strategies and later
higher specific context in which NGOs type with the border. All have been harmonized
telecentre gained not only experience in the with the national programming documents of
field but started a whole process of transfer of each party (bi-or tri-lateral) that: Romania,
experience and advice to industry and public Hungary and Ukraine as well as district plans,
through various partnerships that have county, regional and local parties.
facilitated access to new economic and social In fact, especially after 2007, 6 Regional
programs. Development Agency North West has been
All this led to a growing degree of trust increasingly involved in the act of assistance
among the communities which these and coordination, given the scale of project
organizations operate aces, so they created a financing and increasing their own expertise.
climate of confidence in the masses of people In the context of strategic planning processes
and especially the youth segment through and sustainable development, especially in
which not only created availability for rural areas Satu Mare was privilege and merit
volunteering, from the leisure and recreational local initiatives, ensuring public authorities
but also for dissemination among the wider when circumstances have required financial
community objectives, ability and actual resources for financing or co-financing
effectiveness of these organizations among required. In most cases, these local planning
host communities on enhancing economic, documents were based on public-private
social and cultural welfare. Against this partnership by providing data and material
background the county government remained resources by administrative institutions and
in the position of outsider the involvement in the act of conception of the
conceptualization and strategic planning type telecentre governmental or general civic
processes, they really come from the territory, participatory through activities voluntary, the
however the most often without even being success of their entrepreneurial nature
aware and understanding of these phenomena. providing impetus by examples of good
In this respect, Satu Mare County Council practice and practice for other communities
holds general information on the structural who subsequently developed similar projects.
funds allocated to Romania in 2007-2013, not The success of the regional areas to create the
related to projects under way or proposed for proper association is removed to change the
funding. Of decisions of the Satu Mare inertia and conservatism, and fear of failure,
County Council follows the existence of a motivation is access to large projects with
number of projects have to fund PHARE opportunities to accelerate the process of
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economic and social development and access Vasarosnomeny and Vasarosnomeny Tourist
to community welfare. Association and its region. All have had and
It was time of formation of forms of will have a more important consideration in
association and formation of LAG -, like the future in the areas of institutional building,
financing structures compatible with training of human resource and strategic
structural pre-accession programs and local. planning processes for sustainable rural
Type border collaborations have been development, assessment and survey in all
integrated pathways to regional and national areas of social and economic development
agreements and ministers with partner process integrated rural development, and
countries. All these programs have Euro extensive collaboration with other
Carpathian border and the origins, early forms organizations.
of type twinning of communities fellow The Local Development Agencies are
countrymen or co-religionists, who organized in two specific forms of data on the
subsequently experienced an institutional nature of local interests and zonal
development progress and material and development objectives, namely: Micro
financial support programs. From these local forms for NGOs telecentre and that type of
twinning and cooperation between parties, intercommunity development associations
they started to develop collaboration between to local government institutions. To achieve
local government, the institutional these common objectives, but cooperate as
construction of micro-regional association public-private partnerships, forms that have
forms of the Romanian side, a phenomenon ensured the exchange and transfer of
necessary partners to ensure collaboration and experience, support and cultivate mutual trust
action. In fact a major component of cross- permanently. The widest form of association
border collaboration targeting the transfer and is the Association for Services
exchange of experience will be the Hungarian Intercommunity Development in water and
party in the future determination, wastewater sector in Satu Mare County,
empowerment and encouragement of such which brings together 30 municipalities.
approaches at different levels: local, area Along with this note: micro region for
(micro-regional), county or regional level, development of the area Commons Satmar,
aimed to ensure effective collaboration and which includes the municipalities: Botiz,
strengthen the common European Dorolţ, Lazuri, Small, Odoreu, Păuleşti, Satu
representation. Mare and Vetiş Viile Association and the
They will be made by Hungarian- Rural plain Careiului Ér founded in 2005,
Romanian partnership associations at the comprising 16 councils local municipalities:
county level: Association for Eszak-Alfold Petreşti, Pişcolt, Urziceni, Foieni, Berveni,
Region Tourism Organization County Căpleni, Andrid, Pir, CAUAS, Ciumesti,
Agritourism and Rural Tourism Association Student, Cehal, Tiream, Santos, Sanislău and
of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, Hungary Săuca, and Association for Cooperation and
Organization County Tourist Association Development established in 2005 microregion
(Mature), Tourist Commission and Tăşnad including 7 Local Councils in the
Monuments Assembly Szabolcs-Szatmár- region southeast of Satu Mare County:
Bereg county, local organizations: Tăşnad, Andrid, Cehal, Pir, Santos, Săcăşeni
Organization of the National League Regional and Săuca and Civil Association for
Cooking Nyregyhaza region, the Commission Community Development Tăşnad, thus eight
of Culture and Tourism of the city founding members, the Association
Nyregyhaza, Bathing Sóstó and within containing the micro region of Oas County
organizations: Bureau of Rural Services and towns : Negre-Oas, Cert, Bixad, Târşolţ,
Tourist Information - Tiszalok, Center for Cămârzana, Calinesti-Oas, expeller, Batarci,
Tourism and Recreation - Kisvarda, Gherţa Small and Customs, and ProSomeş
Association of Rural Tourism Szatmár-Bereg- Codru micro region, aimed at rural
Tivadar, Association Plum Road "- development, attracting investors pews,
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addressing infrastructure and rural tourism 4. projects for income generating activities
development, consisting in rural communities: and employment;
Ardud, Beltiug, Bogdand, ACIS, 5. projects for agricultural development;
HomoroadeSupur, Socond, Terebesti and 6. implementation of a program unit area for
Viile Satu Mare and Rural Development the value of traditions, habits, and recovery
Association pro-MAJA, the sole member products and crafts and craft
Bogdand common. 7. development of a system for fundraising;
To these are added up in the micro-regional 8. the conditions necessary and organizing
structures for specific purposes: Association training courses,
of Micro-natural ecosystems - are outside 9. information and documentation to identify
the criteria of specific territorial and socio- and develop projects financed by the
economic development of communities under European Union,
the protection of natural values, as members 10. encouragement, guidance, help organize
of communities: Halmeu, Lazuri, Micula community members of civil associations in
Porunbeşti, Turulung, Gherţa mica, Calinesti- order to facilitate resolution of issues of
Oas, Agris, Livada and Dorolţ. common interest, including by making
Their objectives are: partnerships with other NGOs in the country
1. revitalization of rural areas; and abroad;
2. rural economic recovery and development 11. achieve a framework and community
potential development activities by identifying the
3. improve the quality of education and social possibilities and local 12. stressing the new
services in rural areas possibilities of cooperation between business
4. improve the quality of government services enterprises, civil society and public sector in
in rural areas; the development zone
5. Support for protection and preservation of 13. creation, development centers Micro ","
natural environment; Information Centers "and" Citizen
6. preservation and promotion of cultural consultancies, which provide the framework
traditions and local for achieving human resources, qualified staff,
7. promote community development activities volunteers and contributors
in rural tourism; To identify to achieve efficient completion of
8. organizing courses for qualification and its local initiatives and equipped with IT
retraining; equipment and communication facilities.
9. organizing seminars, conferences, Vision for the future of their business is
symposia, festivals, contests, opinion polls, designed to: - acquiring recreational
publications, setting up clubs for leisure consultancy and training under the Leader
activities, libraries, study centers and axis of PNDR 2007-2013 to develop local
documentaries, workshops, distribution of strategies for rural development and of the
material promoting tourism; area (micro-regional) - development and
10. creation of adequate and qualified human strengthening collaboration in partnership
resources to provide IT and communications public-private-profit - providing the function
facilities for strategic planning activities. of real partnership working, by opinion polls
Specific activities: and interviews, - create conditions for
1. initiation and development programs, cooperation with The Leader in territorial
projects and documentation for the economic, cooperation projects with other micro-regions
social and cultural in Hungary, Ukraine, Slovenia and Poland -
2. small infrastructure projects to improve making partnerships as effective on a district ,
accessibility to the area and providing project, community or area spatial
necessary public facilities; dimensions: area, regional and international
3. projects for development and enhancement levels; - Formation and training of counselors
of the area as tourism potential, in micro generation, development and
management of cross-border development
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projects, thereby building cross-border trade and association. Category represented the
and economy, and facilitating information youth population is the most important
exchange and cooperation between the target accomplishment and gain the projections of
micro. In this respect, most of them will enjoy future strategic nature and success of
the support and support know-how through a sustainable rural development, is perhaps the
program "group mentoring" in Hungary. most important resource, which will require
training if not the largest financial effort, very
CONCLUSIONS likely the biggest investment of commitment
and time. One can appreciate that in the Satu
Positioning proximal border of Satu Mare Mare County there is a real win given the
County was likely to create some existence of these forms of assistance and
disadvantages attached peripheral position in advice to nonprofit institutions, with a
relation to domestic development centers commensurate contribution currently difficult
share a number of other benefits conferred by but not only were the precursors factors act
the structure of many ethnic and multicultural consultancy strategic planning, but covered a
communities Components. They were likely period of development of process specific pre-
to secure governmental structures through accession rural development and structural
support element transfer and exchange of components of which was precisely the deficit
experience, and sometimes lead structures for and critical competence in this field.
implementation of European Community
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CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF INTEGRATED APIARIAN CONSULTANCY

Dan BODESCU1, Gavril ŞTEFAN1, Maria MĂGDICI2, Codrin PAVELIUC OLARIU1
1
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "Ion Ionescu de la Brad", Iasi
3 Mihail Sadoveanu, 700490, Iasi, Romania, Phone: +40 232 40 75 18, +40 744 70 81 73, E-
mail: [email protected]
2
Research and Development Institute for Beekeeping, Bucharest, 12, Ficusului, 705218, Phone.
021.232.50.60, Email:[email protected]
Key words: integrated apiarian consultancy, conceptual model
Abstract
The socio-economic field researches have indicated the necessity of realizing an integrated consultancy service for
beekeepers that will supply technical-economic solutions with a practical character for ensuring the lucrative ness
and viability of the apiaries. Consequently, an integrated apiarian consultancy model has been built holding the
following features: it realizes the diagnosis of the meliferous resources and supplies solutions for its optimal
administration; it realizes the technical-economic of the apiarian exploitation adapted according to its objectives
and identifies its optimal administration measures; it manages the local pollination services market; it realizes
viable investment projects and ensures the management of their implementation; it elaborates aggregated indicators
as efficient instruments of analysis and utilizes and informatics application of apiarian management used for
realizing the specific objectives of the apiaries; it integrates the technical, economic and juridical consultancy
service.
beepers-entrepreneurs, beepers-investors and
INTRODUCTION viable beekeepers.
The purpose for elaborating this concept MATERIAL AND METHOD

consists in realizing a package of complete
and integrated services, adapted to apiarian The utilized research method in the present
exploitations. These characteristics also paper is represented by the socio-economic
represent the elements of innovation of the interview technique on the sample basis.
model. The first phase of this was the areolar type
The integrated consultancy model in sampling that consists in dividing the
apiculture assumes assuring information, concerned space in sectors differentiated by a
counseling and representing beekeepers after certain characteristic. The Romanian territory
their main preoccupations: the administration was divided in six specific areas from apiarian
of the meliferous resource, apiarian point of view names bio-apiarian zones
technology, pollination services, the bounded by the volume of the meliferous
commercialization of apiarian products, resource [2]. These are differentiated by the
legislation, design, apiarian management, and type of terrain, altitude and longitude –
the improvement of the level of the economic determinant elements for the volume and
results. distribution of the meliferous resource. By the
This integrates the modular consultancy share of the volume of the meliferous resource
services to assure an efficient consultancy at national level it has been determinated the
services package through the utilization as number of counties that have been part of the
resources of the information resulted from sample in the group. Thus, 21 representative
each type of service that comprises the counties have been identified.
package. In each county, the sampling of apiaries by
The model proposes adapting consultancy size groups of bee families effectives were
services on various types of beekeepers by necessary as following: 0-50 families; 50-100
their objectives as: beekeepers-owners, families; over 100 bee families.
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This sampling was realizing according to the  Developing the bee pollination
quota procedure that involves two stages, the services market as a vector for
first consisting in building a reduced model of the increase of beekeepers
the population concerned in the research and welfare;
the second consisting in establishing of  Insuring the informational and
subjects quotas for each operator [3]. The consultative support in a legal
model is defined by the size of the apiaries aspect;
and their share in each group resulting a  Improving apiarian exploitations
dimension of the sample of 126 apiarian marketing;
exploitations.  Insuring the technical-economic
The second phase consisted in realizing the design and the implementation
investigation plan that comprised the management for investment
interviewing technique, the type of interview, project;
moment, interview guide and the means  Developing an efficient
through which these are realized. management at the level of
The interview guide was previously verified apiarian exploitations;
in a pre-inquiry realized on a reduced number  Insuring financial and
of subjects aimed at discovering any accounting assistance;
discrepancies, completing and adapting the
 Providing the technical-
questions in relation to the way in which this economic instruments for
was received by the interviewed population improving the economic
and the measure in which it offered the efficiency of apiarian
expected results. exploitations.
The moment of realization of the investigation The integrated consultancy service in
was in spring because in this season the final apiculture has a modular form interconnected
results are known both regarding the final an interactive PIVOT database, connected to
production and sold the previous year and the the databases specific to each module.
hives losses accured over the winter. At the The modules that are part of this package
same time, it has been necessary avoiding the respond punctually to each specific objective
period in which the beekeepers are out in of the package:
pastoral, that is why the month of April has
 Consultancy in the
been considered as being the optimal period
administration of meliferous
of realizing the interview.
resources;
The utilized materials have been those
 Consultancy in supply;
specific to socio-economic field researches:
interview sheets, tables with the studied  Technical consultancy;
population, maps etc.  Brokerage and counseling of bee
pollination services;
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS  Legal counseling;
 Marketing consultancy;
The objectives of the integrated  Technical-economic design;
consultancy service in apiculture are:  Consultancy in apiarian
 Increasing the level of management;
fructification of meliferous  Financial-accounting
resources available to the consultancy;
apiarian exploitation;  Technical-economic
 Increasing the level of efficiency consultancy;
in the supply with inputs;
 Elaborating adapted and
efficient technological models;
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aspect for which a set of
indicators, maps of meliferous
resources and meliferous
resources evolution scenarios are
realized. The utilized
methodology comprises field
determining techniques, GPS
and ImageSAT functions, as
laboratory analysis.
2. The identification of the means
of increasing the economic
efficiency in utilizing the
meliferous resource for which
adapted models of efficiency of
the fructification of meliferous
resource is realized.
Fig. 1 The integrated and modular structure of
3. The elaboration and
the conceptual integrated consultancy model
administration of specific
in apiculture
interactive databases which hold
information regarding the size of
Each module requires the existence of a
the meliferous resource on
consultant in the specific module area, a
micro-zones.
procedural protocol and a specific
4. The administration of the section
instrumentation.
of the website for public use
The expert consultant must hold specialty
with general information about
knowledge’s tested by recognized
the structure of this module.
publications and relevant experience. This can
Module 2 Consultancy in supply has the
be an employee of the company supplying
following activities:
integrated consultancy services or an external
1. The identification of inputs
consultant.
suppliers: apiarian inventory,
The procedural protocol requires the
supplies, transportation services
delimitation of each work stage, internal
etc.
regulations, work methodology and the set of
result indicators.
administration of the specific
The module specific instrumentation
interactive database that hold
comprises: pilot apiaries, analysis instruments
information regarding suppliers;
(if any), vehicles, computer hardware and
3. The conclusion of collaboration
common and specific software elaborated by
conventions with agreed
the company board.
suppliers;
The beneficiaries of consultancy services
Module 3 Technological consultancy has the
The economic consultancy in apiculture
following activities:
addresses all beekeepers, but especially the
1. Providing maintenance models
representatives of apiarian exploitations with
of bee families on various
a commercial purpose.
technological variants;
Module 1 Consultancy in the
2. Adapting the technological
administration of meliferous resources has
models for each beneficiary
the following attributions:
depending on the internal
1. The quantification of the
environment and internal
meliferous potential available to
situation of its exploitation;
apiarian exploitations by
volume, evolution, variability
administration of the specific
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interactive database regarding database with investment project
the utilized method and their models.
results; Module 8 Consultancy in apiarian
4. Verifying the reference management holds:
technological solutions in the 1. The elaboration of the diagnosis
pilot exploitations; of the apiarian exploitation
5. Elaborating and updating the management;
breviary with adapted 2. Providing the instruments for
technological solutions. improving the managerial
Module 4 The brokerage and counseling of performance;
bee pollination services holds: 3. The elaboration and
1. The promotion of bee pollination administration of the specific
services; and interactive database that
2. The identification of potential holds information about the
beneficiaries; management of apiarian
3. The conclusion of collaboration exploitations and instruments for
protocols; improving its efficiency.
4. The administration of the Module 9 Financial and accounting
database with potential consultancy assumes:
beneficiaries of bee pollination 1. Insuring the bookkeeping;
services; 2. Realizing the documentation for
5. The elaboration of optimal obtaining credits.
pollination routes.. Module 10 Technical-economic
Module 5 Legal counseling holds: consultancy.
1. Providing updated legal 1. Elaborating the technical-
information; economic diagnosis application;
2. Legal assistance. 2. Elaborating the technical-
Module 6 Marketing consultancy has the economic solutions breviary;
following activities: 3. Elaborating the informatics
1. Identifying the distribution applications for simulating the
channels for apiarian products; implementation of technical-
2. Identifying potential buyers for economic solutions;
apiarian products; 4. Verifying the reference
3. The administration of the technical-economic solutions in
database with potential buyers of apiarian exploitations;
apiarian products; 5. The elaboration and
4. Providing information regarding administration of specific
the market situation. database that holds information
Module 7 Technical-economic design regarding the economic
consists of: performances of apiarian
1. Realizing initial or exploitations and the adopted
modernization investment technical-economic solutions.
projects from own resources or The information management and the
financing funds; interactive „PIVOT” database represents
2. Insuring the project the integrating component of the system
management; holding as a purpose the administration of
3. Insuring the counseling after the information from the specific modules [1].
finalization of the investment This allows accessing of all information in an
project; efficient manor and updating them in real
4. The elaboration and time. Thus, at any time, information about a
administration of the specific beneficiary, a beneficiaries group or all
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beneficiaries can be accessed. Also, the administration; realizes the technical-
information in the specific databases of each economic diagnosis of the apiarian
module will be easily updated. exploitation depending on its objectives and
The transfer of information from PIVOT to identifies its optimal administration means;
the module is controlled by the database manages the local pollination services market;
manager depending on the necessity and the realizes viable investment projects and insures
particularities of each module. their implementation management; elaborates
This flow of information will be used also for aggregated indicators as efficient instruments
the transfer of obtained results from the of analysis and utilizes a software application
research and development activity, common of apiarian management useful for realizing
or realized by each module. These results the specific objectives of apiarian
must hold a practical character and must be exploitations; integrates the technical,
verified in the pilot exploitations so they can economical and legal consultancy services.
be utilized effectively in the modules activity.
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CONCLUSIONS [1] Ciurea Ioan Valeriu, 1999, Management în
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THE OUTSOURCING OR INTERNALISATION OF ACTIVITIES IN

APIARIES IN ROMANIA
Dan BODESCU1, Gavril ŞTEFAN1, Maria MĂGDICI2, Codrin PAVELIUC OLARIU1
1
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "Ion Ionescu de la Brad", Iasi
3 Mihail Sadoveanu, 700490, Iasi, Romania, Phone: +40 232 40 75 18, +40 744 70 81 73, E-
mail: [email protected]
2
Research and Development Institute for Beekeeping, Bucureşti, 12, Ficusului, 705218, Phone.
021.232.50.60, Email:[email protected]
Key words: internalization, outsourcing, beekeeping
Abstract
The research presented has been the result of the necessity of the growing performances of apiaries in Romania on
the basis of increasing the level of fructification of the used resources. The most important activities that may be
subject to the outsourcing process are: honey extraction, transport, the primary processing of apiarian products,
packaging, bottling and labeling, marketing of bee products, financial-accounting records, the analysis the
technical-economic projection, juridical assistance, promotion of apiarian products and services. The fructification
of the mobility of certain activities in apiaries can be achieved by the following steps: the quantification of the level
of usage of the available resources in the exploitation, the identification of alternatives to their own activities and
the comparison of costs of alternatives with those of their own activities.
whose main production is honey and
INTRODUCTION secondary – wax.
The utilized information is specific to 2009
In the activity of apiarian exploitations, in the
and the external factors values are established
same apiarian year or from one year to
as county averages.
another, beekeepers are faced with a dilemma
regarding to the volume and structure of
works needed to be realized. A part of these RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
activities that must be realized for obtaining
The outsourcing consists in the decision to
the apiarian production or for its
transfer, per charge, some own activities of
commercialization can be transferred to other
the apiarian exploitation in favor of a third
economic units (third parties) as: the transport
person. Par example: beekeepers that maintain
of bee families in pastoral, apiaries security,
bee families in the pastoral system have the
the honey extraction, product
possibility to transport the bee families with
commercialization, bottling, packaging,
their own transport vehicles. Many times,
labeling technical-economic design etc.
these own small sized vehicles and must make
The beekeepers must decide what are the
many trips to move the entire apiary. In these
activities that will be realized through their
cases, outsourcing the transport activity
own efforts and that will be transferred to
consist in utilizing specialized transport
other units. [3]
services.
The internalization of activities in apiarian
MATERIAL AND METHOD
exploitation consists in realizing through own
efforts of some activities that, until that time,
The research method utilized was the case
have been realized by third parties. Par
study realized at an apiarian exploitation in
example: some beekeepers transport hives in
the Iasi County with a 60 bee families
pastoral until a certain time soliciting
effective, a mixt maintenance system
specialized transport services. In some
(stationary and pastoral on small distances)
situations in which the distance to the pastoral
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hearth is small, they decide to transport the Than the costs will be:
bee families with their own vehicles although  Fuel costs = 3 transports x 7,5 l
they have to do more trips. In this situation, fuel x 3,5 lei/l fuel = 78,5 lei;
they have internalized the bee families  Salary costs = 3 transports x 0,5
transport activity. days x 90 lei/day = 135,0 lei;
The objectives of the internalization or  Total transport costs with own
outsourcing decision of the transport vehicle = 213, 5 lei.
activities: If transport services are utilized:
 Improving the level of usage of  Same distance = 100 km
own resources;  Fare = 2,5 lei/km
 Improving the economic  Total costs with transport
efficiency of the apiarian services = 250, 0 lei.
exploitation; This simple calculation shows that the
 Insuring some technological transport services is more expensive than the
demands; transport costs with the own vehicle. In this
The improvement of the level of usage of case, the beekeeper will utilize its own vehicle
owns resources require the realization of a and its degree of usage will increase.
technological flow adapted to the specific We mention that, for the given situation, we
resources of the apiarian exploitation such as won`t take into consideration the own fix
work force, capital, and meliferous potential. costs because the vehicle is necessary to the
According to this principle, beekeepers must apiarian exploitation and the beekeeper cannot
organize the activities in their exploitation dispense of it.
thus that the work force should be occupied Still, if the sum of fuel and work force costs
the entire year and every day of work, the will be higher than the fare of the transport
production means to be utilized in a greater services the following principle must be
measure and the meliferous potential to be pursued.
completely fructified. Thus, beekeepers must The improvement of the apiarian
determine the level of usage of available exploitation lucrativeness is the criterion that
resources and identify the activities that can imposes the substantiation of the
lead to its increase. technological flow structure on economic
For the example of the transport in pastoral, efficiency principles. The beekeepers will
beekeepers that own vehicles that are outsource the activities that require superior
indispensable for the apiarian exploitation will expenses with external services and will
realize the trips with the own vehicles to internalize the activities that determine
utilize this means as much as possible. smaller costs to the costs with acquisitioning
In the apiarian exploitation at which the case these services.
study has been conducted, the following There can be cases in which the sum of all
calculation can be realized: fixed and variable costs determined through
If the own vehicle is used: the utilization of the own vehicle to transport
 Apiary size = 60 hives; the apiary in pastoral in the entire apiarian
 Transport distance (round-trip) = season is superior to the expenses with the
100 km; acquisition of transport services for the
 Fuel consumption = 7,5 l/100 similar period. Than the outsourcing of the
km; transport in pastoral will be necessary and the
 Salary costs = 90 lei/day; use of the vehicle in other purposes. If this is
 Work consumption = 4 used for other activities also in the
hours/transport or 0,5 exploitation, the realization of an economic
days/transport; analysis is imposed in which the expenses and
 The vehicle has the capacity of incomes specific to these activities must be
20 hives; included.
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A calculus model has the following form:  Costs with hives transport = 300
If the own vehicle is used for transporting the km x 2,5 lei/km = 750,0 lei;
hives in pastoral and for the beekeepers  Costs with beekeeper transport =
transport to realize work in the apiary: 12 x100 km x 1,0 lei/km =
 Apiary size = 60 hives; 1200,0 lei
 Transport distance (round-trip) =  Total costs with transport
300 km – distance from the services = 1950, 0 lei/year.
hearth of wintering at two picks Consequently, the beekeeper that is in this
with a distance of 100 km each hypothetical situation will spend more with
and the trip back to the hearth of 434,5 lei/year if he will realize its transport
wintering; and of the hives with its own vehicle. In this
 Number of trips of the beekeeper situation, it is indicated the outsourcing of the
to work in the apiary = 12; transport service.
 Fuel consumption = 7,5 l/100 This analysis is necessary also in the case in
km; which for keeping the own vehicle for
 Workforce costs = 90 lei/day; transport there are other motivations such as
 Work consumption = 4 those of technological or personal nature to
hours/transport or 0,5 know the cost of compliance with these
days/transport; considerations.
 The vehicle has the capacity of In some situations, some alternatives can
20 hives; determine to obtain supplementary incomes.
Than the costs will be: In this case, the previous analysis will be
 Fuel costs at hives transport = 9 completed with the determination of the
transports x 100 km x 7,5 supplementary benefit determined by
l/100km fuel x 3,5 lei/l fuel = choosing this alternative. These are
235,5 lei; determined with the following relation:
 Fuel consumption at beekeeper Bs = Vs – Chs where:
transport = 12 transports x 100 Bs – supplementary benefic determined by
km x 7,5 l/100km fuel x 3,5 lei/l choosing the analyzed alternative
fuel = 314,0 lei; Vs – supplementary income determined by
choosing the analyzed alternative
 Salary costs = 9 transports x 0,5
days x 90 lei/day = 405,0 lei; Chs – supplementary costs determined by
choosing the analyzed alternative
 Other fixed costs (insurance,
In the following example, we present the
road tax, repairs, maintenance
alternative of replacing bee swarming queens
amortization) = 1430 lei/year;
from the own apiary in comparison
 Total transport costs with own purchasing selected queens.
vehicle = 2384, 5 lei/year.
We assume that utilizing queens from the own
If differentiated transport serviced – hives ->
apiary require work force costs, establishing
beekeeper are utilized:
fecundation swarms, their stimulation and
 Same distance for the hives supervision at a cost of 12 lei/bee family.
transport = 300 km; On the other hand, utilizing selected queens
 Fare hives transport = 2,5 require purchasing expenses at which we add
lei/km; eventual losses. We estimate these costs at 38
 Distance for beekeeper transport lei/bee family.
= 12 x 100 km; Instead, these could determine an increase of
 Fare beekeeper transport = 1,0 the honey production with 5% that would
lei/km; reflect in the increase of income with 28
Than the expenses with the acquisition of lei/bee family in the two year of utilization.
transport services will be: The determined benefit of the two variants
will be:
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Variant 1: 0 lei/fam. – 12 lei/fam. = -12 extraction effectively 3-4days/year resulting a
lei/fam. degree of usage of aprox.1%. This activity can
Variant 2: 28 lei/fam. – 38 lei/fam. = -10 be realized per charge in the big apiarian
lei/fam. exploitations that hold this type of extraction
Consequently, if the beekeeper uses queens chambers. The advantage of this decision is
forom its own apiary will lose 12 lei/bee mutual: for the beekeeper because he doesn`t
family and if he uses selected queens will lose need to make investments and then to increase
with 2 lei/bee family less. the volume of expense with this and for the
So, starting from the previous assumptions, is owner of the extraction chamber in the sense
recommendable the utilization of selected that it will grow the degree of usage of this
queens. If the supplementary income fixed mean.
determined by using these queens would be of Appear instead at least two issues of
20 lei/bee family, their usage could not be technological nature: the extraction of honey
justified because the loss would have been of is done in the same period and the extraction
18 lei/bee family. As well, the increase of chamber might not be available and the bee
production may be of 10% and than a families cannot be left for a long period
supplementary income of 56 lei/bee family without the frames because the risk of
will be obtained resulting a benefit of 18 swarming appears. [2] The first problem
lei/bee family. might be solved by devising a programming
Although these calculations are based on of the period in which the extraction of honey
some estimations is more than obvious the will be done in the own exploitation and of
most opportune variant. the period in which the chamber can be
The insurance of some technological rented. The second problem can be resolved
demands requires the correlation of the by using reserve frames and hives bodies.
outsourcing or internalization decision of the The solutions to the problems that appear
apiarian exploitation activities with the have a particular character and must be
necessities of the bee family or the identified at each exploitation level but the
particularities of apiarian products. [1] possibility of outsourcing or internalization of
Par example, is recommended the outsourcing apiarian activities represents a lever that can
of bottling and labeling the honey for lots of determine the increase of the level of results
big sizes. The fare for this activity is smaller in apiarian exploitations and, finally, of the
than the production cost if the bottling and welfare of beekeepers.
labeling is done by the beekeepers own Regarding the time and their succession, in
means. In this case, an impediment intervenes any economic unit, promptly, in the
regarding the properties of the honey: this technological processes, some activities are
might crystallize till commercialization. In outsourced and some are internalized
this case, the beekeepers must appreciate what depending on the internal and external
is the quantity of honey that can be situation of the unit. If at any given time the
commercialized in a given period of time, price of sherbet will be smaller than its
smaller than the one till crystallization. So, the production cost in the exploitation, this will
beekeepers that hold great quantities of honey be purchased as is, and then if its price will
and a good sales flow will outsource this rise it will be necessary it`s realization in the
activity and the others will realize this activity exploitation. At the same time, if the
through their own means (if these exist) or beekeeper wishes to realize a financing
will sell the honey bulk. project and holds the time, knowledge and
Another relevant example is outsourcing the logistics necessary he will elaborate the
honey extraction. It is well known the fact that documentation for this on its own. On the
for an own extraction chamber, properly other hand, if he doesn`t hold these resources,
equipped and authorized by resort organisms it will be more convenient to use consultancy
requires high fixed costs and a small level of services than to acquire the necessary logistics
usage. Many times this chamber is used for
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and to consume from the time allocated to the CONCLUSIONS
apiarian activities in which he is specialized.
1. The improvement of results in apiarian
Instead, not all activities can be outsourced or
exploitation is possible also through the
internalized without the loss of the integrity of
fructification of the mobility of some of its
the main activity of the apiarian exploitation.
activities.
The technological activities cannot suffer this 2. The fructification of the mobility of some
mobility because they are organically tied to activities in apiarian exploitations can be
the production process and their outsourcing realized by the following stages: the
would implicate in fact changing the quantification of the level of usage of
economic units` activity domain. available resources in the exploitation, the
The activities that can be internalized or
outsourced at the level of apiarian exploitations
identification of alternatives of own activities
are: honey extraction, transport, the growing of and comparing the costs of alternatives with
queens for own needs, some activities in the repair those of own activities.
and maintenance on apiarian inventory, primary
processing of apiarian products, packaging, REFERENCES
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produsele lor, Editura Ceres, Bucureşti, Capitolul 1, p.
exploitation a part of these activities can be
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THE IMPORTANCE OF RURAL ENVIROMENT AND AGRICULTURE

IN THE ECONOMICAL-SOCIAL CONTEXT OF ROMANIA
Ioan BORDEAN1, Alin-Constantin FILIP1, Valentin CURTEANU1, Gabriela PADURE2

1
University Danubius, Galati
Galati nr. 3, 800654, Galati, Romania, Phone: +40 73 318 01 47, Email:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
2
Raiffeisen Bank, Agency Costache Negri
Galati nr. 3, 800654, Galati, Romania, Phone:+40 72 691 79 18, Email: [email protected]
Key words: rural environment, agriculture, European funds, agricultural development
Abstract
The importance of the rural environment in Romania and the economic difficulties that the country is facing, is
required the development of a competitive agriculture and integrated in its natural, economical and social
environment, taking into account that last year the agricultural sector was the one that raise GDP by 1% in the
third quarter, in the context of actual crisis, in which the rest of the sectors have decreased, the only sector which
grew by 2,5 percentage compared to 2008 was the agriculture. The research follows the highlighting the importance
of the rural environment and of the agriculture, and their funding opportunities in the economic-social context,
through the program APIA based on the Directorate State AID and Subsidies, through Structural Funds and
European Funds as PNDR..As method we used the result and the questionnaires used in previous years on the
agricultural side and rural environment from the programs and structural funds used for rural environment
development as well as and of the competitiveness and the development of the agricultural sector. The results want
to highlight the importance of rural development and agricultural sector in the current economic context through
the funds offered by Europe and Romania.
INTRODUCTION European Funds like PNDR. For 2010 the

PNDR program has an amount of
We consider that, the development of the
1.359.770/651 euro allocated, and the APIA
agriculture sector would lead to the
program 279.8 million euro for the unique
simplification of the problems brought by the
area payment which is about 81 euros/hectare
global financial crisis and through an
[4]. The financial resource is very important
agricultural policy and of rural quality
and to it its tied primarily carrying out the
development, not only in Romania, but all the
rural development, but it mustn’t lose sight of
affected countries would succeed to overrun
any resources other than the pecuniary nature,
the financial crisis. The importance of the
like the maximum exploitation of the lands or
rural environment in Romania and the
stimulating the youth to return to villages,
economic difficulties with which the country
which require large sums of money, an
is facing require competitive agricultural
awareness of the population beside the global
development and integrated to its natural
financial situation in which we are[5].
economic and social environment, taking into
account that last year the agricultural sector
was the one that raised by 1% percentage the MATERIAL AND METHOD
GDP in the third quarter, in the context of the
With over 56 % of the population in the 27
current crisis, in which the rest of the sectors
Member States of the European Union (EU)
have fallen, the only sector which grew by 2.4
living in rural areas, which cover 91 % of the
percentages compared to 2008 was the
territory, rural development is a vitally
agriculture[8]. In this paper is followed also
important policy area. Farming and forestry
the funding opportunities through the APIA
remain crucial for land use and the
program based on the Directorate of State Aid
management of natural resources in the EU's
and Subsidies, by structural funds and through
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rural areas, and as a platform for economic ass and the welfare of the agricultural
diversification in rural communities. The producers.
strengthening of EU rural development policy The Romanian producer must act in line with
is, therefore, an overall EU priority. the existing economic reality on global and
AS research methods are used the national plan, to apply technical and
questionnaires by the funding programs to economical methods to provide stability and
observe how much from the offered funds by secure economic efficiency. The producer is
EU and Romania war effectively used, and of forced to produce what is required under the
the authorized statistic institutions to present domestic and international market, to respond
the share of agricultural surface of Romania promptly to the consumer needs. The
and of figures afferent to agriculture from the favorable geographic conditions, relief,
previous years. climate, fertile soils, to which are added the
qualified labor, the population attachment
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS from the rural environment for land and
animals, a adequate institutional
The importance of agriculture and rural administrative system, can make the
development in Romania Romania’s agriculture an attractive and
The 2007, the date of Romania’s accession to profitable domain of activity. Nationally, the
the European Union, marks a new era in the agriculture is one of the most important
agricultural economy and rural development branches of the Romanian economy.
of our country. In this context, Romania, has Romania has an important potential of
to quickly adapt its agricultural economy and development, but unused. Romania, with a
rural development for the possibility of territory of 238.391 km², almost equal to that
integration in the internal market of EU and of Great Britain (244.820 km²), occupies the
fully adopted the Commune Agricultural ninth place among the 27 member states of
Policy (PAC). the European Union, after France, Spain,
The accession to EU,, is probably the most Sweden, Germany, Finland, Poland, Italy and
powerful pressure factor for the rapid reform Great Britain. It represents 6% from the total
of the agriculture and rural Romanian surface of EU and 4% of its population. The
economy, given the necessity for successful investments and competitiveness from
integration in the European rural economy. Romania are still elements that must be
The European model of agriculture is based improved, to make it an acceleration of the
on a competitive sector, oriented towards economical growth and ensuring a
market, satisfying however, and other public convergence of the incomes with the ones
functions, such as environmental protection, from EU. The report between the arable land
providing of some residential settlements of the country to the number of inhabitants
more convenient for the population from the shows that to every habitant are coming about
rural space, as well as and integrating the 0,42 ha arable terrain, superior value of many
agriculture with the environment and forestry. European countries and almost twice
The Commune Agricultural Policy it moves compared to the European average which is
its accent from the direct subsidies granted to only of 0,235 ha/habitant.
agriculture (Pillar I of the PAC) towards Throughout the transition period, the
integrated development of the rural economy agriculture played an important social role,
and to environmental protection (Pillar II of acting as an occupational “buffer” against the
PAC).The Romanian rural economy, socio-economical effects of the transitions,
dominated by agriculture in large part, is still absorbing a large share of labor dismissed by
poorly integrated in the market economy. In the urban industries. A third of the country’s
the actual context of market economy, by the employed population works in agriculture,
way of understanding and applying the which places Romania more than the average
marketing techniques depends the welfare of of 5.9% of the EU 27 countries. All this
citizens from the rural and urban area, as well
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reasons places Romania among the countries and in 2009 the agriculture reduced its
with a high agricultural potential. contribution to 3.8%.
Even if we stay very well at the chapter The distribution of the land after the way of
“arable land”, compared to other EU using shows that the arable terrain occupies
countries, not the same thing we can say when about 64% of the agricultural area, and one
it comes to its use. According to a report third from the surface, 4,8 mil. Ha, is
made by BCR, the labor productivity in occupied by pastures, meadows, and
agriculture in real terms has not improved vineyards and orchards is about 3%.
over the past five years, but the harvested area
has decrease by about 10% during 2003-2008. Table 1. Land fund, after manner of use
Specification 2007 2008 2009
There were also case in which the foreign Thousands Thousands Thousands
investors came to Romania just to buy arable ha ha ha
Agricultural are,
land at a price between 3 an 7 times lower from which:
14709,3 14712,4 14705,3
than in the West and then to resell at higher Arable 9423,3 9387,2 9384,4
Pastures 3330,3 3384,3 3380,7
prices. Restructuring the agriculture and Meadows 1531,4 1525,3 1526,7
revitalizing the rural economy can be Vineyards and
218,0 216,0 214,4
important levers of development. At present, vine nurseries
Orchard and
there is a significant difference between fruit nurseries
206,6 199,6 199,1
the performances of Romanian

agriculture and those of the EU, the Causes of non-performing agriculture in
profitability of Romanian agriculture being Romania
inferior to that of the EU. The process of The performance in agriculture was low and
increasing the natural potential of became increasingly unstable. This is the
agriculture depends upon the combined result of a dual structure and “old” of the
efforts of all the decision factors involved. agricultural exploitations, lack of markets
Romania’s territory represents approximately which to support the restructuring and
6% (5.51%) of the total 4,325,787 km² which modernization of the agricultural sector and of
represents the UE-27. From the 23,8 million food industry that hasn’t yet completed the
hectares that summarize the Romania process of restructuring and modernization.
territory, its agricultural surface is of 14,7 mil The share of agriculture in gross added value
ha (71,7%), of which 9,4 mil. ha is arable is significant in Romania (7.5%) compared to
land. Romania is located on the 7th place in EU-27 average of 1.9%, a similar situation
Europe as agricultural area (after France, being meet in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Poland.
Spain, Germany, Poland, Britain and Italy) Apart from the European funds, the local
and o the 5th place as arable surface (after opportunities may arise in applying a
France, Spain, Germany and Poland). In what regulatory framework more stable and
concerns the gross domestic product (GDP), predictable as a result of implementation of
we mention that the share of the agricultural PAC, with positive effects in terms of price
sector within Romania’s GDP has decreased stabilization. The full capitalization of the
significantly in the last 4 years, from 12.6% in advantages of integrating Romania in EU
2004, it dropped to 6,5% in 2008. Compared could open new opportunities for the
with the same period in 2008, the Romanian Romanian farmers that will have the
economy fell by 6,6 percentage, and, on the possibility to supply the market with a
whole year 2009m the GDP was with 7,2 population exceeding 80 million inhabitants.
percentage under the level of the previous In theory, Romania can become the third
year. European agricultural power after France and
The contribution of agriculture to GDP has Germany in terms of better absorption of EU
always been high. The share of agriculture to funds until 2013, of some significant direct
GDP it was in 2002 of 11.4%, in 2003 of foreign investment and a certain government
11,6%, in 2004 12.6%, in 2005 8.4%, in 2006 support. Despite the fact that Romania holds
of 7.8%, in 2007 of 6.15 %, in 2008 of 6,5% an agricultural potential, according to the
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specialists it could feed 80-100 million and East Europe is presented in the following
people. Few stop but on the real causes, that table, developed by ANIF.
makes our country that barely manages to
provide agricultural product for the quarter of Table 3. Situatia suprafetelor agricole irigate la nivelul
tarilor din Europa Centrala si de Est.
the population. Suitable
Total Irrigated
Well, with certainty, one of the main sectors Country arable surface
surface
Observations
to be
of agricultural underproduction is the lack of surface in 1990
irrigated
an adequate system of irrigation. This factor is ha ha ha
even more important today, in the context of Bulgaria 4.805.000 1.884.400
30.000 – Accession at
40.000 EU in 2007
climatic changes, occurred in the recent years. Germany EU member
17.185.000 1.440.000 650.000
If before 1989, about 25-30 % of the (de Est) from 1990
EU member
agricultural area of Romania has benefited Hungary 4.600.000 300.000 100.000
from 2004
from irrigation, after the revolution things Cooperation
have evolved dramatically. Although since Macedonia 612.000 127.800 27.400 Agreement
with EU
2005 the irrigated areas had a slightly upward EU member
Poland 14.050.000 301.500 83.300
trend, which promised, has followed a from 2004
Commune
rebound in 2008. And today, as can be seen Russia 120.000.000 4.737.000 3.506.100 Economic
from the tale below, the situation is quite, we zone
can say “painful”. 500.000 – Accession at
Romania 9.416.300 3.205.200
The dynamics of irrigated areas is presented 850.000 EU in 2007
in the following table, developed by the Slovenia 746.000 15.000 5.000

EU member
from 2004
Autonomous National Administration of Land
Cooperation
Improvement (ADIF). Ukraine 33.615.000 2.624.000
700.000 –
Agreement
1.000.000
with EU
Table 2. Dynamics of irrigated surfaces during 2005-
2009
Year Area Contrac Irrigate Percent Percent
After watching the above table we can clarify
suited ted d age age of why Romania, having a very high potential,
to be surface surface from the
irrigat (Wettin the contract
doesn’t fully capitalize it. In addition the
ed gI) suitable ed exploitations of subsistence diminish the
area to surface
be on
performance of the agricultural sector in
irrigate which general. Both the terrains and the labor are
d on were
which applied
used under their economic potential. To
were wetting subsistence exploitations have lack of capital
applied
wetting
and a proper professional training of the
(ha) (ha) (ha) % % farmers, aspect which has as result very low
2005
1.500.
000
352890 45719 3.05 12.96 incomes from the deposited activity.
1.500. Consequently, the farmers from the
2006 198036 96224 6.41 48.59
000 subsistence farms have practically, neither the
1.500.
2007
000
433747 301450 20.10 69.50 motivation, either the capacity to respect the
2008
1.500.
507863 208218 13.88 41.00 European standards including those relating to
000
1.500. the environment quality, animal welfare and
2009 562952 294318 19.61 52.25
000 food safety.
Because after entering the Romania in EU, the Funding opportunities for agriculture
Romanian farmers are forced to compete with The financing for agriculture can be done by
their European counterparts, we thought to see PNDR (National Rural Development
the status of irrigated agricultural areas in the Program). The allocation of funds for 2010 is
countries of Europe Central and East. The 1.359.770.651 euros, through which for the
comparative situation of the parameters of moment Axis 1 with Measure 125 “
irrigation activity in the countries of Central Improving and developing infrastructures
related to the development and adoption of
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agriculture and forestry: is available for payments for the investment measure in value
submission of proposal during March 15 to of 182 million euro, and fort the support
April 15, 2010. measures on surface implemented by the
History of PNDR Agency for Payments and Intervention for
Measure 121 “Modernization of agricultural Agriculture, approximatey 543 million euros.
exploitations” launched in 2008. So far
CONCLUSIONS
APDRP has received 4529 applications for
funding, from which there were contracted 1. The financial resource is very important
1.258 projects in public value 361.34 million and to it its tied primarily carrying out the
euros. However, there were made total rural development, but it mustn’t lose sight of
payments in public value of 115,65 million any resources other than the pecuniary nature.
euros. 2. Romania has an important potential of
Measure 123 “ Increase of the adding value of development, but unused.
agricultural and forestry products”, this 3. The agriculture is underperforming right
measure also launched in march 2008, was now mainly because of non-developing the
accessed by 606 beneficiaries, being signed irrigation systems for an important
until now 306 contracts of financing in public contribution at the agricultural production and
value of 277,85 million euros. in the same time an enlargement of the share
Measure 332 “Renovation and development in GDP.
of villages” after submission of over 3.039 of 4. The only solution of agricultural
application for funding, the amount allocated development and of rural environment is the
by PNDR to these measure, until 2013, structural funds and subsidies. In this moment
respective 1, 54 billion euros, was exceeded it is obvious that the performance of
by seven times. So far, for this measure, there agriculture will not improve significantly in
aren’t available funds coming years without the support of foreign
There were contracted so far 291 projects with investments.
a public value of 797,89 million euros, the 5. The investments and competitiveness from
evaluation stages and of contracting being still Romania are still elements that must be
ongoing. improved, to make it an acceleration of the
Measure 312 “Support for the creation and economical growth and ensuring a
development of micro-enterprises” For this convergence of the incomes with the ones
measure, launched in September 2008, until from EU.
now, were submitted 2198 funding requests, Romania, with a territory of 238.391 km²,
being contracted 110 projects, with value of almost equal to that of Great Britain (244.820
16,36 million euros, the process of evaluation km²), occupies the ninth place among the 27
and contracting being underway. member states of the European Union, after
Measure 141 “Supporting the agricultural France, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Finland,
farms of semi-subsistence” So far, for this Poland, Italy and Great Britain. It represents
measure were contracted 6.148 projects with a 6% from the total surface of EU and 4% of its
public value of 47.11 million euros, being population. From the 23,8 million hectares
made payments in public value of 9.19 that summarize the Romania territory, its
million euro. agricultural surface is of 14,7 mil ha (71,7%),
Measure 112 “Setting up of young farmers” of which 9,4 mil. ha is arable land. Romania
This measure has enjoyed from its launching, is located on the 7th place in Europe as
since December 2008, by a great interest. agricultural area (after France, Spain,
Thus so far were submitted 3.363 funding Germany, Poland, Britain and Italy) and o the
requests from which were contracted 507 5th place as arable surface (after France,
projects with a public value of 10.189 million Spain, Germany and Poland).
euros. The only way of financing in present is
By 24 December 2009, Payment Agency for through PNDR and APIA which are having
Rural Development and Fisheries has made
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each allocated 1.359.770.651 euros, producers are much better supported by the
respectively 729.8 million euros. governments of countries of origin, it is no
The agriculture can support the economic less true, that, internally, there are major
growth only if it can fully cover the domestic deficiencies in terms of organization and
consumption, while the prices evolution technical endowment, a planting material of
would benefit of a higher degree of low quality and limited financial resources
predictability. In conditions of recession, the compared to the necessary to invest, all this
consumption is orienting towards the leading to a low efficiency compared to that
alimentary products, especially the basic ones. of the neighboring countries of the euro area.
In conditions in which the unemployment is The further delay of the restructuring process
increasing, with a peak that could be achieved of agriculture will have undesirable effects on
in 2010, and the revenues are falling, the the Romanian economy, including the
further deterioration of retail sales, including pressures on the inflation rate. The
the sales of food should not be excluded. At Government should develop a plan to
the same time a possible depreciation of the encourage the consolidation of agricultural
exchange rate in some periods may create areas in large agricultural exploitations,
additional pressure on prices and default sale especially in the grain domain, otherwise the
volume. A total number of 15.010 projects current problems will persist for many years
have been tabled in the National Program of to come. The agriculture should become a real
Rural Development with a total value of 9 priority if we wish that the future highways to
billion euros according to the data submitted be used and for anything else, not only for
by the Ministry of Agriculture. Only 3.000 of transporting the imported agricultural
these were however actually incurred their products, transit and travels to the holiday
value amounting to 1.3 billion euros, while destinations.
the difference is in the process of analysis.
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another 2 billion euros following to be offered Institul European
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almost 70 million euros were actually used in 2008
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corresponds to an absorption rate of only supravetuire, Sepptembrie 2009, BCR
2,2%. Usually existing a gab of 3 year until [6] www.apia.org.ro
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potatoes, and the local manufactures accuses
the aggressive strategies of those abroad that
are supported by their governments through
subsidies, by submitting bids at very
competitive prices. The reality is a bit more
complex because if indeed the foreign
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THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE RURAL TOURISM AND ITS

CAPITALIZATION WITHIN THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Ioan BORDEAN1, Alin-Constantin FILIP1, Valentin CURTEANU1, Gabriela PADURE2

1
University Danubius, Galati
Galati nr. 3, 800654, Galati, Romania, Phone: +40 73 318 01 47, Email:
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
2
Raiffeisen Bank, Agency Costache Negri
Galatzi nr. 3, 800654, Galatzi, Romania, Phone:+40 72 691 79 18, Email: [email protected]
Key words: rural tourism, rural environment, capitalization, European funding
Abstract
Many specialists in the rural tourism identified Romania as a country with the largest potentian in Europe in what
concerns the development of the rural tourism as a important source of income for both investors and for the
contry’s budget. The rural tourism is aimed at rising living standards in the rural regions, helping to preseserve the
inhereted culture and in the same time to reduce the pehnomenon of migration. The purpose of he paper is to
analyze the implications of rural tourism in the rural development.The reasearch follows the following objectives:
determining the degree of importance, possibility of funding and determining the interpersonal relationships
between different social environements withtin the rural tourism.The tourism facilitates a formal contact of the
peopel from different environments, and the ideas and actions, directed twoard superior capitalization of the local
resources, inherent occur. The results are the identification of rural tourism within the rural environment through
various crtieria of capitalization and potential significant developments of this environemnt through European
funding.
INTRODUCTION standards helps to preserve the cultures

heritage and in the same time to reduce the
To the tourism has been shaped new valences
phenomenon of migration. So the rural
by practicing rural tourism, this new type of
tourism is a principal component in the
tourism being adequate to the modern current
territorial development of the country, fact
era. The rural tourism has the advantage that
underlined and by the developed countries
act to open up new investment opportunities.
(France, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and
Thus, the tourism facilitates a formal contact
Ireland, etc)[2].
of the people derived from the most various
environments and the ideas and actions,
guided towards superior capitalization of MATERIAL AND METHOD
various local resources, occur inherently.
Numerous specialists in the rural tourism has
Between the potential tourists of the rural
identified Romania as a country with the
environment can enter and business people
largest potential from Europe in what
who have the ability to compass faster the
concerns the development of the rural tourism
perspectives of implanting new activities and
a important source of income both for
financial perspectives of them, aspects that
investors as well as and for the state budget. It
can be benefic through their effects for the
can be started from the premise that the tourist
rural community (jobs, upgrading the
need rural tourism, but also the village needs
infrastructure and of services, entering in the
the rural tourism. After the agitate life and the
information flow, etc.) Obviously that keeping
stress of big cities, the Romanian or foreign
pleasant memories about the rural holidays
tourist wants a quiet holiday in contact with
can encourage the business man to start the
nature, with the traditional (one of four
investment in the respective environment. The
European is spending its holiday at
rural tourism has as purpose the rural
countryside).
development by: improving the living
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The methodology used is the analysis of the The Romanian territory presents: a wide
rural environment and its values in the rural variety of historical values – folk art,
tourism by identifying the values and benefits ethnography folklore, traditions, and historical
brought by the rural tourism within the rural vestiges – a harmonious natural environment
development. combined with a varied background landscape
and picturesque. All these are valences of
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Romanian rural tourism in particular.
Appeared and developed on the most varied
The tourism in Romania focuses on forms of relief since the time of Thracian-
landscapes and its rich history, having also an Dacian, the Romanian rural settlements have
important contribution to the economy. In preserved and still preserve in good measure
2006, the tourism revenues were only of 2% the ancient traditions and customs, a rich and
from PIB, compared to 4% in 2005, one of the varied folk, original elements of ethnography
causes of this decline it was the very weak and crafting, which can be touristic
promotion of Romania as a tourist destination. capitalized within an organization strategy
Thus the rural tourism has gained ground and the development of rural tourism.
against the conventional, the areas with the With the role of underlining the natural
biggest success being Bucovina, Maramures, landscapes are the touristic villages, where
or Bran Moeciu. According to a report of the people live there and are maintaining for
World Council of Tourism and Travel on hundred of years the traditions. The
2007, in terms of growth perspectives of the Romanians prefer increasingly more, to spend
industry of tourism and travel, Romania ranks their weekends and vacations at country, in
on the seventh place from the 176 analyzed rural pensions, to the detriment of the resorts
countries. more and more crowded. This is why many
In 2008 Romania obtained concerning the local investors, and not only, have opened
contribution of income from tourism to GDP, touristic pensions in picturesque areas.
only 5,8 percentage from GDP came from The popularity of the rural tourism has
tourism activities performed, according to the increase in the recent years. From initiatives
data transmitted by the World Council of with individual character it reached to a true
Tourism and Travel. In 2009 the share of alternative to spend the free time. The reason
tourism in GDP was of only 3,5%, or about for the tourism development in the rural area
4,5 billion euro. Romania has a huge is the awareness, by the small farmers, of the
potential, under-exploited. From touristic necessity of diversification the activities both
point of view, Romania remained behind the in the agricultural farm, and outside of it, by
neighboring states, as Hungary or Bulgaria. engaging in forestry, tourism or appealing to
Although the rural tourism has registered certain activities on determined time within
increases, it presents a considerable potential the local economy. According to the
which is not sufficiently exploited. The specialists the prosperity it isn’t on the pure
touristic sector in 2005 comparative with farmer, but on the side of the working farmer,
1998, has recorded an increase of the numbers craftsman, forestry, in the purpose of plurality
of accommodation structures (+35,4%), of the of revenue, in terms of combinations of
level of accommodation capacity (+0,95%) complex activities.
and the number of accommodation places in In this context, it is necessary for tourism to
the touristic pensions came to 22.061 in 2005, be considered as a starting point to a higher
from which 50,5% in the rural space. As economic level for new perspectives of the
number o rural touristic pensions their number economic development in this area. He should
increased from 2005 from 11151 to 14551 in be encouraged including by putting in value
2006, but in exchange the holiday villages fell the projects that follow the protection and
from 266 in 2005 to 110 in 2006. assessment of the natural heritage, history and
Rural tourism and its motivations culture, which is the main source of touristic
interest.
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The rural tourism takes in places relatively The main motivations of rural tourism are of
unpolluted areas, undisturbed, inhabited by the social, cultural and economic order, that
traditional communities, satisfying multiple can be summarized as follows:
needs: Social reasons
 the need to “escape” to reduce the tension  the agriculture crisis: new economic and
state, this being accompanied by an active or legislative conditions from Europe
passive participation in conducting the determines the trend of extinction that it
touristic activities; manifests the small and traditional
 the need to maintain or to restore the households;
health;  abandonment of crop land, as well as and
 the need for belonging and love for nature; of tasks with rural specific tasks;
 the need for knowledge and education;  the unemployment increase among the
 the need linked to the desire of visiting the young ones, rural exodus: the peasants
relatives and friends; families leave to town to seek work
 the need of beautiful and original, etc Cultural reasons
The environmental and cultural importance of  increase the number of houses from the
the disadvantaged agricultural areas can serve rural area that aren’t occupied or maintained;
as the basis oc economic development  low use of the traditional buildings;
through tourism. The future of the countryside  the disappearance of crafts;
is a problem that EU has realized it more than  destruction of local art heritage;
a decade. The problems created by the  loss of traditions;
situation of rural areas (reducing the incomes  abandonment of care and concern beside
from agriculture, the rural code, loss of the beautiful places from nature that are
traditions) recommend the development of the offered by the rural space
rural tourism as stimulator of rural economy. Economic reasons
This type of tourism presents a series of  very low incomes from agriculture;
benefits: capitalizes the agricultural areas,  difficulties in marketing the agricultural
natural resources, the cultural heritage, rural products supplied by the peasant households;
traditions, agricultural products, conduct  price developments;
exchanges between the urban and rural
 surplus of agricultural products
revenues, create directly and indirectly jobs, But the reasons don’t stop here, among all
improves the infrastructure. There area factors that stimulates the more vigorous
number of economic, social and cultural assertion of the rural tourism, highlighting:
reasons which recommends the development The increase of duration of affected time for
of the touristic initiatives in the rural areas as recreation
stimulator of the rural economy. The increase of the affected time for
The rural tourism wasn’t born in a recreation is generally an important factor of
spontaneous form, but it was created from the the rural tourism development. A particular
researches and designed by Governments and aspect that has consequences on the rural
Ministries of Agriculture and Tourism from tourism is multiplying the short periods
the countries of European Community to give allocated to leisure. To these are added and
answers to a number of problems created by the possibility of phased performing of the
the situation of rural areas in particular, rest holidays. Correlating with other factors,
namely: such as the period duration of transport, cost
 strong reduction of agricultural incomes; of stay, the deficit of toruistic solution of
 aging and the abandonment of agriculture; short duration, results that the perspectives
 new environmental application; of selecting the rural environment as holiday
 population stability area increasingly large, at least for the short
periods of time.
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The increasing of the interest for health today’s urban habitant desires, and its
maintaining materialization is produced often in the rural
The increase of the interest for health areas. The man usually wishes an alternating
maintaining records a boom. Even today, in of calm feelings with the animated ones, and
our country, the way of obtaining food is therefore, it isn’t surprising to leave the
fortunately less artificially made, home from the city in the favor of possibility
comparative with the countries highly to be able to find with pleasure in a quiet
industrialized countries, it is also true that environment, unpolluted, far from the
the stress factors generated by the constrains on urban activities, the rural
economical instability, hypertrophy, environment being the one which answers to
dysfunctional and polluting the great cities, all these desires.
affects increasingly obvious the health state
of the population. The guideline increasingly The affirmation of individualism in the
higher of the stay purpose towards leisure market
activities, sportive, of decoupling by the The systematic promoting and insistence of
daily tension is natural and is entered into a certain products to gain a stable segment of
strategy more or less deliberate of health consumers, is a practice currently used to
maintaining. The rural areas are excellent impose various consumer product markets.
placed to offer satisfactions to the most Despite it small size and diffuse of the
various and sophisticated options, from the touristic activities, the rural tourism is able
foot or cyclist promenades in fresh air to to capitalize this opportunity that can be very
escalades or daring executions from the quiet beneficial in the conditions in which there
fishing parties, to the satisfactions offered by are motivation and competence for the
tasting drinks and traditional meals. popularization and offer selling, respectively
receiving tourists.
Authenticity Theoretically, there isn’t rural settlement that
It is a quality increasingly in demand. In can’t provide at least one branded product
most cases coming from a saturated likely to attract the interest of tourist. The
environment of audio-visual, dominated by precondition is that the brand to be authentic,
powerful industrial products, districts of genuine, and the efforts deposed to impose it
ineffectual blocks, collective impersonal to make possible to further awareness and
relations, the tourist appreciates more and recognition and its searching. Extrapolating
more the authenticity, naturalness of country this aspect to the Romanian village, it is
life, warm specific to the small rural obviously that at the level of majority of
communities. The survey conducted by the rural settlements, the emblematic defining of
British Tourist Offices reveals that this those is multiple: the quality of the
quality is placed on the second place after landscape, soul warmth of the habitants, the
the landscape qualities, between the works of art and of popular technique,
motivations underlying the option fro traditional occupations, folk costumes,
country stay. customs, cuisine, resources of the place
make a commune body.
Peace and physically comfort The key is to perpetuate this diversity, but
The mental peaces and psychic comfort are also to detect the elements that are giving
elements increasingly sought by many extra local specificity and may therefore
tourists, fact that is not surprised, given the become branded products, which unique can
level of stress, specifically to the majority of provide the consecration in the touristic
workers. The mechanisms underlying the circuit.
origin of movement are various and often
subtle. If frequently occurs the aspiration to Funding opportunities for rural tourism
leave the city life. The idea of escape in The financing program for rural tourism
nature is found almost universally among development within the rural development it
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is PNDR 2007-2013, the measure 313 units with the village components, while the
“Encouragement for toruistic activities”, are villages that are belonging to towns and
available public and private funds from the suburban areas aren’t eligible.
value of 837,26 million of euro since 2008 The beneficiary of the EU funds must
until 2013, of which the public contribution demonstrate the viability of investment, to
of EU and of Romanian Government is make prove of possessing
544,2 million of euro. The 313 measure has managerial/marketing skills or in according
as general objective the development of the with the proposed activity through project, or
touristic activities in the rural areas to to acquire them until the last payment. Also,
increase the number of jobs and alternative the beneficiary must prove the ownership
incomes, as well as and the increase of over the land on which will follow to make
attractiveness of the rural space. According the investment or the right of concessions for
to the applicant guide, the specific objectives a period of at least 10 years.
of this measure is related to creating and The maximum amount of the funds will be
maintaining the jobs through tourism up to 100 percent of the total eligible costs,
activities, especially for youth and women, but shall not exceed 200.000 euro/project.
to the increase of added value in tourism For the profit generating investments, the
activities, to create and diversification the intensity of the public grant support will be
infrastructure and touristic services but and up to 70 percent from the total of the eligible
for increasing the number of tourists and the expenditures, but will not exceed 70.000
duration of the visits. The operational euro by project in the case of investment
objectives aim the improvement of the projects. In agro-tourism will be financed
receiving structures at small scale, the 50% from the total of eligible expenditures,
development of information systems and and the total value will not exceed 200.000
touristic promotion, creation of recreational euro/project for other types of investments in
facilities in the view of ensuring the access the rural tourism. The minimum eligible
at the natural areas of toruistic interest. Are value of a project is of 5000 euro. The
eligible for this measure the projects of applicant can receive funding in advance up
investment in the touristic receiving to 20 percent of the eligible grant amount to
infrastructure, of agro-tourism as well as and start the project, no matter on what size is.
types of recreational activities (sportive or From September 2008, when it was launched
recreational). the first session for submission of projects
The eligible beneficiaries are the micro- and until now, within this measure were
enterprises with fewer then 10 employees submitted 811 application for funding, and
and who achieve an annual net turnover or were contracted 207 projects, worth in public
have total assets in value up to two million value 38,21 million euro. The major interest,
euro, equivalent in lei, but and individuals as in the case program SAPARD the
(not registered as economic agents) who will component of financing of the
engage that until the date of signing the accommodation structures, 199 of
financing contract to authorize itself with a beneficiaries with contract requesting
minimum status of authorized individual and financial support fro the construction, or
to function as micro-enterprise. Beneficiaries upgrading the pensions, huts, etc.
can be and municipalities through their
respective legal representatives and the
CONCLUSIONS
ONG.
To grant the support, the micro-enterprises, 1. If it designed, developed and carefully
both those existent and the newly created conducted, the rural tourism can bring
must be registered to carry out its proposed substantial benefits to the local communities,
activity by the project in rural areas. The offering the opportunity to sustain the local
eligible rural area of this measure includes jobs, to improve the demographic structure
all municipalities as territorial administrative of the rural areas, to diversify and extend the
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enterprises already existent, such as farms, to However it can be said that the Romanian
stabilize the income levels, to improve the village successfully crossed periods less
environment and local infrastructure, to glamorous of the history, preserving in a
attract investments or funds, to increase the great measure unspoiled the purity of its
preparedness level of the local population, to ancient culture among all factors that
encourage the arts and specific cultural stimulates the more vigorous assertion of the
events, etc. rural tourism, highlighting:
2. The rural tourism contributes, in a first - The increase of duration of affected time
stage, to saving and maintaining the farms for recreation;
and then, by strengthening and its - The increasing of the interest for health
development, is constituted as a prerequisite maintaining;
in ensuring the socio economic development - Authenticity;
locally and regionally. Therefore, the rural - Peace and physically comfort;
tourism is an economic activity - The affirmation of individualism in the
complementary to farms and not just an market
alternative of a substitution of it. The idea of escape in nature is found almost
3. Certain economical factors may reduce the universally among today’s urban habitant
effectiveness of the tourism as a instrument desires, and its materialization is produced
of rural development, including: the leakage often in the rural areas.The beneficiary of the
of revenue, market volatility, the reduction EU funds must demonstrate the viability of
of multiplier effect, low payments, imported investment, to make prove of possessing
labor, the limited number of the managerial/marketing skills or in according
entrepreneurs from the rural areas and the with the proposed activity through project, or
investors conservatism, the threatening of to acquire them until the last payment.
the cultural heritage
4. The expected success is achieved by an
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overall rural development, based on
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time, the oral culture, the traditions and
folklore has suffered strong influences,
determined by the evolutionary process of
inevitable socio-cultural transformations.
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LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN

MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Branko KATIĆ, Drago CVIJANOVIĆ, Vesna PARAUŠIĆ1

1
Institute of Agricultural Economics Belgrade
Volgina Street no. 15, 11060 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Fax/phone: +381 11 2972 858, E-mail [email protected]
Key words: mountainous area, livestock production, climatic changes, regional development, organic livestock production
Abstract
The territory of the Republic of Serbia consists of areas with various natural characteristics, significant for
agricultural production. The mountainous areas differ significantly from lowland and hilly regions. The conditions
for their development are less favourable. In mountainous areas we include those on altitude of above 800 m and
which terrains are with inclination of 18 degrees. Major territory or total territory with such terrains in the
Republic of Serbia, without KM, have 17 municipalities, in west, south and south-east part. There are no such areas
in AP Vojvodina. These municipalities are characterized by lower level of development than the average one, under-
average areas of arable agricultural land and above-average areas under meadows and pastures. Opposite to
benefits expressed in meadows and pastures, there are fewer cattle in them, than it is average for the republic. Here
is more intensive decrease of inhabitants' number and characteristic for the most of local authorities units in the
country, unfavourable age structure and lower educational level. According to current regulations, all these
municipalities rank among marginal areas, which have certain benefits in using incentive assets meant for
agriculture and rural development. These areas require even better concern within the policy of regional and rural
development, as well as agriculture development, along with application of multifunctional model. Taking into
consideration natural conditions and level of natural environment preservation, in following period should pay
more attention to livestock breeding development by application of organic production method. This production has
a perspective, because it is more valuable in health and nutritive sense than the conventional production, it is in
harmony with the requirements of the environment preservation and slowing down the unfavourable process of
climatic changes, afterwards increases demand and achieves higher prices. In the paper are given basic
characteristics of mountainous area of the Republic of Serbia's central part, points out to movement of livestock
production in this region, in short presents the solutions from the regulatory rules on regional development, points
out to negative consequences of climatic changes to agricultural production, gives directions to organic production
development in these areas.
Serbia3. They consist of 988 settlements or
INTRODUCTION 23,3% of settlements number in Central
Serbia (Picture 1).
Mountainous area of Serbia - In this paper, According to the last census in 2002, in these
main attention was given to territory of those municipalities lived 536268 inhabitants or
municipalities in Central part of RS, which 9,81% of whole Central Serbia population.
total or major part of the territory was on Along with that, 10 of these municipalities
altitude above 800 m or with land inclination were border municipalities, which was
of more than 18 degrees. Such local additionally aggravating developmental
authorities are 17 (15 have the municipality factor. In major of these municipalities, the
status and two the status of the city – Vranje number of inhabitants decreases faster than
and Novi Pazar), located on south-west, south the average one for the republic, although in
and south-east part of Central Serbia. The some of them, the condition is more
municipalities are: Bosilegrad, Brus, Vranje,
Dimitrovgrad, Ivanjica, Nova Varoš, Novi 3
Pazar, Pirot, Priboj, Prijepolje, Raška, Sjenica, There are also smaller parts of territory in other local
communities, which appertain in mountainous area. See –
Trgovište, Tutin, Crna Trava and Čajetina. Strategy of Spatial Development of the Republic of Serbia
They comprise the territory of around 12 – study-analytical base: Use of agricultural land, Republic
thousand km2, which is 21,4% of Central Agency for Spatial Planning, Belgrade, April, 2009.
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favourable than the average (for example, because they abound with sufficient pastures
population increase in 2007 in Tutin was 11,3 for livestock grazing, as well as the meadows
per mill, Novi Pazar 8,5, Vranje 0,7, for providing food when the livestock is not in
according to decrease of 4,7 in the republic pasture. Once were bred livestock here in
and 4,5 in Central Serbia. In the municipality such number that it had led to degradation of
Crna Trava that decrease is 28,2 per mill). agricultural land. It is no longer a case. Rural
Those areas have been pressed by higher population has decreased, so there has been
unemployment rate and lower income per capita also decreased livestock breeding. It has been
(ranges from 25,4% in Tutin to 88,5% in Vranje characteristic for past thirty years, with
of the republic average (2. page 823)). acceleration tendency. Such consequences are
extremely unfavourable, while, along with
This area has 648,3 thousand hectares of
other things, huge natural resources stay
agricultural areas, or 19,6% of those areas in
insufficiently used, tending to be lost.
Central Serbia. It decreases in these areas
faster than the average one. In period 1997- Short review of number of basic livestock
2007, the areas have reduced for 1,1%, while species tendency in period 1997-2007, point
in Central Serbia have been reduced for 0,8%. out that number of livestock decreases (with
In Central Serbia, the areas under ploughs and exception of cattle number) with higher
gardens in this period have been reduced for intensity than in whole republic, i.e. Central
3%, in mountainous areas have been increased Serbia. It is also characteristic for numerous
for 1,7%. The areas under fodder reduce faster observed units of local authorities from this
than the average, so they were less for 11,4%, region. Extremely downturn trend of sheep and
in relation to decrease of 2% in Central poultry number is characteristic (see table 2.).
Serbia. However, their participation in Something about regulatory rules on regional
ploughs and gardens in 2007 was slightly development - Numerous developmental
higher than the average (22,7% in regard to documents, as well as existing regulatory rules
22,2%). The meadows and pastures, together point out to necessity of more equable overall
with forests, are the most precious potential of social development of some regions, which
these regions. That is also a base for bigger mutually differ by numerous parameters. For
livestock production. The areas under the several years exists the document Strategy of
meadows in 2007 were higher for around 1% regional development4, and in last years was
than 10 years ago, while in Central Serbia brought special Law on Rural development5,
were increased for 6%. The meadows in this which was regulating also supporting system of
region do about 28% of its total agricultural regional development, aiming to:
land, in regard to 17,5% in Central Serbia. 1) provide overall social-economic sustainable
The areas under the pastures have been development,
reduced in observed 10 years-lasting period 2) reduce regional differences in social-economic
(for 1,8%, and in Central Serbia were development and social life, with accent on
increased for 2%). The participation of the supporting the development of insufficiently
pastures in agricultural areas of this region developed, devastated industrial and rural areas,
amount 45,6% in regard to the average in 3) decrease negative demographic trends,
Central Serbia (22%). While pastures and 4) achieve the economy development based
meadows comprise around 39,5% of total on knowledge, innovation, modern scientific-
agricultural land in Central Serbia, in this technological achievements and management
region they comprise 73,3%. There are more organization,
details in the following Table 1. 5) ensure competitiveness development at all
levels,
About livestock production in mountainous
areas - We saw that terms for livestock 4
Official Gazette of RS, No. 21/2007
breeding in these areas are favourable, 5
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6) set up legal and institutional frame for Until this paper was written, the ministry did not
planning, organizing, coordinating and announce mentioned developmental level. There
realization of developmental activities, are still not available data which refer to indexes
7) support inter-municipal, inter-regional, cross- by statistical territorial units, on level 2 and 3.
border and international cooperation with According to the law, the regions classify, by
mutual interest, development level, into two groups, so in the
8) achieve more efficient use of domestic first are the regions with developmental grade of
natural resources and property, as well as 75% and above 75% of the republic GDP
foreign resources, at the republic, average per capita, and in the second group –
autonomous, regional and local level. regions, which developmental grade is under
Supporting regional development bases on more 75% of the republic average GDP per capita.
principles, from which we especially point out: Insufficiently developed are the regions from
the principle of regional development equability previous second group and the regions in which
(supporting faster development of insufficiently the number of inhabitants, starting from census
developed regions, departments and units of in 1971 till observed year, is higher than 50%.
local authorities); partnership principle The units of local authority (municipalities and
(participation and synergy – policy of regional cities), according to development level, classify
development based on the partnership and in four groups: in the first belong the units of
synergetic activity of public, private and civil local authorities which development level is
sector, domestic and international organizations above the republic average; in the second group
and institutions); and principle of adjustment – local authorities' units whose development
with EU regulations (setting up legal and level ranges from 80-100% of the republic
institutional frame in harmony with standards, level; in the third - local authorities' units whose
the best practice and regulatory rules of the development level ranges from 60-80% of the
European Union and domestic legislation). republic average and in the fourth group - local
In accordance with EU practice, for the needs authorities' units whose development level is
of supporting regional development, the law under 60% of the republic average.
determines seven regions on Level 2 (NUTS There are also familiar to the law
2) for whole country: Region of Vojvodina; insufficiently developed units of the local
Region of Belgrade; West region; East region; authority, where are considered the units and
Central region; South region; and Kosovo and previously mentioned third group
Metohija region. There should point out that (development level ranges from 60-80% of
such determined regions do not represent the republic average) and extremely
administrative territorial units and are not insufficient developed units of local
legal. According to the authorities in law, the authority (units from the fourth group), than
government has determined (by Decree on those in which is number of inhabitants was
statistical territorial units' nomenclature6), reduced for over 50%(since census in 1971 to
statistical territorial units – Level 3 (NUTS 3), observed year) and communities of local
which consist of local authority's units within authority's units on territory of Autonomous
the districts. The area titles of NSTJ 3 level Province Kosovo and Metohija. There is no
determine according to names of districts, doubt that all units of local authorities in
which territorial units of local authority mountainous regions of Central Serbia, which
belong to certain area. are this paper subject, will be classified either
The level of regions' and local authority units' in insufficiently developed or extremely
development is determined by their development insufficient developed units in unique list of
indexes application, which determines the development, when it become valid.
ministry authorized for regional development, The unique development list of the regions, units
according to determined criteria once a year. of local authorities and city municipalities, will
adopt the government, on proposal of authorized
6
Official Gazette of RS, No. 109/2009 ministry for regional development, no later than
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October 31st 2010. The law furthermore specifies harmfulness. Unfortunately, along with this
kinds of developmental documents (National acknowledgement, for a long time has not
plan of regional development; regional achieved a consensus on decrease of gas
developmental strategy; program for financing emission in atmosphere, so neither did last
the region's development and other summit held 2009 in Copenhagen, at the
developmental documents in the field of regional highest level, still not had given clear
development); regional development subjects limitations, as well as other measures7. The
(the government; authorized ministry for regional climatic changes express by increase of
development and those authorized for finances average temperatures, which cause glaciers
and spatial planning; Autonomous Province of melting, increase of the seas level, than
Vojvodina; Capital; Agency for Economic increasing extreme climatic occurrences,
Register; Republic Agency for Spatial Planning, harmful for whole living world. It is realistic
according to the law; Development Fund of the to expect that it will come to rainfall decrease
Republic Serbia; Local authority's Units, in temperate and tropic areas, and to rainfall
according to the law; National Council for increase in other areas. It has been already felt
Regional Development; National Agency for in South-East Europe area, where has changed
regional Development; regional developmental normal disposition of rainfalls, as well as
councils; regional developmental agencies; normal annual temperatures. Dry periods
district associations); measures and incentives, become increasingly longer and more
determined by the government on proposal of the frequent. It reflects primarily on biodiversity
ministry authorized for regional development, in condition, where numerous plant and animal
accordance to appropriate plan documents, species have been jeopardized or gone, as
directed on project realization, including also well as on agricultural production.
support to development of insufficiently In Serbia, the biggest polluters are from
developed regions, as well as sources for energetic sector, than from transportation sector
financing regional development (the budget of and partly – agriculture. The climatic changes
RS; budget of autonomous provinces; budgets of effect also degradation of agricultural land.
local authorities' units; pre-accessing funds of Acidity of soil increases, which leads to its
EU; non-return developmental support of degradation and yield decrease. It is necessary
international community and other EC programs; to act with adequate measures on climatic
developmental credits of international financing changes in this field, especially by adjusting the
institutions and business banks; donations, agricultural production structure, along with
contributions and gifts from legal entities and tough selection of cultures adjustable to
physical persons and other sources in accordance forthcoming changes, intensification of
to the law). irrigation and drainage of agricultural soil,
Climatic changes - The climatic changes on founding and applying new technologies, as
our planet are more and more explicit, while well as other measures. There should say that in
the inhabitants of every country in the world Serbia is overall regulations bound to
feel their negative consequences. It was environment protection, whose implementation
proven that they were the consequence of leads to mitigation of climatic changes, i.e. their
human activities, which have realized consequences. Unfortunately, risks from
opposite to natural laws for 200 years, climatic changes consequences, as well as the
disturbing natural and biological balance. The consequences regarding non-implementation of
effects of glasshouse, caused by uncontrolled strict regulations on environment protection, are
emission of harmful gasses, emerged by the still not deeply ingrained in consciousness of
fuel combustion, cause these changes to a
7
large extension. A man did not take care about Leaders of 190 countries, which have participated on
principles of sustainable development, which the Conference in Copenhagen, had not succeeded in
adopting legally binding agreement for battle against
was adopted, when it was familiar and climatic changes, which would replace existing Kyoto
outspread acknowledgement on this relation Protocol, http://www.ekoplan.gov.rs/src/Klimatske-
promene-46-p1-list.htm.
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wider social classes. Therefore are anticipated However, already existing livestock production
existing educational and other activities and has, to a large extent, the characteristics of organic
measures not only welcome, but also necessary production, because the livestock feed with
and urgent. However, the condition of ecologically pure food (pastures, hay from
environment in Serbia is satisfying. It is better meadows), drink clean water, breath clean air, and
than in any other country in surrounding, except often are bred autochthonous species of domestic
Albania, and according to Index of ecological animals, which are more resistant to diseases.
performances (http://epi.yale.edu/Home) it is on There is also inevitable appropriate activity
29th place among 163 states8. It is, for sure, regarding education of the population, especially
combination of various circumstances than the younger generations for this kind of production,
environment care itself. However, in last two adequate organization in production, placement
decades, numerous capacities as polluters of the and other activities which lead to improvement of
environment have stopped working; in this production.
agriculture has been used small quantities of Great part should play appropriate associations,
artificial fertilizers and chemical protective which should organize those producers, to
means, therefore the agricultural land is in good connect them with certification bodies –
ecological condition. The environment is more authorized organizations. Providing assured
preserved exactly in mountainous areas. The placement of their products is of relevant
land, water and air are on high ecological level. significance, because it would mean the
Natural conditions, regulatory rules and biggest contribution to improvement of this
condition of organic production in Serbia - kind of production. In these areas is possible to
Serbia has excellent natural conditions for starting organize and process livestock products (meat,
the organic production. Rural areas of the republic milk, milk products, etc.), in a way to
are less developed, while there realizes major of additionally employ and keep on these areas
primary agricultural production. These areas are certain number of rural population.
ecologically preserved, which is basic assumption There should consider that the regulatory rules of
for realizing organic production. Among rural organic production in Serbia are adjusted to the
areas also exists distinctions, besides all other, one in EU and it is very strict regarding starting
concerning developmental level and the and realizing the organic production. It has been
environment preservation. In hilly-mountainous regulated by the Law on organic production
and especially mountainous regions of the and organic products9 and numerous rules.
republic, which are on lower developmental level, Taking about livestock organic production,
the agricultural land is mostly ecologically correct; according to the law, it can be based on productive
they have more qualitative water and cleaner air. units within which are the pastures and other land
As we saw, in total agricultural land, the pastures where produces fodder or provides organically
and meadows occupy significantly higher produced animal food for which the certificate
participation than it is an average for the republic, was issued; when provides organically produced
as well as for Central Serbia. It is basic animal food from mentioned parcels; selection of
assumption for agricultural production with focus kinds and species of animals, breeding method,
on livestock production. This production nutrition and health care of the animals, transport
decreases faster than average decrease. The and slaughter determine by the methods of
condition can be improved only with adequate organic livestock production. Along with that has
policy and more significant state support, which been regulated processing method of these
by would realize developmental programs on products, their package, storage and transport, as
long-term base. Real possibility for more well as declaration and certification. The
significant use of these natural resources is in authorized minister for agriculture develops
planning start of organic livestock production. further law provisions by the rule book. Such rule
book was brought in 2002 – Official Gazette
8
For example, Albania is taking 23rd place, Croatia
35th, Romania 45th, Slovenia 55th, Bulgaria 65th,
Macedonia 73rd and BH 98th. 9
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FRY, No. 51/2002 according to previous law, 50 poultry pieces and 250 hives. It is obvious
which is still in effect. that this kind of livestock production has been
Several years back have allocated some very neglected, which is impermissible and
incentive assets for improvement of organic should be improved in future period, not only
production, as plant, as well as livestock. The on terrain, but also in institutional,
same was in 200910, when physical persons organizational and stimulating sense12.
were encouraged, along with regulated
conditions: 20.000 RSD per hectare of included CONCLUSIONS
crop production into organic production and
with 30.000 RSD per hectare for fruit, Serbia has great developmental chance in revival
viticulture and vegetable production, but no of livestock production, which has all adequate
more than 600.000 RSD per a user. For organic conditions for it. Along with increase of total
production in livestock breeding, stimulating livestock production, special accent should be put
assets were 15.000 RSD per head of neat cattle, on starting and constant increasing of organic
5.000 RSD per head of small-size cattle, 500 livestock production. For this production,
RSD per poultry piece and 1.500 RSD per a especially in mountainous areas of the republic,
hive; the most 800.000 RSD per a user. The there are favourable conditions, while these areas
physical persons, legal entities and dispose with huge areas under natural pastures and
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entrepreneurs are supported , who deal, under meadows that fulfil all ecological requirements of
regulated conditions, with production of seeds, the organic production. These areas also have high
seedlings and planting material by methods of quality of water, cleanest air, as well as the
organic production, in a way to get 40.000 RSD experience in breeding livestock on pasture.
for crop production, 50.000 RSD per hectare for However, there are autochthonous livestock
fruit, viticulture and vegetable production, up to species in these areas, which is important for this
500.000 RSD per a user. kind of production. The problems, like as
insufficient informing, inappropriate organizing,
Besides favourable natural conditions and
unfavourable age structure of population and
appropriate regulatory rules, the real condition
similar, can be overcame only by coordinated
of organic production in Serbia, as well as in its
activities on national, regional and local level,
mountainous areas, is still not seen. There are
with well done programs, better financial support,
domestic certification bodies, but also foreign,
taking into consideration certain assets from EU
which, at least for now, do not „render
funds, too. More complete results can be expected
accounts“ to authorized ministry. Therefore is
only in long-lasting time period. Just
data that the organic production is based on
acknowledged regulations on regional
around 1150 hectares of arable land and it
development should contribute to that. Of course,
should be increased to 600 000 ha
there should expect some limits, which would run
(http://www.agropress.org.rs/tekstovi/11184.ht
from the climatic changes.
ml). On the list of authorized ministry are 58
registered producers in organic production, out Along with benefits this production provides,
of which only six deal with livestock as for producers, as well as for consumers, and
production. One of them is in two observed for improvement of the country's balance of
local authorities (Pirot and Dimitrovgrad). payments, there can come to deceleration
According to data of Chamber of Commerce of processes, but also to stoppage of these regions
RS, in period of conversion (August 2009), evacuation, which by should create perspective
there was 191 heads of cattle, 42 heads of pigs, of great natural resources use, which are in the
republic's rural areas, especially its
10
Decree on allocation and use of assets for supporting
the organic production development, for 2009 (Official
12
Gazette of RS No. 21/2009). Register of agriculture, that is going to be done in
11
Decree on terms and method of incentive assets use 2011, among many other significance, should provide
for supporting development of seeds, planting material also data about organic production, which is going to
and seedlings by organic production method, in 2009 represent real condition on day “D” (31st of October
(Official Gazette of RS, No. 21/2009). 2011)
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concerning the population). proizvodima (Sl. glasnik RS, br. 62/2006).
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS [4] Izveštaj o stanju životne sredine u Republici Srbiji
za 2003. i 2004. godinu;. Agencija za zaštitu životne
Paper work is part of project no. 149087 - sredine, Beograd, 2005. (http://www.sepa.sr.gov.yu/).
[5] Izveštaj o stanju životne sredine u Srbiji u 2008.
Multifunctional agriculture and rural godini, Agencija za zaštitu životnee sredine, Beograd,
development in the function of accession of 2009. (http://www.sepa.sr.gov.yu/).
Republic of Serbia into EU, financed by the [6] Pravilnik o uslovima koje treba da ispunjava pravno
Ministry of Science and Environmental lice koje izdaje sertifikat, odnosno resertifikat za
Protection of Republic of Serbia. organske proizvode i o načinu njihovog izadavanja (Sl.
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[7] Rakić Beba, Rakić Mira, 2009, Upravljanje
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APPENDIX
Picture 1 – Republic of Serbia (counties and municipalities)
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Table 1 - Areas, structure and dynamics of agricultural land use (in hectares)
Arable
Fodder
Agricultural Index land Index Index Index Index
Level crops Meadows Pastures
land 97/07 and 97/07 97/07 97/07 97/07
2007 gardens
R.Serbia 5052957 99,6 3398701 9800 465837 965 620495 1069 835094 1118
(without KM)
Central Serbia 3305516 99,2 1727177 9700 383836 980 578523 1059 728720 1020
Participation in 100.00 - 52,25 - 22,221 - 17,50 - 22,05 -
total a. land CS
Bosilegrad 35208 104,7 12229 178,8 1387 124,1 7502 93,2 14538 70,6
Brus 32051 100,0 8743 100,4 2416 102,8 9443 110,4 10919 100,9
Vranje 44552 98,9 20645 96,7 4656 93,3 6512 111,2 14429 98,9
Dimitrovgrad 28987 100,1 5936 84,4 2780 86,0 8179 99,4 14107 108,6
Ivanjica 51281 94,2 14617 101,5 1429 77,6 18914 98,4 14244 99,4
Nova Varoš 33180 100,0 9089 99,6 2251 99,3 9114 102,0 14247 98,8
Novi Pazar 36257 99,9 8600 76,0 1947 69,2 11284 114,8 14473 110,0
Pirot 69887 99,9 19780 93,6 4570 79,1 14232 100,6 32552 105,8
Priboj 18425 100,4 4131 101,8 2473 89,4 6979 100,2 5910 99,1
Prijepolje 39965 101,2 8924 95,1 2582 93,8 10425 97,4 16610 108,9
Raška 33311 99,9 6490 95,4 1787 81,4 8663 111,7 15742 98,8
Sjenica 80767 98,5 8575 95,6 1723 92,0 25619 96,7 46527 100,1
Surdulica 33759 97,6 4793 131,7 410 85,4 7577 93,1 20221 93,5
Trgovište 20873 99,4 7194 173,6 1349 90,6 3743 99,4 9352 74,5
Tutin 39699 100,0 4149 106,1 847 160,4 14665 98,7 20584 100,0
Crna Trava 15718 99,3 306 40,9 27 40,9 7918 111,0 7349 95,5
Čajetina 37354 99,6 2986 94,3 678 65,1 9255 92,5 23948 103,4
Total 648274 98,9 146687 101,7 33312 88,6 180024 100,8 295452 98,2
CS=100 19,61 - 8,49 - 8,60 - 31,11 - 40,50 -

Participation in 100,00 - 22,00 - 22,711 - 27,76 - 45,58 -
total
agricultural
land
1
/ In arable land and garden areas.
Source: RIS: Municipalities in the Republic of Serbia, 1997, Belgrade, June 1998, and Municipalities in Serbia
2008, Belgrade, January 2009 and calculation of the authors.
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Table 2 - Livestock species, number of heads (pieces) in 2007 and relation to the condition in 1997
Number Index Number Index Number Index Numb. of Index
Level
of cattle 97/07 of pigs 97/07 of sheep 97/07 poultry 97/07
Serbia
(without
KM) 1087077 82.50 3831894 93.02 1606156 91.37 16421755 73.43
Central
Serbia 818528 75.31 2293770 94.46 1374851 92.20 9996040 68.93
Bosilegrad 4822 70.25 3281 97.71 8485 58.07 14432 74.09
Brus 8559 99.59 22543 221.25 20567 115.77 44162 81.53
Vranje 9977 69.42 10510 81.00 5412 42.52 114571 21.45
Dimitrovgrad 1827 22.37 1058 8.25 3513 43.14 14895 11.21
Ivanjica 11420 72.31 13165 137.88 24319 72.21 56794 87.01
Nova Varoš 9308 145.37 1830 81.95 10653 66.64 23165 89.13
Novi Pazar 10377 79.98 1490 44.21 8114 57.85 42778 81.44
Pirot 6464 44.65 5490 46.48 13544 25.04 83205 68.31
Priboj 4617 91.52 935 103.20 12052 96.62 16857 65.47
Prijepolje 9454 71.83 594 105.32 11780 68.06 24944 60.32
Raška 5698 83.81 5491 98.58 10619 95.22 42778 66.45
Sjenica 20218 86.18 1268 413.03 18946 60.46 22666 47.37
Surdulica 3398 59.42 3758 71.87 3948 76.50 24198 71.05
Trgovište 2450 90.01 1155 86.84 4305 41.28 28913 266.77
Tutin 12438 115.98 63 - 19484 65.50 20076 113.60
Crna Trava 1373 73.15 555 57.33 842 55.25 6164 68.41
Čajetina 9342 91.50 3899 101.14 30357 98.82 31615 75.20
Total 131742 78.72 77085 90.64 206940 64.49 612213 47.12
CS=100 16.08 - 3.36 - 15.05 - 6.12 -
Source: RIS: Municipalities in the Republic of Serbia, 1997, Belgrade, June 1998, and Municipalities in Serbia
2008, Belgrade, January 2009 and calculation of the authors.
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AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA
Constantin Octavian BURGHELEA
Printec Group Romania, 44 Constantin Aricescu, 011688, Bucharest, Romania,

Phone: +407 24 23 22 58, Fax: +4021 230 45 19, Email: [email protected]
Keywords: agricultural economics, positive development, strategy development, economic efficiency, economic
determinants.
Abstract
Understanding economic agriculture is an important factor in defining development strategy of any country. With
economic crisis, relations between different determinants of growth are extremely important. The ultimate aim of
agricultural and food economy of Romania is not to be incorporated into the European common market, but to
customize, notes and even boost as a deciding factor in determining future directions of economic and social
development of all Union. Development opportunities must exceed the impediments of current global crisis. Current
situation of Romanian agriculture is nothing but a test of maturity, a trial whose result will materialize positively
only in terms of efficient use of Member States' experiences and opportunities realized.
INTRODUCTION modernized agricultural syndicalism, which

favoured the introduction of agriculture in the
Scientific and technical developments, capitalist system and its subordination of the
economic and trade in the last 150 years have industrial cycle.
said, in agriculture, an overall process of One sector of society has taken for uprooting
virtualization and merchandising of all its rural economy symbolism and practices and
natural-biological processes. specific forms of employment.
Agriculture, although more conservative and Various regions have specialized in crop
rigid to new technical, has nevertheless some production or in various types of livestock
areas where industry has taken before. products, the manufacturers of food grievance,
During the nearly two centuries, agricultural occurring farms thousands of animals. He
specialization and productivity differences emerged as economies of scale in agriculture,
between regions of the world widened often at the expense of environmental and social
considerably. dimensions and requirements of agriculture.
Rigor reduce production costs were equally These specialized farms have always been
perplexed geography of cities and villages, new maintained by public support mechanisms.
forms of division of labour horizontal Modernization is connected to the globalization
(territorial) and vertical (subsidiary) were of trade, in which significant power is held by
imposed in agriculture. Europe and the U.S.. These powers are marked
These structures were passed in Europe, where, both by statist intervention and by force of
especially after the Second World War, industrial groups, the two levels falling in
witnessing the land accumulation, the synergy[1].
devastation of the traditional system of fruit Particular, the U.S. government never accepted
growing, breeding, engine, etc.. These processes losing control of strategic market of cereals held
made that in half a century, to disappear tens of by the multinational empires of commerce.
millions of working in agriculture. U.S. carries constraints for Europeans to open
The second agricultural revolution began in their markets to products (beef hormone
Europe after 1945, took place through produced by the substitution of cereals and oleo-
mechanization, use of chemicals and genetic proteins which incorporated in animal feed have
selection, to ensure food self-sufficiency. to blow milk production of cows, pork and
The processes were made by the poultry meat).
institutionalization unifying between state and
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Facing such environmental and social imports they have received to date. The current
aberrations, policy-makers are called upon to level high yield Western explained by the
prove an indisputable responsibility, although annual input current less capital, they are the
the European Commission to the scientific result of storage of advanced equipment
medical evidence attesting to human health purchased for the low interest loans. Support
damage, has decided in 1996 to show “a cold production and trade of agricultural products
attitude to not cause adverse reactions in the and its pressures for liberalization, resulting
market”[2]. from continued growth yield and the total
amount of food made in developed countries are
MATERIAL AND METHOD not only to export instability to countries
exposed. Pressures for abandoning protectionist
Agricultural enterprises of the future must subsidies are a policy in itself, because only the
aggregate four cultural levels: global, Western countries have gained the means to
worldwide, national and local, to fit the logic of support. Export credits and foreign food aid are
the market and world power. grants involved: lack of agricultural subsidies
Current rate of agricultural production in and support for poor countries may result and
developed countries leads to a production decrease land prices, which can be easily
damage to the environment. purchased by transnational investors, grants and
The oldest objective of a systematic policy of subsidies may increase the price of land. If
supporting the agricultural sector is to ensure subsidies create distortions in world trade, their
food security for the population up. This means lack of effects and motion generates false,
increased production for both consumption to artificial, the domestic prices in different
saturation coverage and the requirements countries, depending on the level of
resulting from demographic growth. development. Protection against the importation
To support this complex objective, was created is the recommended support for that is only
in 1945 FAO; since 1962, Europe has food self- accessible to poor countries (which have no
sufficiency concerns. Its supporters have raised resources, but which is most of the world
including the role of agriculture in the economic community), without the effects of dumping.
take-off (in fact often stated in Romania last Globalization of production and consumption
year and which, viewed in the light of domestic pattern of Western advertising and media
economic developments of farmers, but also in information society is made before or without
terms of competition and the emergence of large globalization methods, techniques, production
transnational companies agro-food, is systems and the Western powers, firms in
something completely exotic, detached from developing countries can not take no for their
reality and practicality-practice). FAO and the own consumption model or to enter the Western
EU are often associated with “state-national” market model[3]. Organic farming is with IT,
vision of agricultural policies, while the World light industry and furniture one of the main
Bank, for example, is oriented towards resources of the Romanian export.
international trade and comparative advantages. Certification of organic products. National
The fact is that, as evidenced by the experiences advisory agency has concluded a cooperation
of the last 2-3 decades, if domestic supply agreement with ECOCERT, private company in
system does not work, a country may be France, specializing in survey and certification
exposed to external price manipulation by of organic products. Convention provides for
exporters coming from areas that have exchanges of information available in France,
experienced strong concentration of agricultural the European Union and Romania, in
production. Best Western agriculture agriculture, with the operation and support
competitiveness explained less by direct and agriculture and organic farming in particular.
indirect support, individual and collective Romania and the EU have established
agricultural and non-current, but rather by all of contributions to trade in agricultural products.
the past, the farmers have built their structural Negotiations with the EU on bilateral trade
advantages, including strong protection from arrangements with basic agricultural products
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have been completed, the set quota exempt from people living in rural areas and the integration
customs duties. Thus, Romania will benefit of agriculture with the environment and with
from export quotas exempt from customs duties forestry. Common Agricultural Policy moving
for poultry meat (9,000 tons), pork (15,625 its focus from direct subsidies granted to
tons), beef (4,000 tons) and meat specialities (of agriculture (Pillar I of the CAP) to the integrated
2,125 tonnes of pig meat, 1,200 tonnes of development of rural economy and to
poultry meat and 500 tons of meat from cattle). environmental protection (Pillar II of CAP).
In dairy, in addition to the current quota of Romanian rural economy dominated by
cheese and sweet cheese (2,800 tons, with an agriculture in large part, is still poorly integrated
annual increase of 10%) it were established into the market economy. In the current
quotas for milk powder (1,500 tons) and yogurt economic situation, of how knowledge and
(1,000 tons). Romania still enjoy all quotas for application of marketing techniques depends on
grain and the flour. The fruit was agreed that, in the wellbeing of rural and urban, and welfare of
some cases, the application of non-tariff farmers.
barriers. Concessions agreed with the EU on Romanian manufacturer must operate in line
import of all meat and preparations, cereal, with economic reality existing in the world and
cheese and tomatoes will apply only if all export national economic and technical methods to
restrictions are eliminated by the Community. apply to devote its stability and efficiency. The
During 2007-2009, Romania has received from manufacturer is forced to produce what is
the European Union nearly 4 billion euro to required under domestic and international, to
support agriculture. The money were distributed respond promptly to consumer needs, to
on three main areas: direct payments, rural conduct, therefore, the request for the shaping of
development (which include conversion of their offers.
labour) and funds for market intervention.
Position Paper of the Commission includes a list RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
of names of origin, including 3 types of spirits,
5 types of spirits of wine, 7 types of milk, Romanian rural economy has a predominant
cheese and 26 other Romanian dishes, and for feature in the very high percentage of
Sibiu salami, Pleşcoi sausages and Buzau subsistence farms, which produce mainly for
pretzels. Romania will have to prove that it can their own, selling only a small part of produced
raise production rates obtained at the European products. Subsistence farms have limited access
Commission. There were years of work, while to other sources of revenue and therefore
for transposition in fact thousands of regulations welfare of a significant proportion of the rural
approved. 2007, Romania's accession to the population depends greatly on the level of
European Union, noted a new era in the profitability of farms.
agricultural economy and rural development of The program on agricultural perpetuity has
our country. Romania must transform its started, as an important measure in the
economy in order to quickly integrate into the mechanism of aggregation of large agricultural
EU internal market and to enjoy all the positive areas which will allow an effective agricultural
effects of adopting the Common Agricultural activities so as to resist European competition.
Policy (CAP)[4]. This program by small but numerous
EU membership is probably most pronounced agricultural landowners are encouraged to sell
pressure factor for rapid reform of Romanian or rent land owned, they won 100 euro/ha
agriculture and rural economy, given the need sold/year or 50 euro/ha leased per year[5].
for successful integration in European rural In early 2008, the number of requests for
economy. application life annuities reached 37,627,
The European model of agriculture is based on a increased significantly as compared with the
competitive sector, pointing to a market, number of requests made in previous years: 814
performing also other functions such as requests made for 2006, 23,700 applications
environmental protection, provision of recorded for 2007.
residential settlements more convenient for
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To stimulate the transformation of peasant this reason, places Romania among the
households into commercial family farms, countries with high agricultural potential.
training and strengthening the middle class in Of the 23.8 million hectares as summed
rural areas, the budgetary effort has been Romania, the country's agricultural area is 14.7
directed to supporting investments in rural area, million hectares (61.7%), of which 9.4 million
stimulating banks participation and developing hectares are arable land. Romania is on 7th
their skills for agricultural credit. place in Europe where the agricultural area
National Program for Investment was (Spain, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Poland)
conducted in new plant and animal breeding and 5th place as arable land (after Spain, France,
farms and strengthening existing ones, targeting Germany and Poland).
young families and program support family One of the conditions that hamper performance
farms that have at least three cows, a program in in agriculture is a crumbling property in small
which, for the purchase of equipment (tanks for parcels (less than 3 ha), which requires grouping
milk cooling, counters and appliances milking, their holdings need larger areas to be able to
mowing, power generators, feed chopper, etc.). switch to an efficient agriculture. This aspect
Thru Farmer Program, that was active in 2006- will be regulated by grouping land policy is
2007, was submitted 1001 projects with a total needed to answer and tasks contained in the
declared eligible to request funding for 311.2 government program for 2005-2008 regarding
million euro. Thus, it is possible to bind all of the completion of land tenure reform and to
the funds allocated under SAPARD for the stimulate transformation of peasant households
period 2000-2006, from the first half of 2000. in the nature of family farms commercial and
During the reporting period continued the middle class formation in rural areas[8].
sustained implementation of rural development Whether Romania would take advantage of its
programs financed from the SAPARD fund and agricultural potential, using the mechanisms
the International Fund for Agricultural available to reach the CAP, would increase the
Development, the deadline for submission of size of GDP / capita growth of gross value
projects end in 2006[6]. added by agriculture, with the main effect of
Given the need of modernizing the countryside reducing the development gap between our
and increasing interest of the beneficiaries for country and the countries of Western Europe[9].
this issue, the Romanian Government approved Investigating the situation of agricultural
the provision of public co-financing state budget enterprises, in 2008 shows an increase of 6%
grants for investment projects under the compared to 2007 the number of agricultural
SAPARD Program, as a tool with the task of enterprises in general. Number of small and
co-investment projects eligible under SAPARD very small enterprises has increased, while the
standards and for which Community funds were number of medium and large enterprises
exhausted. remained at the same level.
The largest share of agricultural enterprises Impact analysis of affiliate to the CAP is a
(approx. 86%) are micro enterprises with fewer complex process and is not a simple cause and
than 10 employees. To these are added SMEs effect type relationship. All measures under the
around 1,600, which were between 10 and 49 CAP Pillar 1 will affect the whole of agriculture
employees. There is such that most agricultural as a productive industry, but also the welfare of
enterprises (97%) have less staff employed. each holder of agricultural land, agricultural
On the trail the whole transitional period, competitiveness, but also agricultural trade
agriculture has played an important social role, balance and even the national currency
acting as a "buffer" against the socio-economic exchange rate.
occupational transition, incorporating a In 2007-2013 period, the support for agriculture
significant proportion of labor force of urban (Pillar 1 - Measures for the market) ensures
industries[7]. priority through direct payments. Part of the
A third of the country's employed population subsidy that correspond to market measures -
works in agriculture, which places Romania interventions has a lower weight, and at its end,
more than 5.9% average of EU27 countries. For
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near the farmers market to gradually reduce reassessment of fixed capital, the share of
these payments[10]. agriculture in total tangible economy evolved
oscillating in the range 1989-2007, with general
CONCLUSIONS trends of decreasing from 10.9% in 1989 to
1.7% in 2007.
Before 2000, Romania's agriculture was not Lack of domestic or foreign capital, made that
competitive and disparities of the technical the investments in agriculture to be lower and
equipment, the yield per hectare and per animal, lower and the process of creation and
in the exercise of the management in the agro- development, modernization and restructuring
food system operation, market and economic to occur very slowly. The contribution of
efficiency were significant from the developed agriculture to the creation of GDP, varied from
countries. a maximum of 21.0% in 1993 to a minimum of
Reform measures have been unbalanced and 5.7% in 2007 compared with the share of
there were not accompanied from beginning by agricultural investment in total investment in
a grant system that should provide technical and Romania, which ranged from 11.7% in 2002 to
technological modernization and training of 3.4% in 2007, we can say that financial
marketing channels on a cooperative or private resources allocated to agriculture was modest,
property system. the funds were not enough for the needs of
Agricultural reform was delayed and was farms and shows the agricultural
conducted without a legislative basis that should marginalization in the process of economic
facilitate the formation of market structures. It development, low income levels of farmers and
was not aimed at increasing farm performance. lack of stimuli from the market.
The land laws have led to excessive parcelling Having intermediate inputs per hectare of only
of land. Agricultural policy mechanisms have 585 euro, Romania is outpaced all old EU
facilitated the transformation of most of the countries, as well as new, except Latvia,
Romanian agriculture in subsistence agriculture, Lithuania and Estonia. Intermediate
and the grant system did not stimulate consumption per hectare are higher than in
investments for modernization and organization Romania by 12.7 times in the Netherlands, 6.0
of economic farms. times in Belgium, 4.2 times in Denmark, 3.0
The process of privatization and restructuring of times in Germany, and the average EU-15
agriculture has been negative influenced by allocated for intermediate consumption 2.3
political factors and lacked scientific validity of times more than Romania[12].
agricultural policy decisions. Gross value added per hectare is significantly
In Romania, in the year 2007, there were a total higher in the old EU countries than in Romania
of 3,931,350 of farms, of which 99.5% of (10.1 times in the Netherlands, 4.3 times in
individual farms, which operates 65.2% of Italy, 4.1 times in Belgium, 3.5 times in Greece,
utilised agricultural area (UAA), with an 2.3 times in France). Large gaps between
average size 2.34 ha per farm. Units with legal Romania and EU countries on average yield and
personality is only 0.5% of total holdings, using gross value added are based mainly intermediate
34.8% of the UAA and having an average size consumption much higher in these countries.
of 275.37 ha/holding. The average size of farms The statement remains valid if we compared the
in Romania is 3.57 hectares, compared to 25 new Member States, Romania was exceeded by
hectares as is the EU-15 average or 18 hectares almost all countries of the EU gross value added
the average of EU-25. indicator to meters, excluding the Baltic
In Romania, 99.4% of farms are small holdings countries.
(less than 8 ESU), 0.3% are small to average
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NEWS AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL

TOURISM, AGROTOURISM AND ECOTOURISM IN THE COUNTY OF
ARGEŞ, ROMANIA
Vergina CHIRIŢESCU1, Sia SĂRARU2, Mihai CHIRIŢESCU1, Liana Angela

NICULAIE2, Georgel PROFEANU – SANDU2
1
Romanian Academy, Institute of Agricultural Economics, 13, Calea 13 Septembrie st., 5th
district, Bucharest, postal code 050711, Romania, tel. / fax. + 4.021.318.24.11, mobile phone: +
4.0744.818.086, + 4.0755.160.302, e-mail: [email protected] , e-mail:
[email protected]
2
Bioterra University, 81, Gârlei st., 1st district, Bucharest, postal code 013724, Romania, tel. /
fax. + 4.021.490.61.29, mobile: + 4.0745.088.484, + 4.0744.981.131, + 4.0766.256.245, e-mail:
[email protected], , e-mail: [email protected], e-mail: [email protected]
Key words: rural tourism, agrotourism, ecotourism, rural development, Romania
Abstract
This scientific paper aims to present briefly the present situation and prospects of the development of rural area of
Argeş county through rural tourism, agrotourism and ecotourism. In the same time this paper brings a short
contribution to all studies regarding the history and the prospective of the romanian development of tourism and
agrotourism domain. Working methods used to achieve this scientific paper were composed of: direct on-site
observation, field documentation, analysis of statistical data and consultation with specialised bibliography.Within
nowadays modern society conditions, we must focus on countryside environment, respectively on its economical and
social development according to rural patrimony and the environment protection. For sure, the development of
touristic and agritouristic units within Romanian countryside will trigger positive consequences on economical and
social aspects.
INTRODUCTION leadership (County council Argeş), and

regional and national governmental and non-
Arges county receiving a portion of natural, governmental (NGOs), such as National
cultural, historical, architectural and Association of Rural, Ecological and Cultural
exceptional craft. In this context, the (ANTREC).
development of tourism in this area is not In preparation of this work were specifically
only possible but also necessary to rationally used data from the doctoral thesis entitled
and effectively exploit all the natural, “Research on service activities within the
heritages and human resources. farm. Study case from Rucăr - Bran area” –
Research conducted for the preparation of this author: Ion (Săraru) Sia, University of
work are fully justified in the context of the Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary
Argeş county area there are many places with Medicine, Bucharest, 2010.
tradition in terms of rural tourism
development (such as Rucăr, Lereşti, MATERIAL AND METHOD
Dragoslavele, Dâmbovicioara, etc.) and a
series of locations that can be turned into The material presented was developed
tourist villages (Arefu, Ştefăneşti, Poienăreii primarily based on studying a number of
de Argeş, Domneşti, Poienăreii de Muscel, Romanian and international literature (see
Nucşoara, Corbi, Corbeni, and others). references at the end of the paper), the
In developing rural tourism, agrotourism and observation of concrete situations on the
ecotourism in the county of Argeş be ground in the documentation of visits -
involved, first, local communities and their information taken from the county Argeş of
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research - based questionnaire conducted in In terms of the natural - geographic area is
several farms, farmhouses and guesthouses of presented as a series of depressions high hills
Argeş county and consultation of numerous and mountain areas.
articles and studies from internet. The analysis of climatic factors show low
They also consulted a number of official thermal amplitude, sheltered from strong
websites of institutions and central and local winds, low relative humidity, snow rich and
governing bodies in the area studied, namely: long, high insolation with particular valences
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural for tourism.
Development (MADR), National Association The most representative common of the Argeş
of Rural, Ecological and Cultural (ANTREC) county in terms of tourism and agrotourism
and others. development are: Dragoslavele Rucăr and
Research has been conducted in the period Dâmbovicioara. In Table 1, are given
2004 - 2006, in main rural settlements administrative elements - territorial
developed in terms of agro-tourist Argeş organization of the joint.
county, respectively Rucăr, Dragoslavele and
Dâmbovicioara. Table 1. Items administrative - territorial
Data were collected based on questionnaire communes and villages in county Argeş
and were then recorded and processed by
conventional methods resulting in a series of Area Commons
Number
tables, graphs and schematic representation. Specification of
(km2) number
villages
TOTAL
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Argeş county, 6431,2 95 555
in which:
Rucăr - Bran area is located in the North - Dragoslavele 111,4 1 2
West of the South - Muntenia region and Rucăr 283,6 1 2
includes the territorial areas of two counties, Dâmbovicioara 63,1 1 3
namely Argeş and Braşov.
Being the territorial area of the Southern Source: Statistical Yearbook Working after
Carpathians, Rucăr - Bran area is Arges county, County Statistics (DJS), the
individualized by particular climate and National Statistics Institute (INS), 2007
geographical.
Historically, populating Rucăr - Bran area is As can be seen from Table 1, Argeş county,
entering a decisive phase after the Romanian covers an area of 6431,2 km², which is against
state formations one side of the Carpathians, all the South - Muntenia region 17,98%, has a
when there first documents and, when there total of 95 communes and 555 villages, which
first documents and contributions to shaping compared to the region is 18,30% and
broadly, the human settlements on these 38,35%.
lands. For commons included territorial -
Human settlements gradually increases its administrative in Argeş county, may establish
economic functions, especially its proximity differentiated situations.
Rucăr is most common area (283,6 km²), and
common Dâmbovicioara has the smallest
to Câmpulung Muscel first Romanian capital (63,1 km²).
of the country, where they reigned Basarab I,
Nicolae Alexandru Basarab and Vladislav In these areas there are a number of
Vlaicu. differentiated 2 villages (the villages
Argeş county is one of the most attractive Dragoslavele and Rucăr) and 3 villages (the
tourist areas in Romania and a area of village Dâmbovicioara).
traditional and authentic spirituality. Compared with whole villages share Argeş
county is between 0,36% and 0,54% and the
total area between 0,13% and 0,17%.
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Argeş county relief includes the following Dâmbovicioara sheep, sheep Dâmbovicioara
major subdivisions: depressions, such as pastrami, etc. Among these products cheese of
depression Podul Dâmboviţei, Rucăr Rucăr („caşcavalul de Rucăr”) is a brand that
depression, depression Dragoslavele, valleys is made with producers Rucăr and locals in
(Valea Doamnei, Valea Vâlsanului, Cheile neighboring villages. Trade in these products
Dâmbovicioarei) and mountain massifs, such is a prosperous activity in the area.
as Iezer - Păpuşa, Piatra Craiului, Muntele One can mention in particular is rich in
Mateiaş, etc. common Rucăr natural products derived
The availability of transport routes is a very mostly shepherds and raising dairy cows.
important indicator in assessing the Over time the inhabitants of this settlement
possibilities of economic and social have gained a good reputation with dairy
development of rural areas. products made from ancient recipes. It is
Direct access to an adequate road recognized famous smoked cheese and cheese
infrastructure provides prospects for the Rucăr (registered trademark).
development of economic activities, facilitate Rural tourism in Argeş county has
public access to employment, satisfaction of experienced a great development especially in
certain services, etc. Relatively developed as a the last decade.
result of location in the middle of the country,
Argeş county area is crossed by several major Table 2. Farmhouses and guesthouses in Argeş
road arteries of communication. county entered the network ANTREC
In terms of the economic, Argeş county is
defined by a profile of the agricultural product Number of
Guesthouses
rooms
processing and partly food and travel. The Localities
Name
(Capacity
current stage of development, Argeş county is (Number
accommodati
characterized by multiple opportunities for Daisies)
on)
recovery of natural resources (mineral CETĂŢENI Vadul Lin (2) 5 (10)
resources, forest vegetation, agricultural areas, CORBENI Marinescu (2) 2 (4)
responsible hunting, etc.), which generated Surâsul
DRAGOSLAVELE 5 (12)
Muntelui (2)
over time the development of agricultural LACUL Baza nautică
activities and the non-agricultural activities, VIDRARU
7 (14)
Vidraru (2)
which led to the proliferation of sources of PODUL
Sârboiu (2) 4 (10)
income. DÂMBOVIŢEI
RUCĂR Ana (2) 2 (4)
At the level of several villages are reported RUCĂR Cristiana (2) 5 (10)
crafts and rural industries relating mainly to RUCĂR Ela (2) 4 (8)
the processing lane. RUCĂR Folea (2) 4 (8)
Weaving is practiced in every household, in RUCĂR Georgeta (2) 6 (12)
winter, at the loom, realizing “taluri” in the RUCĂR Ileana (2) 5 (10)
verge in alternating white color - black, RUCĂR Luciana (2) 4 (8)
RUCĂR Mariş (2) 4 (8)
“sarici” or clothes of wool Turcan with long
RUCĂR Marilena (2) 3 (6)
wire, etc. Is also noted in the crafts and wood RUCĂR Rucsi (2) 4 (8)
furniture. RUCĂR Soare (2) 5 (9)
Can be highlighted traditional food products VALEA Pădurea
4 (8)
in this area identified by the criteria URSULUI cu flori (2)
established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Total - 73 (149)
Rural Development (MADR), such as cheese
mixed Dâmbovicioara, Dâmbovicioara sheep In Dâmbovicioara were open no more and no
cheese, cow cheese Dâmbovicioara, cheese less than 40 guesthouses, wich provides
Rucăr skin, skin cheese Dâmbovicioara, accommodation for tourists. Most attracted
Dâmbovicioara smoked cheese, cheese Rucăr, investors attracted to cave and surrounding
Rucăr smoked cheese, salt Rucăr ricotta, area were Dâmbovicioara of Bucharest and
ricotta Dâmbovicioara salt, ice the Israelis. Numerous groups of
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entrepreneurs in the Holy Land has arrived in West by watershed from the Olt, Argeş and
the area Dâmbovicioara to spend some time at Vedea basins. The mountainous north region
the foot of the mountain and a clean area is home to some of the highest peaks of the
(after Ştefan I., Dâmbovicioara - attractive for Southern Charpathians, with 14 peaks over
Hebrew (Dâmbovicioara - punct de atracţie 2400 m. These include Moldoveanu Peak at
pentru evrei), TOP NEWS, 27. August. 2008). 2543 m and Negoiu Peak at 2535 m.
In the Rucăr village are many farmhouses and 2. The natural potentialities of Argeş is given
guesthouses, which grouped 11 agrotouristic by: topography of the area, which includes the
units with daisies and recorded in catalogs following major subdivisions: depressions
ANTREC (National Association of Rural, (Podul Dâmboviţei, Rucăr, Dragoslavele),
Ecological and Cultural). valleys and keys (Valea Doamnei, Valea
May we find farmhouses and guesthouses and Vâlsanului, Cheile Dâmbovicioarei) and
other rural localities of Argeş county, such as mountain massifs, such as Iezer - Păpuşa,
Cetăţeni, Corbeni, Dragoslavele, Valea Piatra Craiului, Muntele Mateiaş, etc., flora
Ursului, Podul Damboviţei, etc. area, which is very diverse, great natural
Rural tourism was the main objective of richness, wildlife area, which is represented
economic policy in the Argeş county, which by many species.
was supplemented by specific policies were 3. The potential socio - demographic Argeş
considered: county is a three - dimensional resultant
- promoting diversity of economic activities, technical characteristics, economic and social
particularly in rural areas; manifested at the territorial level
- the creation of small and medium 4. Argeş county, covers an area of 6431,2
enterprises in the agriculture, industrial, km², which is against all the South - Muntenia
artisanal, commercial and service; region 17,98%, has a total of 95 communes
- development of transport infrastructure and and 555 villages, which compared the region
communications; is 18,30% and 38,35%. For commons
- farms processing in unit performing, included territorial - administrative county of
efficient and diversified activities (with Argeş, one can find situations differentiated.
particular reference to the development of Rucăr is most common area (283,6 km²), and
agrotouristic services); common Dâmbovicioara has the smallest
- the best use of natural resources and (63,1 km²) In these areas there are a number
anthropogenic (heritages); of differentiated 2 villages (the villages
- human potential development and training Dragoslavele and Rucăr) and 3 villages (the
local people in the development of such areas village Dâmbovicioara). Compared with
in terms of social, economic, cultural, whole villages share Argeş county is between
ecological, etc.; 0,36% and 0,54% and the total area between
- improving social infrastructure and living 0,13% and 0,17%.
conditions of rural people, etc.
4. Argeş county economic potential analysis
CONCLUSIONS captures a number of characteristics that
promote the development of multiple
1. The historical, geographical and natural economic and social activity, as defined by an
Argeş county individualizes the territorial agricultural profile, the agrotouristic services
area of our country and a wealth of resource and in part by processing food products. The
transformed into one of the most attractive availability of transport routes is a very
tourist areas in Romania and an authentic important indicator in assessing the
tradition and spirituality. Argeş couty is possibilities of economic development - social
guarded by high ridges of Făgăraş and Piatra rural areas. Direct access to an adequate road
Craiului Mountains on the North, by the bald infrastructure provides prospects for the
peaks of Leaota Massif on the East, by the development of economic activities, facilitate
Găvanu - Burdea Plain on the South, and on
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public access to employment, satisfaction of the area, monasteries (Curtea de Argeş,
certain services. Monastery Slănic, etc.), historical relics (the
5. The main areas of activity that bring ruins of the roman camp and medieval
revenue in the Argeş county are: agriculture, fortresses from Podul Dâmboviţei, and others.
rural tourism and agrotourism, exploitation The health care to note the elements of
and wood processing, animal husbandry, ethnography and folklore, crafts, etc.
processing and marketing of meat and dairy Curtea de Argeş Monastery is one of the
products, road transport, civil engineering, famous architectural monuments from
etc. At the level of villages are reported Romanian country.
related rural crafts and industries particularly 10. Analysis of development potential of
for processing wood, lane and furniture. May Argeş county is required by the need to know
also be highlighted in the area of traditional area development opportunities through
food products such as dairy products (cheese agricultural and non-agricultural activities.
mixed Dâmbovicioara, Dâmbovicioara sheep Locally and regionally is a guidance on the
cheese, cow cheese Dâmbovicioara, cheese development of small and medium - sized
Rucăr bellows, bellows Dâmbovicioara industry, wood processing, processing of
cheese, smoked cheese Dâmbovicioara, Rucăr animal hides, etc.
cheese, cheese Rucăr smoked, salted Rucăr In some common allows the purchase of land
ricotta, ricotta Dâmbovicioara salt, ice for construction of villas, chalets and holiday
Dâmbovicioara sheep, sheep Dâmbovicioara homes.
pastrami, etc.) and certain meat products. 11. Argeş county level tourism services have
Among these products “cheese of Rucăr” been increased in recent years, but the
(caşcavalul de Rucăr) is a national brand. rhythms and organization were not correlated
6. Fairs and exhibitions, are common forms in with elements of local infrastructure, without
Argeş that as their main presentation and sale ensuring sustainable development.
of agricultural products and food, and objects 12. Currently, two areas can be highlighted
from craft and craft activities. They have a primary and priority to be considered in the
permanent (Sunday fairs in some common) or development programs of Argeş county,
seasonal (monthly, biannual) namely: demographic and economic area.
7. The potential development of agrotourism This means that rural development is a
in Argeş county area is based on the concept oriented development of specific
attractiveness who is determined by the activities production processes and services
natural, geographical, and the wealth of and the recovery of many of their results.
human resources. Also, is noteworthy in this 13. Analysis of development potentialities of
area specifically romanian hospitality and Argeş county reveals three - dimensional
many and tasty traditional dishes. aspect of the proposed rural development,
8. The main natural tourist attractions of namely:
Argeş county are: Piatra Craiului Mountains, - specific agricultural production area exists
Iezer - Păpuşa, Mount Mateiaş, keys and in all municipalities, with special reference to
Dâmbovicioara cave, etc. The glaciar lakes of the growth of cattle and sheep;
Bâlea, Urlea and Podragul do the mountain - processing of raw materials and processing
landscape. A visit to Argeş county would not of livestock in traditional regional agricultural
be complete without and trip to The products (eg: milk derivatives production of
Transfăgărăşan Road, wich is the most common Rucăr);
magnificient work of this type in Romania. - rural tourism services, for which certain
Situated at an altitude of 2034 meters, it municipalities had a growth rate more intense
features a tunnel of 845 meters through the than others, although the natural conditions
mountains peaks of Negoiu and Moldoveanu. are relatively similar across geographical area.
9. At the Argeş county level can be 14. Argeş county receiving a portion of
distinguished and a set of cultural values - natural, cultural, historical, architectural and
historical, such as the Orthodox churches in exceptional craft. In this context, the
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THE MACROREGIONAL EVOLUTION OF RURAL EMPLOYMENT

STRUCTURES
Lorena CHIŢEA 1, Mihai CHIŢEA 1, Ion DONA2, Violeta FLORIAN1, Elena TOMA3,
Monica TUDOR1, Elisabeta ROŞU1, Mărioara RUSU1
1
Institute for Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy, 13 Calea 13 Septembrie,
sector 5, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 21 318 81 06/3503, E-mail : [email protected]
2
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, 59 Marasti, sector 1,
011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 21 318 25 64/232, Fax: + 40 21 318 28 88 ,
E-mail : [email protected]
3
Research Institute for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Bucharest ,
61 Marasti, sector 1, 011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 21 224 27 95,
Fax: + 40 21 224 31 30, E-mail : [email protected]
Key words: labour market, employment structure, employment level, demand for labour
Abstract
The study identifies the causality relations between the rural labour market characteristics and those specific to
employment structures: the more the non-agricultural employment level in the rural area increases, the more the human
values specific to a rural area are used and the more flexible and inclusive he labour market is. Another category of
relationships refers to: the employment structures’ modernity level and the diversity and range of opportunities for the
economic diversification of the rural space and to the impact of unemployment on the employment model. The
structural characteristics analysis showed that the pressure put by unemployment leads to accelerating the
implementation of measures to stimulate the creation of jobs and/or to adapt the supply of labour to the volume and
structure of the qualifications required on the regional market. The consequence is an ample process of rural
employment reorganisation materialised differently according to the macroregional economic-social conditions.
INTRODUCTION increasing. These requirements seem to be

higher at the level of Macroregion 1 compared
The rural employment structures are
to the national rural average, the ratios of
determined by the macroregional economic-
higher education graduates to the overall
social development model, by the
population being higher and increasing at an
characteristics of the demand for labour and the
accelerated pace (in 2007 the ratio of
strategic adjustment of the labour supply to the
employees with higher education being of 4%
requirements of the economy. The differences
in Macroregion 1 compared to only 3% at
between macroregional employment models are
national level). The employment structures and
caused by the level of economic development
their relationship with the labour market
and modernisation specific to each
depend on the macroregional specificity
macroregional rural area; the population of
beginning with the demographic one and
Macroregion 1 is affected by the lowest
ending with the social one.
employment rate compared to the other
macroregions; this index is maintained at
54.8%. the population in Macroregion 2 records MATERIAL AND METHOD
the highest employment level compare to the
The study of the employment structures
other macroregional entities, the value of this
evolution used the statistical analysis. The sets
index being 63.9% in 2007.
of indicators were the following: the labour
The educational requirements of the rural
recruitment source reflected in the active
labour market have an increasing trend; in the
population size; the current employment
employed persons educational structure the
structures reflected in the employment size; the
ratio of those with higher education is
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labour supply reflected by the unemployment of the population employed in agriculture; the
size; the demand for labour reflected in the ratio of persons employed in industry and
vacancies characteristics. The analysis if constructions to the overall population
performed at two levels: at the level of each increased from 25.5% in 2005 to 28.1% in
macroregion; comparatively between the two 2007.
development regions which make up a Table 1: The evolution of the employed population structure in the rural
area according to domaNIS of activity In Macroregion 1 and in its
macroregion in order to identify the component regions (2005 -2007)
interregional disparities characterising the As % of the area total and region total
labour market and the needs for corrective Agriculture Industry and Services
constructions
intervention in order to stimulate employment 2005 2007 2005 2007 2005 2007
in non-agricultural domaNIS. A typological Rural
total 64.2 61.2 18.6 19.9 17.1 18.8
analysis of the rural space was also performed: M1
53.0 49.4 25.5 28.1 21.4 22.3
significantly rural and predominantly rural for North-
each macroregion and component region; the West 58.6 56.3 21.9 23.8 19.3 19.8
Centre
significantly rural space is defined as having a 44.6 39.7 30.8 34.2 24.5 25.9
Source: NIS (2006) Labour Force in Romania. Employment and
percentage of rural population ranging between Unemployment in 2005; NIS (2008) Labour Force in Romania.
15-50%, the predominantly rural space has a Employment and Unemployment in 2007
population exceeding 50%. This feature was At Macroregion 1 level, compared to the
quantified for each macroregion and the rural national rural average, the ratios of higher
profile was established; this method was also education graduates to the overall employed
used within the development regions, population are high and increase at an
components of macroregions. The analysed accelerated pace (in 2007: the ratio of
interval is 2005-2007. The main data sources employees with higher education being of 4%
were: Labour Force in Romania: Employment in Macroregion 1 compared to only 3% at
and Unemployment, NIS, 2008, Household national level). The educational requirements
Labour Force Survey, Labour Force in match the nature of the economic activities
Romania. Employment and Unemployment performed at macroregional level, as it is well-
(AMIGO), 2000- 2008, TEMPO ONLINE. known that this macroregion is one which
Regional Statistics, Structural Survey in concentrates the highest diversity of non-
Agriculture, 2005, Regional Development agricultural economic activities. Thus,
Plans 2007-2013, Strategic Regional Macroregion 1 has the educational structure of
Frameworks 2007-2013, Employment the employed population with the smallest
Programmes for 2008, CEA, EUROSTAT, percentages of persons with low education
UNDP (2004) National Human Development level. Both regions that make up Macroregion 1
Report 2003 – 2004; UNDP (2005) National have educational structures of the employed
Human Development Report 2005, National population higher than the national average,
Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013, with upward trends in training requirements. By
Government of Romania 2006, Annual SME comparison, the Centre Region stands out, with
Report 2008, The National Employment 4.5% of the employed population having higher
Strategy, 2004-2010. education and only 33.1% having low level
education in 2007.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS The gross volume of the labour supply,
expressed in the total number of unemployed
At Macroregion 1 level, the diversification persons registered in Macroregion 1, varied in
level of the economic activities in the rural area the interval 2005-2007. The risk of becoming
is higher compared to the national average. The unemployed is higher for the young, whose
secondary and tertiary sectors are expanding, unemployment rate is the highest, with upward
their importance to employment increasing trends in Macroregion 1. Thus, the incidence of
from 47% in 2005 to 50.5% in 2007. the most unemployment among the young aged 15 to 24
dynamic sectors are industry and constructions, increased from 16.0% in 2005 to 19.6% in
which manage to attract the largest percentages 2007, while the general unemployment rate for
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the overall working age population was of 6.7% primary sector in which over 76.0% of the
in 2005, respectively 6.3% in 2007. As the employed persons worked in 2007. The
educational level increases, the unemployment secondary and tertiary sectors are poorly
rate decreases – a normal trend in a functional represented in the employment structure of the
market economy. This trend is maintained both region, both representing a little over 11% of
at the level of Macroregion 1, and at the level the overall employed population. The
of the Centre Region. The exception is the employment structure of the rural population in
North-West Region, where the unemployment the South-East Region is dominated by the
rate for persons with higher education is higher primary sector, in which 64.0% of the
than the one for persons with secondary employed persons worked in 2007.
education and higher than the regional one Table 3: The evolution of the employed population structure in the rural
area according to activity sectors in Macroregion 2 and in the
(3.5% compared to 3.4% region total). component regions (2005 -2007)
Table 2: The unemployment rate according to education level at As % of the area total and region total
national, Macroregion 1 and component regions level in 2007
Agriculture Industry and Services
Unemployment rate constructions
Education level 2005 2007 2005 2007 2005 2007
Second Higher Rural
Total Low ary education total 64.2 61.2 18.6 19.9 17.1 18.8
4.9 4.4 5.3 3.7 M2
National 73.1 72.4 12.9 13.4 13.8
14.1
5.8 7.3 5 2.8 North-
M1
East 75.1 76.4 11.9 10.9 12.9 12.6
North-West 3.4 3.7 3.2 3.5 South-
Centre 9 13.2 7.1 2 East 69.1 64.3 15.1 18.4 15.7 17.2
Source: our own processing of the statistical data available in “Labour Source: NIS (2006) Labour Force in Romania. Employment and
Force in Romania. Employment and Unemployment”, NIS 2008 Unemployment in 2005; NIS (2008) Labour Force in Romania.
Employment and Unemployment in 2007
The supply of jobs in Macroregion 1 matches,
The gross volume of the labour supply,
in terms of structure, the employed population
expressed in the total number of unemployed
distribution according to activity sectors, the
persons registered at Macroregion 2 level,
largest number of vacancies being in industry
varied in the interval 2005-2007. The risk of
and constructions (60.2%) followed by services
becoming unemployed is higher for the young,
which account for 45.3% of jobs. At
whose unemployment rate is the highest, with
Macroregion 1 level there is a more important
upward trends in Macroregion 2. Thus, the
labour deficit in the segment of unskilled
incidence of unemployment among the young
workers, who are offered 22.7% of the total
aged 15 to 24 increased from 11.1% in 2005 to
vacancies, compared to only 17.1% at national
12.6% in 2007, while the general
level.
unemployment rate for the overall working age
At Macroregion 2 level, the economic activities
population was of only 4.4% in 2005,
diversification level in the rural area is much
respectively 4.0% in 2007.
lower compared to the national average; the The unemployment rates specific to the rural areas
secondary and tertiary sectors are expanding in Macroregion 2, both for the overall working age
slowly, their cumulative importance to population and for the young and the old, are
employment increasing from 26.9% in 2005 to inferior to the national average, both in 2005
27.6% in 2007. Both regions making up and in 2007. The unemployment rate in the
Macroregion 2 have educational structures of rural area according to education level at
the employed population lower than the Macroregion 2 level does not confirm the
national average, with tendencies towards a importance of the education process in
relative stagnation in training requirements. By facilitating access to the labour market; we
comparison, the North-East Region stands out, notice almost equal unemployment rates for
where the employed population educational those with higher education and for those with
structure worsened, due to the decrease in the low education levels. At the level of the
percentage of employees with higher education development regions making up Macroregion
from 2.1% in 2005 to 2.0% in 2007. The 2, there is no statistical causality relation
employment structure of the rural population in between education and unemployment, which
the North-East Region is dominated by the
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indicates a labour market imbalance (as the employment structure of the Bucharest-Ilfov
educational level increases, the unemployment Region is dominated by the tertiary sector, in
rate decreases – a normal trend in a functional which 55.9% of the employed persons worked
market economy). in 2007, followed by the secondary sector
Table 4: The unemployment rate according to education level at which provides jobs to 28.8% of the employed
Unemployment rate
population. This structure has clear urban
Education level
significance acquired in time.
Table 5 The evolution of the employed population structure in the rural
Secondary Higher
Total area according to activity sectors in Macroregion 3 and in its
Low education education
component regions (2005 -2007)
National 4.9 4.4 5.3 3.7 As % of the area total and region total
M2 3.5 2.4 4.7 2.5 Agriculture Industry and Services
North-East 2.1 1.4 2.9 3.2 constructions
2005 2007 2005 2007 2005 2007
South-East 6.2 4.7 8.1 1.4
Rural
Source: our own processing of the statistical data available in “Labour
total 64.2 61.2 18.6 19.9 17.1 18.8
Force in Romania. Employment and Unemployment”, NIS 2008
M3
The job supply at Macroregion 2 level is in the 54.9 50.7 23.4 24.0 21.6 25.1
South
sectors fostering economic-social progress – the 58.5 53.3 22.8 23.7 18.7
22.9
Bucha
secondary and tertiary ones -, most vacancies rest 15.6 15.3 30.3 28.7 54.0 55.8
being in industry and constructions (44.3%), Source: NIS (2006) Labour Force in Romania. Employment and
Unemployment in 2005; NIS (2008) Labour Force in Romania.
followed by services which offer 44.0% of the Employment and Unemployment in 2007
jobs. It appears that at Macroregion 2 level The gross volume of the labour supply,
there is a higher labour deficit in the segment of expressed in the total number of unemployed
unskilled workers, who are offered 20.5% of persons registered in Macroregion 3, varied in
the total number of vacancies, compared to the interval 2005-2007, to amount to 64,914
only 17.1% at national level. persons in 2007. The risk of becoming
At Macroregion 3 level, the economic activities unemployed is higher for the young, whose
diversification level in the rural area is higher unemployment rate records high values, with
compared to the national average; the and upward trend. Thus, the incidence of
secondary and tertiary sectors are developing, unemployment among the young aged 15 to 24
their importance to employment increasing increased from 19.2% in 2005 to 19.8% in
from 45% in 2005 to 49% in 2007. 2007, while the general unemployment rate for
The most dynamic sector is that of services, the overall working age population was of only
which manage to record the highest ratios to the 7.7% in 2005 and 7.1% in 2007.
population employed in agriculture; the ratio of The unemployment rates specific to the rural
the persons employed in services to the overall areas in Macroregion 3, both for the overall
employed population increases from 21.6% in working age population and for the young and
2005 to 25.2% in 2007. The employment the old, are superior to the national average,
structure of the rural population in the South both in 2005 and in 2007. The risk for the
Region is still dominated by the primary sector active population not to have a job is therefore
of the economy, in which 53.3% of the higher in Macroregion 3 compared to the
employed persons worked in 2007. The general overall rural area, active measures to boost the
trend is to reverse the ratio of forces between creation of jobs being necessary.
the primary sector, on the one hand, and the The evolution of unemployment in the two
secondary and tertiary sectors on the other. The regions matches the macroregional trend, in
latter seem to gain more and more and reshape terms of both volume and structure, what
the order of rural employment structures. If in differentiates the regions being the value of the
2005 agriculture provided jobs to 58.5% of the indicators.
employed population, in 2007 its importance to The unemployment rate in Macroregion 3 is the
employment decreased to 53.3%. The highest of all the macroregions, and the
differences between regions are important,
13 being caused by different demands for and
These data are valid for the entire unemployed
population supplies of labour.
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Table 6: The unemployment rate according to education level at provide jobs to 51% of the employed
Unemployment rate
population, higher employment opportunities
Education level
being provided in the industry and
Secondary Higher constructions sector. Between 2005 and 2007,
Total Low education education
the ratio of agriculture to the rural employment
National 4.9 4.4 5.3 3.7
structure decreased by 2.0%, the excess being
M3 6.4 6.5 6.4 6
labour being absorbed by the secondary and
South 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.5
tertiary sectors in a relatively balanced way.
Bucharest-Ilfov 9.1 11.4 8.6 3.1
Source: our own processing of the statistical data available in “Labour The regional non-agricultural economy is
Force in Romania. Employment and Unemployment”, NIS 2008 dominated by the secondary sector where
The unemployment rate in the rural area 30.2% of the employed persons in the rural area
according to education level at Macroregion 3, worked in 2007. The decrease in the
respectively Bucharest-Ilfov development dependence on agriculture led to an
region level (except for the South region) improvement in the standard of living for the
confirms the importance of the education rural population in the West Region.
process in facilitating access to the labour The gross volume of the labour supply,
market. expressed in the total number of unemployed
The supply of jobs at Macroregion 3 level is in persons registered in Macroregion 4, varied in
the secondary and tertiary sectors: most the interval 2005-2007, to amount to 42,356
vacancies being in services (55.4%) followed persons in 2007.
by industry and constructions which provide Table 7 The evolution of the employed population structure in the rural
area according to sectors of activity in Macroregion 4 and in its
43.9% of the jobs. At Macroregion 3 level there component regions (2005 -2007)
is a relatively low labour deficit in the category As % of the area total and region total
of unskilled workers, who are offered 9.0% of Agriculture Industry and Services
constructions
the total vacancies, compared to only 17.1% at 2005 2007 2005 2007 2005 2007
national level. Rural total
64.2 61.2 18.6 19.9 17.1 18.8
Macroregion 4 has a high level of economic M4
69.4 64.8 16.8 18.6 13.7 16.4
activities diversification in the rural area South-West
78.7 73.4 10.9 12.6 10.3 13.9
compared to the national average; the West
50.3 48.3 29.0 30.2 20.6 21.4
secondary and tertiary sectors are developing, Source: NIS (2006) Labour Force in Romania. Employment and
their cumulative importance to employment Unemployment in 2005; NIS (2008) Labour Force in Romania.
Employment and Unemployment in 2007
increasing from 30.6% in 2005 to 35.1% in
The risk of becoming unemployed is higher for
2007. The employment structure of the rural
the young, whose unemployment rate records
population in the South-West Region is
the highest value in the case of this
dominated by the primary sector in which
demographic category. Thus, the incidence of
73.4% of the employed persons worked in
unemployment among the young aged 15 to 24
2007. In the evolution, we notice that the
increased from 10.6% in 2005 to 15.0% in
importance of agriculture to employment
2007, while the general unemployment rate for
decreases relatively slowly, the percentage of
the overall working age population was of only
persons employed in agriculture decreasing at
4.8% in 2005 and 5.2% in 2007.
an annual rate of only 2.7% in the interval
The unemployment rates specific to the rural
2005-2007. The secondary and tertiary sectors
areas in Macroregion 4, both for the overall
are poorly represented in the employment
working age population and for the young and
structure of the region, both representing a little
the old, are inferior to the national average,
over 12% of the overall employed population.
both in 2005 and in 2007.
In the employment structure of the rural
The unemployment rate in the rural area
population in the West Region, the primary
according to education level in Macroregion 4
sector of the economy fills the top position as
does not confirm the importance of the
job supplier; 48.3% of the employed population
education process in facilitating access to the
of the region worked in agriculture in 2007.
labour market, except for the West Region.
The secondary and tertiary sectors together
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54 age group by 38.3%. the rural labour market
Table 8: The unemployment rate according to education level at in Macroregion 2 is faced with a moderate
national, Macroregion 4 and component regions level in 2007 ageing risk for the labour supply.
Unemployment rate At Macroregion 3 level, the labour recruitment
Education level
Secondary Higher
source is faced with a low ageing risk
Total Low education education compared to the overall Romanian rural area,
National 4.9 4.4 5.3 3.7 the number of the active population aged 15 to
M4 3.5 3.9 5.3 3.5 24 decreasing by only 0.9% in 2007 compared
South-West 2.1 2.6 4.8 3.2 to 2005, the number of the old active
West 6.2 6.9 5.9 3.9 population increased by only 5.8% in the same
Source: our own processing of the statistical data available in “Labour
Force in Romania. Employment and Unemployment”, NIS 2008
interval. The number of the old active
At the South-West Region level, we notice the population is only 10% higher than the number
existence of relatively high unemployment rates of the young population. The rural labour
in the case of persons with higher education market in Macroregion 3 is faced with a
compared to the unemployment rate of the moderate ageing risk for the labour market
persons with low education level. supply.
The job supply in Macroregion 4 is in the At Macroregion 4 level, the labour recruitment
sectors specific to industry and constructions source is faced with a high ageing risk, the
(58.9%) followed by services which provide number of the active population aged 15 to 24
35.4% of the jobs. At Macroregion 4 level, being smaller compared to the old active
there is a more important labour deficit in the population. The downward trend of the labour
segment of unskilled workers, who are offered recruitment source is visible in all age groups in
23.6% of the total vacancies, compared to only the macroregional rural area, except for the age
17.1% at national level. group 35-44. The rural labour market in
Macroregion 4 is faced with a high ageing risk
CONCLUSIONS for the labour supply, the number of the old
active population being 19.0% higher than the
At Macroregion 1 level, the labour recruitment number of the young one in 2007, with upwards
source is faced with a higher ageing risk trends as far as this gap is concerned.
compared to the overall Romanian rural area;
the number of the active population aged 15 to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
24 decreases by 13.6% in 2007 compared to
2005, the number of the old active population This survey was performed within the project
increases by 9.7% in the same interval. The “Labour Market Development By Promoting Non-
Agricultural Occupations in the Rural Area” – POS
rural labour market in Macroregion 1 is faced
DRU/3/5.2/S/11 – completed within the Sectoral
with the risk of an old labour supply, and Operational Programme Human Resources
between the two component regions there are Development 2007-2013.
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FIELD ANALYSIS REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT NEEDS IN THE

RURAL AREA, IN A MACROREGIONAL PROFILE
Lorena CHIŢEA 1, Mihai CHIŢEA 1, Ion DONA2, Violeta FLORIAN1, Elena TOMA3,
Monica TUDOR1, Elisabeta ROŞU1, Mărioara RUSU1
1
Institute for Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy, 13 Calea 13 Septembrie Blvd, sector
5, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 21 318 81 06/3503, E-mail: [email protected]
2
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, 59 Marasti , sector 1,
011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 21 318 25 64/232, Fax: + 40 21 318 28 88, E-mail:
[email protected]
3
Research Institute for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development Bucharest , 61 Marasti ,
sector 1, 011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 21 224 27 95, Fax: + 40 21 224 31 30,
Key words: employment needs, rural area, macroregional profile
Abstract
The present paper represents an abstract of the analysis regarding the employment needs in the rural area, in a
macroregional profile, performed following field studies developed within the POSDRU 13/5.2/S/11 no. 3930 study
– “The labour market development through the promotion of non-agricultural occupations in the rural area”. The
analysis pursued the identification of the professional qualification/re-qualification of four target groups: people
employed in the subsistence agriculture, rural women, young unemployed people and rural managers, from the
development regions of North-West (Macroregion 1), North-East (Macroregion 2), South (Macroregion 3) and
South-West (Macroregion 4).
INTRODUCTION - as the economically marginalized groups –

rural women, people employed in subsistence
The identification of the employment options,
agriculture; young unemployed people – have a
expectations and needs of the target groups was
richer educational capital the grater the
done according to certain demographic and
economic and social insertion in the non-
social characteristics, some of them being
agricultural sectors, thus reducing the social
predictive variables for the employment
disparities;
universe of the subjects in the studied
- the employment behaviours, latent or
communities. The target groups have different
manifested, are generated by the present
structures, according to the objectives and
employment status, being even more socially
purposes of the field inquiry; for the target
pronounced as there is an institutional
group “people employed in the subsistence
preoccupation, at the community level, that is
agriculture” the operators wanted to interview
more clearly defined;
especially men, rural households’ leaders in
- the interpolation in the labour market circuit is
order to establish their employment
more emphasized as the employment
expectations, those of the women being
expectations, aspirations coincide with the job
identified in another target group. The structure
offers;
of the young unemployed people and of the
- the gearing of rural managers in professional
rural managers has not been influenced by any
perfecting/training can determine both a
methodological request, such that they are the
sensible increase of the degree of
actual structural model of the two target groups,
professionalism and a positive perception at the
which is different from one investigated system
rural communities level of their status.
to another.
The empiric hypotheses of the field analysis are
the following: MATERIAL AND METHOD
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for the Social Sciences) Program for Windows
In order to perform the field analysis a series was used – which contains statistic analysis and
of investigating and knowing the employment data management tools, presented in an active
needs of the target groups techniques and graphic area, with descriptive menus and dialog
strategies was used [1]. boxes which allow an easy access to the majority of
The methodology included a series of rules and the program’s functions.
principles for the development of the inquiry,
the working tools to gather and analyze the data, RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
the identification criteria, the certification of the
quality of the research criteria, the strategies of There is a potential of employment expectations
the application and the theoretical construction, directly related to the options for training
the integration of particular theories into more courses and professional perfecting, generated
general theories [2]. by the acute need to have a job, a certain source
The research method used was the direct of permanent income.
sociological inquiry which took into The reflex of the employment interest is
consideration gathering information through sociologically visible also in the options,
conversations with the subjects. With the help training expectations, the qualification/
of this type of inquiry there were collected requalification plane, which are determinative
information regarding the people composing the for the possible non-agricultural qualifications
target groups, their opinions regarding their own in the rural area.
occupations, their employment expectations and The percent of the people interested in the
the degree of acceptance of the types of courses participation and graduation of the professional
for the non-agricultural occupations. The training and perfecting courses is different form
inquiry technique used was the questionnaire – one target group to another, as well as from an
adapted for each of the four target groups. investigated system to another (Table 1).
Table 1. The structure of the interest regarding the
Because the field studies assumed collecting participation to professional training and perfecting
data regarding the structures, the employment courses (%)
aspirations and the needs for professional Target group / People Young Rural Rural
Investigated employed un- women managers
qualification/re-qualification of four target system in employed
groups (people employed in subsistence subsistence people
agriculture
agriculture, rural managers, rural women, and Macroregion 1 51.1 71.4 59.1 83.3
young unemployed people) we called upon the Macroregion 2 58.5 100 88.1 76.2
Macroregion 3 84.1 77,8 97.8 68.4
stratified sampling method in order to determine Macroregion 4 77.8 94.6 82.7 78.3
the cutting form the whole population of the
As to where the motivational categories which
investigated commune, of the sub-samples for
form the bases of the potential interest
each of these target groups. The information
regarding the participation to qualification/re-
regarding the structure of the population of the
qualification courses are concerned, these are
communes, for the four target groups has been
different starting from the simple necessity to
obtained from statistic sources (NIS – the
ensure the “financial independence” and
Census of the population and houses – to
going to the complex motivation composed
determine the volume of female population, the
by: the accomplishing of the “financial
General Agricultural Census – to determine the
independence”, the need to have “activities
number of subsistence farm leaders, the
outside the household” and then need to have
Enterprises statistics – to determine the volume
a correspondence between the occupation and
of the local managers population) and from the
the performed studies (Table 2).
County and Territorial Unemployment
Table 2. Determinant motivational structures of the
Agencies to determine the volume of the total
target groups / investigated systems
population of “unemployed young people”. Target group / People Young Rural women
In order to process the data obtained following investigated employed in unemployed
system subsistence people
the field studies developed within the project, in agriculture
March 2009, the SPSS 12.0 (Statistical Package Macroregion 1 I need money I want to be Financially
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for my family
+ activities
financially
independent
independent +
according to
motivations determined mainly by the financial
outside the studies + aspect of the work.
household activities
outside the
As for the professional training/reconversion
household courses, they are different from one target group
Macroregion 2 I need money I need money I need money to another, as well as from one investigated
for my family for my family for my family
+ according to system to another. The evaluation of the interest
studies + shown for these courses was done with the help
financially
independent of the interest indicator, calculated according to
Macroregion 3 I need money I need money I need money the scale of the shown interest, from the
for my family for my family for my family
+ financially + according to maximum interest graded with 5, to the
independent studies maximum disinterest graded with 1.
Macroregion 4 I need money I want to be I need money
for my family financially for my family Macroregion 1
+ activities independent + financially
outside the independent -People employed in subsistence agriculture: the
household majority of the courses expected by this target
In the case of negative type motivation – this group are included in the area of agricultural
being the factor which can determine the refuse occupations: the value of the interest indicator is
of employment – for all target groups there is a of 2.74. For the non-agricultural occupations the
motivational complex composed of the financial indicator varies from 1.30 to 2.30.
elements and of those generated by the act of -Young unemployed people: most of the
working, form inadequate working relationships courses they expect are included in the area of
to the distance from home (Table 3). non-agricultural occupations; the educational
Table 3. Inhibitive motivational structures of the target interest is oriented towards jobs in constructions
groups / investigated systems (3.00), trade (3.00) and services (2.80). The
Target group / People Young Rural women
investigated employed in unemployed interest for occupations in the agricultural sector
system subsistence people is present and is manifested by an indicator of
agriculture
Macroregion Long distance + Unsatisfactory Inadequate
2.00.
1 unsatisfactory
salary
salary +
unfavourable
working
relationships
-Rural women: most of the training and
working + long professional reconversion courses expected
conditions distance are included in the area of non-agricultural
Macroregion Unsatisfactory long distance + Unsatisfactor
2 salary + long unfavourable y salary + occupations; the educational interest is
distance conditions + lack of oriented towards trade occupations (2.81),
inadequate adequate
working qualification+ tourism (2.92) and agricultural products
relationships long distance processing industry (2.54). For the
Macroregion Unsatisfactory Lack of adequate Unsatisfactor
3 salary + qualification y salary + agricultural sector occupation there is an
unfavourable unfavourable emphasized manifested interest of 2.38.
conditions + conditions +
long distance lack of -Rural managers: the professional training and
adequate
qualification perfecting courses, polarizer of the
Macroregion Long distance + long distance + unfavourable employment interest for the “rural managers”
4 unfavourable unfavourable conditions
conditions conditions +
group are: sales management (3.90), European
inadequate projects management (3.30) and innovation
working
relationships
and quality management (3.10).
In fact this is an employment and social Macroregion 2
emancipation process which takes place in -People employed in subsistence agriculture:
stages: “the young unemployed people” have most of the professional training and
complex motivations, generated by the act of reconversion courses expected by this target
working, “the rural women” are beginning to group are included in the area of the non-
become aware of the act of working beyond agricultural occupations; the interest indicator
their immediate requests, and the “people for the agricultural occupations is of only
employed in subsistence agriculture” have
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1.83. For the non-agricultural the indicator emphasized manifested interest for the
varies between 1.63 and 3.38. occupations in the agricultural sector of 2.98.
-Young unemployed people: most of the -Rural managers: the professional training and
courses expected by this group are included in perfecting courses, polarizer of the
the area of non-agricultural occupations; the employment interest are: European projects
educational interest is oriented towards jobs in management (3.77), sales management (3.50)
services (3.45), trade (2.85), and tourism and the agricultural products processing
(2.85). For the occupations in the agricultural management (3.00).
sector the manifested emphasized interest is Macroregion 4
of 2.05. -People employed in subsistence agriculture:
-Rural women: in this case, the majority of the most of the professional training and
courses are included in the area of non- reconversion courses expected by this target
agricultural occupations; the institutional group are included in the area of the non-
interest is oriented towards occupations in the agricultural occupations; the interest indicator
food industry (3.14), trade (2.59), textile for the agricultural occupations is of only
industry, clothing, leather and footwear 2.31. For the non-agricultural the indicator
(2.49). For the occupations in the agricultural varies between 1.46 and 3.29.
sector the emphasized manifested interest is -Young unemployed people: in this case most
of 2.08. of the courses expected are also included in
-Rural managers: the professional training and the area of non-agricultural occupations – the
perfecting courses, polarizer of the processing industry of the agricultural
employment interest for the “rural managers” products (3.39), tourism (3.00), and
group are: European projects management constructions (2.89). For the agricultural
(2.94), sales management (2.78) and hostel occupations the interest indicator is of 2.33.
manager (2.56). -Rural women: the majority of the courses
Macroregion 3 expected by this target group are included in
-People employed in subsistence agriculture: the area of non-agricultural occupations – the
most of the professional training and food industry (3.47), textile industry, clothing,
reconversion courses expected by this target leather and footwear (3.00), trade occupations
group are included in the area of the non- (2.30). In the same time, for the occupations
agricultural occupations; the interest indicator in the agricultural sector there is an
for the agricultural occupations is of only emphasized manifested interest, the value of
2.24. For the non-agricultural the indicator the indicator being of 2.77.
varies between 1.11 and 3.24. -Rural managers: the professional training and
-Young unemployed people: they are headed perfecting courses, polarizer of the
mainly towards courses in the non-agricultural employment interest for the “managers” group
area; the educational interest oriented towards are: sales management (3.72), European
occupations in constructions (3.00) and projects management (3.33), and that products
services (3.00). For the occupations in the processing management (2.78).
agricultural sector the manifested interest is The analysis of the employment needs and
poor – 1.86. that of those determined by the professional
-Rural women: this target group is also training/education was performed based on
headed just like the young unemployed employment theoretical models. Due to the
people, towards courses in the area of non- specificity of the rural employment need and
agricultural occupations; the educational especially due to the manner it is built and
interest is oriented towards occupations in the amplified there were adapted two theoretical
food industry (3.27), in the textile industry, models of the employment needs and was
clothing, leather and footwear (2.86), trade quantified that the degree of topicality and the
(2.64). In the same time, there is an intensity of the non-agricultural employment
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necessities and of those of employment are intensely expected by those with a positive
training: perception of the economic status.
-The theory of processing information relative -Young unemployed people: the educational
to the occupation in which the process of the expectations are determined significantly by
employment choice is conceived as a process the perception model of the social status; in
of solving problems [3]. As such, the the process of positive perception the
successful solving of employment problems, maximum intensity of the educational
assumes an efficient processing of the expectations is registered for the courses
information in the following three fields: self required by trade, services and constructions
knowledge, employment knowledge and occupations.
decision-making abilities; -Rural women: the educational structures
-The theory of the opportunities’ structure [4]. determine a high employment and educational
This assumes a sociological approach of the interest; “the rural women” who graduated
occupation through which a priority place is from university have a maximum interest for
given to the variables: social class or existing the trade occupations: 4.25. The perception in
opportunities on the labour market at a given terms of positive discrimination, economical
time. More than that, it is considered that and/or social as well as the equality of
filling a position is determined mostly by a chances determines the most intense
system of social stratification. educational, educational expectations; the
As a conclusion the analysis of the orientation of the educational interest is made,
employment needs’ structure and especially of in this case, towards tourism, food industry
those of professional training was funded on and trade.
the two theoretical models; the theoretical -Rural managers: the correlation of
dimensions considered where the following: expectations and the nature of the status
-The rural actor which belongs to the four perception identify a significant relationship
target groups is defined occupationally between the positive perception and the strong
according to the social status he owns; the intensity of the educational expectation.
social proximity of an occupation and the way Macroregion 2
to reach it, are done according to the -People employed in subsistence agriculture:
educational structures and the occupation ones the educational and employment expectation
it has already passed through; is clearly defined due to the strength of the
-The rural actor is determined occupationally financial motivation (the main reason of the
by the existent requests on the labor market at employment choices being ensuring the
a given time; financial stability and security of the owned
-The rural actor belonging to the four target household) being explained by the nature of
groups makes an employment choice and thus the perception of the economic status.
makes an employment training choice -Young unemployed people: the main
according to the nature of the self knowledge, determinant, in this case, is the model of the
of the employment knowledge and of the perception of the social status – the target
nature of the employment decision. group of the young unemployed people is
Macroregion 1 “socially sensitive” to the satisfaction of the
-People employed in subsistence agriculture: “need for social acknowledgement”, “need to
the educational and employment expectation be esteemed” which determine a more
is clearly defined due to the strength of the accentuated expectation which compensates
financial motivation; the educational the negative perception of the social status.
expectation is more intense in two cases: -Rural women: the educational expectations
courses for occupations in constructions and are influenced by the way of perception of the
wood processing are intensely expected by economic, social and equality of chances
those with a negative perception of the discrimination. The intensity of the
economic status; courses for non-agricultural educational expectations is very strong for the
industrial occupations and for food processing subjects who give equality of chances from a
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social point of view and which are oriented financial motivation and can be explained also
towards trade, textile industry and food by the nature of the perception of the
industry occupations. economic status. The values given to each
-Rural managers: the educational options are employment group are higher in the case of
dependent on the social and educational the negative perception of the economic
characteristics of the subjects; before being a status.
manager all respondents had other -Young unemployed people: also in the case
occupations (all those interviewed had of this investigated system, the educational
previous occupations). expectations of the young unemployed people
Macroregion 3 are inhibited by the perception of the
-People employed in subsistence agriculture: economic status, but the target group is
the educational and employment expectation “socially sensitive” to the satisfaction of the
is much more clearly defined as compared to “need of financial security” which determines
the solely employment expectation; this a much more emphasized expectation which
discrepancy is generated by the strength of the compensates the negative perception of the
financial motivation and can be explained also economic status.
by the nature of the perception of the -Rural women: there is a similar situation to
economic status. The values given to each those of Macroregion 3 – the determinant
employment group are higher for the negative factor is represented by the way of perception
perception of the economic status. of the economical, social and the equality of
-Young unemployed people: the educational chances discrimination. The intensity of the
expectations are inhibited by the perception of educational expectations is very strong for the
the economic status; the target group of the subjects which give equality of chances from
“unemployed young people” is “socially a social point of view and which are oriented
sensitive” to the satisfaction of the “need for towards textile industry, food industry and
financial security”, which determines a much trade occupations.
more emphasized expectation which -Rural managers: the educational capital
compensates the negative perception of the determines the arising of educational needs in
economic status. maximum limits: the highest value of the
-Rural women: in this case, the main educational need was registered by the
determinant is represented by the way of managers which graduated high education:
perception of the economical, social and the 5.0 for the European projects management.
equality of chances discrimination; there is a
CONCLUSIONS
strong determination for the courses of food
industry, trade and tourism of the women The educational program proposed following
which consider themselves favourite for an the field analysis regarding the employment
eventual employment detrimental to men. needs in the rural area is specific to every type
-Rural managers: the educational options are of investigated system and was determined by
dependent to the social and educational the following elements:
characteristics of the subjects; before being  The local demands for labour –
managers 84.2% of the respondents had other established according to the local
occupations, for example out of the total of managers’ evaluations;
those who had previous occupations, 18.8%  Then needs, employment aspirations
worked in the industry, 31.3% worked in of the target groups;
trade, 31.3% worked in services.  The vocational characteristics of the
Macroregion 4 partners included in this project
-People employed in subsistence agriculture:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the educational and employment expectation
is much more clearly defined as compared to The field analysis this paper is based on were
the solely employment expectation; this performed during the year of 2009 in the
discrepancy is generated by the strength of the project POSDRU 13/5.2/S/11 no. 3930 “The
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promotion of non-agricultural occupations in Lenz,J.G, 2003, Core Concepts of A Cognitive
Approach to Career Development and Services,
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APPLYING THE EFFICIENCY PRINCIPLES IN THE FINANCIAL,

HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE
FRAMEWORK OF OARZ BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD
Ştefan CÂRCU1, Emiluţ GĂINĂ2, Gheorghe MUREŞAN3

1
Agency of Payment and Intervention for Agriculture (APIA), Năsăud, 2 Griviţei , Romania,
Phone:+40 0263/361.340
2
Office for Animal Breeding and Reproduction (OARZ) Bistriţa, 21 Drumul Târgului , code
420062, Bistriţa Năsăud County , Romania , Phone :+40 0263/218033
3
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca,
3-5 Calea Manăştur , Phone : 0264/596384/335. E-mail: [email protected]
Key words: financial resources management, animal breeding management
Abstract
The paper presents the improvement of the managerial activity within the framework of an animal selection and
amelioration unit in Bistriţa-Năsăud county. The drawing up of certain present-day strategies and material
expenses assessment is aimed at improving the managerial activity, in compliance with the EU requirements.
INTRODUCTION recommendations of the European institutions

in as far as animal breeding development and
The government’s decision to employ
improvement are concerned.
managers in the public institutions is a
To achieve this, our institution will
challenge for the board to apply their
concentrate on two main directions, namely:
management skills and to make the best of the
The rational distribution of the financial
time, human and financial resources available,
resources on well defined activities in order to
so as to render more efficient the activities
attain the objectives set in compliance with
carried out and to obtain the best possible
the economic principles of efficiency and
results.
efficacy.
MATERIAL AND METHOD 1.Rendering human resources management
more efficient.
The paper is based on an ample In as far as the first direction is concerned, the
documentation within OARZ Bistriţa-Năsăud following actions will be taken:
and it took into consideration all the - devising annual valid strategies,
regulations in force at the present moment. planning expenses depending on the
The results were interpreted in order to institutional objectives.
maximize the efficiency of the activities - measuring expenses and results and
carried out within OARZ Bistriţa-Năsăud. constantly improving them.
In order to attain the aims set, aims that are
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS part of the governmental policy, an essential
element of the annual strategy of expenses
In order to actively participate in the reform planning consists of the rigorous delineation
process and to meet the European Union of effects and effort in time and space,
requirements, it becomes absolutely necessary based on a correct and objective dimensioning
to improve the managerial activity, so that of the annual budget depending on the
decision making may ensure the priorities generated by the personnel scheme,
harmonization of the institutional policy with the material resources that ensure the carrying
the regulations, directives and
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out in good conditions of the activities rank first among the manager’s priorities, thus
specific to our institution. contributing to the improvement of the
The annual planning of the expenses with relational system.
personnel and material resources will be Professional performances will lead to an
influenced by the consideration of the entire objective and realistic establishment of
effort implied by all types of resources and professional hierarchies that will contribute to
will reflect the complexity of the effects the promotion of an institutional culture
(direct and propagated) in various domains meant to guarantee the involvement of all the
(economic, social, ecologic, cultural, employees within the institution, in order to
political). increase performance, recognize merits,
As material resources are actually useful and promote, motivate and increase group
necessary tools in the well-functioning of the cohesion.
institution (buildings, parking lot, other fix These aspects will generate a real and
means and inventory items), the presence or objective perspective on the promotion of a
absence of some of these, as well as the salary scheme that would ensure equity,
necessity of maintenance, determine the favourable moral impact and the stimulating
prioritization of the actions and a redirecting pecuniary motivation, under the conditions of
of the financial resources towards new national financial restrictions.
objectives that should guarantee the efficiency We are aware of the fact that within the
of the activities that are specific to our present-day context, change management
institution. plays a very important part, and that it
Expenses and results will be measured on a presupposes a new approach to candidate
monthly, quarterly and annual basis, recruitment and selection activities (public
analyzing the activity calendar and the workers or contractual personnel).
financial-accountancy situations, permanently The institution’s object of activity is an
comparing the results obtained against the outstanding one at national level and of
effort implied. We will monitor the strategic importance in the field of agriculture,
conversion of all efforts into effects. which is why it becomes absolutely necessary
As tertiary credit sequencer we will take all that each candidate entering the system should
the necessary steps in order to ensure that comply with all the rigors imposed by the law.
budgeted credits are allotted depending on To attain the institutional aims, we will act so
their purpose, and that the institution does not as to ensure the organizational, technical and
contract payments that cannot covered from material conditions necessary for the correct
the budget. and efficient carrying out of all the processes
In as far as the second direction – Rendering that are specific to the object of activity, while
human resources management more making sure that our activity will guarantee “a
efficient is concerned, the following actions cautious approach to budget deficit” within
will be carried out: the OARZ Bistriţa Nasăud.
1.Competence-based promotion and discovery
of new forms of pecuniary or psychological CONCLUSIONS
motivation depending on the budget and
personality of each employee. In the present day context and based on the
2.Implementing a relational system based on data gathered we can infer that change
delegating authority and making personnel management plays a very important part
more responsible. presupposing a new approach to candidate
Human potential represents the most recruitment and selection activities. OARZ
important resource within the institution, Bistriţa Năsăud will act in such a way as to
which is why we propose that employee ensure the organizational, technical and
training, employee involvement in activities material conditions necessary for efficient
they can carry out successfully, moral and activities and specific processes carried out
material stimulation, as well as team spirit, within the present unit.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND AMELIORATION IN

THE BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD COUNTY
Ştefan CÂRCU1, Gheorghe MUREŞAN2, Emiluţ GĂINĂ3,

1
Agency for Payment and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA), Năsăud, 2, Griviţei , Phone : +40
0263/361.340, Bistrita Nasaud County , Romania
2
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca,
3-5 Calea Manăştur , Cluj County, Romania, Phone : +40 0264/596384/335. E-mail.
[email protected]
3
Office foe Animal Breeding and Reproduction (OARZ) Bistriţa, 21 Drumul Târgului 21, code
420062, Bistriţa Năsăud County , Romania, Phone : +40 0263/218033
Key words: animal breeding and improvement, services.
Abstract
The paper presents animal breeding in Bistriţa-Năsăud county. Due to the favourable natural conditions and to
tradition, animal breeding ranks among the top activities within the county.
INTRODUCTION
Cattle breeding is an important branch of the Problems:
Bistriţa-Năsăud county agricultural - excessive fragmentation of the
production, as it ensures consistent income to agricultural areas (45% under 1
the farmers in the area. The authors of the hectare, 24% between 1 – 2 hectares,
paper would like to bring to the attention of 31% over 2 hectares)
specialists major issues confronting the local - lack of associations
and national Animal breeding. - low mentality of the animal breeders
- poor dissemination of information and
MATERIAL AND METHOD
poor training
The present paper is based on the study of the - the old age of most animal breeders,
documents existing in OARZ and APIA, the youngsters being tempted to turn
Bistriţa-Năsăud. The paper is aimed at their attention to other economic fields
presenting the county natural conditions that or to go abroad
favour animal breeding.
- lack of machines and agricultural
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS equipment
- gap between land and work
Animal breeding has occupied an important - lack of trust in one’s own power and
part within the Bistriţa-Năsăud county lack of responsibility in the case of
agriculture, due to tradition and to the private initiative
favourable natural conditions. Large areas of - small and unspecialized exploitation
pastries and natural meadows have made
- difficulties in obtaining a credit
bovines and sheep occupy the most significant
part. The Revolution of 1989 has brought - poorly developed market whose
about significant changes within the animal functioning does not rely on the rules
breeders community, both locally and at a of the market economy
national level.
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-the slow privatization of the various - supporting artificial insemination
agricultural sectors services by organizing a system on
Potential circuit routes using cars
- considerable human resources - supplying the school of Dej with
- over 50% of the population inhabits equipment and supporting the training
the rural area and works in agriculture’ of people performing artificial
- well trained specialists in agriculture inseminations
- a large number of youngsters working - supplying the milk laboratories of
in agriculture and of specialists trained Arad, Bistriţa and Cluj with the
abroad necessary equipment
- organizing over 150 animal
Out of the numerous problems mentioned exhibitions
above what we have considered to be a
- msc importation and the import of
priority was the organization of associations,
professional training and service animals of high genetic value
development. For this reason, starting with
1995 two projects have been initiated in the The specialists of OARZ Bistriţa-Năsăud have
county, namely Rebiat and Profordar, projects played a very important part in the carrying
supported by Switzerland and which have out of these activities. After the associations
been aimed at improving the lifestyle of cattle have been formed they have grown more and
breeders by increasing competence and by more aware of their importance and have been
involving them into the improvement of the more and more involved into activities to the
access to the outlet market of the agricultural benefit of their members.
products and in the economic development of All these activities, as well as the state support
cattle farms. The main activities these projects measures, have contributed to rendering this
supported have been the following: specific sector of animal breeding in our
- basic and continuous training of the county more dynamic, which has resulted into
breeders, including time spent in the founding of quite a large number of
animal farms.
Switzerland by the young people
involved in agriculture, in order to
purchase tractors and agricultural CONCLUSIONS
machines
- the founding of 170 local associations Bistriţa-Năsăud county animal breeding and
of cattle breeders set as democratic, amelioration is confronted with a series of
problems (lack of associations, small cattle
independent and lucrative structures
farms, lack of animal breeding equipment and
working for and supporting their agricultural machines, a poorly developed
members (pilot groups and animal breeding market, etc.), issues that
associations, committee members should be solved as soons as possible in order
training, founding collection units for to improve animal exploitation technologies
the milk produced in the associations, which will eventually result in an
the taking over and administration of improvement of the animal breeders’ life.
the communal meadows, experience
exchanges and trips in Romania and REFERENCES
abroad, etc) [1] Cornel Podar, 2002, Îndrumătorul crescătorului de
vaci de lapte din microferme private din România, Ed.
Tipomur, Tg Mureş.
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[2] Constantin Velea, 1999, Producţia, reproducţia şi
ameliorarea animalelor, vol. I, II, Ed. Tehnică Agricolă,
Bucureşti
[3] XXX Institutul Naţional de Statistică, Anuarul
Statistic al României, 1995-2008.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN ROMANIAN UNIVERSITIES. A

NEW PERSPECTIVE
Cristiana Ileana COSCONEL
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Adresa: Strada Dionisie Lupu nr. 37 , Phone
+40.21318.0718; +40.21318.0719 Emai : [email protected]
Key words : Foreign language teaching, specialized language, cognition,skills
Abstract
The teaching of foreign specialized language in universities has to respond to the continuous change in the students’
profile, on one hand, and on the changes in demand on the work force. At the same time, due to the learning experience
students bring in the foreign language class, the language teacher has to identify the learning styles preferred by his
students and to adapt the classroom activities to match those styles. In order to do this, the teacher has to identify them,
along with the needs that are obvious for a certain profession. The foreign language teaching should take into account
the new findings of research in cognition, memory and learning generally, and language courses have to be scheduled
so as to ensure the necessary amount of practice in each of the four main language skills: reading, writing, listening
and speaking, allowing sufficient time and opportunities for each to be exploited extensively.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
INTRODUCTION
The specialized language includes all the
The teaching of foreign languages in lexical units pertaining to a scientific and
universities has to take into account the changes professional field and is normally used by a
Romania and the rest of the world have been group of people to communicate, orally or in
going through over the past decades and the writing, in a certain domain. It has a limited
trends set for the future years. It is undeniable spread and can easily be understood by
that English is an international language and, everybody in that particular field. Its origin
under the circumstances, it undergoes changes dates back to the time when the need to
in structure and vocabulary, at the same time transmit discoveries and innovations in
imposing alterations on most of other production occurred, but the written scientific
languages. The present paper discusses the vocabulary is much older. It can be traced to
implications of this situation and of the changes Ancient times, when masters taught their
in teaching methodology for the development scholars their “art” and did not want this to be
of the foreign language class at tertiatry level, shared with the lay people. Thus, within the
so that the young professional be able to use the wider field of specialized languages, two
foreign language confidently and fluently in different sub-groups could be identified: one
social and professional contexts. The literature referring to the vocabulary used mainly in
review emphasizes the concept of foreign written texts to define concepts, ideas and
languages for special purposes, the impact of theories, and another used firstly for naming
assessing learning needs and strategies and the objects, pieces of equipment and processes and
latest discoveries in the field of neuroscience which was used basically for oral
and psychology, all having a strong influence communication for very long periods of time.
on the planning of the teaching process and the Nevertheless, language itself relies not only on
assessment of students, taking into account the vocabulary, but also on the grammar structure
contemporary tendency towards independent of the language and the special patterns that can
academic work. The conclusions will present a be identified within the formal register which is
set of suggestions for the improvement of the associated to the idea of specialized literature.
teaching and learning English - and other The aims of teaching-learning a foreign
foreign language – in Romanian universities. language at tertiary level are as different as
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students themselves; there are many wanting to the direct method or community language
study the language to assist them in their future learning, for example. Perhaps the most
career, and others who also pay attention to the significant difference lies in the weight each of
cognitive change/development the study of the the four skills (reading, writing, listening and
foreign language triggers. A third group will try speaking) is given and, of course, the
to grasp a deeper knowledge of the culture that pedagogical approach to learning generally, as
underlies the particular language they are well as the foreign language. In terms of
studying. And, last but certainly not least, there teaching and of tasks and activities, these
is also the group of students who will learn the extend from explicit teaching of grammar,
foreign language only because it is a supported by repetitive exercises in the fom of
compulsory subject of the academic drills and translations using the vocabulary
curriculum. The ESP teacher has to cater for all taught, to complete lack of grammar
these groups quite equally, also struggling to explanations and to the freedom to start using
form/maintain/develop a high degree of the foreign language when the learner feels
motivation, along with the awareness of the confident enough to do so. The choice the Esp
learning strategies that can improve learning teacher has to make to help his students learn as
and help proficiency, in the end leading to the much as possible taking into account the
ability to study and notice changes in the constraints imposed by the academic
language long after the person is not a student curriculum, the students’ profile and their
anymore. academic and professional needs will have to
The past years have brought about a dramatic find a balance among all the above-mentioned
change in the structure of student population in criteria, along with the available coursebooks
most universities in Romania; more and more and the teachers’ own preferred teaching style.
adults returned either to complete their studies, A teacher’s teaching style can be described
attending master or PhD programmes or according to five main groups of variables: 1.
became first-time students, in order to change the cognitive emphasis on information/skills; 2.
their careers altogether. As a result of this the features of communicating with students, in
trend, the regular group of students is nowadays terms of organization, clarity, coherence, ability
a mixture of people with different backgrounds, to raise students’ interest and motivation and to
life and academic experiences, expectations, involve them in cognitively-demanding
cognitive abilities and time for study. activities, 3. class management: teacher- or
Adult students differ from their younger peers student-centred lessons, 4. attitude towards
in a number of ways: students’ progress, 5. preferred types of
- have a personal well-established pattern activities: plenary, group-work, individual.
of learning; Considering the needs exhibited and
- can be critical of the teaching methods; acknowledged by students themselves, there
- can readily engage in abstract thought; seems to be a re-evaluation of translation in
- are more disciplined; ESP courses. Students and professional people
- are under-confident of their L2 need to read extensively, but they also need to
performance if their previous write and to speak. Under the circumstances,
experience with learning a foreign translation can prove a valuable and time-
language was not successful; saving method to teach specialized vocabulary,
- are more anxious; in contexts that are typical for the scientific
- present fossilized errors in the target communication.
language; New insights in the organization of foreign
- depending on the methodology used language courses, both general and specialized,
during previous study of L2, they can are offered by the development of
resort to language transfer more often. neurosciences and other sciences of cognition.
Methods used in the teaching of foreign Information that involves complex cognitive
languages range from grammar translation to processes on a repeated basis activate the brain.
computer assisted language learning, but also
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The understanding of brain activity and of Time between
memory in general, has trigged the need for repetitions 20 min 1hour 9 hours 24 hours 2 days 6
enhanced practice, a fact extensively shown by days 31days
research. Average
score 58% 44% 36% 34% 28% 25% 21 %
The first to tackle the importance of repetition by research undergone in other connected fields,
was Herman Ebbinghaus, over 100 years ago. which emphasize for example the importance of
He was also the first to show the rate at which position of words (this refers to experiments, but
forgetting occurs in the absence of repetition. He the results need to be understood and transferred
represented his findings in the so-called ‘curve in the overall organization of the course). An
of forgetting’, and the results of his experiment example of an experiment is that conducted by
show that, the longer time is allowed to pass Glanzer and Murdock, which emphasize the idea
between repetitions, the less is remembered. In that information is more easily recalled if it is
the experiment, Ebbibghaus introduced 7 presented at the beginning and towards the end.
different time intervals, as mentioned above . This is because the first information has the time
The same information has been also also to be processed from the short-term memory and
represented in the graphic from the left side. transferred into the log-term memory, whereas
As can be seen from the above table and graph, the most recent one is still kept active in the
most of forgetting occurs within the first 24 short-term memory. Their findings are presented
hours after learning. This means that if the in the following diagram, which shows that
information is not repeated, it may be lost newly-presented information is 100% available
because it has no opportunity to be stored in the while still in short-term memory, whereas the
long time memory (LTM). As long as the rate of recall drops to about 50% for the
teaching process of foreign languages is information stored in MLD. The bulk of the
concerned, the impact is that learning sessions information only reaches about 10 to 20%,
should be scheduled so as to allow the though, a percentage also influenced by the
reinforcement of knowledge before it is degree of activation ( how often the information
permanently lost. This conclusion is reinforced is used after storage).
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It is doubtless that learning a foreign language is
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS a complex process which produces long lasting
effects on the learner, irrespective of the
The above information, along with the outcome. At the same time, the rate of success
requirements set for professionals in a globalized has to be understood as the effect of a multitude
world, imposes a set of changes in the general interdependent factors, among which the
approach to the importance and meaning of the personality and expertise of the language teacher
foreign language course in universities. plays a major part.
Due to the changes in students’ abilities and
motivation, but also to the requirements of the CONCLUSIONS
professional performance in the foreign
language, language teachers should include 1. In a guide on independent studying, Neacsu
activities like oral and written presentations emphasized the need to understand the process
along with language awareness activities. of teaching-learning as the result of collboration
between teachers and students, with a clear
orientation towards attaining a set of
instructional objectives and which aims to
creating new behaviors in students and finally
leading to the independent learner the present-
day world needs.
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Teaching. Pearson Education Ltd.
[2] Hollett, V., Carter, R.(1989). Speaking Activities for
Adapted after Glanzer, 1972, Murdock, 1962 Professional People. Oxford University Press, Oxford
[3] Nation, P. (2000). Designing and Improving a
The most important change, that allows for all Language Course. English Teaching Forum, 38(4),
the other methodological ones to be October 2000
[4] Neacsu, I.(2006). Invatarea academica independenta.
implemented, should concern the scheduling of
Ghid metodologic. Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
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manner: in later years, not in the 1st-2nd, and at Adult EFL Students Speaking Abilities, English Teaching
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STIMULATION OF CROSS BORDER COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE

LOCALITIES SREBĂRNA –BULGARIA AND CIOCĂNEŞTI – ROMANIA,
IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Daniela CRETU1, Radu Andrei IOVA1, Mariana NĂSTASE1, Georgiana CRUDU1

*
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calarasi Branch, Romania, Phone:
+0242332077, Fax: +0242332077, E-mail: [email protected]
Key words: sociological study, monograph, cross border collaboration, development needs, rural communities.
Abstract
The aim of the sociological study is to highlight the mutual representations and perceptions of the Romanian and
Bulgarian communities, of the level of sympathy and availabilities to collaborate in the new European context, for
sustainable rural development. The obtained results allow to find the ways of action and the points of common interest
that can constitute the base of the collaboration intensification and a closer approach between the two communities. A
number of 38 respondents were questioned belonging to the Bulgarian community (Srebărna and Vetrina) and a
number of 38 respondents belonging to Ciocăneşti community.
INTRODUCTION
MATERIAL AND METHODS

The development of regional cooperation
along the borders is a priority for EU, re- The research was made under PHARE
confirmed being by the third report on project, that aimed the stimulation of the
Cohesion, the revision documents of the collaboration between the inhabitants in the
structural funds and the financial perspective localities SREBĂRNA -Bulgaria and
for the period 2010 - 2013. The development CIOCĂNEŞTI – Călăraşi – Romania in the
of joint projects is the key of this cooperation, context of the European Union extension.
leading to the creation of new opportunities The methods used were the monograph and
for the concerned areas and to the over survey based on questionnaire.
passing of some economic, social and political For a better knowledge in order to identify
obstacles due to the existence of an new forms of cooperation, the questionnaire
international border. The border region South was applied to a number of 76 persons in the
East Romania and the border region North- two communities, Romanian and Bulgarian:
East Bulgaria is characterised by the existence opinion leaders, persons in the local public
of some university centres and of a high administration, entrepreneurs, young persons
percent of high education graduates in the (38 persons in the Romanian part, 38 persons
agricultural sector, high percent of young in the Bulgarian part).
population who knows at least two The questionnaire contained 16 questions of
international languages, aspects that lead to which 3 focussed ones (pre-codified
the need to give a remarkable importance to questions, opened, list of attributes, scales,
the professional integration and to the increase associated words). The questions were
of managerial performance in the sector of formulated based on four items:
agricultural activities so that to reach to the  Item 1: inter-knowledge and sympathy
level of European efficiency and performance (question 1 and 7)
standards.  Item 2: actual level of collaboration and
opportunities of collaboration in the future
(questions 2,3,8,4,5,12,13,6)
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 Item 3: orientation on values (Questions The conclusion is that there is a positive
9 and 10) perception between the Romanian and
 Item 4: social representations in the Bulgarian that can be a solid base for new
context of the European Union accession opportunities of collaboration and cross border
(Question 11) cooperation.
*Regarding the actual level of collaboration
and opportunities of collaboration in the
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS future:
The Romanians gave the following categories
The socio-economic added value, that the exemplas of relations: of business with
Romanian-Bulgarian cross border cooperation commercial character; cultural (folk festivals);
generates becomes visible in various ways by: sharing experience in agriculture sector;
mobilisation of the endogen potential, by the meetings between the local authorities; in
consolidation of the local and regional education sector; sportive meetings.
authorities as partners, initiators of cross The Bulgarians gave the following categories
border cooperation; participation of the actors of answers: family links; friendship links.
in the economic sector and education; opening We remark that the few examples given by the
the labour market, compliance of members of the Bulgarian communities relate
qualifications with the EU requirements; only to personal relations strictly. The
development of collaboration between difference between the Romanian answers and
education, research and SMEs, also creation the Bulgarian answers can be explained by the
of more jobs in these sectors. The fact that the Romanian decision makers and
institutional added value supposes: the active the civil society involved more than the
involvement of the citizens, authorities, Bulgarian part in developing some cross
political and social groups, of both parts of the border projects in the administrative sector,
border; functioning of a partnership on culture, education, businesses.
horizontal and vertical, despite the fact that Conclusion : The collaboration is more
there are different structures and sectors; supported by the Romanian part existing more
projection, implementation and joint funding experience, information and availability.
of cross border programs and projects. * The differences appear in case of
Following the data processing in the appreciating the level of development of
questionnaire the following aspects were cultural relations: the Romanians consider
obtained: them as having a medium level, and the
* The level of inter-knowledge is different in Bulgarians as being poorly developed. The
the two communities. Most Romanian know difference can be explained by cultural
few things about the Bulgarian neighbours projects and partnerships initiated by the
(65,78%) and 13,15% many things. Calarasi local authorities with partners in
Most Bulgarian do not know almost anything Silistra. In case of personal relations although
about Romanians (68,42%), few things both categories of Bulgarian and Romanian
28,94%, and 2,63% many things. respondents appreciated as poorly developed
It was remarked also that the level of still the percent of Bulgarians that answer this
sympathy between the Bulgarian and way is higher (76.31%) than the percent of
Romanian is very high, the Bulgarians being Romanians (57.89%). The difference could be
the most sympathised by the Romanians, and explained by the existence in Ciocăneşti
the Bulgarians sympathise most the commune of a small community of persons
Romanians after the Russian, who are on the I that settled over the Danube in Ciocăneşti –
place. Sârbi quarter, and the family relations still
The first place occupied by the Russian can be exist.
explained by the Slav origin of both people Remarkable is the existence of some singular
and by the traditional relations between choices such as fishing on the Danube
Bulgaria and Russia. indicated only by Romanians and the local self
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governing and ecology indicated only by the  Expertise transfer and best practices in
Bulgarians. agriculture and administration
It is remarked that there is a high level of  Creation of facilities for the companies
compatibility that expresses the existence of  Measures of social protection for the socio-
joint interests regarding the sectors in which economically disadvantaged persons
the collaboration can be extended and  Increase of educational act quality
developed.  Development of cultural life
The Romanians expressed a high interest to  Increase of local administration involvement
the experience in vegetable growing, for the improvement of the locality aspect
traditions and customs, tourism, gastronomic
 Arrangement of recreation places and
art.
playgrounds for children
Positive appreciations to the human qualities
 Programs of citizen education
of the Bulgarian neighbours can be remarked.
The Bulgarians consider that people life can
The Bulgarians indicated a wider range of
be improved if they consider the following
things that World like to learn/take from the
actions:
Romanian neighbours.
A remarkable interest was for the Romanian  Creation of new jobs
life style and mode, then the experience in  Development and modernisation of
agriculture, in business development, infrastructure
traditions, customs, culture. They expressed  Social protection of the old persons by
interest to find out/take over the modalities the building houses for the old men and a club for
Romanian partners use to keep the young in the old men
the villages, to fight against unemployment, to  Provide facilities for small and medium sized
create the infrastructure for the development enterprises
of the rural tourism.  Improvement of school infrastructure
Also there is interest for the sector of local  Arrangement of playgrounds for children
administration and democratic mechanisms of  Establish a history museum
local government.
 Investments in eco tourism
* Another item had the role to evaluate the
 Initiation of projects in the environment
availability of the neighbours to develop
sector and involvement of the local authorities
businesses in the common space within the
We notice by studying the two lists that there
European Union.
are sectors of common interest but also
It is found out that the Romanians’ interest for
different experiences and expectations. We
joint businesses is much higher than the
consider that the two partners can benefit by
Bulgarians’.
the other one expertise in attracting certain
Still we estimate that there is a real aims under joint projects. Also we can
development potential in the business sector - organise experience sharing focussed on an
34.21% of Bulgarians and 55.26% of item belonging to a certain sector or we can
Romanians expressing such an option. elaborate common strategies.
*Another item aimed the identification of the
For example: development of localities and
existing needs in the two communities:
infrastructure, tourism development in the
The Romanians gave the following answers:
Danube area, development of agricultural and
 Creation of new jobs especially for the economic strategies to fight against the
young unemployment, social protection of the
 Development of infrastructure – roads, disadvantaged persons, development of small
sewerage, gas supply enterprises, development of the competences
 Development of tourism in the Danube area of the local authorities to initiate and develop
 Environment protection projects with external support in the
 Labour force training in agriculture perspective of the structural funds.
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* Another item was included in research place of the family in the hierarchy of the
starting from the definition given by Mahler values at the Romanians.
to the values „The values are abstract ideas At the Bulgarians the school is on the second
about what it is correct, desirable and well place and it is associated to the learning and
most members of a society must aim”. personal development, whereas at the
The first item referred to the importance in the Romanians it is situated on the fourth place
subject life of the faith, education, work, this meaning probably a decrease of
family, friends, wealth, spare time, saving, population trust for the school.
diligence, respect for the old persons. The diligence is situated on the third place at
We mention that our question regarding the the Romanians, and the Bulgarians consider
values proposed to surprise more the that friends are on the third place in the order
behaviours guided by values not the values of importance in life.
themselves. The reference point of the values We could say that the Bulgarians orientate to
is in this case the community, being the one the cooperation and support of community and
that imposes the values not being isolated the Romanians are based more on personal
individually. effort.
The values situated on the last places, that is
Table 1. Comparative analysis of the data in the two
communities
the less important are the following:
Place ROMANIAN BULGARIANS - At the Romanians: interesting life, saving
S and amusement
I Truth Family - At the Bulgarians: success, amusement and
II Family School wealth
III Diligence Friends The transition state and the material
IV Success Work difficulties can explain the situation on the last
V School Truth places of amusement, wealth, saving and
VI Respect for the Diligence interesting life.
old persons The presence of success on the last place in
case of the Bulgarians could be explained by a
VII Work Respect for the old certain scepticism regarding the chances the
persons actual society offer. The success is related
VIII Friends Faith usually to work and chance.
IX Faith Saving At the same time it is noticed an orientation to
X Wealth Interesting life the modern values, more accentuated in the
XI Interesting life Success
Romanian community.
XII Saving Amusement
If we correlated these tendencies with the
XIII Amusement Wealth
economic development and especially with the
infrastructure development in the two
The truth is considered very important for the communities we notice that the more modern
Romanians, this being probably related to the values seem to be associated to the relatively
truth requested insistently by the Romanian modern infrastructure.
society regarding the events in 1989 and not * related to the social representations
only. The truth theme is insistently promoted in the context of accession to the European
in the Romanian mass-media. The family is Union, the analysis highlighted the association
situated on the first place by the Bulgarians sectors: economic, politic, social, ideological.
and could be related to the frustration felt by Also the association quality: positive or
the village inhabitants as the young left to negative.
towns, but also the adhesion to a greater extent The Romanians associate the democracy
to the traditional values of the village. This is especially with factors of social then
confirmed also by the presence on the second economic nature. Among the social factors a
negative social factor appears – uncertainty.
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The Bulgarians associate the democracy The Bulgarians associate especially the
especially with factors of political nature, then administration with social factors, less
economic, all being positive. politically or ideologically. No economic
The Romanians associate the market economy factor appear as associated. In case of the
especially with economic factors but also Bulgarians the administration is associated
social and political factors. It is noticed the also with negative factors such as : corruption,
association with the two negative factors – bad services and bureaucracy. Also
poverty (social) and perturbations (politic). remarkable the presence of both groups of
The Bulgarians associate the market economy association of administration with corruption
with the economic factors especially social and bureaucracy.
and political factors. It is noticed the The Romanians associate the European funds
association with two negative factors: poverty especially with economic factors but also with
(social) and perturbations (politic). the other categories of factors. Among these
The Bulgarians associate the market economy an association with negative term appear
with the economic factors especially but also „robbery”.
political ones. It is remarkable a negative The Bulgarians associate the European funds
association – „it does not exist” with factors that belong almost in equal
The Romanians associate the law with the measure to all categories. The economic is
factors of political nature among which a more representative. All factors are positive.
negative factor: offence Both communities have an optimistic vision,
The Bulgarians associate with the political predominantly positive related to important
factors among which a possible negative one: elements of integration in the European
it is not known. Union, a mutual positive perception and
The Romanians associate the environment realistic expectations.
protection with the social and ideological Also the analysis of the social representations
factors. Among them a negative one: disaster. reveals us the gaps, weaknesses, such as:
The Bulgarians associate with the social and competition, poverty, bureaucracy, theft of
ideological factors among which a negative European funds, legislative chaos, social
one: danger. insecurity, threats due to the poor management
The Danube is associated in both cases with of environment.
positive factors, most of them of economic The Romanians achieved a higher number of
nature. negative associations than the Bulgarians.
In case of the Romanians the local community This could signify a higher involvement in the
is associated with the factors belonging to all community, critical attitude and more
categories, but especially with political responsibility.
factors. It is noticed the association with the
term „crowd”, that has pejorative character. CONCLUSIONS
The Bulgarians associate the local community
almost exclusively with the political factor, 1. The study allowed the identification of
with an exception ideological „unit”. opportunities of development, cooperation and
The Romanians associate the Bulgarians with collaboration based on the estimation of the
positive factors such as neighbourhood, level of sympathy and mutual perception
kinship, friendship, fellowship. between the two communities in Romania and
There is also an association with disadvantage. Bulgaria, population representation and
The Bulgarians associate the Romanians with availabilities to collaborate in the new
positive terms: friends, neighbours, unity. European context.
The Romanians associate the administration 2. The positive perception between the
especially with factors of political nature but Bulgarian community and the Romanian one
also economic and ideological nature. Among is a solid base for the extension of the cross
these negative factors appear: bureaucracy, border relations. Starting from the fact
corruption, easy gains. highlighted by the research of the level of
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inter knowledge that the Romanian know community and Bulgarian one it is noticed
more things about the Bulgarians and they do that the traditional values occupy an important
not know almost anything about the place in their life more significantly, in
Romanians, we consider that the Romanian Bulgarian case for example: work, family,
part could initiate in the future information honour. At the same time the modern values
campaigns (leaflets, brochures printing, etc.) start to be more and more present in the
that lead to a better knowledge of the village life more accentuated in the omanian
Romanian communities in Calarasi area. life: learning, success. It is obviously that both
3. The actual level of collaboration for the communities develop at present a process of
economic sectors and between the authorities restructuring of value orientation that will be
is appreciated as being medium by both parts accentuated by the European Union
and poor the sector of personal relations, and integration.
the Bulgarian part appreciates as poor the 7. In the sector of social representations
cultural relations also. So there is a high related to the European Union accession, the
potential of development of all relations conclusion is that both communities have a
especially of the cultural ones. predominantly positive, optimistic vision and
4. The activities specified by both partners realistic expectations in the understanding
with high level of compatibility are: activities perspective.
in agriculture, business development, So there are both common aspects and
traditions and customs, fight against interests but also expertise, different
unemployment and keep the young in the competences, opening for collaboration and
village, infrastructure development, rural lings consolidation, a mutual positive
tourism, language learning, local perception and a high potential for the
administration, education. initiation and development of some cross
5. From the analysis of development needs it border projects and conclusion of
resulted that for both communities the most partnerships.
stringent needs are the creation of new jobs
and infrastructure development. The future REFERENCES
partnership could rely on these two topics. We
mention the Romanians’ wish to take over the [1] Own researches under PHARE cross border
Bulgarian experience in tourism and vegetable projects.
[2] Fiche of Ciocăneşti locality, Călăraşi – Romania
growing and the Bulgarian wish to learn from [3] Fiche of SREBĂRNA locality –BULGARIA
the Romanian experience regarding the local
administration, social protection of the old
persons, culture and life style. They can
become also topics of some future projects.
6. As regards the orientation on the values of
the two rural communities, Romanian
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ROMANIAN VILLAGE, INSUFFICIENTLY USED TOURIST PRODUCT -

CASE STUDY- CĂLĂRAŞI COUNTY
Daniela CRETU1, Radu ANDREI IOVA1 , Dumitra CONSTANTIN1, Elena LASCĂR1

1
Key words: rural tourism, rural tourist patrimony, rural tourist product
Abstract
The Romanian village, by rural tourism, can become a gate of entrance in the worlds of Romanian traditions and
popular customs”. The rural area, considered in the actual approach an area with multiple primary, secondary and
tertiary activities must constitute a major concern for research. Thus, the paper proposes the compared analysis, in the
light of European rural tourism, of the Romanian village as insufficiently used tourist product. The agro tourist
development is the most efficient alternative for the rural area especially in the areas with historical background and
with natural tourist sights. This activity would bring additional incomes to the inhabitants and even to local budgets,
would allow the development of rural infrastructure
INTRODUCTION
The closeness of Călăraşi county to the Danube background and natural tourist sights. This
creates a remarkable tourist attractiveness but activity could bring additional incomes to the
insufficiently exploited. The high number of inhabitants of the villages in Calarasi even local
picturesque isles, the ramification of the main budget that would allow the development of the
course of the Danube by unique branches rural infrastructure. The villages in Călărăşi,
creates a natural landscape that incline to that by their specific, originality, cultural and
relaxing and unique conditions to practice the historical identity, by ambiance of the natural
sportive hunting and fishing. The using of the landscape and resources richness could be an
Danube, with its wild isles, with the Delta flora original tourist product for the internal and
and fauna of the lakes and ponds full of fish, to international tourism.
which hunting in the leafy forests is added all The Romanian village, by rural tourism, can
could be equivalent to the development of a become „ an entrance gate in the world of
sector of sportive tourism, in an original natural Romanian folk customs and traditions and”.
and ecologic landscape. The rural area in The rural area considered in the actual
Calarasi can be a destination of the rural acceptance a space with multiple primary,
tourism and agro tourism due to the presence of secondary and tertiary activities, must be a
traditional rural settlements, peasants’ houses major concern for research. Thus, the paper
and farms and agricultural works. proposes to compared analyses, under the
European rural tourism, of the Romanian
MATERIAL AND METHOD village as an insufficiently used tourist product.
The research achieved at the level of Călăraşi RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

county, aiming to identify villages in Calarasi
as insufficiently used tourist products. The In the conditions of constant and efficient
village was analysed from the perspective of application of the agrarian policies, according
internal and international agro tourism to PAC, in the year 2025 notable mutations will
development that is the most efficient produce. Synthetically, the year 2025 will mark
alternative for the rural area especially in the an important moment in running the process of
areas with historical sustainable development, concretized by the
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existence of a modern agriculture, of high c) the intervention of the state at the community
economic, social and ecologic efficiency, the level: by investment funds at central level for
Romanian agriculture becoming a force in rural constructions and especially for
Europe, able to face the competition that is on infrastructure (roads, railways, bridges); and by
the European agricultural markets and not only. support of localities from the funds remained at
The Romanian village will shape the elements the local councils availability.
of modernity, discrepancies on economic and The variety of rural areas typology imposes to
social level compared to the urban area that will take into consideration the differences existing
shade off. in the elaboration of the development measures
The village or the agrotourist area represents of the agro tourist activities. The possibilities to
the real space of attractiveness, in which all register the rural localities in the tourist circuit
element of local development merge. Among are practically unlimited, considering the
the agro tourism activity and socio-economic multiform variety of rural area. The Romanian
development of the rural areas there is a rural area allows the elaboration of an
relation of correspondence and mutuality: thus extremely diverse range of tourist products,
the increase of tourist circulation is made by the according to the specific resources and
general development of the rural areas, territorial localization. The wide range of offer
development that is achieved by the constitutes a major advantage of the Romanian
intensification of the tourist attraction. tourism, implicitly the rural tourism. Beyond
The development of the accommodation offer the hotels with medium or high comfort level,
when a constant quality framework appears, specific to the tourist towns and tourist resorts,
that has as main property the improvement of the rural area provides an infinity of profitable
the architectonic aspect of the village. Changes possibilities: pensions, camping and
appear also in the conception of those who will accommodation in the peasant houses can
build. They will accept the existence of an support a wide range of activities such as
architect inn order to achieve some functional walking, cultural tourism, fluvial tourism,
constructions, with a higher level of comfort, fishing, hunting, horse riding, winter sports,
benefiting by this both the owner and the cycling tourism etc. there can be competition
tourist. As a result of the intensification of the between two tourist products of same nature,
tourist circulation economic activities develop but it disappears among the products of
on local level aimed to satisfy the increased different nature, as they are destined to some
demand of agricultural and non agricultural different clients. There is no competition
products. Indirectly an increase of the number between the hotel tourism and the camping,
of jobs will achieve both in the tourist activity between motel and peasant house with arranged
and in production activity and in services. As a receptions, between fishing and cycling
result of the development of agro tourist tourism, between museum visit and nautical
activities fundamental transformations are sports etc. consequently, each range of products
made at the villages level, both as regards the must be adapted to the specific of each market.
number of activities developed and their The best range is an assemble of tourist
quality. The capitalization of the entire products destined to some clients, as much
potential (natural and anthrop) of the rural varied as possible, including at the same time
localities and regions by agro tourism supposes the rich ones and the poor ones, "adventures"
putting into practice some individual and public and sedentary persons, the young and old,
measures that can be synthesised such as: family persons and non family etc. Proposing a
a) achievement of functioning of farms on the range of more extended services creates
principle of autonomy in administration and justified options to gain new markets. Each
organisation, in management, self development type of rural settlement provide particular
and self control. possibilities and rise specific problems. Thus, it
b) ensuring funds of faros development by own can be said that the tourist product provided
effort of the faros and by credits from the credit must be elaborated depending on the presence
banks with low interest.
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of various components, related to the tourist product represents in essence the measure
individualised character of settlements. of tourist activity regarded as economic activity
in a certain dimension, volume, structure or
Table 1- Distances to the Danube quality; by its destinations the tourist product
can constitute a message addressed to the
Distances (km)
Localities Effective Averages
potential consumers (tourists), who by their
Călăraşi county - 6,4 option - concretized in the presence of the
Of which: 4,5 - moment of component services providing,
Chiselet commune generate tourist flows respectively tourist
Dorobanţu commune 8,5 - consume.
Mânăstirea commune 8,4 - In case of village as tourist product, the focus is
Căscioarele coomune 9,8 - on elements of natural aspect and especially,
Chirnogi commune 6,3 -
Ulmeni commune 7,3 -
those linked to cultural and historic aspect
Borcea commune 0,3 - (rituals, customs, developing a quiet life, in a
Călăraşi county has 8 units of tourist traditional way, in conditions of a more reduced
accommodation from which 3 are pensions. mechanisation), and as regards the population, it
Calarasi has a real tourist potential especially as is needed to achieve more direct, personal
regards the practicing the specialised tourism. contacts, so that the tourists know closely the
The county fauna represents a real attractiveness interests and activities specific to those places.
for those who practice hunting. Competitions of The process of creation of these tourist products
hunting can be organised, hunting with falcons must be preceded by a market survey and a good
(that needs minor investments), also fishing knowledge of the target clients profile, clients
contests can be organised, species that populate who could be adults, over 40 years old, family
the waters in the county being named in all persons, with high education, with average and
region. The distances until the Danube River of high income, willing to escape in a quiet place,
the localities included in the territorial structure relatively isolated, where a traditional style of
of the Danube terraces are contained in table 1 life is maintained. Rural tourism practicing is
The rural tourist product is the result of made in a well preserved rural area, with its
assembling some elements of local natural and rustic specific, but it does not needs necessarily
antropic tourist resources (cultural, historical and activities in primary sector.
human), as well some elements of infrastructure, The rural tourism practicing is made in a well
of tourist equipment accommodation, other preserved rural are, but it does not need
heterogeneous services. The rural tourism is a necessarily activities in the primary sector. A
concept that includes all tourist activities that space without people and products cannot
develop in the rural area. In Blegium, France, comply with the rural tourism attention and the
Germany, Luxemburg, Holland, the rural area same the rural tourism does not find all the
indicate areas that are different of the urban dimensions of but in a lively way of receiving of
ones, of coast or mountains. In Italy the term the native population.The spontaneous
indicates those areas that are nor urban or coast hospitality is important, but must be
so it includes the mountain regions. In Italy the accompanied by a tourist formation. In the rural
term indicates those areas that are nor urban, or area, on the other hand, the own initiative must
coast and include mountain regions. In Ireland integrate both in a local development plan, and
and England the analysed term is practically in a general one. Despite the fact that the rural
synonym with the notion of “country region”, area transforms itself permanently, it must be
this being totally different by the urban one. admitted the fact that the rural features, such as
Spain, Portugal and Greece have the tendency to for example presence of some proofs belonging
assimilate the term of rural area with the areas to primary traditional activities (agriculture,
where the agricultural production achieves. It is animal growing, wood exploitation) are essential
find out that in Europe the term of “rural area” needs in order to talk about a rural area prepared
has different meanings. It is known that the for tourist exploitation.
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The Romanian or foreign tourist want a quiet Ţhe countries in the centre and East Europe
holyday in contact with nature, with traditional under reform need more and more attention.
(an European of four spends its holyday in the Special political strategies must be implemented
country side) after an agitated period and full of to solve the specific problems, but the
town stress. implementation of these problems must be
On the other hand, the village needs the rural achieved by each country. In the year 1987, EU
tourism. The future of the rural area is a problem Council proposes the re-launch of the rural area
and the European Union was aware of it more by an extended program that has as objectives:
than ten years. The problems created by the maintaining the cultural identity and saving and
situation of the rural areas (reduction of incomes capitalizing the European cultural patrimony as
in agriculture, rural exodus, traditions losing) factor of improving the life and as source of
recommend the development of the rural tourism social, economic and cultural development.
as stimulator of the rural economy. More countries, more regional and more topics
This type of tourism presents a series of were considered. The topics had diverse
advantages: uses agricultural spaces, natural significations, diverse dimensions and local
resources, cultural patrimony, village traditions, particularities.
agricultural products, achieves changes between The following work scheme was proposed: the
urban and rural incomes, creates directly and specialists in all Europe identified the routes and
indirectly jobs, improves the infrastructure. elaborated maps a common symbol was created
In Romania, as well in the European Union, for the visualization on the entire European
from relative causes, major differences appeared territory the coordination of a group on
clearly between certain regions, differences that associative actions with public and private
generally were not favourable to the rural area partners addressing mainly to the young. These
compared to urban area. This generates a lower beginnings achieved by an workshop created -
living level of the population in the rural area ATEART-Cross border workshop pour
(education, health, possibilities of employment, l'Environement et les Actions en Rural Teritoire.
incomes level), fact that leads to increasing Tha aim was that of regional development, of
social tensions, attracting the needs to involve cross border closeness, of favouring the
the responsible political factors. In order to knowledge of other peoples, accepting
diminish the causes of these differences, in EU differences and promotion of common cultural
associations were establishes and financial funds dialogue, that lead to the protection of natural
were allocated, even special laws appeared, that and spiritual wealth of each people. The actions
has a more and more important role in the became pilot actions to serve as examples that
development of the rural area. will be on the whole European territory.
The special funds established and put made Both rural tourism and agro tourism suppose the
available by EU are accessible only in the development of alternative tourist activities in a
conditions of existing some well defined rural sector, led by the local population and
regional development programs. It is considered based on the natural and local antropic potential.
much more important the life quality than the The accommodation takes place in the villagers’
quantity of consumed goods. Among nature, houses, and the tourists can participate actively
society and economy, the constant element is in the local community life, identifying with
nature, the other ones existing only by their them during their stay. The main reasons of a
interaction. From this point of view, only natural tourist that chose this type of tourism should be:
needs are essential, decisive, and the society return to nature, knowing and temporary
especially the economy must be adapted to adhesion to groups belonging to rural area,
them. The social efficiency of the regional active relax, air cure and consume of fresh foods
development and especially the rural one is from the guests house, sport, hunting, fishing,
ensured by partnerships and programs, and the trips.
economic efficiency by resources concentration The development of these types of alternative
and co-financing. tourism within the rural areas in Calarasi would
attract a series of benefit results such as:
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stopping the migration of the population and „camping at the farm" (according to the French
even stimulation of return from the big urban model) that can practice during the summer time
centres by creating some new jobs in the tourism and can organise in special arranged places or in
sectro and even offering the possibility to obtain special reserved places inside the houses;
some additional incomes; ensure the living „experience" (according to the German model)
conditions and civilization in the rural area that supposes the accommodation in the
similar to the urban one; preservation and villagers houses and providing some special
protection of the rural environment; using of programs of cycling tourism, avitourism,
products in the own house; capitalizing the collection and recognition of medicine plants
resources the area has; development and etc, that invite the tourists to spend a day in the
favouring the change of urban and rural culture; nature or within some spaces arranged specially
recovery of traditional dwellings for the tourist for this purpose;
use and their preservation, as well other cultural „holyday in the agricultural house" (according to
resources that the region has; support of local the German model), a experience of holyday in
community and development of disadvantaged the family, at hosts that own an agricultural
spaces. property (a small orchard, arable lands with
The minimal requirements for the sustainable diverse cereal cultures, an orchard for the animal
development of the rural tourism and agro growing), providing thus to the tourists the
tourism in Calarasi area derive from the possibility to participate in the daily agricultural
following aspects: need of some investments in life, to taste some products specific to the area,
infrastructure, restoration, preservation; to participate in the fabrication process of some
achievement of a social and economic goods such as preserved fruit compotes, sweets,
connexion between the localities authorities to dairy products, natural juices, providing also the
achieve common projects of agro tourism possibility to understand and know all the
support; existence of some strategies and a agricultural activities and advantages of the rural
development program by which the local area;
community can use all types of capital (natural, „sleep over the night in the hay" (according to
human, economic, cultural); elaboration of a the German model) is a program by which the
common financial strategy for the correct use of tourists are guided to spend at least one night in
the incomes obtained; formation of a technical a hay pile or in a shed;
assistance to support the tourists, the owners of „peasant houses independent of the host house
pensions, the tourist agencies; achievement of a or camping lands" (according to the English
tourist identification mark; existence of some model) suppose accommodation in house
norms and concrete juridical regulations for the annexes not in the house in which the hosts live.
elimination of conflicts of interests, ensure the Lastly the modalities of sale the rural tourist
population and tourists safety. According to product must be specified and that is:
these criteria, at the level of the seven “agro amusement” (fruit collection, animal
communes with agro tourist potential on the caring, watering the fruit trees);
Danube terraces – respectively, communes “agro amusement” (trips in the nature, hiking,
Chiselet, Dorobanţu, Mânăstirea, Căscioarele, cycling tourism, hunting or fishing, avitourism,
Chirnogi, Ulmeni, Borcea, some agro tourist or identification and collection of some plants,
rural pensions can be created, that could provide driving with tractor or horse carts);
original special programs to the tourists or can “Agro education” (improving the tourism
function according to certain model of French, knowledge as regards the agricultural
German or English origin, such as: production, the modalities of using the obtained
„guests rooms" (according to French model) in a products, knowledge about life in the country
local house, built in classical architectural style side, traditions and holydays, culinary recipes,
and specific to the area, adequately equipped and and modalities to prepare them, etc);
can be rented for more nights, the tourists “agro commerce” (using by the tourists the
benefiting by three daily meals provided by the products obtained, for example sale of fish
hosts; caught in a fishing day ).
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Considering the multitude of possibilities 4. To coordinate the activity within the multi
offered by the natural landscape, human and disciplinary teams that contain different people,
economic background, we can say that these various professions, different organisations, but
three elements could represent the three “pillars” with the well mentioned and unique aim;
to support a possible intense tourist development 5.To maintain in attention permanently a general
in this area. assemble of becoming in order to reduce the risk
areas and to work efficiently the details;
CONCLUSIONS 6. To appreciate what must or not be done,
before execution and to implement an adequate
The seven communes with agro tourist potential quality standard;
on the Danube terraces respectively, Chiselet, 7. To reduce the costs by maximisation of works
Dorobanţu, Mânăstirea, Căscioarele, Chirnogi, efficiency and resources allocation.
Ulmeni, Borcea communes, in order to become
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TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL PREMISES FOR BIOMASS

PRODUCTION , FAST GROWING PLANTATIONS OF HYBRID POPLARS
Mihai-Liviu DAIA1, Bogdan POPA2, Mihai FILAT 3

1
National Forest Administration – Romsilva, 31 Magheru Bld. , Bucharest, Sector 3, 010325,
Romania, tel. 021/3171005, fax: 021/3168428, [email protected]
2
Departmental Forest Administration Galatzi, 95 Stiintei Street, 800189, Galatzi, Romania,
Phone/fax0236/412517, [email protected]
3
Forest Researches and Management Institute – Branch Tulcea, 25 Isaccei Street, 820166 Tulcea,
Tulcea County , Romania,Phone/fax. 0240 512159, [email protected]
Key words: poplar clones, biomass, internal rate of return
Abstract
The paper aims to argue for the biomass fast-growing poplar plantation from economical and technical point of view.
In the context of the growing interest of the investors and the Government for promoting the efficient production and
usage of the biomass, the paper gives useful comparative data for several versions of plantations based on fast growing
forestry species. There are descriptions of the results of the latest research concerning establishment, maintenance and
productivity of the experimental biomass plantations established in different site conditions, as well as the assessment of
the economical risks associated with the versions presented. The paper also contains a comparative assessment of the
potential investments by using usual financial indicators. Through the obtained results, one can drop the conclusion
that those types of investments in biomass plantations can be viable solutions for low efficient agricultural land, as a
result of the climate change.
INTRODUCTION and on a series of economic assumptions and

presents the results of some simple investments
The Objective of the European Commission analysis that offer some conclusions regarding
Communitarian Strategy ”Energy for the future: the efficiency of the forestry biomass
renewable sources of energy’’ assume that the plantations.
portion of the contribution of the renewable
energy sources of the member countries should MATERIAL AND METHOD
reach 20% of the total primary resources till
2020. For Romania, the first option in this The assessment consist in collecting the
respect is the utilization as fuels of the biomass following information: on one side, technical
resulting from the forestry sector (forestry data regarding the biologic material and the
waste) and also the biomass produced by productivity of the plantations and on the other
cultivating low productive agricultural or hand economical data regarding the costs for
degraded land. The remaining from forest land, plantation establishment and management
harvesting and wood processing is widely and the possible revenues from biomass put
spread in low accessibility areas therefore their into the market.
utilization is expensive. In this context, Technical data regarding the biologic material
production of biomass through fast growing and plantations productivity
species, mainly using hybrid poplars, is more For assessing the plantations productivity, an
and more interesting. Applying such initiatives experimental plantation using hybrid poplar
on large scale in our country has technical and clones was established in spring 2008. This
economical uncertainties that are addressed, plantation was designed for 2 years production
partially by this paper. It is based on date cycle. The plantation is located in the Danube
delivered by a series of experiments regarding Delta on a flat plane resulted from a former
the productivity of certain hybrid poplar clones lake bottom. The soil has a heavy texture (clay
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for about 90-120 cm), and the underground regeneration material we made several
water level is about 1.5-2.0 m deep during the assumptions:
vegetation season. The land was ploughed in - the total aria of the plantation is 1000 ha
the autumns and disked in the spring before the - the plantations were established in a 4
establishment that was made using 30 cm small years period – the solution for
cuttings 30 cm long and 15-22 mm thin, with at optimizing the ratio between the surface
least 3 viable buds. 6 high productivity clones of the nursery and its productivity for
were selected and used: AF2, AF6, AF8 and the designed purpose;
Monviso (provenience Alasia New Clones), - after establishing the plantation the
Turcoaia, Sacrau 79 (provenience ICAS nursery can also be used as biomass
Romania). The experiment was organized in production unit
randomized blocks with 3 repetitions. The - the establishment and maintenance
spacing assures a 6,666 plants/ha. technology for the biomass plantation is
In the first year after the establishment, till the classical one used at this moment in
august the soil was mobilized four times on the Romania;
entire surface. The plantation was irrigated 2 - mechanical works are outsourced;
times /month depending on the level of - the density of the plantation is 7000
precipitations. Treatments against insects were plants per ha;
also applied. In the second year the soil was - Indirect spending level reaches 15%.
mobilized twice. No irrigation and insect’s Plantation establishment
treatment needed. Periodic measurements for Costs estimation was based on bills of
diameter and high were made. After the second quantities for 1000 ha of biomass plantation,
year the biomass was harvested by cutting at 5 using time norms and unitary wages that are
cm above the soil. The fresh resulting biomass common presently in the forest sector. The bills
was measured. The diameter was measured at of quantities and values contain all the spending
10 cm above soil, and the weighing of the including personnel, machines ant materials
biomass was done using precision tools. and the taxes for the salary fund.
For the utilization of the land, two versions Plantation management costs include:
were considered: 1) the land is acquired (the supervision, current administration, plantation
values were collected by transactions price maintenance, harvesting and works for favoring
assessment in 2008 for the lands that have the regeneration of sprouts and bringing the
proper conditions for poplar) and 2) the land is sites back to its original status.
rented (again, the prices resulted from assessing Revenues from selling the biomass
the prices of year 2008). In the absence of an established market in
Production of the regeneration material Romania, we used for assessment purposes the
The assessment takes into consideration the prices that are usual in neighbor countries
costs for mother plants cultivation (Hungary, Czech Republic, Lithuania and
establishment for production of small cuttings. Poland) anticipating an evolution more or less
Mother plants cultivations establishment similar of the market.
consist in: choosing the right location, For the purpose of the assessment the following
preparing the land, establishment of the mother variation factors:
plants and their maintenance: weed and insects - biologic material;
killing, harvesting the small cuttings, clearing - geographic area (reflected in land
the stamps, sprouts individualization, acquisition /renting quotas);
manufacturing the small cuttings. The optimum - ecological conditions affecting
age (in terms of productivity) of the mother productivity (graded in three
plants was considered, and the cuttings categories);
production rhythm was optimized starting with - usage of the land (rented vs. acquired).
the unitary assumption that the dimension of For every version considered we calculated the
the biomass production plantation is about 1000 net present value (NPV) of the cash flow and
ha. For calculating the price for producing the also the internal rate of return (IRR) by
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estimating the cash flows for a period of 20 Results of the investment assessment
years (maximum 8 cycles). After entering all the data into the calculation
sheets a sensitivity analysis was made and the
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS results can be followed in the following tables.
Results of the experiments regarding biomass Table 2: Sensitivity analysis assumptions

production Geographical Price for Price for Price for
region land renting the biomass
In table 1 there are the recorded results by (EUR) land (EUR/dry
clones for the experiment aiming the biomass (EUR/year) biomass)
production estimation. Oltenia 1000 100 20
Baragan 1400 130 20
Table 1 Average diameter, average height and fresh South 1100 90 20
biomass recorded within the experiment after the first 2 Moldavia/
year production cycle Danube Delta
Average Fresh
Average
Clone diameter
height (m)
biomass In the absence of researches regarding the
(cm) (to/ha) difference between the adaptability of the
AF2 5.6 6.5 42.00 experimented clones in different ecological
AF6 5.8 7.0 54.48 conditions, all the calculations were made for
AF8 8.1 6.6 45.06 the most productive clone. The date regarding
Turcoaia 4.6 5.7 40.27 the price for land can be affected by some
Monviso 6.0 7.0 58.50 tendency of the market. For 2009 and 2010, the
Sacrau 79 4.1 5.3 21.58 market is rather blocked, and the prices are
expected to drop. This tendency can only
The biggest value for the average diameter was increase the interest for such investments. Table
recorded for AF8 clone (8.1 cm) and the 3: Sensitivity analysis
biggest average height was recorded for AF6 Region Base Base Base 10%
and Monviso, all of them having Italian with with without increase in
provenience. The biggest biomass quantity was land land land productivity
acquired rented costs
recorded for Monviso (58.5t/ha). Comparing
Oltenia 12.56 13.52 21.12 22.45
those values with the values of productivities in Baragan 10.34 11.12 17.45 19.14
the origin country, we can see that the South 8.23 9.11 15.31 16.99
production in Romanian conditions is lower, Moldavia/
possible because of the fertility of the soil. Danube
Results of the Italian experiments can be found Delta
on the site of the company breading the clones
(www.alasiafranco.it/biomassa). Nevertheless, it is important to mention the fact
Representative for the differentiation of clone that the investments can not be implemented
productivity is the graphical representation in very soon, considering the fact that the market
figure 1 - the witness was considered the for biomass is still very young and the biomass
Sacrau 79 clone, the most productive clone in production and the development of the burning
Romania. plants have to go hand in hand.
Fig. 1 Biomass production of the tested clones in the
Nufarul nursery, comparison with SACRAU 79 CONCLUSIONS
1. The model can be used for many other

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250
factors influencing the investment decision,
including different technical options, possible
%
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150
100
subsidies, etc
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2. The biomass production is definitely an
option not only for a effective renewable source
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Sacrau 79 Turcoaia AF2 AF8 AF6 Monviso
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profitable investments (note that the associated Poplar Commission, Beijing-China. Abstract of
risks are quite low); Submitted Papers, 15.
[2] Fara, L., Filat, M., Chira, D., Fara, S.and Nutescu, C.,
3. If some speculative aspects regarding the 2009: Preliminary Research on Short Cycle Poplar
price of the land are also considered, the Clones for Bioenergy Production. Proceedings of the
investment can become even more attractive; International Conference RIO 9. World Climate&Energy
4. For a 20 years investments, renting the land Event, 17-19 March 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 127-
seems the best options under the current 132.
[3] Filat, M., Chira, D., 2004: Researches concerning
acquisition prices; introduction in culture of the poplars and willows
5. Plantations for biomass may be profitable but species/clones with superior forest productive potential
costly to establish; and increased resistance to adversities. Anale ICAS. 47.
6. Research regarding the ecological 83-99.
adaptability of the tested clones may conduct to [4] Turcu, D., 2006:– Realizarea unei culturi energetice
forestiere (sursă energetică regenerabilă) într-o zonă slab
more accurate results. productivă pentru culturi agricole, în scopul verificării
rezistenţei speciilor şi varietăţilor de arbori cu creştere
REFERENCES rapidă în condiţii de sol degradat, evaluarea producţiei de
lemn (biomasă), selectarea unor tehnologii mecanizate de
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Coppice Establishment. 23rd Session of International
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PROGRESES IN DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCER GROUPS AND

PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS IN ROMANIAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE
SECTOR
Stefan DRĂGAN
Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development,

24 Carol I Avenue, sector 3, 020291, Bucharest, Romania
Phone: +40 21 3072472, Fax: +403078606, e-mail: [email protected]
Key words: value of marketable production, CMO, member, PG, PO
Abstract
This paper aims to presents the development of producer groups (PGs) and producer organizations (POs) on fruit
vegetable sector during 2007 and 2009, as the main means of measuring the degree of implementation of the common
market organization (CMO) in Romania. It is based on statistics provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development. Data were analyzed from the perspective of the following indicators: number of PGs and POs, the area
used by members of these forms of marketing, value of marketable production (VPC) and amount of financial support
received from the public purse. During the reported period the number of GP increased by 275% in 2009 compared to
2008 and the number of POs stagnated. Regarding the area used by members of these forms of associative marketing,
this increase from 1115, 5 ha in 2007 to 3230,5 ha in 2009. Given the annual doubling of land used by members of the
PGs and POs, the CMO are seen by producers as an alternative for development of the marketing chain in fruit and
vegetable sector.
INTRODUCTION groups and producer organizations. These

forms of associative marketing are formed on
Horticulture is an important agricultural sector
the initiative of farmers and for them benefit
of national economy with high added value that
with substantial financial support for the
can provide a decent life style for many
establishment and improvement of a network of
producers and traders in Romania. Politics of
specialized marketing.
this sector has to meet market requirements by
Producer organizations [2] are the main actors
reducing price fluctuations, the imbalance
of the CMO in fruit and vegetables whose role
between supply and demand, encourage
is to concentrate supply and adaptation to
consumption of fruit and vegetables by
market demand, acting on behalf and in the
ensuring the competitiveness principles.
interests of producer members. Producer
In 1989 the areas planted with vegetables had
organizations receive Community financial
reached 289.6 thousand hectares and 290
support under an approved operational
thousand hectares occupied by fruit trees [1].
program, to engage quality production
Currently, according to an overview of the
including organic production, environmental
Agency for Payments and Intervention for
protection, marketing activities, promotion and
Agriculture, areas for which area payments
innovation and for measure prevention and
were required in 2008 not exceeding 46
crisis management. To ensure greater efficiency
thousand hectares for vegetables and 105
of operational programs, Member States shall
thousand ha for fruit trees. Considerable
develop a national strategy which sets out the
decrease of the areas occupied by fruit trees and
procedures and eligibility of expenditure of
vegetables in particular has an explanation in
operational funds.
collapse of the network for marketing of fruits
Where specialized associative forms of fruit
and vegetables from the communist period. In
and vegetable trade do not meet all the
the common market organization (CMO) the
requirements for recognition as a producer
role of this network marketing is assumed by
organization, they are recognized for a
associative forms of marketing called producer
maximum of 5 years as producer groups. This
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recognition is granted upon acceptance by the stimulates the development of producer
Member State of recognition plan which has groups and producer organizations by
phased in semesters all administrative and generating competitiveness between Member
investment activities that enable to increased States in terms of its absorption. This is
competitive ability of the producer group. In stimulated by the fact that fruit and vegetable
fact, the overall objective of this plan is to sector receiving the highest rate grant from
obtain recognition at the end of the the Community budget allocated to Pillar I
implementation status of PO. Financial Support (16.3%) [3].
for Implementation of recognition is dependent
on the value of marketable production and on MATERIAL AND METHOD
the value of the investment made by producer
group and is capped at: Producer groups and producer organizations
 10% of the costs of managing and operating have been weighed against the following
in first and second year of the recognition that indicators:
in future years will decrease by 2% annually,  number of producer groups and producer
and organizations;
 up to 75% (+ 50% Community funding up to  the area used by members of these forms of
25% national funding) of the value of marketing;
investments included in the recognition plan.  value of marketed production;
These forms of support are simultaneously and  amount of financial support received from the
individually calculated for each group of public purse.
producers. Eligible expenses under the The data relating to the indicators mentioned
scheme of financial support are related to above were collected by the Ministry of
construction of facilities for the reception and Agriculture and Rural Development in 2007-
storage, purchase of machinery and 2009. In developing the conclusion of this
specialized equipment for handling, sorting, study was envisaged statistical interpretation of
labelling, packaging and transport to the data, the budget for the sector at Community
market of member’s production. Given the level and degree of implementation of the
low level of organization of fruit and CMO's laws in Romania.
vegetable sector, Romania is the only EU
state where groups of producers receive 75% RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
of the value of investments in the funnel
recognition for building reception and storage In 2007 Romania has recognized a single
facilities, purchase of machinery and organization and not a producer group. In the
specialized equipment for handling, sorting, fooling years the number of producer
labelling, packaging and transport to the organizations remained unchanged while the
market of members. number of producer groups achieve 11 in 2009,
From this perspective, this paper will analyze see Fig. 1.
the development of producer groups and In Fig. 2 is the evolution of land used by
organizations in Romania during 2007-2009. members of producer groups and organizations
Areas managed by the members of these during 2007-2009 reported in the area planted
forms of marketing are the main indicator for with fruit and vegetables in Romania for the
measuring the degree of organization of fruit same period.
and vegetable market and the level of Following data analysis there is a volatile
implementation of common market tendency area occupied by fruit and vegetables
organization in Romania. in Romania to a steady growth of area under
Community budget for implementation of fruit and vegetables cultivated by members of
specific measures of CMO's fruit vegetables producer groups and producer organizations.
(approximately € 1.4 billion spent in 2005) is These two contrary trends show a positive trend
not assigned to the Member States as national towards organization of fruit and vegetable
financial tires like in the wine sector, and this
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chain with long-term beneficial effects on the support specific for producer groups and
sector economy. producer organizations.
Fig. 1 The number of producer groups and producer Fig. 3 Report of the retail value of fresh fruit and
organizations vegetables and SVC's registered GP and OP
12 3000000000
10 2500000000
8 2000000000
6 Lei 1500000000
4 1000000000
2 500000000
0
2007 2008 2009 0
2007 2008 2009
Nr. GP 0 4 11
Valoare comert cu amănuntul 639679668 699741678 2533462400
Nr. OP 1 1 1 legume&fructe
VPC OP + GP 12466021 18358236 26358236
Nr. pesoane juridice 2073 1974 1824
Fig. 2 The ratio of total area planted with vegetables and

fruit used by members of the GP and OP Producer organizations may receive financial
170000
support up to 50% of the operational fund
168000 approved in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Given the
166000
164000
specific legislation the operational fund can’t
162000 exceed the 4.2% of marketed production.
Member States that have a low degree of
160000
ha
158000
156000
organization may provide to producer
organizations a state aid worth 80% of the
154000
152000
150000
148000
producer organization contribution to
2007 2008 2009
operational fund. Producer organizations in
2007 2008 2009
Romania has benefited from financial support
only in 2009.
OP + GP 1164 1924 3261
Total sector 168260 156404 160000
In fig.4 is shown the evolution of the annual

In Fig. 3 is the evolution of marketed amount of financial support received from
production of producer groups and producer producer groups and producer organizations in
organizations belonging to the period 2007- Romania from public funds in 2007-2009.
2009 comparative to developments in the same
period of the fruit and vegetables retail value Fig. 4 Evolution of the annual amount of financial
support received by PG’s and PO’s
made by legal entities registered for VAT.
producer The value of marketed production [4] 3000000
is the value of the entire member’s production 2500000
sold thru the PG’s or PO’s and for which they 2000000
have recognition. Analysing data result an

increase of almost 400% of retail value for fruit
Lei 1500000
and vegetables in 2007-2009. 1000000
To significantly increase the retail value of fruit 500000
and vegetables in 2009 has contributed the 0

2007 2008 2009
increase of 280% compared to 2007 the areas GP 0 370246 1340152
administered by members of producer groups OP 114431 855147 1300000
and organizations. This development Analyzing the data, we can see a trend in the
emphasizes the positive trend of organizing growth of the amount of financial support
fruit and vegetable chain in Romania. accessed by producer groups and producer
Financial support from public funds (EU and organizations, from 114,431 lei in 2007 to
national) is presented as the sum of all forms of 2,640,152 lei in 2009. Reported to the
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Community budget spending under Pillar I for vegetable which resulted in absorption of
producer groups and organizations about 2.670 irrelevant amounts from the Community
billion in 2007 [3], the financial support budget;
accessed by producer groups and organizations 2. Increasing land used by members of
in Romania in 2009 is totally insignificant producer groups and producer
(0.1%). Taking into account the areas occupied organizations have a significant influence
by vegetable and fruit plantations in the EU 27 on the retail value of fresh vegetables and
[5] and Romania and the Community budget fruits being a clear sign of organization and
allocated to producer groups and producer development of the fruit and vegetables
organizations, the optimum value which can be sector;
access by Romanian producer groups and 3. Although the extent of absorption of EU
producer organizations is about 142 million lei. funds are significantly increased, compared
Photo 1 is presenting the first building for to optimal absorption of these funds,
reception, storage, sorting, packaging, labelling Romanian PG’s and PO’s have accessed
and delivery of vegetable production, done by about 2% in 2009;
accessing Pillar I by producer group “SC 4. Keeping the absorption degree of EU funds
Paradisul Legumelor Curtici & Macea s.r.l”. in 2009, Romanian PG’s and PO’s will
have reached optimal absorption only in
2027.
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[1] Nicolae Ştefan, Gheorghe Glăman, Bulbuc Cristian,

2008, Istoria horticulturii, Editura Academiei,
Bucuresti, vol. 3
[2] x x x – Regulamentul Consiliului nr. 1234/2007 de
instituire a unei organizări comune a pieţelor agricole şi
privind dispoziţii specifice referitoare la anumite
produse agricole („Regulamentul unic OCP”)
[3] x x x – http:
Photo 1. Producer group “SC Paradisul Legumelor //ec.europa.eu/romania/documents/agenda/fv-
Curtici & Macea s.r.l”- space for reception, storage, reform_c2_11-01-07-janvier-zk_ro.pdf
sorting, packaging, labelling and delivery of vegetable [4] x x x – art. 52 din Regulamentul Comisiei nr.
production 1580/2007 de stabilire a normelor de aplicare a
Regulamentelor (CE) nr. 2200/96, (CE) nr. 2201/96 şi
(CE) nr. 1182/2007 ale Consiliului în sectorul fructelor
CONCLUSIONS şi legumelor
1. During the pre-accession period Romania [5] x x x - http:
//epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/agricultur
has not done a intensive policy, supported
e/data/database
by information and legislation transposing
of the specific organization of fruit and
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RISK COMMUNICATION AND FOOD SAFETY ISSUES

Vili DRAGOMIR
Research Institute For Agrarian Economics And Rural Development, 59, Marasti Blvd., 011464,
Bucharest, First District, Romania, Tel/Fax: 0212242795, [email protected]
Keywords: risk, system, foodsafety
Abstract
Facing intensive food scandals such as BSE, nitrofen, or acrylamide, risk management cannot be successful without a
dialogue involving those in charge and relevant stakeholders. Certainly, communication cannot reduce risks for
everyone, but has an important impact on whether different risk assessments lead to a societal or economic crisis. In
this regard, the performance of responsible authorities is often lacking.
INTRODUCTION quality, transparency and efficiency.

Cooperation with Member States is also
The scientific and technical issues in relation to
indispensable. The Authority should cooperate
food and feed safety are becoming increasingly
closely with competent bodies in the Member
important and complex. The establishment of a
States if it is to operate effectively. An
European Food Safety Authority, hereinafter
Advisory Forum should be created in order to
referred to as 'the Authority', should reinforce
advise the Executive Director, to constitute a
the present system of scientific and technical
mechanism of exchange of information, and to
support which is no longer able to respond to
ensure close cooperation in particular with
the increasing demands on it. Pursuant to the
regard to the networking system. Cooperation
general principles of food law, the Authority
and appropriate exchange of information should
should take on the role of an independent
also minimize the potential for diverging
scientific point of reference in risk assessment
scientific opinions.
and in doing so should assist in ensuring the
The Authority should take over the role of the
smooth functioning of the internal market.
Scientific Committees attached to the
Furthermore, the Authority should provide a
Commission in issuing scientific opinions in its
comprehensive independent scientific view of
field of competence. It is necessary to
the safety and other aspects of the whole food
reorganize these Committees to ensure greater
and feed supply chains, which implies wider-
scientific consistency in relation to the food
ranging responsibilities for the Authority.
supply chain and to enable them to work more
These should include issues having a direct or
effectively. A Scientific Committee and
indirect impact on the safety of the food and
Permanent Scientific Panels should therefore be
feed supply chains, animal health and welfare,
set up within the Authority to provide these
and plant health.
opinions. In order to guarantee independence,
MATERIAL AND METHOD members of the Scientific Committee and
Panels should be independent scientists
The Authority should contribute through the recruited on the basis of an open application
provision of support on scientific matters, to the procedure. The lack of an effective system of
Community and Member States' role in the collection and analysis at Community level of
development and establishment of international data on the food supply chain is recognized as a
food safety standards and trade agreements. major shortcoming. A system for the collection
The confidence of the Community institutions, and analysis of relevant data in the fields
the general public and interested parties in the covered by the Authority should therefore be
Authority is essential. For this reason, it is vital set up, in the form of a network coordinated by
to ensure its independence, high scientific the Authority. A review of Community data
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collection networks already existing in the ensure that foods or feeds satisfy the
fields covered by the Authority is called for. requirements of food law which are relevant to
Improved identification of emerging risks may their activities and shall verify that such
in the long term be a major preventive requirements are met. Member States shall
instrument at the disposal of the Member States enforce food law, and monitor and verify that
and the Community in the exercise" of its the relevant requirements of food law are
policies. It is therefore necessary to assign to fulfilled by food and feed business operators at
the Authority an anticipatory task of collecting all stages of production, processing and
information and exercising vigilance and distribution. For that purpose, they shall
providing evaluation of and information on maintain a system of official controls and other
emerging risks with a view to their prevention. activities as appropriate to the circumstances,
The Commission remains fully responsible for including public communication on food and
communicating risk management measures. feed safety and risk, food and feed safety
The appropriate information should therefore surveillance and other monitoring activities
be exchanged between the Authority and the covering all stages of production, processing
Commission. Close cooperation between the and distribution. Member States shall also lay
Authority, the Commission and the Member down the rules on measures and penalties
States is also necessary to ensure the coherence applicable to infringements of food and feed
of the global communication process. The law. The measures and penalties provided for
independence of the Authority and its role in shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive
informing the public mean that it should be able ((EC) No 178/2002).
to communicate autonomously in the fields The European Commission has just introduced
falling within its competence, its purpose being TRACES, a new IT system designed to
to provide objective, reliable and easily improve the management of animal movements
understandable information ((EC) No both from outside the EU and within the EU.
178/2002). TRACES will consolidate and simplify existing
The Authority shall communicate on its own systems and create better tools for managing
initiative in the fields within its mission without animal disease outbreaks.
prejudice to the Commission's competence to The ability to communicate directly and openly
communicate its risk management decisions. with consumers on food issues will give the
The Authority shall ensure that the public and Authority a high public profile. The Authority
any interested parties are rapidly given will need to make special provision for
objective, reliable and easily accessible informing all interested parties of its findings,
information, in particular with regard to the not only in respect of the scientific opinions,
results of its work. In order to achieve these but also in relation to the results of its
objectives, the Authority shall develop and monitoring and surveillance programs. The
disseminate information material for the Authority must become the automatic first port
general public. The Authority shall act in close of call when scientific information on food
collaboration with the Commission and the safety and nutritional issues is sought or
Member States to promote the necessary problems have been identified. It will also need
coherence in the risk communication process. to ensure that appropriate information on these
The Authority shall publish all opinions issued issues is published, as part of its commitment to
by it in accordance with Article 38. The re-establishing consumer confidence. Clearly
Authority shall ensure appropriate cooperation the Commission will continue to be responsible
with the competent bodies in the Member for communicating risk management decisions
States and other interested parties with regard (White Paper on Food Safety, 2000).
to public information campaigns ((EC) No Where a food safety emergency occurs, the
178/2002). Authority will collect, analyze and distribute
Food and feed business operators at all stages relevant information to the Commission and
of production, processing and distribution Member States, and will mobilize the necessary
within the businesses under their control shall scientific resources to provide the best possible
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scientific advice. The Authority will have to approach; continual improvement; mutually
respond rapidly and effectively to crises, and beneficial supplier relationships.
will take a key role in supporting the EU A QMS encompassing the horizontal and
response. This will promote improved planning vertical dimension of a netchain can provide a
and handling of crisis situations at the European means to better steer its complexities. Driving
level, and will demonstrate to consumers that a force is the recognition that each organization
pro-active approach is being taken to deal with in a netchain can enhance its performance and
problems. The Authority will operate the Rapid the product quality by integrating its goals and
Alert System, which allows the identification activities with other organizations to optimize
and rapid notification of urgent food safety the results of the entire chain.
problems. The Commission will be part of the Research is carried out in the following steps to
network and will therefore be informed on a develop the reference information model:
real-time basis. Depending on the nature of a 1. Analysis of inter-enterprise relationships.
crisis, the Authority may be requested to carry 2. Analysis of product and process quality
out follow-up tasks, including monitoring and information exchange and additional chain
epidemiological surveillance (White Paper on information needs by different stakeholders.
Food Safety, 2000). 3. Mapping of the location, frequency of data
Specialization in the agri-food sector has led to collection and administration of quality
an immense growth in productivity. However, information sources (database, paper based) in
it has also led to an increase in complex order to suggest potential application
customer-supplier relationships in agri-food integration or interfaces with a central system.
chains. 4. Development of an information model for
In recent years producers and consumers have pork net chains.
become more and more aware that quality of 5. Implementation of a food chain information
agricultural products depends on the system according to the model.
performance of individual links within the 6. Validation, review and finalization of the
complete production process. In contrast, reference information model.
quality management efforts of the various
organizations of a supply chain are separated RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
rather arbitrarily. Various boundaries exist
between: Inter-enterprise relationships and organizational
-Organizations - quality management and set-up vary in each pilot chains.
efficiency improvement activities are limited to They could be categorized as:
internal processes at specific links of a -Closed system - stakeholders define quality
netchain. specifications and information standards in
-Production stages - diverse organizational contractual arrangements.
cultures exist at the different levels of -Open system - external organisations (i.e.
production. 1KB, QS) determines production requirements
-Nations - different languages, different and provides an organizational framework for
production methods and quality and customers and suppliers in the netchain.
information standards, differences in executing -Mixed system - quality specifications and
EU legislation. information standards of open systems
Quality Management is a structured system for combined with extra arrangements of the
satisfying internal and external customers and specific netchain.
suppliers by integrating business environment, Though the pilot chains are differently
continuous improvement and maintenance structured, they have set up similar information
cycles. EN ISO 9000:2000 ff. has been widely exchange systems between their stakeholders.
accepted as a framework for implementation of Up to now, it is organized point to point and
quality management systems and demands, paper based, though computerized databases
amongst other things, the principles of: process are capturing information (especially at abattoir
and extension services). The two pilot chains
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with closed quality systems carry out a more calculated on supplier assessments.
advanced information exchange between the This reference model can be seen as a blueprint
links, where it is used as a resource for for a comprehensive food chain quality
planning and controlling. Though defined as information system. However, the content is
very useful by the producers, a structured adjustable to meet the specific organizational
feedback to their suppliers (breeder, etc.) is not arrangements, technical environment and
established in any of the three chains. information needs of each netchain.
Additionally, individual links of the chains
CONCLUSIONS
process further details on the products and
processes for their own use. Reports of 1. Information exchange in netchains is more
veterinarians, extension services and auditors and more established, but often paper based and
are available in paper form in formats provided point-to-point. A variety of databases contain
by the relevant quality systems. Since all this valuable information. To set up a cost effective
information is stored separately it serves rather quality information system, which meets the
for documentation purposes and ad hoc demands described above, existing information
corrective measures, instead of being a means sources should be linked or integrated into a
to steer the continuous improvement process. comprehensive database. A reference
Therefore, it is so far only of minor assistance information model for pork netchains can assist
for chain wide information exchange, reporting, in reducing costs and handling the complexity
efficient analysis and early warning activities. of the implementation of such systems.
Based on currently existing information sources However, this can only act as a
a concept for a maximal useful data input into a recommendation. Chain actors themselves
central pork chain information system has been ultimately have to decide on their level of
developed. A number of specific types of information exchange.
information have been defined as valuable for 2. Additional information does not necessarily
chain-wide and individual planning and lead to knowledge gain. For an efficient use of
controlling purposes and is listed in the a central information system, available data has
reference information model. The information to be specifically processed and made available
can be retrieved from different stages of for the various stakeholders. Data warehousing
production and is grouped as: technology is a means of integrating this
-Product Information: Identification, information to support effective information
Provenance, Smallest identifiable unit, Supplier exchange, continuous improvement process and
assessments, Public Meat inspection results, provide an added value for all stakeholders of a
Organ results, Classification. netchain in a chain.
-Process Information: Information on
production sites, Breeding program, Transports, REFERENCES
Slaughter, Vaccinations, Parasitical regimes,
[1] Schulze Althoff and Petersen, 2004
Feeding, Health and hygiene status, Laboratory [2] White Paper on Food Safety, 2000
results, Quality program audit results.
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specifications, Salmonella antibody level press37_en.html
calculations and trends, Supplier categorization
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THE FLEXIBLE APPROACH OF THE SECOND PILLAR OF CAP TO

MAXIMIZE ADVANTAGES FOR EU FARMERS: ROMANIAN CASE
Gina FINTINERU1, Ion DONA1, Alexandru FINTINERU1

1
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Management, Economic
Engineering and Rural Development, 59 Marasti Bd, sector 1, code zip 011464, Bucharest,
Romania, Phone: +40-21-3180465, email: [email protected]
Key words : CAP, rural development measures, EAFRD contribution, rural areas, sustainable agriculture
Abstract
Agricultural sector faces several challenges, such as the increased need for management of production risks, fighting
climate change, more efficient management of water, making the most of the opportunities offered by bio-energy and
the preservation of biodiversity. One the best way of adjusting the CAP in order to meet these challenges is through
Rural Development Pillar. Common argument is that using rural development measures can avoid some unintended
consequences of agricultural policy, especially the increasing inequality within agricultural sector. The farms’
capability of income generation and its competitiveness could be therefore increased, while strengthening rural
economy. This paper is trying to highlight the choice made by EU farmers in order to take the advantages of different
EU support actions. We will proceed to a comparative analysis of the content of the programmes and of their
implementation at the level of some member states. Based on the existing databases and reports as of 30 September
2009 (Eurostat databases, European Environmental Agency databases and reports, DG AGRI statistical, monitoring
and financial reports) we will try to assess the possible advantages of Romanian farmers.
development programmes that are tailor-made

INTRODUCTION to the situation of a specific country needs,
based on a set of 42 measures (Excluding the
Agricultural sector faces several challenges,
"511 – Technical assistance"). This array of
such as the increased need for management of
measures, targeting social, economic and
production risks, fighting climate change, more
environmental outcomes, could be considered
efficient management of water, making the
to maintain a degree of coherence if they are
most of the opportunities offered by bio-energy
regarded as mutually supportive and based on
and the preservation of biodiversity. One the
strategic analysis at national and regional level
best way of adjusting the CAP in order to meet
to maximize value. A comparative analysis
these challenges is through Rural Development
between EU farmers choice after two year of
Pillar. There is a great amount of literature on
implementation could provides valuable inputs
the effects of agricultural policy from various
concerning the coherence assumption of the
aspects (Gardner and Rausser, 2002). Literature
NRDP.
on the CAP reform stresses the increasing role
of second pillar during reform procedure.
Common argument is that using rural MATERIAL AND METHOD
development measures can avoid some
The paper provides a qualitative and
unintended consequences of agricultural policy,
comparative analysis of the programmes
especially the increasing inequality within
content and of their implementation at the EU
agricultural sector.
level. The aims is to highlight the choice made
The current rural development policy 2007-
by EU farmers in order to take advantages of
2013 is strongly orientated towards flexibility
different EU support actions, according to the
of programming. The programming exercise
specific country situation. The paper is based
works in a decentralized way, in a framework
on the existing databases and reports as of 30
of partnership between the EU and the Member
September 2009 (Eurostat databases and
States and regions concerned. This allows rural
Environmental Agency databases - CORINE
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Land Cover, Farm Accountancy Data Network areas and diversification of the rural economy,
(FADN), Farm Structure Survey (FSS), – Leader.
European Environmental Agency reports, DG Graph 2. presents the relative importance of the
AGRI statistical, monitoring and financial 3 main axes, as percentage of the EAFRD
reports, MARD Rural development report on contribution devoted to these 3 axes. Despite
2008, Statistical Projects situation at the common minimum percentages, the picture
19.02.2010). looks quite different in the various Member
As a first step, the rural development measures States.
are analyzed and compared, mainly by means
of data analysis and literature study. Two types
of information are used in this purpose:
statistical and administrative information on the
status of the implementation of Rural
Development Policy (physical and financial
monitoring of the measures). Finally the study
touches upon the current implementation of
rural development policy.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Graph 2: Relative importance of the 3 thematic axes by

Member State, programming period 2007-2013
Within the framework of the new Financial
Perspectives, rural development was allocated Romania has one of the most important
77.6 billion euros from EAFRD envelope over percentages allotted to the measures of Axis 1
the period 2007-201314. This amount is (40.13%), lesser however than Belgium, Latvia,
distributed among Member States. Hungary, Portugal Spain, Cyprus, Greece
Billions Euro contribution to this axis. The contribution
allocated to Axis 3 is also one of the highest
(25.6%), superior only in Malta and in the
Netherlands (33.7%), Bulgaria (27.9%),
Germany (28.5%).
There are interesting conclusions when one
analyses the measures each SM chooses to
emphasize within the three axes. Axis 1
measures are primarily intended to improve the
efficiency of agriculture and forestry sector, to
enable them to confront the competitiveness
issues resulting from an open external trading
- Total 2007 - 2013
environment. The results will be a better trained
- of which minimum for regions under the convergence agricultural workforce, with an improved age
objective - Total structure, a better land structure, subsistence
Graph no 1. Community support for rural development in farms entering the market, modernized
the 2007-2013 programming period
commercial agriculture, improved value added
and produce quality, which will further enhance
Rural Development Programme 2007–2013 is
the productivity and competitiveness of
divided on four axis:– Improving the
agricultural and forestry sector. The support
competitiveness of the agriculture and forestry
will mainly be oriented towards the small and
sector, – Improvement of the environment and
medium enterprises, considered to be better
the countryside, – The quality of life in rural
able than big commercial enterprises to develop
new products, to valorize the local resources
through innovation and adaptation.
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At EU-27 level, within axis one, the measure
"121 – Modernisation of agricultural holdings"
shares 30.3% of the EAFRD, being the most
relevant almost in every Member States.
Romanian allocation to this measure range
below to this average, which is quite an
opposite to Latvia, Hungary and Lithuania
approach, but similar to Spain, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Slovenia, Finland approach. For
Romanian programme, the most valued
measure within this axis, is "123 - Adding
value to agricultural and forestry products",
followed by "121 – Modernisation of
agricultural holdings", together sharing about Graph 3 Relative importance of axis 1 measures per
half of axis resources. Member States in % within the total EAFRD
contribution allocated to this axis, programming period
The low level of specialization of Romanian 2007-2013
agricultural holdings and lower production
effectiveness are the important factors to We notice quite a variety of approaches that
provide adequate support to cover the costs of SM uses in order to fullfil the objectives of this
agricultural holdings adjustment to increasing axis: Italy and in Finland devote 40% of the
Community requirements. total EAFRD contribution of theaxis 3 to for
We also find that some considerations could be the measure "311 – Diversification into
done concerning the economic efficiency of nonagricultural activities"; the measure "321 –
targeting a relatively large share of the Axis I Basic services for the economy and rural
allocations on semi subsistence farms. We must population" plays the major role within axis 3
expect that competitiveness, modernization and in Denmark (58%); and Ireland has has no
restructuring are core issues under this axis, but EAFRD financial allocation to the axis 3 (this
we do not expect that this particular measure objective is fully implemented using axis 4
will contribute to this overall objective. It could (Leader) measure 413).
be justified by the importance of the semi Concerning the implementation of selected
subsistence farming in Romania (78%, the measures, declarations of expenditure at the end
highest percentage in EU), but we also notice of 2008, counted for 11.1 billion euros (12% of
different approaches undertaken by countries the financial plans for the period 2007-2013 for
with similar conditions (Hungary, where 77.5% the EU-27). Romania has one of lowest ratio
of farms are considered as semi subsistence) between the planned expenditure and the
and where no allocation for this measure was amount of declaration of expenditure (1%),
allotted. The mid evaluation report of RD plan comparing with in Ireland (31%), in
will probably reveal the advantages of one or Luxembourg, in Austria and in France (25%),
other approaches. but also Lithuania (5%), Bulgaria (3% ). One of
Within axis 3 measures, the "322 – Village the causes of the financial execution is the late
renewal and development" has the highest share implementation, the first measures being started
with 25% in the EU-27. This share is the in Mars 2008, but we can also specify, the
highest in Romania, representing 63% of the composition of the programme (types of chosen
EAFRD contribution allocated to axis 3). measures), the previous experience in the
In fact, this measure aimed at improving the implementation of measures etc.
quality of life in rural area and creating synergy
which positively influences the rural
populations it is the most relevant of all RNDP.
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the measure 322 – “Village renewal and
development”- and192% for the measure "121
– Modernisation of agricultural holdings", to
1.25% for 142 measure - “Producer groups”.
CONCLUSIONS
The paper contributes to the analysis of the
rural development policy measures degree of
coherence. The current rural development
policy 2007-2013 is designed towards
flexibility of programming, each national rural
development programme being tailor-made to
Graph 4 Relative importance of axis 3 measures per the situation of a specific country needs, based
Member States in % within the total EAFRD on a set of common measures.
contribution allocated to this axis, programming period We tried to capture the different approaches
2007-2013
used by member states concerning the financial
allocation per axes, choice of the most
The value of selected projected increased to
appropriate measures and, further, the financial
25% of the financial plans for the period 2007-
allocation to each of them. We also tried to
2013 at the end of february 2010. A more
have a first assessment of how they match the
detailed analysis, according to the purpose of
needs identified at national and local level and
this shows strong discrepancies between
contribute to the achievement of national
assigned values and those required in the
strategies. The results show the coherence
projects submission sessions.
assumption of the RNRDP but the amount
Table 1: Comparison between the planned expenditure allotted for certain measures significantly
(financial plan) for the period (2007-2013) and the influence on the application for support and on
requested amount, per measures, at 19.02.2010, in % the success of application. Owing to the
Measure Applied Selectated selection rate
projects projects/ financial composition of programmes and the
/financial plan% characteristic of measures the following
plan %
112 26.80 4.23 15.22
measures have the relatively highest ratio
between the amount requested until the end of
121 192.12 69.94 34.71
2009 and the financial plans for the period
123 72.67 45.36 65.68
2007-2013) within the axis: axis 3 – "322 –
141 13.39 13.02 97.21 Village renewal and development" ;axis 1 –
142 1.25 0.08 37.50 "121 – Farm modernisation".
312 109.70 5.96 5.18
313 32.80 9.95 27.37 REFERENCES

322 600.65 66.61 9.58
431.1 10.27 10.08 99.11

[1] Rural development in the European Union, Statistical
TOTAL 129.33 25.70 45.78 and economic information. European Union Directorate-
General For Agriculture And Rural Development,
December 2009;
Thus the amount requested for the projects [2] Roger D. Norton, 2003, Agricultural development
submitted until 19.02.2010, exceeds the amount policy, Willey.
allocated to Romania for 2007-2013 (129.33%).
Not all measures seem to be attractive for
farmers, the pressure decreasing from 600% for
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PROJECTIVE STUDY ON THE SETTING UP OF A MODERN DUAL

PURPOSES CATTLE’S EXPLOITATION BY MODERNIZING A DAIRY
COW’S CLASSIC STABLE
Gina FINTINERU1, Livia VIDU1, Cristiana COSCONEL2, Eugenia ALECU1, Iulian ALECU1
1
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Management, Economic
Engineering and Rural Development, 59 Marasti Bd, sector 1, code zip 011464, Bucharest,
Romania, Phone: +40-21-3180465, email: [email protected]
2
University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Adresa: Strada Dionisie Lupu nr. 37 , Phone
+40.21318.0718; +40.21318.0719
Key words : dual purposes cattle, autochthonous breed, Bălţata Romaneasca, Montbéliard, animal welfare,
Abstract
The new guidelines in dairy cattle exploitation aim at increasing animal welfare so that they could express their
productive genetic potential. In this paper we present the technical analyses conducted in order to modernize the
Moara Domneasca’s cattle farm. We used classical methods of work, namely observation, mathematical calculation,
simulation and use of AutoCAD computer program. At the Moara Domnasca’s farm there was a classic shelter for
cows, with a “head to head” setting, on two lines. The barn was converted into a shelter with free maintenance,
provided with individual rest spaces (berth type) for dairy cows.The young cattle sector it was also improved, each age
having appropriate facilities for rest, exercise and feeding. The farm will be populated with dual purpose heifers of
Bălţata Romaneasca and Montbéliard (20 heads), so that students of our university should be able to do analysis and
comparative studies in terms of adaptability and performance in dairy and meat production.
INTRODUCTION within the farm be processed in direct

relationship with the market requirements.
Generally speaking, it is recommended to
The exploitation of milk cows represents the
achieve a high degree of milk processing to
mix of technical, technologic, economic and
obtain a wide variety of dairy products,
health and veterinary measures applied in order
ensuring stability and efficiency both for the
to maximize and increase the efficiency of milk
producer, and for the processor. Modern
production, while maintaining the normal
marketing has to be developed for market
health state of the animals. If improvements
research both from a quantitative point of view,
ensure the genetic potential of milk cows,
and from a qualitative one, as well as for
exploitation values this genetic potential. In the
identifying the most efficient ways to market
developed countries, the exploitation of milk
the products.
cows is rational, which is why the level of the
milk production is quite near to the genetic
potential. In our country, the technology for the MATERIAL AND METHOD
exploitation of milk cows is critical, which is
The study was performed in order to modernize
the reason for which milk cows only achieve
the farm cattles within the SDE Moara
about 2/3 of the production potential. Under the
Domneasca. The experimental station had a
circumstances, improving the exploitation of
classic shelter for cattles, with stalling „head to
milk cows, following a complex and creative
head”. The project took into account the
analysis of the all the elements involved in the
available space, as follows: length 74 m, with
technology appears necessary. Modern
different compartments and width 8.7 m.
exploitation of milk cows is based on adequate
The number of milk cows included in the
management and technologic principles. The
modernization project mounts to 20 heads,
greater diversity and the industrialization of the
grouped by physiologic and technologic
production involves that the milk obtained
criteria. Consequently, separate areas for milk
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cows, cows in mammary repose, a delivery area Based on the projected number of cattle, the
and an isolation area will be disposed. Age- following goups of cattle was calculated, to
dependent compartments will be built for the have living space built for (tab. 1).
youngsters. With all these guilding provisions,
the shelter has to be divided inside, thermally THE MILK COWS DEPARTMENT
insulated and fitted with the necessary facilities. The number of milk cows included in the
The study is based on the classical research modernization project is 22 heads. Using the
methods, namely the observation, the existing built facilities, the shelter was divided
mathematical calculation of the spaces, the inside, thermally insulated and fitted with the
simulation and the use of the comuter necessary facilities. The shelter will be divided
programmet AUTOCAD. When the building is as follows: resting area ; feeding, movement
finished, the shelter will be populated with and evacuation of dejections ; -access pathway
heifers from the breeds Montbeliarde and for the feed.
Bălţată românească. The resting area is made up of a row of
sleeping boxes, placed along the longitudinal
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS wall of the shelter. The size of the sleeping
boxes is : 2.50 m long and 1.25 m wide,
Having production on farms with optimal size ensuring thus enough space for the animals to
and dimension is the minimum condition for rest and, at the same time, limiting their
the increase in production and economic possibility to turn over and to defecate on the
efficiency. The concept of farm size refers to rest. To maintain the hygiene, a transversal bar
the qualitative aspect of the organization of the will be placed to force the animal to step back
production and its level of increase. The farm when changing position. The boundaries
dimension refers to the quantitative aspects of between the resting area and the movement area
the organization of the production and is will be settled as follows: a 20 cm threshold
closely connected to production quantity. will mark the limits of the areas. The floor will
The extent with which the investments multiply be of concrete covered with straws, and the
the positive effect of natural and biologic sleeping boxes will be separated by metal bars.
conditions is reflected in the level of the The movement, standing in the feeding area
average output, of production cost and of profit. and evacuation of the dejections area is 3 m
wide, ensuring the animals enough space to
Table 1: Numerical representation of cattle classified move and also to stand at the feeding front. It is
according to age On the farm Moara Domnească slightly biased towards the fosse that collects
Nr. Age group Number of
Crt. heads the liquid manure. Dejections will be evacuated
1 Milk cows 22 with a piece of equipment with scraper plough.
2 Cows in farrowing house 2 The surface of this area should ensure good
3 Cows in isolation (infarmry) 2 adherence for the animals while moving.
In this area the space has to allow two animals
4 Pregnant cows 4
5 Heifers 9
to move in different directions, while a third
6 Females 11-16 months 8 stands at the feeding front. In the feeding area,
7 Females 7-10 months 5 a feeding front of over 1.25 m/animal is
8 Females 3-6 months 5 provided.
9 Females 0-2 months* 5 The manger has a size that ensures enough
10 Males 0-2 months* 5
11 Males 3-6 months 5
capacity for the feeding of animals, a „table”-
12 Males 7-10 months 5 like manger, with a wall towards the animal
13 Males 11-16 months 8 (0.2 m wide.)
The feeding front will be provided with a self-
*Will be lodged in individual compartments outside the shelter
blocking grill so that the animal can be
immobilized for different manoeuvres
(individual feeding, health requirements, etc.).
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The animals will exit from the milking room Maternity and insulation areas. Two delivery
towards the hall through a metal gilled gate boxes for the cows will be placed at the end of
1.25 m wide. Animals will return into the the shelter (cow and calf). The overall surface
shelter after milking, along a hall with metal of the delivery area is 2.5x 4.0 m (5m2/pair).
bars with an access gate 1.25 m wide. Inside the delivery box there is enough space,
the rest being on a thick layer of straws. Two
The access path for feed administration is 3m
other boxes (5m2 area) will be placed in this
wide and allows the distribution of feed
area, to allow the isolation of ill animals. In this
mechanically or semi-mechanically. The
entrance and the exit from the shelter will be area, the compartments are separated and the
hygiene is strictly observed (table 4).
through two doors placed at the end of the
shelter, which allow the entrance of the tractor The animal intake. Animals from the BR and
Montbeliarde breeds are bought as heifers, IV
with tug. The table below shows the main
to VI months pregnant, so that mechanic
building measurements projected for the
compartment of milk cows. miscarriages caused by transportation are
avoided.
Table 2: The main building measurements for the
compartment of milk cows
Specification UM Val.e Table 4: Microclimate parametres in the delivery area
Shelter width m 8.7 Specification UM Min Max Optimal
0
Shelter length m 30 Temperature C 14 24 20
Feeding path width m 3.0 Relative % 55 70 -
Manger width m 0.2 humidity
Height of the edge of the manger towards m 0.4 Air current m/s 0.1-0.2 1.0 -
the animal speed winter summer
The height of the bottom of the manger m +0.2
over the floor
Feeding front width m/cap 1.25
The delivery will take place in the boxes at the
Width of the path for standing, movement m 3.0 end of the shelter. The cow will be moved in
and evacuation of dejections
Sleeping box width m/cap 1.25
that box a week before delivery, and will
Sleeping box length m/cap 2.50 remain there for another week after delivery.
Height of the grill separating sleeping m 1.0 During its first week, the valf will stay with its
boxes
Length of the grill separating sleeping m 2.0 mother, to benefit from colostrum. After the
boxes first week, the cow is moved in the group of
Access gates m 1.25
dairy cows, and the calves in mineral cotton
The manger will be table-like, so its width
boxes (unicellular boxes) outside the shelter.
facilitates the entrance of the tug into the
They will be kept in these boxes until the age of
shelter. The shelter will ensure a microclimate
3 months. The boxes for the calves will be
according to the norms of the European Union
placed on a surface sheltered from the wind, so
(tab. 3). The table below presents the main
that no air currents form, on a flat surface
microclimate parameters in the milk cows
which can easily be cleansed. They contain the
shelter.
paddock and the box proper for the calf resting.
Normal constant values UM In the The size of this ensemble is 1.0m x 2. 0 m. At
0
stable the feeding front the box is provided with space
Optimal temperature C 8-16
Relative humidity % 75 for the pots for milk, water, concentrate and a
Lightning on m2 1/8-1/12 ; grill for hay. The roof will be made of
window/floor 50-60
lucs sandwich panou.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) in volume % 3.5 THE YOUTH COMPARTMENT
Amonia %0 0.1
Sulphur hydrogen %0 0.02-0.3
At the age of three months, the calves are
Air current speed m/s 2 moved to the youth group, in collective boxes,
Air requirement/ animal: m3/cap separated according to gender. The males will
-winter 50
-summer 200 follow a feeding programme typical for
Necessary cubic requirement/ m3 15-20 intensive weight gain, whereas females will be
animal
raised for reproduction. The female and şi male
Table 3:Main microclimate parametres
youth aged 3-6 months will be transferred in the
shelter, in collective boxes, separated by
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gender. The surface of a collective box is 5.7 m corridor 1.30m wide and 15.0 m long; -the
x 3.0 m, ensuring a surface of 3.42 m2/animal. cows will be taken out of the milking hall
The collective box is made up of a resting area, through a corridor 1.30m wide and 5.5 m; -the
movement area, standing at the feeding front milk room - depending on the milk tank; -the
and evacuation of the dejections. The resting min vacuum pump room; -the min. attendant
area is laid with straws, which are changed room; -bathroom and shower; -office, maybe
regularly. tests.
The feeding front for each animal is 0.6 m. The
The milk room
surface for every animal increases wihth the The size of the milk room is 2.90 m x 3.88m. A
other groups, so that resting and movement are tank of 1,000 l fitted with an automatic washing
possible. Pregnant heifers and pregnant cows device and a cooling device at the temperature
will be maintained in a separate compartment,
of 4 C is necessary to store the milk obtained
ensuring a surface of 5.7m x 10 m (4.38
m2/animal). from 4 milkings for 2 days. A 100 l maintained
The microclimate parametres are: clean by fitting a sink and a drain trap for the
- temperature 10-14 0 C for the 3-6 months water. The floor will be covered with floor tiles
group, 10-14 0 C for the 6-12 months group, and the walls with white wall tiles boiler will be
8-14 0 C for the12-16 months group; placed to provide the hot water necessary for
- humidity 70-75% for the 3-6 months group, washing. The room will be
70% for the 6-12 months group, and for Milk cooling tank – capacity 1,000 litres, of
the12-16 months group; stainless steel, cylindrical, vertical, adjustable
- air volume winter and summer –25-160 feet for uneven surfaces.
m3/h for the 3-6 months group, 30-170 m3/h
for the 6-12 months group, 35-180 m3/h for
CONCLUSIONS
the12-16 months group;
- air currents speed summer-winter 0,3-0,8 1. The optimal size, economically speaking, of
m/s for the 3-6 months group, 0,3-1,0 m/s a plant is represented by those dimensions of its
for the 6-12 months group and 0.3-1.2 m/s production compartments (ground size
for the12-16 months group; included), which allow the full rational use of
- the surface of paddock 3 m2 /animal for the the land , of the material means and of the work
3-6 months group, 5 m2 /animal for the 6-12 force to obtain a maximal production per
months group and 5 m2 /animal for the12- surface, of high quality, with as small
16 months group. expenditure as possible, and a high degree of
Heifers will be taken for reproduction when profitability under the economic and natural
they have reached 75% of the adult weight. conditions available.
Males will be taken to slaughter house at the 2.The optimal size of a plant specializing in
weight requested by the beneficiary. animal breeding refers to the number of animals
Milking rate. A milking hall type “fir-tree”, from a certain breed, in the same category or in
with a capacity 1 x 6. will be used. From the different categories (age or gender), that can be
shelter, the cows will taken, along a corridor exploited with maximum efficiency under
placed in the paddock towards the milking hall, given technical, feed supply and work force.
and after milking they will go back to the 3. The modernization of the farm for milk cows
shelter through a gate directly opening in the within the Moara Domneasca SDE begins with
stable. The milk in the milking hall will be the existing shelter and taking into account the
taken directly to the cooling tank. new regulations in the field. The project aimed
The size of the milking hall: -width of the to set up a pilot farm for the students, as well as
corridor for the cow 1.45 m; -depth of the for the farmers in the area. The cows will be
milking corridor 0.85 m; -width of the corridor raised in a maintenance free shelter, and
of the milker 2 m; -length of the milking milking will take place in a special room, which
platform (nr. Of cows1.150 +2.100) 9.0 m -the will make the milk cleaner.
access in the milking hall will be through a
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cattle farms in standard modules for the private sector,
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THE OBJECTIVES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MANAGERIAL

ACTIVITY IN OARZ - BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD COUNTY
Emiluţ GĂINĂ 1, Ştefan CÂRCU 2 Gheorghe MUREŞAN 3,

1
Office For Animal Breeding and Reproduction (OARZ) Bistriţa, 21. Drumul Târgului , code
420062, Bistriţa Năsăud County , Romania , Phone : +40 0263/218033
2
Agengy for Payment and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA), Năsăud, 2. Griviţei , Phone :+40
0263/361.340, Romania
3
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Calea Manăştur,
Cluj County, Romania , Phone : +40 0264/596384/335. E-mail: [email protected]
Key words: improvement and reproduction, management, services.
Abstract
The activity of the OARZ specialists must contribute to the improvement of the amelioration and reproduction activity,
to the development of the animal breeders associations. Improvement of the management activity is aimed at reducing
expenses with the official production inspection and control of farm animals.
INTRODUCTION breeders associations must organize themselves

as trade units that should also carry out trade
Given that management is a means of rational
activities (msc and animals import-export,
leadership and of structuring and organizing
auction based selling of animals), activities that
activities, of establishing objectives, in the
would bring money to these organizations so as
present paper we have aimed at presenting the
to allow them to support production control, the
objectives necessary for the improvement of the
genealogic register, the IA service).
managerial activity in OARZ Bistrita-Nasaud.
The organization strategy of these services
MATERIAL AND METHOD must take into consideration the way in which
these are organized in other European
In order to establish the objectives, we have countries, as well as the regulations drawn up
used the interview and questionnaire filling by international bodies regarding reproduction
method aimed at assessing the managerial and animal amelioration (ICAR,
activity within the unit in question. INTERBULL). All the accredited private
organizations must comply with the national
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS strategy in the field.
The state inspection carried out by the OARZ
The office for Animal Breeding Improvement specialists must contribute to the improvement
and Reproduction has played and continues to of the amelioration and reproductive activity, to
play a very important part in the improvement the development of accredited breeders
of the number of animals and to contribute to associations involved in the carrying out of
the development of the private structures of the these services, to the rising of awareness and to
breeders who will have to get involved and to the changing of the farmer’s mentality in order
organize the animal reproduction and to participate to and use these services in their
improvement services based on the principles own farms.
of the market economy. The objectives and activities necessary to
The services of reproduction and official achieve this, are mainly aimed at offering
control of the production are services that bring efficient services in the field of reproduction
no money to the person who organizes and and animal selection, as well as of other direct
carries them out. This is the reason why animal or indirect activities established by the
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ANARZ, and on the other hand at improving of the OARZ requirements, these must aim not
managerial activity. OARZ is responsible for only to carry out inspection and control, but
the implementation of the strategies in the field also to actually support these organizations.
of reproduction and amelioration at the level of Given that the unit includes well prepared,
the county, but one must also take into experienced specialists these must get involved
consideration the fact that some of the services into the training of the animal breeders and of
carried out by OARZ have been transferred to the farmers with regard to the specific issues
the private sector, being the responsibility of involved in animal reproduction and selection.
the accredited private organizations. Suggesting Last but not least, a part of the objectives must
efficient strategies and debate with private be focused on the improvement of the
organizations must be a constant preoccupation managerial activity, on finding solutions for the
of the OARZ board. Given that these units have reduction of expenses and of using human
not yet been developed and have not yet taken resources as efficiently as possible.
the financial and human resources to the level
AIM ACTIVITY Observations
1. REPRODUCTION
An efficient service of 1. Implementing a database in all the accredited National programme
artificial insemination that organizations – data transfer in the national database supported by the state
should work for animal 2. Extending the I.A routes
breeders 3. Transferring nitrogen supply to the accredited Supporting the supply of
organizations at a regional level and reducing the machines, material base
amount of nitrogen used for insemination transfer from the state
4. Increasing the number of artificial inseminations at
least up to 70% of the royal number The accredited organization
5. Monitoring the msc purchase by the OARZ OARZ
6. Ms production of swine in the laboratory of Beclean
and extending the dissemination to the surrounding The accredited organization
counties
7. The professional training of the insemination OARZ
operators as well as their accreditation and
authorization
8. Monitoring the activity of the operators and of the The national school
accredited organization supported by the state
2. AMELIORATION
Improving the animal 1. Enlarging the number of cattle in the milk OARZ monitoring
production control production control to at least 20% of the royal number - there will be no control of
and including mainly the breeders of a large number of the small number
cattle exploitations
2. Improving the database for the control of production
and its integration into the national database ANARZ
(individualization, reproduction, genealogic register)
3. The quick transmission of the results to the breeders The accredited organization
4. Certifying the genetic value of animals Proposal annex 1, 2
5. Organizing the genealogic register at a regional level
integrated within a national programme
6. Continuous training of the controllers OARZ participation
7. Equipping the laboratory to allow for the quality of OARZ with budgeted funds
milk, as a regional laboratory and personnel training
8. The annual classification and quality assessment of OARZ
the persons involved in the process of natural
reproduction
9. The transfer of the production control for sheep to ANARZ
the animal breeders organizations
10. Participation to the selection and classification OARZ
activities in the stud farm of Beclean
11. Supporting and participating to animal exhibitions OARZ
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3. INSPECTION
ACTIVITY
Improving the activity of 1. Approving animal import and export OARZ – control
animal breeding 2. Authorization and inspection of the natural programmes and reports
inspection reproduction units
3. Verification and certification of the meeting of
standards for bonuses and subventions
4. Inspection and assessment of the animals that are
part of the genetic patrimony
5. Monitoring and inspection of controllers, operators
and specialists within the private organizations
carrying out specific amelioration services
1. SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS AND FARMERS
Developing animal 1. Participating to the general assemblies and to all the OARZ
breeders associations activities organized by the associations
2. Mediating the role and importance of the
associations
3. Organizing and participating to associations board
trainings
4. Monitoring and supporting the associations carrying
out amelioration and reproduction services
5. Counseling the association boards
Training farmers 1. Visits to farms and counseling farmers owing a large OARZ
number of cattle
2. Organizing courses and training farmers with regard
to issues of amelioration and reproduction
3. Introducing primary evidence in animal breeding
farms (on computers in the farms with milking
facilities) and primary evidence to the rest of the
farmers
Using successful 1. Organizing the basic activity based on annual, OARZ manager
management monthly and weekly programmes and setting specific
tasks to each employee
2. Weekly analysis of the activity of each department
3. Systematic annual assessment
4. Implementing a relational system based on
delegating authority and rendering personnel more
responsible
5. Devising a valid annual strategy of planning
expenses depending on the institutional objectives
6. Measuring expenses and results and continuously
improving them
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România, 2000-2008, Bucureşti
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AGRITOURISM AND RURAL TOURISM IN ITALY

Paolo GAJO
University of Florence , Piazzale delle Cascine n.18, 50144 Firenze , Italy
Phone +39 0552280194 email [email protected]
Keywords: Farmhouse, rural tourism, organic farming, Italy
Abstract
The most recent guidelines of the EU Agricultural Policy suggest new objectives for agricultural production, thus
imposing an increasing attention towards natural resources, landscape and biodiversity. Mainly because of the
globalization of markets, the mechanisms of protection currently used in agricultural economy are no more actual
nor sustainable. All the primary sector, and in particular small and medium farms are now looking for new
balances, for new products for national consumption and for export. New solutions need to be found in the short and
in the long term, also as a consequence of the abrupt climate changes. For many small farms the push towards
marginalization that is nowadays occurring, leads to a strong abandonment of farmlands and to the exodus of
farmers that look into other activities for new sources of income. In this context different activities that are related
to the influx of tourism and which find their most vivid expression in agritourism and rural tourism are being
developed mainly in privileged areas of central Italy.
In recent years, the interventions of the are characterized by a severe animosity, with
European Community, aiming to support strong opponents and tenacious supporters
rural development, are pushing farmers debating in many different set-ups, thus
towards the establishment of more efficient reflecting a conflict that is apparently
farms. In any case, all the activities in the unsolvable also at the scientific level. Despite
farm must be completely addressed to the the European Community introduced special
sustainable use of the rural properties. Indeed, measures to safeguard the presence of farmers
the economic growth, that can also be in rural districts, even when they undergo
considered as the improve of the quality of marginalization, many farmers, owners of
life, cannot be parted from environmental small to medium farms, are still showing
protection. serious doubts on the survival of their
In this context, the increase in the produced business, particularly when it is of traditional
quantities as well as the efforts to contain or type. The first effect is manifested by the
to reduce the costs of production are showing abandonment of many agricultural areas,
more and more limitations. On the basis of starting from the most marginal ones, because
the new guidelines of the European of their remoteness or due to their low
Community Agricultural Policy, the system fertility. Hence it is the farmer himself who
of price supports for agricultural products and runs away abandoning his farm.
the quota-policy is now undergoing a phase of As a consequence, the diminished presence of
rapid stopping. In addition, mainly because of human activity in many rural areas leads to a
the globalization of markets, all the strong contraction of the traditional activities
mechanisms of economic protection are no and in particular of those related to the
more sustainable, while the unpredictable continuous maintenance of the estate. All of
fluctuations of prices, due to the actions of this leads to a net loss in the multi-functional
supranational potentates - as those leading to potential of agriculture itself.
the recent incidents in the sector of cereals "Multifunctionality" is represented by a series
demonstrate- are disturbing the market. of many services that farmers have always
Meanwhile, the numerous applications of offered for free to the community. Let us
genetic engineering in plants and animals are remember the “protective function” and in
continuously provoking lively debates which particular the hydrogeological one , that is
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necessary in landscapes created by man represents a very interesting formula that is
through the centuries. Man has laboriously somehow alternative to the traditional models
modelled the slopes of both hills and of tourism. Here in fact, the tourist, who is
mountains, with a wonderful series of terraces usually with his family, can spend a short or
that are now often in a position of marked long period of holiday in an accommodation
instability. The regulation of water resources that is a real farm also. On the other hand, the
by the continuous maintenance of the farmer can fuse a more or less substantial
drainage ditches has been carried out supplement of his income deriving from a
throughout the whole year, in the light of a highly varied series of commercial business,
constant and harmonious relationship among with the active conduction of his land. It is
mountain, hill and plain soils. Let us also important to stress that all the activities that
bring to mind the “ecological function” of take place within the agritourism and that
rural areas related to faunal and floral characterize and diversify a farm from
resources, to the biotic communities and to another, must be constantly well integrated
the fixing of carbon, that lead to strong into the agricultural factory system. The 2006
positive effects on the environmental quality. Italian Framework Law on agritourism,
And yet, the “function of landscape”, linked categorically states that the agritourism
to its peculiar and picturesque beauty, also activity must only be performed by
created by man over time, can be preserved agricultural entrepreneurs, that can be
by the maintenance of agricultural activities individual or assembled in groups or
only and by the presence of man as a organized in a corporate form.
consequence. Agritourism, that has been growing over time
In many farms, several economic sectors from in professionalism and quality, is certainly an
the primary one to industry have developed appropriate activity to fuse tradition with
over the centuries, thus highlighting a innovation.
different "multi-sectoral” or multi-activity" Consumers are manifesting an increasing
degree. As an example, we want here to refer need to gain food certainties
to the presence in the farm of the “oil-mill”, A new sensitivity is rising towards the
where through a series of processes olives are market, pushed by a more and more
grinded to produce the oil. Also, the presence widespread knowledge of the products, by the
of wine cellar, where the transformation of many food scandals or the proliferation of
grapes into wine takes place through allergies together with medical and legislative
advanced technologies, indicates that the approvals, all of this creates the suitable
farmer has been active in a particular setting for the improvement of all the
economic sector. wholesome and organic farm products with a
Through these activities, from the designation of origin.
transformation of the products to their These products can be largely available
marketing, the farmer is looking for new within the farm where the agritourism is
spaces to enhance his income, keeping into performed, mainly because of the direct
the farm a part of the value-added. In a relationship that creates between the customer
context of profound changes and challenges and the farmer.
within our agriculture, that often is not so The latter one also takes advantage from this
profitable, another economic activity is now "short chain" and in particular, from this
playing an increasingly important and immediate connection between the producer
interesting role. I refer to the activity of and the consumer , with mutual economic
agritourism, that has being taking place for benefits.
years in our country sides thus becoming a It is not easy to quantify the importance of
widespread reality, especially in advantaged, organic farming linked to organic farms
beautiful places of Central Italy and, to a less where the agritourism is performed, that
extent, in our Alps, even though they are in a should represent nearly 10% of all Italian
state of economic marginality. Agritourism agritourism.
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In addition, the variety of the food products extending this service to other guests that are
coming from the organic agriculture is very not lodged in the farm;
relevant for the extremely heterogeneous • To organize many activities:
climate conditions that occurred and education, cultural report, social activities,
overlapped over the time. traditional activities that involve the local
We can say that in Central Italy and in communities linked to the rural world.
Tuscany in particular there are almost a All the employees in agritourism, here
quarter of all Italian organic agritourism including the members of the entrepreneur’s
farms. family and the workers admitted under
Within the agritourism activity all those employment contracts in the agricultural
products with a designation of origin, that are sector are considered as agricultural workers
typical and local and that derive from the in the current framework of welfare,
agricultural production of the whole region insurance and taxes.
and not only from the farm, are thus strongly A strong recovery of the rural built heritage is
enhanced. now manifesting with the spread of
Obviously the products of farms must have a agritourism thanks to a set of soft loans for
leading position and the Italian National renovations that must absolutely preserve the
Framework Law that I already mentioned, architectural and typological characteristics of
also assigns each regional government to the farm buildings often representing real
legislate on the matter. jewels for form and harmony.
The recent Regional Law of Tuscany that was The entrepreneur of the agritourism activity
approved last December 22nd, 2009 must always be personally present and he
organically regulates all the activities that can must be professionally prepared also to
be performed in holiday farms, and aims to supply foods and drinks to his guests.
promote the diversification of business Those who choose agritourism as a holyday,
activities in farms to foster the integration of are continuously looking for and discovering
the income of farmers, the permanence of new rural areas, since they wish to leave
agricultural workers in rural areas, the so- behind the many problems related to life in
called "short chain" and the consumption of big cities, they manifest a palpable
the farm products. appreciation for an almost-return to nature.
This regional law in the frame work of the However, in expressing their preferences,
national one, aims to combine the maximum they always demonstrate very demanding
freedom of enterprise with land, environment, towards a series of comforts, for example
and health safeguard. they consider essential an easy access to
All of this is accomplished through a real agritourism farms. At last, a discriminating
simplification of the administrative procedure aspect in the choice of the region that will be
to start an agritourism business, thus the destination of the agritourism holyday, is
implying, as a first example in Italy, the related to the prices of the offered services.
adoption of a very strict disciplinary of Concerning the phenomenon of “rural
controls. tourism”, it comprises a set of economic
The Regional Law of Tuscany admits as initiatives that consist of organized forms of
agritourism activity: receptivity in the countryside, far from urban
• To provide accommodation in proper areas, aiming to realize a better fruition of
rooms in the farm; rural spaces with the participation of both
• To give hospitality to campers in open agricultural and commercial entrepreneurs.
spaces; Let us recall the Regulation Law CE n°
• To dish meals, foods and drinks, by 1698/2005 on the support to rural
making use of the farm products that can be development , where a fundamental role in
integrated by other ones coming from ameliorating the quality of life is addressed to
different farms in the same Region and by rural tourism.
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The Framework Law n° 135 / 2001, dealing relative productions that thus result
with tourism in Italy, highlights the advertised, commercialized and used in the
importance of rural spaces and of marginal shape of a tourism offer.
and typical economies under the light of Rural tourism and Agritourism thus represent
tourism. particularly valuable activities as well as a
All of this in the context of an integrated rural necessary source of income for farmers.
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LEADER AXIS ENGIN FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN

UNION
Mihai GIDEA1, Maria MATEFY2
1
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest, Romania , 59 Marasti,
sector 1 , Phone: +40 21 318 25 64 , Fax: +40 21 318 28 88, Email :[email protected]
2
Sapientia University , 1 Liberty Square , Miercurea Ciuc, Romania , Phone : +40 0266 313749,
Email : [email protected]
Key words: rural development, Leader Axis , durable development, local actors , public private partnerships
Abstract
An important component pf Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP) is represented by rural development policy which
promotes durable development meaning a new approach of economic, social and environment aspects. In the EU -27 ,
rural area represents 90% of the total area and here about 60 % of population is living .Leader Axis named “Links
between actions for rural development” is a communitary initiative launched by the EU Commission and co-ordonated
by General Division for Agriculture and Rura Development . The paper aimed to evaluate the impact of Leader+
approach at the EU level analysing three study cases from differenet areas (Italy, Ireland, Spain) characterized by a
large variety of relief , culture and population density. The conclusion was that no matter what country the Leader area
is situated , what matters is the objective analysis of the problems which various communities are facing and then on
this basis to set up the local and regional development programmes. The new solutions found by the presented GALs
are highly transferable and have represented successful projects meeting the standard requirements to be considered
“the best Leader+ practices ”.
INTRODUCTION concerning rural environment adapted to a large

variety of needs of rural areas.
An important component of Common
Within Leader + , financial aids are alloted to
Agricultural Policy ( CAP) is represented by
partnerships , GALs provided by public, private
rural development policy promoting durable
amnd non profit sectors in order to put into
development which means a new approach of
practice programmes of local development in
economic, social and environment items. In the
their territories.
EU -27 , rural area represents 90% of the total
The purpose of this paper is to stusy the impact
surface and here about 60 % of population is
of Leader approach upon rural development
living . Leader is a new approach of the EU
into the EU.
rural development policy , it is a method of
strenghtening and promoting rural development
of the local communities , which could MATERIAL AND METHOD
etermine considerable changes in the daily life
In order to attain the proposed objective, three
of the people living in the rural environment,
tsudy cases of the Leader approach have been
which encourages new solutions to old and new
analysed into the EU.
problems and becomes a laboratory for
In order to assure an objective assessment and
strenghtening local capacities and testing the
to compare the three cases , the project
new ways of covering the needs of local
background , history , main activities and
communities .
results and also problems issued have been
Even from its beginning in 1991, Leader has
presented .
offered the EU rural communities the required
tools for playing an active role in modelling its
own future. Leader has been developde along RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
the time together with the common agricultural
policies and the evaluation analysis has proved West Cork - Ireland
that it is a tool efficiently operatindecisions
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Project Context. The extraordinary landscape participating enterprises. The initiative has
amd intact environment , combined with a permenetly operated as a development initiative
history and culture rich in diversity and interest and not as a commercial entity. The project has
is the specific feature of West Cork region. This established linksbetween individual and various
region has many areas of special protection and actions which could be developed within an
areas belonging to the national patrimony as integrated strategy.
well as marine and forest natural reservations . Conclusions. The success of the project has
In the past , the main components of the local been determined by the solutions of integrated
economy have been agrofood and fishing development of the local enterprises, which
sectors . The surface of the region is 3,150 s.km have not been respected by the conventional
where 109,000 inhabitants are living. development agencies. The animation and
Brief History . The project initiative have been building capacities sustained by Leader +
launched by West Cork Local Action Team and Programme represented the critical points for
is an integrated local development strategy the project development . Numerous initiatives
focused on the advantages offered by this have been sustained in the field of the
region in the agrofood and tourism fields. development of communities , environment ,
West Cork has an unique image and identity social capital and patrimony representing just a
which lays at the basis of business development few of the main values of landmark proposal.
strategies and starting from this point it was GAL Piemont - Italia
issued a sofisticated and detailed landmark Project context. GAL is situated in the South
concept for the development , implementation West part of Piemont region , in the area of
and management of some quality criteria. Gesso province and cosists of five communities
Main actions. Project landmark concept . The region is characterized by a alrge
consists of various research , vocational geographical , cultural and environmental
training , investments and marketing activities . homogenity which a coomon setting up of the
A series of development programmes have project activities . GAL has identified common
been run such as: e-commerce , research , objectives and stratgies destinated to an unique
environment protection , food quality control , approach of economic and socila development .
vocational training , visitors accomodation , The population living in the area is 60, 000
facilities for tourists , meat and milk production inhabitants and the surface is 2,424 s.km.
, touristic leaflets , web site, fairs, thematic Brief history . GAL has made the proposal to
tours , touristic packages. increase value added of the local products.The
Results. The landmark ideea has been involved objectives of the project have been the region
in several events and brought substantial promotion by means of agricultural products
benefits for the region but also for the and to facilitate the acces to the market for the
enterprises . local products. The project intended to help
The project determined the employment small and medium sized enterprises in
increase, regional promotion , landmark competition with some supermarket chain
recognition by consumers , development of new monopolising the market.The collaboration
enterprises and products , profitability increase between small producers groups has allowed
, market enlargement and quality standards the identification of new possibilities for its
improvement. durable maintaining in the market .
Problems arised. In the research and Main activities . The project comprises two
development stage of the project a lot of time main activities as follows : 1.Setting up a pilot
and resources have been used especially for the project focused on the cultural identity for the
involvement of the local „actors „ and for local development for the identification of the
helping the local population to be aware of its best market for the individual producers in
duty to give its contribution to the project .A order to hekp them to maximize their profit; 2.
major problem in the project development was Selection and support for the propsals and
to demonstrate that it is very important for the investments developed by small and medium
development of the region infrastructure and sized groups of enterprises.
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Results. Two invitations have been launched to Main activities . After a long period of
the selected local enterprises. A number of 11 discussions with the local population
enterprises , joined in three small scale chains, representatives about 50 inquiries of potential
have participated o the first initiative. The sites have been received asking to be included
second one has involved 22 enterprised in the cultural network. Finally , three water
grouped in 7 production chains dealing with the mills , a bridge , agricultural tools and sewing
following sectors: Piemont beef sector, medical machines have been selected. Some public
plants , fruit, wines, bluberries , cheese and buildings with unique features have been also
fresh pastas . selected. The local volunteers have received
Even the producers from the areas situated in responsibilities concening the presentation of
inaccessible zones have participated to these the cultural patrimony.
initiatives and obtained support to improve Results. The restored collection of sites and
their conditions. nadmade crafts of the cultural patrimony have
Problems arised. This approach has been an increased the number of visitors in the city.
agreement because the candidates sigend as Besides tourists , many groups of scholars
common agreement for all the enterprises from intereste to learn more about the rural
the same proposal . Another problem was that architecture and life style . Another purpose of
only large enterprises could take part and the project was to encourage local population to
expressed their intention to cofinance 60% become more involved abd create social capital
invetments and this was a challenge for small based on the assessment of the cultural
enterprises with a low economic power patrimony . The local population still keeps the
Conclusions. The project added value keys of the buildings and the ones presenting
developing a new approach based on local the architectural features of the area give
government and puttin into practice a policy examples , make demonstrations related to the
focused on the area and its key problems. One old look of the buildings and the use of owen
of the problems was the large scale distribution and traditional tools
which has determined the building of new Problems arised . Some of the proposed sites
marketing abilities . were owned by people who did not allow to be
GAL Galicia-Castilla Spain visited by tourists and this is the reason why
Project Context . The area represents a territory they have not been included in this network.
charaterised by high mountains, hills, rivers and Conclusions. The project implementation has
lakes , a rich cultural patrimony , including two stimulated the development capacity in the area
Spanish regions Galicia and Castilla y Leon, by cooperation and confidence .
but econommy is less developed mainly based
on agriculture . The landscape is attactive and CONCLUSIONS
besides the cultural patrimony represents
potential resources for economy diversification The West Cork Project – Irelanda. The
by developing touristical attractions. The landmark initiative is based on the unique
municipalities have noticed that it is needed as image and identity of the region, having a close
more torusitical attactions to be developed in relationship with the approach in the area. The
the area. The GAL decided to support the products marketed under this landmark have
restoration of some buildings with a cultural deep roots in the region tradition .The project
importance in the area. The local population is supporters have been involved in setting up a
represented by 9,037 inhabitants and the network joining agencies and GALs at national
surface is 1,061 km2. level .
Brief history . The local Council of A Veiga GAL Piemont - Italy
noticed that the physical and cultural patrimony The whole action is dedicated to solve delivery
of the city is not enough put into evidence , problems of the local producers as well as to
because the existing strategy is promoting develop new capacities becuase the market is
mainly the natural and cultural resources . monopolized by chains of huge drugstores The
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partnership is based on economical chains able - In all the cases , cooperation among local
to compete in a large scale delivery system. actors has played the main part .
GAL Galicia-Castilla Spain The presented GALs have established contact ,
The involvement of local population distribution and marketing networks both inside
representatives in the selection and promotion and outside the area.
process of the cultural patrimony attractions has The results and experience accumulated in
been a good ideea , a good method to integrate these GALs could be transferred to other
the item in the natural and cultural resources of territories.
the area. The public opinions are useful in order In all the cases , the public opinion has been
to create a dynamic attitude of the people living used in order to encourage a dynamic
in the rural areas charaterized by a weak involvement of the people living in the rural
involvement in the public life. areas .
The analysis of the three study cases (Irlanda, All these projects could be considered among
Spania şi Italia) has allowed to draw the the best Leader +practices and have proved the
following conclusions : efficiency of this approach in the communities
- Development strategies suitable to the area where they have been implemented.
have been approached ,
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT – CASE STUDY CĂLĂŢELE AREA, DISTRICT

OF CLUJ
Claudia GIURGIU1, Sabina FUNAR2

1
National Agency for Agricultural Consulting, 17-19 Doamnei St, 3rd District, Bucharest, Romania
Tel: 0213124620, Fax 0213124643, e-mail: [email protected]
2
Romanian Court of Accounts, 22-24 Lev Tolstoi St, 1st District, 71289 Bucharest, Romania
Tel: 0213078861 / 0733233210, Fax: 0213078878, e-mail: [email protected]
Key words: rural development, European financing projects, modernization, accommodation offer
Abstract
The paper aimed to present the results of the research process based on questionnaires. Questions have followed
mainly agrotouristic offers. The conclusions of the research lead to the idea that, on a medium period of time, the
analyzed area proves development potential, perfectly harmonized with the environment – a local element particularly
generous in landscape and landforms.
bounded at South by the commune of Beliş, at

INTRODUCTION
West by Mărgău, at North by Sâncrai, at East
The essay presents the results of the research by Mănăstireni and Râşca.
based on questionnaires, following the
agrotouristic offer of Călăţele area in Cluj
County.
The purpose is the economic and social
development of the area, through elements
such as: the best revaluation of local
resources, tradition revival, development of
rural tourism and agritourism,
creation/reabilitation of urban infrastructures
and enhancement of the geographical
position, fully respecting the environment.
MATERIAL AND METHOD Fig. 1. The map of Cluj County

A big part of Călăţele is situated in the
The commune of Călăţele is situated in mountain area known in the field literature as
central-west of Cluj County, at 65 km from the Mountains of Gilău – Muntele Mare / the
Cluj Napoca and 15 km from Huedin; Great Mountain, belonging to the Apuseni
Călăţele (in Hungarian - Kiskalota, in Mountains group, formed in a giant granite
German - Kelezel) is a commune in Cluj dome with peripherical stripes of crystalline
County, Transylvania, Romania. It consists of schists, presenting a weaker metamorphism
6 villages: Călăţele, Călata, Dealu Negru, towards the exterior. Northwards, the
Călăţele-Pădure, Finciu, Văleni. township lies in the moutainous Depression of
Access routes: E 60, DJ 108. Huedin-Călăţele, in a rather faded landforms
The teritory of Călăţele is situated in the in the shape of gentle hills, in monoclinic,
contact area between Huedin-Călăţele separated by large valleys, with permanently
Depression and the extraordinary zone of the flooded meadows.
Apuseni Mountains in Transylvania. The climate is moderate continental, with
Călăţele has a elongated geographical annual average temperatures of 4-80C.
development in the direction of Călata Valley,
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Infrastructure:
1. the commune is completely electrified;
2. drinking water network pipes cover 80%
of the total necessary;
3. communication is achieved through fix
telephone connection;
4. local roads are asphalted up to 30% of the
total area;
5. the railway station is situated at 15 km
distance from the center of the commune;
6. TV cable installed;
7. the nearest gas station is at 15 km from
the commune;
8. the township uses a waste materials Fig. 2. Local accomodation offer
manipulation system;
9. the airport is at 60 km away. Why do you think that a tourist would come to
Călăţele - Cluj county ?
European financing projects approved and in
course of approval for the development of 14,10%
Călăţele commune, to be made by local
authorities: 16,67%
1. modernization of the „Citera” forest road;

2. building of sewerage network in Călăţele;
3. regularization of the main village valley;
4. modernization and renovation of local 51,28%
schools and kindergardens;

5. modernization and renovation of local 17,95%
community cultural centers;

area traditions, customs tourist attractions others
6. infrastructure development by reparation
Fig. 3. The motivation of the tourism offer in the area
and modernization of the local road
network;
What facilities you offer to the tourists?
7. settlement and construction of a food
market.
12,82%
14,10%
Questionnaire regarding the rural tourism

offer and the rural development of Călăţele
commune, Cluj County. The theme of this
52,56%
questionnaire is the rural development of 15,38%
Călăţele community situated in Cluj County

5,13%
by practicing rural tourism. The respondents
number counted a total of 98, all of them
inhabitants of Călăţele, inquired in the period traditional food / organic entertainment
area's habits visits
October 01-10, 2009. others
Fig. 4. Motivation of area tourism offer
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Do you think that the state could help you in Do you know the rural development project on
opening a pension ? establishing the sewerage network of Călăţele
village ?
43,59%
33,33%
56,41%
66,67%
yes no yes no
Fig. 5. State authorities implication in foundating a Fig. 8. Sewerage network system projects
touristic hostels
Do you know the rural development project on
What source of funding do you consider infrastructure development of Călăţele village ?
available to set up a pensions ?
1,28% 28,21%
7,69%
26,92%
71,79%
64,10%
yes no
bank structural funds own funds others

Fig. 9. Information regarding the area infrastructure
Fig. 6. Accessible financing source in hostel development
establishment
Do you know the rural development project on
Do you know the rural development projects village valley regulation ?
developed in Călăţele - Cluj county ?
34,62% 12,82%
87,18%
65,38%
yes no
no yes
Fig. 10. Information regarding the regularization of the
main village valley
Fig. 7. Rural development projects of the area
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Do you know others rural development as: tourism, infrastructure, society,
projects of Călăţele village than those
previously preseted ?
economy, culture, etc.
2. Professional training in strategic areas
such as: agriculture, forestry, rural
33,33%
tourism, agritourism – for as many
inhabitants as possible in the villages that
make up Călăţele as an administrative
area;
3. Revival of local traditions: dance, way of
living, craft – with obvious effects on the
66,67% local employment level;
4. Ceasing the environment and soil
degradation due to the economic activities
yes no
and house solid waste materials;
Fig. 11. Information regarding other rural development 5. Exploitation of the local resources in
projects
order to develop a solid local economy by
Age of respondents
increasing the local employment level;
6. Founding a solid network of authorized
households for practicing rural tourism;
38,46%
2,56% 7. Creation and promotion of local events
(Sons of the Village – the celebrating
commune day, church dedication day,
etc.);
8. Promoting the good practice of organic
58,97% agriculture in order to attract tourists so as
to develop local rural tourism;
9. Creation of training programs for those
involved in rural tourism and of ecology
< 35 years 35-55 years >55 years
courses;
Fig. 12. The age of repondents 10. Afforestation of soil degraded areas;
11. Implementation of special systems for
CONCLUSIONS selective waste collection;
12. Establishment of a local waste landfill;
Călăţele has the potential to become one of
the most economically and socially developed 13. Sustainable agricultural practices adapted
areas, through the best valorification of local to the climatic and soil conditions in the
resources, the revival of traditions, the area;
development of rural tourism and agritourism, 14. Diversified agricultural activities in order
the creation and rehabilitation of urban to generate profit;
infrastructure, and the strategic emphasis of 15. Associations of local farmers;
its geographic position, fully respecting the 16. Application of efficient marketing policy.
environment.
According with this potential of Călă ele
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RESEARCH ON ISSUES MORPHOLOGICAL, HYDROGEOLOGY AND

GEOGRAPHICAL SPATIAL PLANNING OF FAGARAS MOUNTAINS -
ACCUMULATION AREA VIDRARU
Adelaida Cristina HONTUŞ
University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine - Bucharest, Faculty of Management,

Economical Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Developments, No. 59, Mărăşti Boulevard, no.1
Sector, Bucharest, cod 011464, Romania, e-mail: [email protected],
Key words: alignment, topographic map, geographic integration, planning tourism planning, erosion
Abstract
This work is intended as a modest study of environmental changes, on the upper Arges, as a result of anthropogenic
activity. Geography and planning lies with the other sciences, particularly important task in its main knowledge on how
training and development of an area. In preparing this work staggered work was conducted in three stages: (1) Stage
documentation. At this stage existing bibliographic material was studied and a series of topographical maps. We also
used a range of climate and hydrological data, which we have taken from weather stations. (2) Stage of land. On the
ground were a number of routes traveled for consultation on the spot to order physical-geographical elements, the
mapping, and to gather information from locals. The work includes illustrative material (photos), which I tried playing
different geographical issues, and complement and support the claims of the text. (3) Drafting stage.
INTRODUCTION of the Fagaras Mountains (upper Arges basin

processes directly affected by the joint action of
Fagaras Mountains are the largest part of the rivers that spring from Buda goat and two
eastern third of the Southern Carpathians, circuses ice). How this would have been
between the Olt Defile Red-Turnu Caineni the impossible to make works of degree, was
west and Dambovita valley on the eastern side, chosen as the northern limit of the inter Piscelu
individually by massive increase, typical alpine Black Mountain and Mount Hammer, Goat
landscape with peaks reach the maximum relief Valley and Valley of Buda.
altimetry Romania: Negoiu Moldoveanu
2544m and 2535m. Are unique in the MATERIAL AND METHOD
Romanian Carpathians landscape is, but given
the expansion of glacial relief and periglaciar, Tourism potential, far from being studied and
the energy landscape with the highest rates in particularly exploited until now was not the
the country, which justifies the name given by subject of a regional study of geography of
Emmanuel de Martonne of "Transylvanian tourism have been developed and published
Alps" for the Southern Carpathians [7]. works of popular tourist items under the
The area studied in this paper falls within the "Touring Club of Romania" and "Tourists
following limits: Society in Romania ". The current work in
- The southern boundary is the alignment of terms of addressing this massive mountain
crystalline mountains Ghiţu Mountains Pleaşa- tourism may be mentioned the contributions of
Bee, Mount Magura, Mount Munţişor. Manţiu O. (1963), V. Balcescu, M. Cicotti,
- Eastern and western limit is the latest Em.Cristea (1974).
extension of the northern ridge of Fagaras in The presence of extensive areas well completed
the east of Mount Scrapers, Mount and the morphometric favored the development of
Western Mountain Paltinul Clăbucet Stoil intense pastoral life with old and many of
Mount, Mount Ştiubeaua. transhumance routes and a specific toponymy,
- Northern boundary was chosen at random. issues raised with great interest both as
Normally it would have to be the northern ridge
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geographers and sociologists, ethnographers: peaks at a level of 2300-2400 m, including over
John Cone, Mara Pop, Emmanuel de Martonne. 2500 m.
Based on research conducted in previous - The level below the highest ridge tops,
phases, phase-road documentary and that was represented the northern slope of the sharp
for preparing the work plan, the preparation and edge, parallel with the appearance of typical
drafting chapters staggered cartographic alpine increases.
material. Vidraru Lake is located in the upper valley
In preparing the work to take account of the Arge, extending and depression Titeşti.Este
principles of spatiality, causability and Brezoi-powered two arteries which spring from
geographic and spatial integration of tourism the glacial basin of Fagaras (Capra and Buda).
planning and working methods was used as the Hydropower plant served by the lake is called
common physical-geographical methods, such Cetãþuia Vidraru in literature is known as the
as observation method and comparison method factory - the parent, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej,
and the specific methods, to those used in February 16, Corbeni - Arges.
geomorphology, climatology and other The hydropower development of the river
disciplines of geography and spatial planning. Arges known several steps:
- Stage 1942 - 1954 was the failure to achieve
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 178 m between 581.8 m and 760 m and average
flow entering the uzinaj was 7.37 m3 / s,
Fagaras Massif is divided into a depression in derived exclusively from Arges River without
the tectonic (Depression Lovište), largely secondary headrace.
differentiated by erosion in crystalline schist - Stage 1955 - 1960 in which it was intended to
gneeiss and epinoss (River Lady-River), and increase the average flow and fall capture side.
two sectors of unequal scope: Braşov County Average flow increased to 19.67 m3 / s capture
and Mountains Cozia-Iezer [2]. of neighboring tributaries and fall increased to
Large axial sag Slatina region (River Lady) 324 m, and the erection of the dam resulting
clearly separates the massive spread and high from 96 to 166 m.
Iezerului the narrow ridge only a few km and Dam site was determined position of economic,
low (peak Cozia-1677m, vf. Ghitu 1622m) tail. hydrological, morphological and geological,
Lovistea as depression inter-Carpathian of and for determining the conditions that will
tectonic origin, occurred in the sedimentary operate the lake during the operation was
basin Cretaciul Higher closely with training necessary to study the characteristics of the
Getica Depression. basin oro-basin system, upstream of the dam
After the structural consolidation, erosion site, so that knowledge these features allow
becomes dominant graders will create pediplina assessment of erosion intensity and measures to
Carpathian (Cretaceous-Oligocene), the be taken to combat and fighting flood.
differentiation stages that are reflected by the The dam is concrete with a boldness coefficient
posting of two steps: of 5.5 (ratio of length squared product carried
- Higher level that I could name Podeanu after by the canopy and the height and volume of the
area of maximum extension and representative, dam). The contour dam is embedded in granite
at 2000-2200 m altitude; gnaisuri resistant and waterproof, ensuring
- The edge, with the highest frequency at 1800- maximum stability work and impermeability of
1900 m, with the appearance of rounded curbs the best. The dam has a height of 166 m, width
at the edge "southern leg. at the base to be 25 m, the canopy of 6 m and
This area is equivalent Borăscu erosion level, 307 m long dam is located over the road that is
dominated the landscape of a waste-gipfelflour part of the bus Transfagarasan (see Photo 1 and
(denudational upper level, named by A. Penck), 2).
which I Sârcu (1958), is subdivided into:
- Higher level, the highest, corresponding to the
main ridge, which peaks between Suru and
Urlea (held by almost 40 km), includes 40
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Table 1: Capture the main and secondary abstractions
Basin Arges (as I. Mateescu, 1965, quoted by Gr Pop,
1996)
Basin area Flow
River of Front Average
(km2) (m3/s)
River Lady 210,0 5,75
Drăghina Mare 10,0 0,25
Bradului 3,1 0,06
Cernatul 42,6 1,14
RIVER LADY TOTAL 265,7 7,20
AND AFFLUENT
Photo 1 Crown dam Vidraru Photo 2 Dam Vidraru Vâlsan 67,9 1,78
Dobroneagu 15,4 0,32
Lake of the Vidraru has a length of 15 km, an VÂLSAN TOTAL AND 83,4 2,10
area of about 900 meters from the normal AFFLUENT
RAUL'S TOTAL 349,0 9,30
retention volume of 465 million m3 and is 78% HEADRACE-VALLEY
of the annual stock of water of the river Arges, OF FISH-VIDRARU
of which 320 million m3 is useful volume ( see Topolog 80,4 2,26
Valea lui Stan 19,7 2,26
Photo 3). Lake led to mitigate the flood wave Valea Limpedea 7,9 0,16
on the river Arges and the removal of the effect TOTAL SECONDARY 457,0 12,12
of flooding of 10,000 hectares. Inc
Argeşul 286,0 7,55
TOTAL 743,0 19,6
Building the dam required major changes in

Vidraru geo-morphological aspects of the
region:
After dam construction took place radical

changes in river dynamics and slopes,
producing the changes in the ratio of solid and
liquid phases, ie solid flow increase. Fragment
Photo 3 Lake Vidraru size transit diameter > 200 mm is 15% of solid
flow. The dam can be considered as a type of
To be captured Arges basin river waters were threshold, a threshold induced by humans, it
built more dams and headrace (Gr Pop, 1996). leading to a new level of local input and default
Their characteristics on river basins are based on changes in the processes of erosion
presented in Table 1: and accumulation, currently being highlighted
- Barrier can function as a temporary threshold "regressive accumulation.
leading to changes in longitudinal profile of The planning scheme was based on 2 main
Arges and other rivers that Vâlsan Topolog principles:
clear etc. - Concentration of the hydroelectric potential
- The dam has interrupted the continuity of by concentrating flows and falling water
evolution of the river Arges in longitudinal and - Complex, using full, harmonious combination
transverse profile. of plants and hydroelectric energy production
- Acting as a regulator of dam flow with with water saving.
changes in the leak downstream of the dam, but Different nature of these schemes and location of
can function as a reservoir of water (water used planned targets required a number of studies
in case of exception). topographical, geological, geotechnical, etc.. At
the same time, preserve the image of flooded
region, have made detailed observations on the
geo-morphological Cuvete Vidraru accumulation
lake.
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opening on the picturesque valley of Sărăţii),
Exploit the potential of natural Bale, Podragu towers, Sat.
By building the dam and installation Vidraru
accumulation lake, it was necessary clearing of
large areas of timber.
Parallel recovery products grew accessories
(raspberries, blueberries, blackberries,
mushrooms), hunting and fishing products.
Guideline forestry in perspective is intended to
extend laricel culture, prevent falls due to wind,
finding more appropriate and intensive forms of
treatment of trees and promote natural
regeneration of beech and fir [8].
The agricultural sector is limited to occupying Photo. 4. Cabana Capra Photo. 5. Fortress Poienari
24.000ha grassland pasture and meadow and
forest area 28.000ha alpine and underalpine Vidraru accumulation in the lake area there are
meadows of the northern side are third. several tourist cottages: River empties
Grassland and forest area has production side of Cumpana, in line Vidraru lake cottage is
good. In a rational exploitation of the manure situated Cumpana, hut with an accommodation
treatment and application of calcium capacity of 80 seats (Photo 4). Access to the
amendments, their productivity can be cabin is both Tranfăgărăşan and the forest road.
increased from 5000-green mass 6.000kg ha to Also on Lake Vidraru longer Argeseanul House
30,000 ha green mass-40.000kg. is situated cottage, located immediately after
Hydropower potential of fast mountain rivers dam Vidraru on Tranfăgărăşan and downstream
began to be exploited through micro-hydro, of the dam, the keys are guarded by fortress
originally used to supply electricity to huts Poienari Arges (Photo 5).
(Negoiu and Goat) and then for the supply of
electricity needed to forestry isolated. High CONCLUSIONS
potential and the possibility of providing
autonomy to the national electricity system is To highlight the main physical and
cost effective to build micro fueled tourist geographical characteristics of the area studied
cabins, weather stations and logging or careers. were given physical and geographical
Arges River with its tributaries form one of the conditions. Thus, it highlighted the relationship
basins of the utmost importance that the between geology and landscape, climate-
hydropower potential. Road construction vegetation-soil.
around the lake and then "Transfagarasanul" The relief was given in terms of genes. Were
made possible the most economical operation described to the relief arising from the action
of forestry in southern massif. modeling factors that have succeeded in time.
The tourism potential is one of the most Currently shaping this area takes place under
important of our mountains "Recovery of the the influence of temperate-continental,
last century began, on the northern side and on remarked to a number of current geo-
the south by the beginning of our century. morphological processes. In regions dominated
Output from the accumulation lake Vidraru highest run-off processes, torrentialical, freeze-
added possibility to practice water sports and thaw, altering, and lower regions, river erosion.
access time of tourists from the capital was Climate, its parameters imposed by the
much shortened by making highway: distribution of vegetation and soils. Thus, the
Bucharest-Pitesti. But a disproportionate area studied, in terms of bio-geographical fall
amount is maintained between the two slopes in the mixed forest floor, beech and conifers.
on the north side chalets are concentrated most Soils on growing vegetation are brown acid,
interest-Suru, Bârcaciu, Negoiu (with a large brown podzolic, podzolic brown eroded litosol.
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Height, massiveness and high degree of of the Academy and Institute of Geography
fragmentation Fagaras Mountains were less Bucharest.
accessible than all other divisions of the
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“Stefan Ghika Budeşti”, Institute of Geography
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RESEARCH ON ANALYSIS AND PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONAL

STRUCTURE IN THE RURAL NON-FARM IN PROFILE
MACRO-REGION 1
Adelaida Cristina HONTUŞ
University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine - Bucharest, Faculty of Management,

Economical Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Developments, No. 59, Mărăşti Boulevard, no.1
Sector, Bucharest, cod 011464, Romania, e-mail: [email protected],
Key words: Social surveys, unemployment, occupational structure, employment, working population, rural household
Abstract
In the present study will present assessment situation on the labour market in Romania, for macro 1 (North-west and
center region), the evolution of the phenomena of employment, unemployment, which are targets in household labor
force survey.Designed as a valuable source of information on employment, the survey provides a coherent manner,
essential data on all segments of the population, with many opportunities to link and structure after demo-socio-
economic characteristics different, in terms of international comparability. The method used in this analysis method
was face-to-face interview. Registration information in the survey questionnaires was done by interviewing people for
15 years and over, to address housing households investigated. Representativeness refers to both household structure
and population distribution by area, gender and age groups.
INTRODUCTION Interviews were evenly distributed along the

quarter, achieving a continuous research.
Evaluation of current situation on the labor Reference period (for most of the questions)
market in Romania, the evolution of the was weeks from Monday to Sunday including
phenomena of employment, unemployment and pre-registration. For some questions there are
inactivity are the objectives "Structural analysis other reference periods: the last four weeks, last
of occupational and non-agricultural work in year, following two weeks, the last three
rural Macroregion’s profile. months of the year or period of the previous
Designed as a valuable source of information year.
on employment interelectoral investigation The investigation was conducted on a random
provides a coherent manner, essential data on sample of housing representative at the country
all segments of the population, with many level and by region, using a two-stage sampling
opportunities to link and structure after demo- plan.
socio-economic characteristics different, in Representativeness refers to both household
terms of international comparability . structure and population distribution by area,
Under investigation, persons resident - gender and age groups.
temporary and permanent - in Romania,
members of households in selected dwellings RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
[3].
1. Occupational analysis in the year 2007
MATERIAL AND METHOD Active population in rural Macroregion one,
was formed in 2007 from 950.11 thousand
Data were gathered through face-to-face people, of which 894.88 thousand people were
interview. Registration information in the employed.
survey questionnaires was done by interviewing Employment rate of population in rural areas
people for 15 years and over, to address was for the age group (15 - 64 years) of 54.8%,
housing households investigated. lower than urban where he reached 57%.
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Population structure by age, by sector of Employment rate of working age population
activity, farming sector reveals an occupancy (15 - 64 years) was 56.1% in 2007, men having
rate of 9.1% for the age group 15-24 years and a value of 61.5% to 50.7% for females.
19.7% for the age group 55-64 years. Analysis by area of residence reveals a lower
Regional employment structure is differentiated share of employment in rural areas only 54.8%
according to specific economic and social to 57.0% in urban areas.
factors.
Table 2: Profile of the regions that are part of
Table 1: Profile macroregional of employment in 2007 Macroregiunea 1 - Employment by education level –
( %) 2007 %
Macro / Regions Activity rate
Indices / Activity Employment TOTAL Level of education
area Rate* Rate** Superior Fair Poor
macroregion MACROREGION 60,0 87,1 67,3 37,0
Macroregion 60,0 56,1 ONE
1 Male 66,4 86,9 71,4 46,5
(15-64 ani) Female 53,6 87,4 62,6 29,7
- male 66,4 61,5 Urban 61,0 87,3 66,7 23,2
- female 53,6 50,7 Rural 58,4 86,1 68,2 45,6
- rural 58,4 54,8 NORD-WEST 59,6 87,0 66,2 38,9
- urban 61,0 57,0 Male 64,4 86,4 69,3 44,9
* the proportion of active population in total population, Female 54,9 87,8 62,7 34,4
** proportion of employed population in total population; Urban 60,4 87,2 66,4 21,1
Source: Employment in Romania: Employment and Rural 58,6 85,7 65,9 48,8
unemployment-t in 2007, NIS, 2007: write pages CENTRAL 60,4 87,2 68,4 34,8
Male 68,5 87,5 73,7 48,4
In 2007 the active population of working age Female 52,2 86,9 62,5 24,1
Urban 61,7 87,3 67,1 25,3
(15-64 years) consisted of 2.21845 million Rural 58,2 86,7 71,1 41,6
people. Significant share in the total working
population already own men (55.3%), and Table 3: Profile of the regions that are part of
persons residing in urban (60.43%). Young Macroregiunea 1 - Employment by education level -
people (15-24 years) represented 9.8% of the 2007
working population, more than half (51.69%) %
Macro / Regions Employment rate
with an address in rural areas. TOTA Level of education
L Superio Fai Poo
Graph 1 r r r
Rates of activity and employment by sex and area of MACROREGIO 56,1 84,4 63,2 33,1
residence N ONE
Male 61,4 84,0 66,7 40,3
70 66.4 Female 50,7 84,7 59,3 27,5
61.5 61
60
60
56.1
58.4
54.8
57 Urban 57,0 84,5 62,3 19,4
53.6
50
50.7
Rural 54,8 83,7 64,8 41,6
NORD-WEST 57,0 84,7 63,3 36,5
40
Rată de activitate
Male 61,1 83,8 66,0 41,3
Rată de ocupare
30
Female 52,8 85,8 60,2 32,9
20 Urban 57,4 85,0 63,0 18,5
10 Rural 56,4 82,7 63,8 46,5
0
CENTRAL 55,1 84,0 63,0 29,1
Total Macroregiunea 1 Masculin Feminin Rural Urban Male 61,8 84,3 67,3 39,1
Female 48,4 83,6 58,3 21,3
Urban 56,5 83,9 61,6 20,3
Activity rate of working age population (15-64 Rural 52,7 84,9 66,0 35,4
years) was 60.0% in 2007 and recorded higher
levels for the male population (66.4% versus Activity rate by educational level shows that
61.5% for female population) and for the urban most of the employed population is recorded at
(61.0% versus 58.4% in rural areas). higher education level with the following
values for the 2 regions: 85.7% in North - West
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and 86.7% in the center region. The lowest 26.19% for the years 2005-2007, and the group "25-
level is recorded at low educational level with 34 years" of 20.25% in 2005 compared to 2007.
the following values: 48.8% in North - West
Table 4: Breakdown by sectors but agriculture / age
and 41.6% in the center region. Employment groups
rate by educational level shows that the highest
values recorded at a higher level as follows:
2005 2007
99.5% in North-West and 99.1% in the center
MACROREGION 1
region, the lowest values are recorded at low
Total population occupied people 467298 442,669
(region North-West with 78.2%, 87.1% with total 15-64 ani % 87.6 84.2
the center region). Age groups
To The North-West in 2007, employment by 15-24 ani % 11.4 9.1
educational level showed the following values: 25-34 ani % 20.5 16.6
Higher educational level, age group "15-64ani" 35-44 ani % 17.9 19.9
99.5%, of which the lowest values in the age 45-54 ani % 20.1 18.9
group "15 -24 years' of 7.7%. 55-64 ani % 17.8 19.7
65 ani si peste % 12.2 15.8
2. Analysis of rural occupational 2005-2007 1.1 NORTHWEST REGION
Total population occupied people 308,308 295,175
In the period 2005-2007, while Central region total 15-64 ani % 86.3 82.2
shows an increase in the share of working Age groups
population (about 3%) and occupied (approx. 15-24 ani % 10.6 8.4
2.5%), the entire macro trend is downward. 25-34 ani % 19.0 15.8
35-44 ani % 18.1 18.6
Table 3: Evolution of employment in rural areas 45-54 ani % 19.8 19.1
within Macroregion and development of regions 55-64 ani % 18.8 20.3
65 ani si peste % 13.7 17.8
Year / Indicator / 2005 2007
region 1.2 CENTER REGION
Activity Employment Activity Employment Total population occupied people 158,990 147,494
rate rate rate rate
total 15-64 ani % 90.5 88.1
Macroregiunea1 58,8 54,8 58,4 54,8
North-West 60,5 57,5 58,6 56,4 Age groups
Region 15-24 ani % 12.9 10.2
Central Region 56,6 51,4 58,2 52,7
25-34 ani % 23.3 18.3
Source: Employment in Romania: Employment and 35-44 ani % 17.5 22.5
unemployment-2006,2007, INS, 2007 45-54 ani % 20.8 18.5
55-64 ani % 16.0 18.6
The degree of diversification of economic 65 ani si peste % 9.5 11.9
activities, by multiplying the income sources Source: Employment in Romania: Employment and
that involve contributing to reducing risks from unemployment-2006,2007, INS, 2007
agricultural activity as the sole occupation of
household members - deleted seasonality of The CENTER region employment was 147.494
obtaining income shocks caused by natural persons in 2007 and in 2005 of 158.990 people,
phenomena attenuate the negative effects on registering a growth of 7.79% in 2005
agricultural production etc.. compared to 2007. The age groups "25-34
Thus in 1 Macroregiunea employment in 2007 years" there was an increase of 27.32% for the
was 442.669 people and 467.298 in 2005, so years 2005-2007, and the group "35-44 years" a
there was an increase of 5.56% in 2005 fall of 22.22% in 2005 compared to 2007.
compared to 2007.
In The North-West population employed persons in Rural Occupational Structure
2007 was 295.175 and 308.308 persons in 2005, The degree of diversification of economic
registering a growth of 4.44% in 2005 compared to activities, by multiplying the income sources
2007. The age groups "15-24" was an increase of that involve contributing to reducing risks from
agricultural activity as the sole occupation of
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household members - deleted seasonality of Table 7: Change in structure of the rural population
obtaining income shocks caused by natural employed in industry sectors
Services
phenomena attenuate the negative effects on
2005 2007
agricultural production etc [3] and [5]. Rural Romania 728314 804699
Share of population employed in secondary and % population occupied 17.10 18.80
tertiary sectors in Macroregiunea One was % pop 15-64 ani 18.98 21.03
about 2007. But 51% is visible in the period Macroregion1- 189366 200382
2005-2007 a trend of the importance of % population occupied 21.48 22.39
employment in agriculture at village level. Is % pop 15-64 ani 22.89 24.18
Northwest Region 101873 104015
observed as a decrease of 3.53 percentage % population occupied 19.39 19.86
points of people employed in agriculture and % pop 15-64 ani 20.99 21.90
hence an increase in people employed in non- Central region 87493 96367
agricultural activities. % population occupied 24.55 25.97
% pop 15-64 ani 25.56 27.24
Table 5: Change in structure of the rural population
employed in industry sectors Table 8: Change in structure of the rural population
employed in industry sectors
Agriculture
2005 2007 TOTAL
Rural Romania 2734920 2622707 2005 2007
% population occupied 64.23 61.27 Rural Romania 4258116 4280784
% pop 15-64 ani 60.23 56.61 % population occupied 100 100
Macroregion1- 467298 442669 % pop 15-64 ani 100 100
% population occupied 53.00 49.47 Macroregion1- 881717 894883
Northwest Region 308308 295175 % pop 15-64 ani 100 100
% population occupied 58.68 56.35 Northwest Region 525376 523865
Central region 158990 147494 % pop 15-64 ani 100 100
% population occupied 44.62 39.75 Central region 356341 371018
Source: NIS (2005,2007) workforce in Romania. Employment % pop 15-64 ani 100 100
and unemployment.
In territorial, changes in population structure

Table 6: Change in structure of the rural population
employed in industry sectors occupied by branches and sectors of activity is
Industry and construction consistent with economic and social
2005 2007 development. The primary sector is
Rural Romania 794882 853378 predominantly in the Northwest region where
% population occupied 18.67 19.94 over 56.35% of employment practice
% pop 15-64 ani 20.79 22.37 agriculture, down from 2.34 percentage points
Macroregion1- 225053 251832
% population occupied 25.52 28.14
since 2005. Area Occupational Center in
% pop 15-64 ani 27.34 30.52 contrast with other regions, farmers share of
Northwest Region 115195 124675 total employed population was only 39.75% in
% population occupied 21.93 23.80 2007.
% pop 15-64 ani 23.87 26.49
Central region 109858 127157 CONCLUSIONS
% population occupied 30.83 34.27
% pop 15-64 ani 32.23 35.88
Northwest Region
Activity rate of rural population in North-
Western figure in the year 2007 to 58.6%,
which is below the national rural average
(65.1%) with approx. 6.5 percentage points.
Between 2005 and 2007, regional activity rates
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increased relative to the issue about 1.03 Structure of employed population by
percentage points - from 60.5% in 2005 to employment status of the region is currently
58.6% in 2007. Characterized population dominated by employees. Following the
decline and the region, which is why young momentum in the share of registered
population quotas have been significantly employment outside agriculture workers
limited deformation generating the age decreased from 99.9% in 2005 to 99.6% of
pyramid. employment in 2007. This phenomenon was
Employment of population of the region is accompanied by upward mobility of lower
56.4% in 2007, which resulted in an adverse status groups - self-employed and unpaid
economic dependency ratio region. This report workers famille. The share of unpaid family
undergoes degradation over time, the dynamic workers decreased from 92.9% in 2005 to
regional employment rate is decreasing in the 89.3% in 2007, they were the first for the new
interval 2005-2007 from 57.5% to 56.4%. occupational opportunities offered by firms
Thus, if a thousand people in 2005 to 738 ‰ operating in industry and services accounted for
returned occupied inactive and unemployed, in a chance to overcome the status of persons
2007 the dependency ratio increased to 772 ‰. dependent almost exclusively on agricultural
Population structure of the region occupied by land. The share of workers on their own
employment status is a reflection of the remained relatively constant, which
occupational structure and remains as with the demonstrates that the ownership of agricultural
regions of Moldova dominated by occupational land intending to develop commercial farms
status characteristic forms of traditional through which to meet demand for food
agrarian economy - self-employed and unpaid markets.
family workers together totaling 4.10% of Region's population has therefore reviewed the
population occupation (2005-2007). Note, overall economic benefits of development
however, is the increasing trend of importance generating new occupational opportunities,
to categories of status involved in contractual leading to supplement the cash income of rural
relationships in the labor market - the share of household.
employees fell from 99.8% in 2005 to 99.6% in
2007 (for the age group - "15-64" ). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Central Region This research work was carried out with the
Activity rate of rural population stood at the support of National Institute of Statistics and
center region of 2007 to 58.2%, the lowest Draft POSDRU/13/5.2./S/11 "Fostering
value in comparison between all regions of Development through labor market Rural non-
Romania. No center region is no exception to agricultural occupations".
the rule of increasing importance in the share of
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PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIAN ORGANIC

BEEKEEPING
Marioara ILEA 1, Cristina Bianca POCOL 2

1
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca
3-5 Manastur, Cluj-Napoca, 400372, Romania, Phone: (00) 40 (0) 264 596 384 ext. 380
Fax. (00) 40 (0) 264 593 792 , E-mail : [email protected]
2
Key words: organic beekeeping, evolution, specific indicators, Romania
Abstract
The paper aimed to present the evolution of organic beekeeping sector during the period 2006-2009 in Romania. It is
based on the statistical data provided by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The data have been processed
into the following indicators: the business operator numbers, the bee families, and the quantity of certified organic
honey. During the analyzed period, the number of bee families and of organic certified business operators have
continuously ascending. The production of organic honey has growth in the analysed period, from 6 tones in 2000, to
18000 tones in 2009. It can be also observed an augmentation of the exported quantity. Due to the interest for this
product on the external markets, The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development propose a series of measures to
increase the competitiveness of Romanian ecological products, of the exporters and to promote the apicultural products
on the external markets.
INTRODUCTION beekeeping chain to have the necessary

information to conduct their production and their
According to the declaration of the consultant commercial activities; this fact means a better
for the European Organic Monitor, Amarjit orientation, especially to foreign markets. Due to
Sahota, Bio market in Romania will have the the low consumption of bee products by the
highest growth potential in the European Romanian people, domestic market does not
organic industry in the next 5 years, because in present a significant potential that could be
the Romanian agriculture have not been used, exploited.
in recent years, so many chemicals, the soils are In order to characterize the evolution of honey
clean, but best to get European certifications production, the following indicators were used:
and begin organic production [1]. Because the business operator numbers, the number of
honey represents 52% of processed organic bee families and the quantity produced of
products in Romania, the importance of certified organic honey. The period analyzed in
addressing issues related to the development this study was 2006-2009. The data, collected
prospects of the sector are obvious. from The Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and
In this context, the paper presents an analysis of Rural Development, have been statistically
the evolution of honey production in our processed and interpreted.
country, in order to put into evidence the
evolution of the business operator numbers, the RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
bee families and the quantity of certified
organic honey in the period 2006-2009. Beekeeping, as a branch of agricultural
production, has been, since ancient times, one
MATERIAL AND METHOD pursuit valued by human society, initially for its
products (honey, pollen, royal jelly, propolis,
The main objective of the research is to enable beeswax and bee venom) and later, including in
to all stakeholders of the Romanian organic present, for the contribution of these insects to
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the increasing of crops, fruits, vegetables and Operational situation of the Ministry of
seeds production from pollination. Currently, in Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development
the context of globalization, beekeeping gains shows that the number of bee families and the
new valences, the target of its practice being honey production increased during the period
not only getting high production, but also a 2001-2008, as follows [2]:
significant efficiency. This is achieved through Table 1. Evolution of beekeeping sector during the
diversification, getting quality products, period 2001-2004
practicing the organic beekeeping, choosing the SPECIFICATION UM 2001 2002 2003 2004
Thousands
most effective marketing channels, promote Effective
of families
745 781 840 892
consumption in compliance with health and Total production of Thousands
12,6 13,4 17,4 19,0
environmental protection. honey of tones
Per capita
Romania is among countries with well consumption of Kg 0,300 0,400 0,442 0,500
developed beekeeping; this is a consequence of honey
No. of subsidized Thousands
the large number of bee families we have, of families of families
- 600 200 300
the important quantity of honey produced, of Export
Thousands
6,9 5,7 9,6 12,3
of tones
the diversification of production, of the
Source: own processing after data from the National
beekeeping scientific research results and of the Institute of Statistics, Romanian Statistical Yearbook
specialists training services.
Table 2. Evolution of beekeeping sector during the
The future of the Romanian Beekeeping chain
period 2005-2008
is based on answers to several interrogations:
SPECIFICATION UM 2005 2006 2007 2008
- Are the actors of bee chain able to face the
Thousands 930 975 990 1100
current economic crisis? Effective
of families
- Romanian bee products are quite well known Total production of Thousands 18 18 19 21
honey of tones
internationally? Per capita 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
- How do Romanian beekeepers face the unfair consumption of Kg
honey
competition that brings the penetration of No. of subsidized Thousands 417 687 690 700
synthetic but very cheap honey from other families of families
countries? Thousands 6.6 9.6 10.5 11
Export
of tones
- How to increase domestic consumption of Source: own processing after data from the National
honey, especially of local honey, which is Institute of Statistics, Romanian Statistical Yearbook
superior to the Asian varieties that started to
flood the local market? Organic Beekeeping is a dynamic sector in
- How should be respected the principles of the Romania. As the first certified organic
traceability in the case of bee products? producers in beekeeping are recorded in 2000;
- What are the possibilities to promote these production of organic honey in 2000 was
products in Romania and internationally? around 6 tones, compared to 2800 tones, in
- How can be changed the subsidies flow in a 2009. The diagnosis of Romanian beekeeping
non-bureaucratic one? sector reveals key indicators that show an
- How to access European funds for investments ascending trend. In the year 2009, the number
in the field of beekeeping? of bee families was 68,500, compared to 2006
- How to encourage the practice of organic when their number was 37,260 ( Fig 1).
beekeeping? 80000
70000 62937 66079 68500
- How to encourage the export?

no. of bee fam ilies
60000
- How to make external partnerships? 50000

40000
37260
The answers to these questions are not simple at 30000

20000
all; they should take into account the great 10000
diversity of apiaries, the marketing of bee 0

2006 2007 2008 2009
products and the legislation. years
In this sense, it is absolutely essential to make an no. of bee families

analysis of Romanian beekeeping sector, in order
Fig. 1. Evolution of the number of bee families
to support all those involved within this chain.
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Source: own processing after data from the National land, and continuing by inspecting the
Institute of Statistics, Romanian Statistical Yearbook processes by which it is obtained the final
The amount of organic exported honey from product.
Romania to other countries reached the level of The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
1400 tones annually (Fig 2). Development proposes a series of measures to
3000 2800 increase the competitiveness of Romanian
2650
2500 ecological products for export, in order to
the quantity (tones)
2000
1950
promote the apicultural products on the external
1500 1242 1280
1400
markets.
938
1000 756 Steps to be taken by a producer of organic
500 products involve:
0 • a conversion period or a transition one,
2006 2007 2008 2009
years
from the conventional to the organic
apiculture, in which operators must comply
the quantity of organic honey the quantity of exported organic honey
with rules established by the Standing
Fig. 2 . Evolution of the exported organic honey Council Regulation (EEC) no. 2092/91; the
Source: own processing after data from the National
recommendation for the conversion period
Institute of Statistics, Romanian Statistical Yearbook
in the case of beekeeping is 1 year (if the
The business operator numbers in the organic family was bought from conventional
beekeeping sector has continuously ascending apiaries).
from 350 in the year 2006 to 620 in the year • Registration of the organic beekeepers, to
2009, as a result of the increasing demand for the Department for Agriculture and Rural
this product (Fig 3). This is a consequence of Development in the county of each operator
the fact that consumers became more and more (the registration is governed by the Order
conscious about the benefits of health food and no. 219 of 21/03/2007 that indicates the
of healthy lifestyle. Rules for registration of operators in
4500 4191
organic farming).
4000
3409
3834
• The control and the certification of
3500 3092
organic agricultural products are made in
operator number
3000
2500
2000
Romania, at present, by private certification
1500
717
and inspection bodies. Following
1000 620
inspections conducted by regulatory bodies,
584
350
500
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 operators who have complied with the rules
years
of production will receive a certificate of
Registered business operator number in organic agriculture
Registered business operator number in organic beekeeping
organic products and will be able to label
Fig. 3 . Registered business operators number in organic
their products as organic.
beekeeping for 2006-2009 • Organization of marketing of organic
Source: own processing after data from the Ministry of products is an important pathway of organic
Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development farming; only the registered traders can sell
their organic products through various
The organic production is covered at European channels on the food market: farm-gate
level by the Regulation (EC) no.834/2007 on sales, sales through wholesale stores, sales
the production and labelling of organic in specialized stores, on-line sales for
products and by the Regulation (EEC) no. organic products, seasonal sales markets.
889/2008 modifying detailed rules of On the list of MADR processors, beekeeping
Regulation (EC) no. 834/2007. operators and traders can be found, among
Application of laws relating to organic other organic operators, Apidava Ltd., a
production is observed in organic inspection Romanian Dutch Company, which exports
and certification bodies that release organic organic honey in Netherlands, Germany,
product certificates. They control the whole Austria, England, Poland, Macedonia, France,
chain of the product, beginning to the cultivated Italy, Sweden, Canada, USA, Japan, Singapore.
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Apidava is one of the biggest processor and order to increase the number of beehives,
exporter of natural and organic honey that • The increase of the domestic consumption
currently processes between 1500 and 2800 of honey could be achieved through
tones of honey per year consumer education programs by awareness
about the beneficial effects of consuming
CONCLUSIONS these foods for a healthy life and by
informing consumers about the various
It is very important and also necessary to study opportunities to consume honey and other
the development of the Romanian beekeeping bee products; in this regard, it is
chain in the context of harmonization of the recommended to adjust the supply of honey
national legislation with the EU regulations producers and processors to the needs of
regarding the organic food products. The results honey consumers regarding the honey
of the research helped to identify possible varieties and the types of packaging.
solutions that lead to the increase of the organic • The reduced consumption of honey is a
honey production and consumption: consequence not only of the lack of
1. intensify and diversify the bee information, but also of the purchasing
products, with emphasis on organic power of the population.
products;
2. increase the number of bee families and REFERENCES
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RURAL FAMILY COMMUNISM

Adina Magdalena IORGA
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest

59 Marasti, sector 1, 011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 21 318 25 64/232, Fax: + 40 21
318 28 88 , E-mail : [email protected]
Key words : family environment, distribution roles, migration, social relations
Abstract
Romanian Communism, in its first years, may be treated as "a modern project”. Forced industrialization of the years
1950-1960 has rushed urbanization, the collapse of extended family, for a waiving of the population in the agricultural
lifestyle.Social relations were concentrated mainly in family space, avoiding public space. Village and community are
replaced by the impersonality of relations closed daily and urban agglomerations. However, the relationship with the
urban village, the majority of a generation migrants from rural areas remains a powerful model "diffuse mixed
household" in which children in the city become a common budget and manages the older generations remain in their
village.Regarding family, was promoted women into the labor market and social policies to encourage birth pronatalist
(banning abortion). New social norm was that women's participation in employment given the labor required.
Regarding the division of family tasks were preserved traditional habits that women's role in private space was to
perform single tasks related to education of children and household care. Arguably, the improved standard of living but
traditional family values were specific to the countryside.
INTRODUCTION RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
Family is an independently dynamic system Rural population under socialism has registered
that integrates social mechanism, with a a gradual downward trend, a direct
pronounced historical character. Thus rural consequence of the cooperativization forced
social dynamics as a whole, was passed on industrialization of agriculture and the urban
dimensioning household, the functionality and environment. Thus, rural population to
role of the family. 7.01.1992, compared with the July 1, 1973 fell
In this material I will analyze the mutations by 1 648 853 people (from 912 to 736 438 men
identified occurred in the family (rural and 415 women).
household) village settlements in the Table 1 Dynamics of major demographic
indicators of the rural population in Romania
evolutionary process of ante and post- Year Rate Birth Infant General Natural
revolutionary period and the effects of ruralization rate mortality mortality growth
rate rate
demographic policies in this period. 25.01.1948 76,6 26,2 148,0 16,1 10,1
21.02.1956 68,7 26,3 85,8 10,6 15,7
MATERIAL AND METHOD 15.03.1966 61,8 16,1 48,9 8,9 7,2
1.07.1970 63,1 22,6 51,2 10,4 12,2
5.01.1977 56,4 20,4 35,1 11,5 9,1
To characterize the demographic changes of 1.08.1980 54,2 17,7 32,4 12,0 5,7
the rural population in the period 1966-1992 1.07.1985 50,0 15,5 29,6 13,0 2,5
1.07.1989 46,8 16,8 29,3 12,9 3,9
we used the following indicators: ruralization 7.01.1992 45,7 12,9 25,7 14,8 -1,9
rate, birth rate, overall mortality rate, infant
mortality, natural increase, the number of Steady decline in rural population was due to
people of rural household assets [1]. type-casting process, rural-urban migration, but
Statistical data from censuses and statistical in a largely progressive and steady decline of
yearbooks were processed to identify the main natural increase (negative values in 1992 - 1.9
coordinates of the family's demographic and ‰) .(table 1)
social areas, from the communist period. The birth rate in the rural area population was
drastically reduced from 26.2 ‰ in 1948 to
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16.8 ‰ in 1989. The trend of lower birth rates representing over 63% and active people flock
continued at an accelerated pace after the back to an average household is estimated at
events of 1989, such as the census in 1992 this 3.5. (table 2)
indicator had a value of 12.9 ‰[3]. Census of 1992 revealed large increases in the
Significant differentiation of the rural number of rural households without active
population birth rate is observed at the regional person, from 7.54% in 1966 to 30.62% in
level, as counties in Moldova register higher 1992[4]. Reduced the share of households
values of this indicator in comparison with consisting of 2-4 active people, from 63% in
those of the Banat and Transylvania. 1966 to 41% in 1992, following the migration
Decree 770/1966 introduced banning abortion. process. Average number of people return to
The consequence is to increase the birth rate in rural households is 3.12.
the next period, then recover to initial
valoriiile. Banning abortion does not mean CONCLUSIONS
eradication and practicing it, with dramatic
effects on physical and mental health of 1. Change reproductive behavior of rural
women[2]. population, a drastic reduction in the birth rate;
Overall mortality rate of rural population 2. Overall mortality of the rural population is
register for the whole period taken into account influenced by demographic aging trend
the high value at alarming rates lasts infant accentuated by the rural population, the
mortality rate, although compared with the base increasing morbidity due to deficiencies in
year (1948) has fallen by over 5.5 times. Low rural health, poor living standards, heavy work
natural growth rate in 1992 can be explained in agriculture;
not only by declining birth rates, as growth 3. Demographic family size has decreased due
indices of mortality. This is confirmed by to geographical and occupational mobility of
higher levels of female fertility in rural rural, slowdown birth and natural growth of
collectivity. rural population decline;
4. A low strength active constituents of
Table 2 Distribution of rural households depending on household, as the share of households
the working, the censuses of 15.03.1966 and 7.01.1992.
The working-household Households to Households to
consisting of 5 persons and over.
15.03.1966 7.01.1992
Households without active 7,54 30,62 REFERENCES
persons
Households with 1 person 19,68 26,34
active
Households with 2 people 50,23 27,64
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Households with 3 people 14,16 9,95 Academiei Romane, Bucuresti , 84-116.
active [2] Adrian Neculau, 2004, Viata cotidiana in comunism,
Households with 4 people 6,65 4,16 Ed.Polirom, Iasi , p. 234-253.
active
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active and more statistic al Romaniei , 1974, 1975-1988, 1989-1992
[4]x x x – Institutul National de Statistica,
In 1966 about 70% of rural households had 1-2 Recensamantul populatiei si locuintelor din 7.01.1992
persons in their component assets. Households
consisting of 3-4 active people over 20% of
their total. Households consist of 2-4 people
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FAMILY IN THE TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN VILLAGE
Adina Magdalena IORGA

318 28 88 , E-mail : [email protected]
Key words : village community, family status, joint property, family relationships
Abstract
The most important feature of rural social life is that society is not static phenomenon, but is always subject to changes
that cause changes in all its components, including within the family, which is functionally related both individuals and
society overall he belongs.Village joint property is a joint Romanian family households, based on a territory ruled
jointly, in which the community itself has prior rights and larger households constitutive rights, rights exercised by the
governing body called the council. Village community is primarily a governing body of the village but interfamiliale or
intrafamiliale governing relations.Family life is governed by clear rules specifying the relations between the spouses,
children-parent report, influence of social environment on families, especially in the socialization of children, family
social status.
INTRODUCTION conditioned space, biological, psychological and

historical, integrated a series of relationships and
Changes that occur in society affects the social processes.
characteristics of rural families, so in the study Significant in terms of rural families in traditional
of traditional Romanian family in the village villages of the study is the work "Research
we will consider two main issues: Monograph of the family", made of Xenia
 analyze the traditional Romanian village, Costaforu, social worker in interdisciplinary
the village communities teams launched in the interwar period Romanian
 rural family characteristics with the social Sociological School, villages Runcu Cornova,
space of inter-village . Fundu Moldova Nerej, Dragus.
MATERIAL AND METHOD RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
A significant contribution to the study of the Nature of the joint property deriving from the
Romanian village owe an illustrious traditional Romanian village constituted "is an
representative of a Sociological School of association of family households, based on a
Bucharest, Professor Henri H. Stahl. Thus in territory ruled jointly, in which the community
Paperl "Contributions to the study of Romanian itself has prior rights and larger households
villages in common” presents the organization constitutive rights, rights exercised by the
of the Romanian village during the transition governing body called the council"[1].
from a natural economy and a" simple Management is by the village community was,
production of goods ", in a cash economy and a by all its members, not by a person or group of
massive" capitalist production of goods ", so persons. "People good old" occupied a place at
the penetration of capitalism in agriculture. the forefront, being integrated in a complex
Method used by the Bucharest School of parish. [3]
Sociology in analyzing the family unit is Community, as meeting the crowd of villagers,
monographic method. Monograph is an not only have administrative role. Community
exhaustive study of a comprehensive social life of the village are not limited to common
realities. Family unity is an independent set of economic interests, but includes all social life,
events spiritual, economic, legal and political,
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including the internal life of the family of each 3. Equality between spouses, conjugal fidelity,
individual life, both material and spiritual. assuming the role of leader, the degree of
Family study intends to present the external individual freedom and respect for each
environment acting on family life[2]: personality are factors that lead to living
 the space refers to the territorial together of spouses;
characteristics: location, climate, type of 4. Reasons for termination of cohabitation
terrain that influences issues studied; between spouses: the difference of age,
 the biological target village and its illness, conjugal infidelity, lack of care
demographic characteristics: age at first towards children and her husbands personal
marriage, birth, divortialitatea, mortality, defects, intrigue on the part of relatives or
life expectancy, specific diseases, etc., strangers;
 presents the historical evolution of family 5. The custom of the earth, the ultimo-genitura
forms, the gradual transition from extended male is a patriarchal way of providing old age
family, to form more flexible, tight family; because parents house remains the smallest of the
 psychological context refers to religious brothers, with the obligation for them to take care
life, morality, family, important landmarks of his parents;
in the growth and education; 6. Wealth is a wealth of joint property, in which
children are entitled to take a share by
 economic events as the family presents a
endowment;
workshop production autarchic nature, 7. Burden-sharing in the household is made
family solidarity has an important role in differently, depending on age and sex;
this context, related work in the field; 8. Relationships are based on system interfamiliale
 spiritual events, participation in religious family or neighborhood.
life, in various forms of entertainment
suited to every age; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 legal events relate to such assets being
family inheritance mode of wealth, family Sociology School of Bucharest has important
and inheritance system, are important scientific contributions to understanding forms of
aspects of family life, governed by cohabitation family in rural Romanian society.
customary land; Monographic method is a particularly useful
 administrative and political events is related research tool for studying rural communities.
to family interaction and administrative
policymakers of that period; REFERENCES
[1] Henri H. Stahl, 1998, Contribuţii la studiul satelor

CONCLUSIONS devălmaşe româneşti, Editura Cartea Romaneasca ,
Bucuresti , Capitolul 2, p. 25-50, vol. II
1. Motivation marriage by a number of [2] Xenia Costaforu, 2005, Cercetarea monografica a
factors: the custom and tradition, by familiei, Ed.Tritonoc , Bucuresti , p. 85-215.
imposing on relatives and the community, [3]Florentina Boiangiu, 2008 , Sociologie rurala,
USAMV- IDD, Bucuresti, p. 45-49
through its determination of the individual;
2. Barriers to marriage: the distinction of race,
religion, coming from different social
classes;
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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS E FOR THE

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL AREA - CASE STUDY,
CĂLĂRAŞI COUNTY
Radu Andrei IOVA1, Dumitra CONSTANTIN1, Daniela CRETU1, Elena LASCĂR1, Mariana
NĂSTASE1
1
Key words: rural development, rural area, programs of rural development, funds use, economic integration.
Abstract
The rural development at EU level and Romania is an activity of vital importance by the dimension of the rural area,
expressed by the surface owned, as well by the percent of the population employed in various activities. If we take into
consideration at Romania level also the aspects related to the living conditions of the inhabitants, the services
accessibility, the development of physical and social infrastructure, the dimension of the rural development can be
transformed into a national dimension. As a conclusion, it is needed the promotion of the rural development programs
in all areas of the country, within a concept of rural development regarding the economic and social integration of the
Romanian village. Of course, this is possible only by attracting foreign capital in advantageous conditions, in order to
support the investment programs, and by training the human resources to use efficiently these funds.
INTRODUCTION the enlarged European Union, with a series of

major discrepancies regarding the rural area
The policy of rural development appeared in and the living level of the rural population.
the first phases of PAC application. Since the
creation of CEE the rural areas contained big MATERIAL AND METHOD
changes, especially as a result of the
diminishing of the number of farmers. These The community development policy of the rural
evolutions made the rural development be a areas, although autonomous, is approached in a
more and more stringent political concern. The concept of global integrated development that
policy of rural development must re-establish contains all the components of social and
the connexions between the agriculture and economic life in these spaces. Gradually, the
nature, to maintain and to try to keep a cleaner rural development policy started to cover not
environment, to promote the population only the disadvantaged areas, but also the entire
stabilisation in these areas. European rural area. As it is known, the EU
The main objective of the European Union in member states have full liberty to chose the
the fundamental reform of the first “pillar’ of rural development policies in the existing
the Common Agricultural Policy in 2003 and socio-economic conditions in these countries,
2004, aimed first of all the rural development. policies that are in accordance with the
Thus, the European Commission adopted on Common Agricultural Policy.
14th July 2004, the proposal of modification of The technical reasons that determined this
the EU rural development policy, aiming the modification refer, mainly, to a high number of
consolidation and simplification of the actual programs, programming systems and different
system of grants, for the period 2007-2013, by systems of financial management and control
the creation of the European Agricultural Fund that exist in the current period of programming
for Rural Development (FAEDR) that replaced and led to the significant increase of
the European Fund for orientation and administrative task of the Member States and of
Agricultural Guarantee (FEOGA), with the the European Commission and to the reduction
role to comply with the exigencies imposed by
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of coherency, transparency and monitoring of The project value (Euro): 86 882 EURO (of
the rural development policy. which 49 568 EURO Călăraşi County Council
contribution)
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS A.3. UNDER SAPARD PROGRAM
Table 1. Projects funded in Călăraşi county, on measure
The main modifications that were taken into 2.1 – Development of rural infrastructure – sub
measure „Roads in rural areas”
consideration by the new rural development
- RON -
policy are oriented to the following fields:
Objective name Beneficiary Project value
grouping all existing measures in an unique No
instrument of funding and programming; the crt.
need to adopt an European strategy for rural 1. Modernisation of local Vlad Ţepeş 1.174.477
development hat will be the base of the roads DS. 1121, 1622, Local Council
825, 2172,1929,32,10
elaboration of the national strategies; giving 4,5 Km
much more liberty to the member states as
2. Modernisation of local Frăsinet Local 2.875.882
regards the modality of programs interest roads Council
implementation, by reducing the number of 4,2 Km
detailed rules and the eligibility conditions; 3. Modernisation of local Ciocăneşti 3.394.477
interest roads Local Council
orientation mainly of the rural development 7 Km.
programs to the real needs of the rural
TOTAL 7.444.836
environment.
A. Projects implemented under Pre-
Table 2. Projects funded in Călăraşi county, on
Accession Funds in Călăraşi county measure 2.1 – Development of rural infrastructure – sub
A.1.UNDER I.S.P.A. PROGRAM measure „Water supply in rural areas”
THE PROJECT – TECHNICAL - RON -
ASSISTANCE FOR THE ELABORATION No. Objective name Beneficiary Project
crt. value
OF PROJECTS IN THE SECTOR OF
DRINKING WATER AND USED WATER IN
1. Water supply of the villages Mitreni Local 3.137.515
ROMANIA - MASTER PLAN, CALARASI Mitreni and Valea Roşie Council
COUNTY - (Measure ISPA no.
2003/RO/16/P/PA/013-4). The project funded 2. Extension and modernisation Spanţov Local 956.483
of water supply in Spanţov Council
by the European Union under ISPA pre- commune
accession fund, by which it was aimed the
elaboration of projects in the environment 3. Water supply of the villages Săruleşti Local 905.503
sector – sector of drinking water and used Săruleşti and Sănduliţa Council
water, that are to be implemented in Calarasi

4. Extension and modernisation Grădiştea Local 1.070.391
county, under the Structural Funds, in the of water supply in Grădiştea Council
programming period 2007 – 2013 commune
A.2. UNDER PHARE PROGRAM
THE PROJECT – COUNTY CENTRE FOR 5. Modernisation and extension Draglina Local 1.421.323
of the water supply system Council
CITIZEN INFORMATION (PROGRAM
PHARE RO 9707.01 – FUND OF LOCAL 6. Drinking water supply in Al. Odobescu 684.542
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Gălăţui village Local Council
MODERNISATION ) THAT HAD AS TOTAL 8.175.757
Objective: The consolidation of the social
dialogue with the citizens of Călăraşi county,
by developing a strategy that facilitates the
circulation of information flow in double way,
between the different levels of local public
administration and citizens, contributing to the
increase of efficiency and performance of the
local public administration.
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Table 3. Projects of rural infrastructure funded by 1. CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN
sapard program measure 2.1 „development of rural AGRICULTURE. The project
infrastructure” – according to GD 1512 / 29.11.2005 objective: reduction on long term of
- EURO -
discharging nutrients and other polluting
No. Project name Beneficiary Project value
crt. substances of agricultural origin in the Danube
1. Modernisation of BELCIUGATELE 541.902
and Black Sea by the integrated management of
commune road DC Local Council soil and water and sustainable ecologic use of
32A Belciugatele-
Cojesti
natural resources in two embanked precincts.
2. Rehabilitation of CHIRNOGI Local 668.587
The project addressed to the rural area and
commune road. Council aimed the manure management, the integrated
Asphalting 3 km of
road
management of embanked precincts Boianu-
Sticleanu , the ecologic restoration in Călăraşi-
3. Modernisation of FRUMUŞANI Eligible value:
commune road Local Council 996.847 Răul embanked precincts, monitoring of water
5,17km + and soil quality, consolidation of regulation
non eligible
value supported capacity on environment policies
by the Project value (USD): 10,8 million USD ( 0,29
Government:
197.642 million USD Călăraşi County Council
Total value: contribution)
1.194.490,48
2. RESTRUCTURING OF PLACING
4. Modernisation of RADOVANU 990.000
commune road: 3,8 Local Council CENTRE „CUORE” FĂUREI. Project
km objective: creation of a social infrastructure in
Total 3.394.978 the sector of institutionalised child protection.
A.4. PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED UNDER Project aim: Creation of 3 little house family
EUROPEAN COOPERATION type (12 children per house) in the localities
PROGRAMS Ulmu, Făurei, Ciocăneşti. Project location:
1. Development of institutional capacity in Ulmu, Făurei, Ciocăneşti Călăraşi county.
order to develop the infrastructure in Romania Project value: 185 thousand EURO (PHARE
– Instruments for an efficient and sustainable 2002 - Ro9905.02-CL 056 B )
management of the road infrastructure in B. Post-accession projects
Calarasi county and Calarasi municipality The B1. UNDER THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL
project was funded under the Cooperation DEVELOPMENT FUND
Program between Flanders and Central and * UNDER the Regional Operational Program
East European countries (session 2007). The 2007-2013 – priority axis 2, Major Field of
project in total value of 136.475 Euro, was Intervention 2.1. "Rehabilitation and
implemented during 24 months, in the period modernisation of county roads, urban streets –
01.01.2008 - 31.12.2009. including construction/rehabilitation of ring
2. PROJECT "ITALY - ROMANIA : roads", the projects:
RESOURCES IN NETWORK, ACTIONS OF A) "Modernisation and rehabilitation of the
FORMATION FOR THE LOCAL PUBLIC county road DJ 301 section Fundeni - Budesti,
ADMINISTRATION DEVELOPMENT". The km.13+000 - km.36+578". The project is
project was funded under Memorandum of funded by the European Union, funding
Agreement between U.N.C.J.R. (National contract no.231/12.05.2009 – total value of the
Union of the County Councils in Romania) and project: 43.795.745,88 lei, duration of project
U.P.I. (Union of Italian Provinces), signed on implementation : 31 months.
31st May 2006. The project in total value of B)"IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS TO THE
55.560 Euro, was implemented during EUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORK TEN
12 months, in the period 01.02.2007 - T7 IN CALARASI COUNTY, BY THE
31.01.2008. REHABILITATION AND
A5. PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED UNDER MODERNISATION OF DJ 201B, KM.19+000
THE WORLD BANK - KM.39+950, ON THE ROUTE LIMIT OF
IALOMITA COUNTY- VALEA ARGOVEI
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AND DJ 303, KM.26+294 - KM.48+278 Table 3. Centralization of post – accession projects,
VALEA ARGOVEI - MANASTIREA". under implementation
Project name Funding line Project value
The project is funded by the European Union,
"Modernisation and Regional Operational
funding contract no. 430/07.07.2009 – total rehabilitation of the Program 2007-2013
value of the project : 44.944.350,96 lei, county road dj 301 – Priority axis 2,
section Fundeni - Major Field of 43.795.745,88
duration of project implementation : 31months. Budesti, km.13+000 Intervention 2.1. lei,
C)"MODERNISATION AND - km.36+578" "Rehabilitation and
modernisation of the
REHABILITATION OF THE COUNTY county road network,
ROAD DJ 303 SECTION CALARETI - urban streets –
including
VALEA ARGOVEI KM.0+000 - KM.26+294". construction/rehabilit
The project is funded by the European Union, ation of ring roads"
"Improvement of Regional Operational
funding contract no. 564/08.10.2009 – total the access to Program 2007-2013
value of the project: 55.557.533,56 lei, duration European road – Priority Axis 2,
transport network Major Field of 44.944.350,96
of project implementation : 31 months. section ten T7 in Intervention 2.1. lei,
B2. UNDER THE COHESION FUND Calarasi county, by "Rehabilitation and
rehabilitation and modernisation of the
Under The Sectorial Operational program for modernisation of DJ of the county road
Environment 2007-2013 – Priority axis 1, 201b, km.19+000 - network, urban
KM.39+950, on the streets – including
Major Field of Intervention 1.1. route limit of construction/rehabilit
"Extension/modernisation of water/used Ialomita COUNTY- ation of ring roads"
Valea Argovei and
water system", the project "EXTENSION DJ 303, KM.26+294
AND REHABILITATION OF WATER AND - KM.48+278 Valea
Argovei -
SWEREAGE SYSTEMS IN CALARASI Manastirea"
COUNTY" . The project is funded by the "Modernisation and
rehabilitation of the
European Union, funding contract no. county road DJ 303 55.557.533,56
91.803/09.10.2008 – total value of the project : SECTION Calareti - lei,
Valea Argovei
440.395.303 lei, duration of project KM.0+000 -
implementation: 62 months. KM.26+294"
COHESION FUND
B3. UNDER THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL "Extension and Sectorial Operational
FUND. rehabilitation of the Program for 440.395.303 lei
Under the Operational Program water and sewerage Environment 2007-
systems, in Calarasi 2013 – Priority axis
Administrative Capacity Development 2007- county" 1, Major Field of
2013 – Priority axis 1, Major Field of Intervention 1.1.
"Extension/modernis
Intervention 1.3. "Improvement of ation of water/used
organisational efficacy", the projects: water systems"
A) "Personalised training for a modern pubnlic

administration". The project is funded by the  Development of human resources by the
European Union, funding contract no improvement of the continuous professional
28/07.08.2009 – total value of the project: training
1.312.972,35 lei, duration of project Increase of living standard in the rural area by
implementation : 12 months. the improvement and development of the social
B) "Development of professional competences infrastructures and of those needed for a
within the local public authorities in the fiels of sustainable agriculture.
project management and public procurement". In the rural area, the roads constitute the most
The project is funded by the European Union, important transport route, but the quality and in
duration of project implementation: 12 months. general, their development and traffic is not
Development of rural economy by the still compliant with the European standards.
diversification of economic activities in the Only a half of the communes have direct access
rural area, in order to maintain and/or to create to the road networks and because of this it can
jobs and some alternative incomes within the be said that the actual road network serves only
peasants’ houses. 3/5 of the total of rural population. Moreover
25% of the communes cannot use the roads in
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the periods with precipitations (Study, World  Formulation of a program of rural enterprise
Bank, 2007). In 2008, the public roads in to ensure support for projects that promote the
Romania covered a surface of 89.914 km, and adaptation, modernisation and development of
among these 80% represented county roads and the rural areas;
commune roads. The works made during the  Creation of local working groups for the
last years concentrated especially on repairing elaboration of the socio-economic strategies;
and modernisation of the network of national  Initiation of training programs for the local
roads. The limited financial resources caused administrations staff;
the commune and county roads to be seriously  Creation of information centres in the main
neglected, and the quality and their use level fields of interest in each municipality near town
decreased dramatically. Only 10,6% of the halls, schools or culture houses;
county roads and commune roads were  Creation of intermediate agencies for the
modernised, among which 30,7% were covered labour force employment;
with light road coverings. As regards the  Increase of funding for socio-economic
situation of the commune roads, at the county programs;
level (NUTS 3) a low level of modernisation is
 Development of training programs for job
registered (only 11,24% of the commune roads
creation.
are modernised), and this leads to consequences
b) Development of small enterprises and
on the development of the productive activities
economic activities at local level, by practicing
and commercial changes. The percent of the
the following measures :
commune roads in total of public roads, at the
 Investments in development, modernisation,
county level vary between 17% in Calarasi
improvement of road infrastructure;
county and 56% in Buzau county. Of the total
of commune roads a very low percent is  Extension and modernisation of
communication infrastructure;
represented by the modernised commune roads,
varying between 0,28% in Harghita county and  Creation of facilities (juridical, financial) for
25,15% in Olt county (5 of the counties – the creation of local enterprises to produce
Botosani, Buzau, Covasna, Tulcea and Vrancea specific/traditional products (industrialization,
do not have modernised commune roads). wood and not wood products) ;
 Extension of consultancy centres for the small
CONCLUSIONS and medium sized enterprises and service
providers;
1. Adaptation, modernisation and development  Placing a SMEs representative at the level of
of the rural economy in an integrated coherent local council;
vision, by the promotion of the development of  Training of local persons, and improvement
the rural non agricultural enterprises and a big of partnership conditions for the development
participation of all economic agents and of craftsmen activities.
institutions interested in this complex process, c) Improvement of local image and creation of
represent an option that is worth being new identity of regions favourable for the
considered. This implies also the reduction or development of tourist enterprises and services
correction of negative effects of the adapting by adopting the following measures:
process of the rural areas, by preservation and  Creation at local level of a cultural centre to
maintenance of rural society traditions. The promote the traditional products;
priorities that must be taken into consideration  Support of cultural activities and traditional
for the development of the rural economy are: programs and their coordination at regional
a) Construction of the community capacity to level;
develop activities in the rural area and to have  Preservation of local culture and traditions;
access to resources and for these the following  Ensure facilities for the development of the
actions are needed: rural tourism (ecologic, forest tourism);
 Achievement of some coordination structures  Funding of a tourist marketing study;
for rural development;  Improvement of tourist services quality;
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 Improvement of local communities 3.5), professional training for the farmers
participation in tourism development. (measure 4.1), support of producers group
2. The measures proposed to be funded under (measure 3.2), agro-environment (measure 3.3),
the National Plan for Agriculture and Rural diversification of non agricultural activities
Development cannot ensure but in percent of 25 (measure 3.4), encourage the tourist activities
- 30% the solving of problems the Romanian (measure 3.4), the first afforestation of the
rural area face with, such as: lack of some agricultural land (measure 3.5).
viable exploitations, processing units that must
be modernised, lack of rural infrastructure, REFERENCES
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IMPORTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES IN THE RURAL

SPACE - CASE STUDY, CĂLĂRAŞI COUNTY-
Radu Andrei IOVA1, Daniela CRETU1, Mariana NĂSTASE1, Dumitra CONSTANTIN1
1
Key words: rural industry, value of service providing, service quality, rural clients.
Abstract
The development of the rural industry and services must represent a fundamental objective of the authorities duet to
their economic and social implications on the inhabitants of the villages. Regardless what group they are in, the
services providing that are to be concluded or developed, aim to ensure the more complete use of the labour force and
the increase of the population incomes in the rural area. The units that provide services for agriculture must take into
account especially, the adequate time management. It will take care not to overload with clients because of the
agriculture specific. If they will work under time pressure, the services will not be of high quality. It is also important
the determination of the services tariffs that measure the value perceived by the client and that reflect the quality and
value of the service providing. Taking into consideration the poor financial state of the agricultural exploitations, the
tariffs must be established at an acceptable level, to allow the profit achievement by the providing unit
. raw materials, commerce, transports etc.), that

INTRODUCTION have a positive impact on the rural
communities, contributing to the ensure
A way to revalorise the rural area in the supplementary incomes and to increase the
regional economic context is the development level of use the labour force.
and promotion of sectors of services specific to At present there are deep disparities at regional
it and activities based on the use of local level, and especially between the urban and
resources. O the potential of the rural area, rural areas, as regards the business sector,
regarded mainly only by existent agricultural because of an insufficiently developed
surfaces and activities related to their work, are infrastructure in the rural areas, lack of
based on the existence of some specific financial resources, difficulties in credit
insufficiently explored resources and can accessing, but also a reduced level of
constitute an alternative and at the same time an entrepreneurial training.
opportunity of diversification of rural economy. The study was based on the Development plan
The measure, aims the orientation and support of Muntenia Region, statistical data of the
of private sector to activities related to Regional Department of Statistics Calarasi,
agriculture and with non agricultural specific in Department for Agriculture and Rural
the field of agro food processing, manufacture Development Calarasi and County Office for
processing and agro tourism. The adequate Agricultural Consultancy.
development of this sector contribute to the
formation and consolidation in the region of a RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
middle class with decisive role in social
stability and in increasing the life quality in the The more diversified the structure is, the more
rural area. favourable the social implications are:
possibilities to employ the labour force,
MATERIAL AND METHODS population stability, maintain the young in the
rural area (with possibilities to work in non
In the rural area in Calarasi a series of non agricultural activities, but related to
agricultural activities develop (rural tourism, agriculture), guaranteeing thus the different
agro tourism, processing of some agricultural sources of incomes for the rural population;
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complementarity in using the labour force; use localities situated near the urban centres are
of partial time of the employees in private served by services organised only for the waste
familial agricultural farms etc management. Besides the deposits of municipal
Thus it is imposes the need to create alternative waste in the urban area, in Romania 3.686
jobs, as well sources of additional incomes deposit spaces were identified in the rural area
from non agricultural activities, together with with a surface of at most a hectare. The closure
the re-orientation of the labour force to non and ecologisation of the rural deposits, finalised
agricultural productive activities and to the until the end of the year 2009, once with the
development of services for the rural extension of the waste collection at rural level
population. The rural area must be not also, the achievement of the transport system,
conceived as a predominantly agricultural area. transfer and opening of zone deposits.
Other difficulties in the rural area are linked Electric power
to the access of medical and educational In the rural area, the connection to the public
services, the access of the rural population to networks of electric power supply remains a
basic education and to health services is problem. In Romania there is a number of
hindered by the poor transport services, with a 37.977 houses situated in 1.772 rural localities
negative impact on the urban – rural flow of the partially electrified and 3.327 houses situated in
doctors and teachers. The adequate roads 121 localities not electrified (MIRA-2009).
represents an essential condition for the Heating energy
economic development, besides the other The services for heating energy supply are
sectors of human and social development. limited in the rural area, only 0,5% of the
Drinking water supply total of heating energy being distributed in
To ensure a current drinking water network these areas, due to the fact that many of the
represents another major problem that factories that produced this energy and
condition the life and the development of distributed it to the villages nearby reduced
economic activities in the rural area. Only 33% their activity or gave up to these services
of the inhabitants in the rural area (3,4 million providing. Therefore, at national level only 26
of inhabitants) have access to the public water of rural localities benefit by this service. As
network, as regards the hot water network the regards the heating by heating station, only
situation is much more critical. Given this, most 2,4% of the houses in the rural area benefit by
houses (70%), use the wells for the water this service, while 89% of the houses use stoves
consume. In 2008, 43,6% of the total length of based on wood, charcoal, petrol.
drinking water supply is in rural areas and Access to internet
56,4% in urban areas. At present, in the rural areas the access to
Public sewerage network internet is very limited, only some public
The public sewerage network is still in an institutions benefit by it especially; as it is
early phase in the rural area, at the end of the needed to improve the competitiveness in
year 2008, 503 communes (16% of the total of almost all fields of activity and as there is a
rural population) benefited by a sewerage problem of productivity in the rural economy,
network. The differences between the urban as regards the facility of the access on the
and rural areas are very big as regards the market and to information, it is essential to
sewerage infrastructure. In 2008, 88,2% of the exist access to internet by cable in more rural
length of pipelines crossed the towns and only areas. The internet connection infrastructure in
11,8% the villages. broadband is an interdependent problem of
Waste management basic infrastructure in the rural area.
In the rural area, in general, the services for Education and training
the waste management are poorly developed The human capital presents remarkable
or even inexistent in some localities. As a importance for the rural development.
rule, the transport to the storage places is made The rural development and diversification of
individually by the generators. A small part of the rural economy depend on the level of
the rural localities and especially those rural education, knowledge and qualification.
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Although the improvement and maintenance at in urban areas, due to the permanent problems
an adequate level of the basic infrastructure is of funding.
an important element in the socio-economic As regards the number of kindergardens this
development of the rural area, the professional was at the level of the year 2008 of 1526 of
training represents “the engine” , for a good which 218 in the rural area.
development. Also the units of primary and secondary
The education and training are essential for education in the rural area represented 73,9%
the rural communities, but also at regards of the total number of schools at national level.
the school infrastructure obvious During the analysed period, the number of
discrepancies exist. education institutions in the rural areas
Also it can be said that the number of schools decreased, as a consequence of the restructuring
in the rural area exceeds the needs of of the education system and lack of qualified
population, the education quality is reduced, on teachers.
the one hand due to the insufficient equipment As regards the participation level of the
of the educational infrastructure, and on the individuals in the educational process, in the
other hand due to the level of teachers school year 2008 – 2009, a percent of 31,3% of
training/experience. Most schools need the total population registered in the education
renovations, furniture, basic supplies and system studied in the rural areas. The percent of
teaching materials. The infrastructure and the rural population with high education
facilities related to the vocational education and represents 1,8% of the total population aged 15
primary education constitute important years and over, being a consequence of the low
instruments for the conversion of the level of access and insufficient incomes.
agricultural labour force in non agricultural As regards the continuous training in the rural
labour force. The professional and primary area, the percent of the adult population aged
education structures are essential for the between 25 – 64 years who participate in
professional reconversion of the agricultural education and training registered an increase
workers, as most farmers have only elementary from 0,2% in the year 1998 to 2,5% in the year
knowledge of mechanics and in other technical 2008. still, compared to the urban area, that
sectors. registered in 2008 a percent of 4,3%, this
The poor level of training reflects in the indicator is situated at inferior level. The
quality of the labour force in the rural area, population average in the rural area, aged
being a restrictive factor for the economic between 25 and 64 years and with medium and
development in this area. The diversification of high education level is of 55%.
the economic activities is not supported by The stability of the incomes in the house has a
workers with training or experience specific to strong effect on the participants to the educative
various types of jobs, as the educational system act. The children in the work families with low
was not adapted to the specific requirements in incomes or in the families of pensioners are two
the rural area. times more exposed to the risk of school
The education institutions in the rural area, abandon, comparatively to the children in the
represented by the kindergardens, primary units families with a stable source of income.
and secondary units are poorly equipped as Besides, in the rural area, the situation is more
regards the technical and teaching material. IT dramatic as it appears the increased risk of
technology and hardware and softeware school abandon by the children in the described
equipment are rarely met within the schools in situations. Other reasons of the school abandon
the rural area while the equipment needed for found out especially among the children in the
the vocational training or for the apprentices is rural mountain communities are: extreme
obsolete or is missing. A supplementary poverty, lack of transport means and poor
problem is the difficulty to attract qualified motivation regarding the economic gain as
staff in the rural areas. In general, it can be said result of education. The poor quality of
that, in the rural areas, the education is even education in the rural areas, due to the lack of
more poor from qualitative point of view than
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qualified teaching staff acts also as a non of the agriculture, on the other hand. These
motivating factor. wishes will be achieved by the reduction of the
Supply and access to medical service number of persons who gain their living from
represent a key problem to ensure a better the agricultural activity, a direct effect of these
quality of life in the rural communities and actions being the liberation of some lands, and
for the economic and social development of this will generate the merging and
the rural areas. At the same time, the rural consolidation of viable farms. This will lead to
areas, especially with dispersed population, the increase of efficiency of the Romanian
represent unique provocations for the services agriculture, to the promotion of managerial
management and use. It is needed also to skills of the farmers and orientation of
improve the community support for the agricultural activities to profitable investments,
vulnerable groups, such as old persons, including integrated projects.
especially those who live in isolated places. 3. Given the current situation of the rural sector
The problem of the old persons in the rural and the limited available funds, it is needed to
areas did not enjoyed attention from the use them rationally and efficiently by a correct
concerned part; as in other countries, this group distribution of funds for rural development to
needs a special care, as there is not yet carefully selected actions and priorities, such
available qualified staff. Thus, in the year 2009, as:
at national level, from a total number of 168 - Maintenance of quality and diversification of
units for adults assistance only 19 units the rural area in order to obtain a balance
represented hostels for old persons. At the level between the human activities and preservation
of the year 2008, in the rural space, there were of the natural resources.
only 81 children houses. - Improvement of living standards in order to
ensure a sustainable employment of the rural
CONCLUSIONS areas and to contribute to the territorial balance
both from political and social point of view.
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HACCP'S ORIGIN AND JUSTIFICATION

Teodor Ion ISBĂŞESCU
The Research Institute For Agrarian Economics And Rural Development, 59, Marasti Blvd.,
011464, Bucharest, First District, Romania, Tel/Fax: 0212242795, [email protected]
Keywords: HACCP, system, foodsafety
Abstract
Consumers are constantly demanding safe food products. Increasingly, they are questioning food safety, especially after
the latest food scandals. As a consequence, EU food regulations have become stricter and business operators require
self-checking systems for their companies (CCE 2000a; CCE 2000b; Law 20/2002; Regulation 178/2002). Thus, the
agri-food sector has to be aware that control is not the government's responsibility, but rather the business operators
themselves are responsible for establishing self-checking systems to ensure safe food production.
INTRODUCTION During the 1970's, in the chemical sector it was

very common to use the well-known technique
The HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control of Failure, Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA).
Point) system is worldwide considered as an This technique is characterized by the study of
appropriate tool for self-checking, since it is a each one of the stages of the process, by
focused approach to identifying and analyzing what can go wrong, the possible
subsequently controlling those points or steps causes of the problem and its probable effects
of the agri-food chain essential to guarantee (ICMSF, 1988).
food safety. Taking this system as a reference, another
similar system was elaborated but applied to the
MATERIAL AND METHOD agri-food industry. Thus, the HACCP system
was established during that decade. Similar to
The application of HACCP to food production the FMEA technique, HACCP searches for
was pioneered, during the sixties, by the hazards related to food safety, and subsequently
Pillsbury Company with the cooperation and establish management and control mechanisms
participation of the National Aeronautic and designed to ensure the safety of the product and
Space Administration (NASA), Natick its safety for consumers. In summary, the
Laboratories of the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Air HACCP is a preventive food control system
Force Space Laboratory Project Group to whose objective is food safety.
ensure the safety of the food that astronauts HACCP was first described publicly in 1971 at
would consume in space. NASA wanted a "zero the National Conference on Food Protection.
defects" program assurance against After a public outcry following a botulism
contamination by bacterial and viral pathogens, outbreak involving canned soups, the U.S. Food
toxins, and chemical or physical hazards that and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the
could cause illness or injury. At that time, it first use of HACCP by regulation in 1973 for
became clear that in order to produce safe food all low-acid canned foods.
products it was necessary the classic The United States National Academy of
monitoring systems, based on the inspection of Science recommended in 1985 that the HACCP
the finished product, evolved toward a system approach should be adopted in food processing
of preventive control during production. This establishments because it was the most
control of the process would control the effective and efficient means of assuring the
occurrence of hazards, and thus it would ensure safety of the food supply.
a high level of confidence in the finished In 1988, the International Commission on
product (Mortimore and Wallace, 1998). Microbiological Specifications published a
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book on HACCP for Foods (ICMSF, 1988). wherever possible to enhance food safety.
Two years later, in 1990, the Codex These controls are internationally recognized as
Alimentarius Commission fCAC) and Codex essential to ensure the safety and suitability of
Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) started to food for human consumption and international
prepare draft guidelines for the application of trade.
the HACCP system. Recognizing the In 1998, the FDA announced plans for
importance of HACCP for food control, the implementing HACCP for all fruit and
twentieth session of the Codex Alimentarius vegetable beverages, and is now considering
Commission, held in Geneva, Switzerland from whether to establish HACCP as the food safety
28 June to 7 July 1993, adopted the Guidelines process standard throughout all segments of the
for the application of the Hazard Analysis food industry under its authority. Beginning in
Critical Control Point (HACCP) system 1999, the FDA incorporated HACCP into the
(ALINORM 93/13A, Appendix II). The Food Code, the biennially published reference
Commission was also informed that the revised for the prevention of foodborne illness in
General Principles of Food Hygiene draft restaurants, grocery stores, and institutions such
would incorporate the HACCP approach. Also as nursing homes and hospitals. Since the Food
in 1993, the European Union officially Code serves as model legislation for all states
recognized the HACCP methodology as a and territories, many state governments now
standard production method for food require evidence of HACCP processes for
manufacturers to implement and maintain a establishments under their purview.
production control system. The recognition was USDA data released in 2000 and 2001 showed
established in the Directive 93/43/BEC on the significant reductions in bacterial levels across
hygiene of foodstuffs. From that time, Member a variety of food products following HACCP
States had 30 months to integrate this Directive implementation. Numerous academic
in their laws. As a consequence, all food researchers have also found evidence
manufacturing facilities within the EU were documenting the usefulness of HACCP in
forced to work in accordance with 5 of the 7 reducing the levels of foodborne pathogens in
principles from January 1, 1997. In 1994, the food production and food service.
FDA announced plans to require the use of HACCP is here to stay, and is becoming an
HACCP in the seafood industry beginning in international requirement. The Codex
1997. In 1995, the USDA announced plans to Alimentarius Commission, the international
require HACCP in all meat and poultry plants food standards-setting body overseen by United
under its jurisdiction, beginning in 1998 to Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture
replace the "poke and sniff method. The USDA Organization (FAO), and the World Health
program, prior to 1996 HACCP Organization (WHO) now recommend HACCP
implementation, established baseline adoption worldwide, and the EEC, with the
prevalence levels for the presence of microbial proposal of the Regulation of the European
organisms such as Salmonella in meat and Parliament relative to the hygiene of food
poultry. products, makes the fulfillment of all the
In June 1997, the revised Recommended principles of the HACCP established in the
International Code of Practice - General Codex obligatory. Also, HACCP is now
Principles of Food Hygiene (CAC/RCP 1-1969, embedded in the General Agreement on Tariffs
Rev 3 (1997)) was adopted by the Codex and Trade (GATT), and nations are rushing to
Alimentarius Commission during its twenty- implement the process to ensure the safety of
second session. their domestic products and to survive in
The Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene fiercely competitive world food markets.
lay a firm foundation for ensuring food
hygiene. They follow the food chain from RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
primary production to the consumer,
highlighting the key hygiene controls at each The HACCP concept is a systematic approach
stage and recommending an HACCP approach to hazard identification, assessment and control.
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From the moment something goes wrong, it is comply with the legislation on food safety and
possible to act and react quickly and efficiently. hygiene.
This prevents large sets of products being ■ It facilitates commercial exchanges
rejected and public health being endangered. within and outside the European Union (EU),
This system eliminates disadvantages inherent due to the safety assurance it provides to the
in control by inspectors and microbial end administrations of different countries. One of
product control. By concentrating only on those the most important obstacles to this, which was
factors, which have a direct effect on the safety prevented for a long time by the establishment
of the food product, no energy and money of a Single Market in the EU, was the assurance
should be spent on less important factors. This of safety of food products produced in countries
system is cheaper and more effective compared outside the European Union, since the
to the traditional control systems. effectiveness of administrative controls was
By focusing on the critical points, which very different from country to country. The
influence the safety and quality of food European Commission found the solution in the
products over the complete production line, HACCP System, in which the responsibility for
producers can show now that they are the health assurance was not under external
controlling the production conditions and that controls, but under self-checking systems.
safe products are provided. Moreover, ■ It is applicable to the entire agri-food
inspectors are now able to check the effect of chain. Although the primary sector - production
the measures in the long term, where earlier of raw materials (agriculture, livestock farming
inspections gave a picture at a given moment. and fisheries) is exempt from the obligation to
The HACCP system is a preventive, company- apply this system, the latest food safety
specific, quality system starting at the selection scandals highlighted that this is the weakest
and purchase of raw materials, ingredients and link of the chain. Current proposals from
packaging materials, following the complete international bodies aimed at the necessary
production process and ending at the final application of HACCP in the primary sector
product, ready for consumption. will soon be a reality.
Nowadays HACCP is a system internationally ■ It is sufficiently flexible so as to adapt
recognized and used. The benefits of the the necessary changes, such as: improvements
application of HACCP to consumers, in the design of equipment, improvements in
companies and the administration have been processing and technological advances
clearly demonstrated. Although its use focused associated with the product. Its application is
initially on industry, nowadays it is applied to possible for those products currently marketed,
other sectors such as distribution chains, sales, as well as for new ones that can be
catering, and traditional food product manufactured in the future.
processing, etc. The structured approach of its ■ It provides documented evidence that the
application makes it useful for the products process is self-checking, and allows for
currently marketed, as well as for new products planning of ways to avoid problems, instead of
to be manufactured in the future. waiting for them to occur to control them.
Some of the most relevant benefits are: Documents and records allow, in the event of
■ It increases food quality and safety, with audits by public health inspectors, easier, more
a positive impact on the collective health and efficient and more precise control. It will
common well-being, since it is a preventive demonstrate the company's compliance with the
control system of food processing that legislation at all times, present or past.
maximizes the possibility that these food ■ The system is an important economic
products are safe. saving for companies as well as for the Public
■ It provides confidence to clients, the Administration. With regard to companies, this
administration and the agri-food operators. The saving is a consequence of minimizing Quality
companies that use this system to manage the Control efforts, thanks to the preventive
safety of their products show that they take approach; significantly reducing the costs due
their responsibilities seriously and that they to operational failures (losses due to wastes,
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reprocessing, production halts, loss of orders, with the specified requirements, as in any other
etc.); facilitating the immediate application of industrial sector. But HACCP must also be
corrective actions, when deviations are used in this sector, as it is essential to ensure
detected; and allowing an effective use of food safety,. Therefore, both systems are
resources, focusing and channeling expenditure supplemented to provide the maximum level of
where it is really essential. With regard to the confidence: ISO 9000-2000 in terms of quality
Public Administration, the saving is a and the HACCP in terms of food safety
consequence of: reducing medical costs caused management. In the agri-food sector, the
by the alteration of consumer health; reducing interrelationship between both quality systems
productivity losses due to sick leave; and is so evident that the Codex Alimentarius in its
reducing costs of inspection and monitoring in Guidelines for the application of the HACCP
companies. states (Codex, 1993): "The application of
■ The HACCP system, in the agricultural HACCP is compatible with the implementation
sector, is a preliminary stage essential for the of quality management systems, such as the
implementation of other wider quality ISO 9000 series, and is the system of choice in
management systems such as the ISO 9000- the management of food safety within such
2000 series. systems."
3. In fact, the combined application of both
CONCLUSIONS systems is referred to in the 2001, ISO 15161
standard, which establishes the Guidelines for
1. Some of the different Quality Assurance the application of the ISO 9001-2000 in the
System (QAS) models internationally applied food and drink products industry. The ISO
to the whole industrial sector, and therefore to 15161 standard lists the specific points of ISO
the food and agri-business industry, are: BRC 9001-2000 standard and the principles of the
(British Retail Consortium), IFS (International HACCP as follows: "ISO 9001:2000, allows an
Food Standard), ISO 9000-2000 family, and organization to integrate its quality
more recently, the EFQM (European management system with the implementation of
Foundation for Quality Management). The a food safety system that is more effective than
model described by the ISO 9000-2000 the application of either ISO 9000 or HACCP
standard has highest international recognition alone, leading to enhanced customer
and, to a large extent, is the referent for the satisfaction and improved organizational
certification of quality systems. It is mainly effectiveness".
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RISK MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SAFETY ISSUES

Teodor Ion ISBĂŞESCU , Vili DRAGOMIR
The Research Institute For Agrarian Economics And Rural Development, 59, Marasti , 011464,
Bucharest, First District, Romania, Tel/Fax: 0212242795, [email protected],
[email protected]
Keywords: risk, management, foodsafety
Abstract
The three components of risk analysis should be applied within an overriding framework for management of food-
related risks to human health. There should be a functional separation of risk assessment and risk management, in
order to ensure the scientific integrity of risk assessment, to avoid confusion over the functions to be performed by risk
assessors and risk managers, and to reduce any conflict of interest However, it is recognised that risk analysis is an
iterative process, and interaction between risk managers and risk assessors is essential for practical application.
INTRODUCTION MATERIAL AND METHOD
Food business operators should control food The precautionary principle has been invoked
hazards through the use of systems such as to ensure health protection in the European
HACCP. Community, thereby giving rise to barriers to
They should: the free movement of food or feed. Therefore, it
- identify any steps in their operations is necessary to adopt a uniform basis
which are critical to the safety of food; throughout the Community for the use of this
- implement effective control procedures principle. In those specific circumstances where
at those steps; a risk to life or health exists but scientific
- monitor control procedures to ensure uncertainty persists, the precautionary principle
their continuing effectiveness; and provides a mechanism for determining risk
- review control procedures periodically, management measures or other actions in order
and whenever the operations change. to ensure the high level of health protection
These systems should be applied throughout the chosen in the Community. In specific
food chain to control food hygiene throughout circumstances where, following an assessment
the shelf-life of the product through proper of available information, the possibility of
product and process design. harmful effects on health is identified but
Control procedures may be simple, such as scientific uncertainty persists, provisional risk
checking stock rotation calibrating equipment, management measures necessary to ensure the
or correctly loading refrigerated display units. high level of health protection chosen in the
In some cases a system based on expert advice, Community may be adopted, pending further
and involving documentation, may be scientific information for a more
appropriate. A model of such a food safety comprehensive risk assessment. Adopted
system is described in Hazard Analysis and measures shall be proportionate and no more
Critical Control (HACCP) System and restrictive of trade than is required to achieve
Guidelines for its Application. (Recommended the high level of health protection chosen in the
international code of practice for general Community, regard being had to technical and
principles of food hygiene). economic feasibility and other factors regarded
as legitimate in the matter under consideration.
The measures shall be reviewed within a
reasonable period of time, depending on the
nature of the risk to life or health identified and
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the type of scientific information needed to analysis is composed of three separate but
clarify the scientific uncertainty and to conduct integrated elements, namely risk assessment,
a more comprehensive risk assessment. Food risk management and risk communication. That
safety and the protection of consumer's interests consultation recognized risk communication as
are of increasing concern to the general public, an interactive process of exchange of
non-governmental organizations, professional information and opinion on risk among risk
associations, international trading partners and assessors, risk managers, and other interested
trade organizations. parties.
It is necessary to ensure that consumer
confidence and the confidence of trading RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
partners is secured through the open and
transparent development of food law and Managers should ensure effective procedures
through public authorities taking the are in place to deal with any food safety hazard
appropriate steps to inform the public where and to enable the complete, rapid recall of any
there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a implicated lot of the finished food from the
food may present a risk to health ((EC) No market. Where a product has been withdrawn
178/2002). because of an immediate health hazard, other
Risk management is defined within Codex as products which are produced under similar
the process of weighing policy alternatives in conditions, and which may present a similar
the light of the results of risk assessment and, if hazard to public health, should be evaluated for
required, selecting and implementing safety and may need to be withdrawn. The need
appropriate control options, including for public warnings should be considered.
regulatory measures. The outcome of the risk Recalled products should be held under
management process, as undertaken by supervision until they are destroyed, used for
Committees within the Codex Alimentarius purposes other than human consumption,
system, is the development of standards, determined to be safe for human consumption,
guidelines and other recommendations for food or reprocessed in a manner to ensure their
safety, the national situation it is likely that safety (Recommended international code of
different risk management decisions could be practice general principles of food hygiene).
made according to different criteria and Facing a product recall
different ranges of risk management options. The past decade has witnessed the development
The overall objective of Codex is to ensure and implementation of elaborate systems in
consumer protection and to facilitate order to guarantee that food products and raw
international trade. materials for food products meet all the
Risk managers, in developing approaches to demands made by governmental agencies,
managing risk, utilize the risk characterization manufacturers, food distributors or consumers.
that results from the risk assessment process. Despite all these efforts, from time to time
An important principle that was recognized by defects in food products and raw materials
the 1995 consultation was the functional occur. Examples are sensory deviations,
separation of risk assessment from risk microbiological spoilage, contamination with
management. product-foreign compounds or contamination
The significant worldwide increase in with product-foreign particles. Sometimes the
foodborne illness that has been recognized in defects can be so severe that a product recall is
recent years, especially arising from enteric inevitable.
organisms, suggests the need for more effective Frequently, the decision-making process in a
control using internationally agreed risk product recall is hampered by a lack of
management methods. information as to the nature of the defect and
Risk analysis is widely recognized as the the possible consequences of the defect. With
fundamental methodology underlying the respect to a product recall important decisions
development of food safety standards. As are to be made in a very short time (Kersten,
recognized in the 1995 consultation, risk 2000).
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Finding the cause and judging the managed solely by way of the application of
consequences Articles 53 and 54, it shall immediately notify
Long-standing experience in examining quality the Member States and the Authority. The
defects and providing trouble-shooting Commission shall set up a crisis unit
strategies is a prerequisite to answering immediately, in which the Authority shall
questions like 'what is the nature of the defect?' participate, and provide scientific and technical
and 'what is the health risk, if any?' For assistance if necessary ((EC) No 178/2002).
providing relevant information widespread Tasks of the crisis unit
experience is necessary as well as the highest The crisis unit shall be responsible for
quality equipment that can identify e.g. a collecting and evaluating all relevant
minute quantity of a contaminant that causes information and identifying the options
deviation. The compound is to be isolated from available to prevent, eliminate or reduce to an
the food and is to be identified by one of a acceptable level the risk to human health as
range of the most advanced analytical effectively and rapidly as possible. The crisis
techniques available. Sometimes defects are of unit may request the assistance of any public or
microbiological origin and the expertise of private person whose expertise it deems
microbiologists who are familiar with product necessary to manage the crisis effectively. The
and process parameters that determine the crisis unit shall keep the public informed of the
microbiological quality of foods is necessary. risks involved and the measures taken ((EC) No
Once a suspect compound has been identified, 178/2002).
top toxicologists need to be consulted to assess A rapid alert system for the notification of a
the health risk, if any, resulting from direct or indirect risk to human health deriving
consumption of the substance causing the from food or feed is hereby established as a
defect. network. It shall involve the Member States, the
General plan for crisis management Commission and the Authority. The Member
The Commission shall draw up, in close States, the Commission and the Authority shall
cooperation with the Authority and the Member each designate a contact point, which shall be a
States, a general plan for crisis management in member of the network. The Commission shall
the field of the safety of food and feed be responsible for managing the network. Where
(hereinafter referred to as 'the general plan'). a member of the network has any information
The general plan shall specify the types of relating to the existence of a serious direct or
situation involving direct or indirect risks to indirect risk to human health deriving from food
human health deriving from food and feed or feed, this information shall be immediately
which are not likely to be prevented, eliminated notified to the Commission under the rapid alert
or reduced to an acceptable level by provisions system. The Commission shall transmit this
in place or cannot adequately be managed information immediately to the members of the
solely by way of the application of Articles 53 network. The Authority may supplement the
and 54. notification with any scientific or technical
The general plan shall also specify the practical information, which will facilitate rapid,
procedures necessary to manage a crisis, appropriate risk management action by the
including the principles of transparency to be Member States. Without prejudice to other
applied and a communication strategy ((EC) No Community legislation, the Member States shall
178/2002). immediately notify the Commission under the
Crisis unit rapid alert system of:
Without prejudice to its role of ensuring the - any measure they adopt which is aimed
application of Community law, where the at restricting the placing on the market
Commission identifies a situation involving a or forcing the withdrawal from the
serious direct or indirect risk to human health market or the recall of food or feed in
deriving from food and feed, and the risk order to protect human health and
cannot be prevented, eliminated or reduced by requiring rapid action;
existing provisions or cannot adequately be - any recommendation or agreement
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with professional operators which is latter with the appropriate information. The
aimed, on a voluntary or obligatory Member States shall immediately inform the
basis, at preventing, limiting or Commission of the action implemented or
imposing specific conditions on the measures taken following receipt of the
placing on the market or the eventual notifications and supplementary information
use of food or feed on account of a transmitted under the rapid alert system. The
serious risk to human health requiring Commission shall immediately transmit this
rapid action; information to the members of the network.
- any rejection, related to a direct or
indirect risk to human health, of a CONCLUSIONS
batch, container or cargo of food or feed
by a competent authority at a border post 1. Participation in the rapid alert system may
within the European Union. be opened up to applicant countries, third
The notification shall be accompanied by a countries or international organizations, on
detailed explanation of the reasons for the the basis of agreements between the
action taken by the competent authorities of the Community and those countries or
Member State in which the notification was international organizations, in accordance
issued. It shall be followed, in good time, by with the procedures defined in those
supplementary information, in particular agreements.
where the measures on which the notification is 2. The latter shall be based on reciprocity and
based are modified or withdrawn. The shall include confidentiality measures equivalent
Commission shall immediately transmit to to those applicable in the Community ((EC) No
members of the network the notification and 178/2002).
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first and second subparagraphs. REFERENCES
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COLLECTION OF WILD PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES AS A FACTOR

OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Marko JELOČNIK, Lana IVANOVIĆ, Bojana BEKIĆ1

1
Institute of agricultural economics Belgrade
Volgina Street no. 15, 11060 Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Fax/phone: +381 11 2972 858, E-mail [email protected]
Key words: organic production, rural development, Republic of Serbia.
Abstract
Available socio-economic indicators define Serbia as mostly agrarian country, in which to agricultural production is
assigned role of developmental priority in near future. From many factors of agricultural production, more active relation
of domestic producers to all lines of organic agriculture may affects on increase of Republic agriculture competitiveness,
compared to close surroundings, as on more qualitative development of rural areas. Suitable climate and geographical
conditions, unpolluted environment, expressed biodiversity and constant demand growth for organic produced products,
definitely are on the side of this production organizers. In this paperwork, authors are trying to present all actualities
within organic agriculture, particularly focused on the segment of wild plant and animal species collection, during the
period 2005-2009.
INTRODUCTION promotion and development of organic agriculture,

what will affect, as on strengthening of
Agricultural production and industry related with competitiveness of national agriculture (compared
agriculture are some of the most important to close surroundings), as well on more qualitative
branches of Serbian economy. Although in a crisis development of rural areas.
2009 come to fall of total GDP for some 3.5% in
compare to previous year (in 2009. is MATERIAL AND METHOD
accomplished GDP in amount of 31 billions
EUR), production results of primary agriculture Basic data were taken from Institute for nature
were realized in desired frame. According official conservation of Serbia, Belgrade, available
estimations it participated with around 12% in documentation of IAE, Belgrade, as from other
GDP creation (around 20% if in focus is complete world and national published and electronic data
agro-complex). Also, encourages growth of resources. Research is based on available data.
traditionally positive foreign trade surplus of Method applied was desktop study. Researched
agriculture and processing industry (in 2009 period was 2005-2009.
approximately 700 millions of USA dollars),
accomplished primarily by the export on the EU RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
countries market (preferential status) and market of
Western Balkan countries (CEFTA), which Natural potential of Serbian agriculture is reflected
together in export structure participate with over in: 5.1 million ha of agricultural land, from which
than 90%. Assigned status of development approximately 4.2 million ha is arable; 2.8 million
economic priority, effected on expected increase of ha under forest complexes; still unpolluted
Agrarian budget in current year (from 16 billions environmental elements (soil, water, air);
RSD during 2009, it jumps up to projected 25.6 expressed diversity of flora and fauna15 (4,182
billions RSD in 2010, what assumes around 3% of
total Republic budget. Having in focus obvious
15 Serbian flora is constituted from 4,182 vascular plant
natural advantages of Serbia, despite affection on species, around 1,400 species of algae, 560 species of
usual lines of agricultural production, relevant moss, 516 species of lichens and 650 species of fungi.
Ministry should take more energetic actions in All at all, with approximately 7,300 plant species in total,
Serbia belongs to group of richest country by present
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species of vascular plants, where around 700 plant Second Report about state of environment in
spices are with proved medicinal characteristics); Republic of Serbia from 2007, somewhat
suitable physical, geographical and climate confirmed findings of previous one from 2002., that
position, etc. Serbia still has many areas which are not burdened
Also, it has to be noticed that rural areas settle with heavy metals, pesticides, or mineral fertilizers,
more than 3.3 million inhabitants. From that so they are suitable for all lines of agricultural
number, 817,052 residents (according census production (especially organic production).
from 2002.) is declared as agricultural (11% of Updated document registered main polluters, and
total population). Inside shown labour contingent, gave possible directions for future better
529,236 inhabitants are active, while exist more environment protection, balanced with
of them who are dealing with agriculture as a contemporary legislation.
complementary activity, or those one who in Observing economy effects on environment, it is
transitional and crisis years, after companies underlined that energetic sector of national
leaving (quitting), over passed from industry to economy is major environment polluter, caused by
agriculture. Estimations are that momentarily dominant usage of lignite and technologically old-
Serbia has over than 750,000 agricultural fashioned equipment (estimations are that 65.5%
husbandries (31% from total number of electric energy comes from power plants, which
households), where only 418,000 of them are use low calories lignite). Those power plants make
registered, or less than 80,000 had the right to huge quantum of ash, which is laying away on
receive subsidies during the 2009 (according the dumps (around 170 million t of ash, which covered
valid criterion, that at least one member per area of 1,800 ha). Also, big losses are
household pays all prescribed contributions - accomplished during the energy transmission and
taxes). distribution (system of heating plants makes losses
Undoubtedly is fact that in industrially developed from more than 20%, while losses in electric
world parts, it could be felt, during last few energy transmission are 3.2%, and in distribution
decades, negative impacts of economic activities around 7%). Like others polluters are mentioned
on state of environmental elements, indirectly on coal and copper mining pits, industry concentrated
total agricultural production too (reaction of in larger cities, agriculture, traffic (approximately
nature). This is particularly expressed through 2.4 million mostly used vehicles), and others.
parameter of GHGs emission (Greenhouse gases), As is concluded in Strategy of environment
which level is primarily predetermined by: development in Republic of Serbia, relation of
economic structure and production dynamics economic activity and environment in Republic,
within dominant sectors of economy; valid from 50'-ties to end of XX century, did not
legislation; level of ecological awareness; level of deviate from general patterns, expressing all
total expenditures in environmental protection and characteristics of these patterns, on the way
preservation; etc. peculiar to southeast European countries and
Leading by current and possible pollution countries in transition.16
consequences (at first place global climate changes), Interesting observation is that state of environment
on world level starts more active relation toward in Serbia is very heterogeneous, so it is consist of
solving of noticed problems. For example in EU, many extremely green, or black regional points. As
during 2007 are adopted Energy and climate change is underlined, with estimation created during 2003,
package (with purpose to cut GHGs emissions by at it is accomplished emission of harmful gases in
least 20% by 2020, compared with 1990) and amount of around: 45.6 million t of carbon dioxide;
Energy Policy for Europe (in order to improve the 0.5 million t of sulphur oxides; 0.16 million t of
use of energy and increase the share of renewable nitrogen oxides; 0.09 million t of ammonia; 0.06
energy up to 20%) [5]. million t of powder substances; and 350 t of lead
flora. Number of vascular plants in Republic is around

1.7% of total world flora. Although, presented portion
16
looks like small, it could be underlined that present Radmilo Pešić (2007.): Ekonomska aktivnost i stanje
territory is less than 0.035% of total world land surface, životne sredine u Srbiji, projekat: Strategija održivog
(http://www.nin.co.rs/2000-08/31/14258.html). razvoja Srbije.
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(consequence of dominant usage of lead gasoline in input price reduced usage of mineral fertilizers,
traffic). pesticides and other chemical substances on
Number of laws, related to environment and minimum. Quantum of spread fertilizers is fallen
human health protection, were bringing during down from 115 kg/ha in 1991, on 36 kg/ha in 2002,
2009. In extensive legislation that covers all fields what significantly reduce problem of water flows
of agriculture and environment protection, shall be eutrophication too. Current problems of soil
allocated next laws and documents, by which pollution and eutrophication are mostly connecting
Republic government directly or indirectly joined to waste water from animal farms.
management of sustainable development of It is concluded that organic agriculture
society, economy and environment, with development, as intensive production line, would
acceptance of relevant international standards: contributed to life quality improvement of local
Strategy of sustainable development of Republic of communities, additional engagement of
Serbia 2008-2017; Law of agriculture and rural unemployed working active population.
development17; Law of agricultural land18; Law of Production of organic food will make for optimal
environment protection19; Law of organic use of natural resources and environment
production and organic products20, (in procedure protection, as for improvement of rural population
is proposal of new law, which will come into status. In favour of this comes fact, that according
effect at beginning of 2011); Law of agreement the estimations around one million ha of arable
confirmation of donation from global fund for land in Serbia is uncultivated, suppose in certain
environment protection „Project of agricultural in level of conversion, what is ideal base for this
transition reform“ and Law of agreement production establishment. Their development will
confirmation about loan „Additional project encourage local population to stay in less
financing – rehabilitation of systems for irrigation developed regions.
and drainage“, between Serbia and IBRD21; Law Despite high price of organic produced food,
of live stock breeding, Law of public warehouse in present trends bring to increase of its demand.
agriculture and Law of food safety22; Green People more and more take attitude that health is
package (set of 16 laws, which should priceless. By utilization of appeared free space on
significantly improve solving of environmental world market, through organic production, Serbia
problems. Among them are standing out Law of would appreciably improve its foreign trade surplus
waste management, Law of packaging materials, from agriculture, as well as its competitive
Law of chemical maters and biocides products, advantage in compare with neighbor countries.
Law of Rotterdam convention ratification, Law of In Serbia momentarily is 218 certified producers of
air protection, Law of nature protection, etc); Law organic products, with total production area of
of Aarhus convention ratification; Law of around 5,000 ha (Table 1). Most important organic
Stockholm convention ratification; Strategy of products are berry fruit (strawberry, blackberry,
clean production implementation; draft of EMAS raspberry, blueberry, plums, sour cherry, etc, in
Program (Eco Management and Audit Scheme) in frozen, processed and dried condition) and fungi.
Serbia; etc. Besides these products, in small portion is produced
Generally, natural conditions in Serbia serve to organic vegetable, while in cereals production is
intensive agricultural production. Looking back on slightly better situation (wheat, maize, burley and
influence of agriculture, from the aspect of oat).
pollution, on soil resources condition, momentarily Most of organic food producers are with small
we have paradox that to its solid preservation production surface (less than 1 ha). They usually
mostly contributed bad economic situation in which sell their products on national market. Big
were producers for last few years. Videlicet, high producers (with larger land complex and huge
quantum of organic output) are in minority. They
17
Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, no. 41/2009. usually lunched their products on foreign markets.
18
19
Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, no. 62/2006. Besides them, few companies are dealing with
Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, no. 135/04. collection of medicinal and aromatic plants
20
Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, no. 62/06.
21
Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, no. 83/08.
(mostly for export) from total surface of around 1
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Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, no. 41/09. million ha.
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The biggest part of organically produced food Establishment and development of
(more than 90%) is exporting on foreign markets entrepreneurship in field of production,
(UK, USA, Germany, Belgium, Austria and collecting, processing and trading of medicinal
Switzerland. Usually are exported raw products, plants and forest fruits could be presented with
while processed products are selling on national next organizational forms:
market. Although organic production represents a 1) small family plantations of medicinal and
promising alternative for the future of European aromatic plants, which could establish their
agriculture, but organic farming is in still infancy production programs in controlled space
in Serbia. (green houses), or on fields;
According to invaluable natural potentials 2) small family companies for purchase and
(biodiversity and unpolluted environment), processing of medicinal and aromatic plants
seasonality in agriculture, material (they need good management skills);
underdevelopment of rural areas, lack of suitable 3) collection of wild plant and animal species (for
credits (organic production needs relatively high average husbandry in Serbia the most reliable
start investments), difficult influence on form of activity, because it does not require
potential risks and towards present trends of huge start investments, could be done
duties diversification on farms, development of seasonally, parallel with other farm duties, and
collecting activity (organic wild plants – it could be done by all family members, from
medicinal and aromatic plants, forest fruits, kids to pensioners;
fungi, etc) could be excellent solution for 4) export of medicinal and aromatic plants,
increase of husbandries income (estimations are forest fruits, fungi and wild animals.
that is better acceptance of production,
collecting and processing of these products, as CONCLUSIONS
additional than as main resource of incomes).
Field of collecting activity is regulated by next Besides perfect natural conditions for organic
legislation: Law of environment protection, production, still negligible number of farms is
Law of nature protection23 and Regulation on dealing with this production. Reason of this it could
putting under control usage and trading of wild be seek in indifference or uninformed of producers
flora and fauna24 (revision of this Regulation is about significance and advantages of organic food
expected soon). production, difficult and expensive certification,
Institute for nature conservation of Serbia is lack of investment funds, etc.
authorized for issuing of licenses to legal entities, Having in mind all basic principles of
for collecting of approved quantum of wild flora, multifunctional agriculture, production, collection
fauna and fungi. Companies’ requests with and processing of medicinal and aromatic plants,
required quantum are summoned until 31st and forest fruits (their demand on world market is
January. After cumulative comparison of still raising) could be important development basis
requested quantum and approved contingent for as for husbandries, as well for specified micro
each specified wild species, individual collecting regions and complete country, from the point of
permissions are given for current year, with economic and ecologic effects. Establishment of
previously paid fee in amount of 10% of total offered organizational forms of this activity should
approved quantum value. From year to year, be followed by modernization of existing
depending of field situation (endanger level) regulative, with constant monitoring, financial,
collecting of some species could be limited or promotional and professional support of competent
totally forbidden. Next table represents quantum of state institutions.
selected wild flora and fauna species, which
collection were allowed during the period 2005/09 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(Table 2).
Paper work is part of project no. 159004D -
23 Accession of Serbian economy into EU – planning
Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, no. 36/09
24
Official gazette of Republic of Serbia, no. 31/05, 45/05,
and financing of regional and rural development
correction no. 22/07, 38/08 and companies’ development policies and project
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no. 149087 - Multifunctional agriculture and rural
development in the function of accession of
Republic of Serbia into EU, financed by the
Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection
of Republic of Serbia.
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Geneva, 2007.
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specified years, reports for 2005-2009, Institute for nature
conservation of Serbia, Belgrade.
[8] Radmilo Pešić, 2007, Ekonomska aktivnost i stanje
životne sredine u Srbiji, projekat: Strategija održivog
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APPENDIX
Table 1 – Areas under organic production (EU and Serbia) in 2008.

Number of registered producers in organic
Countries Areas under organic crops (ha)
production (provisional value)
Serbia 5,000@ (provisional value) 218@
Belgium 27,376 1,662
Bulgaria 4,236 311
Czech Republic 232,939 2,435
Denmark 139,021 3,658
Deutschland * 29,244
Estonia 71,848 1,292
Ireland * 1,410
Greece 266,745 25,098
Spain 691,196 (provisional value) 23,372
France 502,234 20,880
Italy 812,139 49,654
Cyprus * *
Latvia 141,524 4,218
Lithuania 89,890 2,842
Luxemburg * *
Hungary 108,578 2,055
Source: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/agriculture/data/database
@
: data from Report on organic agriculture in Serbia -
http://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Organic%20Agriculture%20in%20Serbia_Belgrade_Serbi
a_6-8-2009.pdf
Note: * unavailable data
Table 2 - Quantum of collected wild flora and fauna species in period 2005/09 (in t)
Wild flora and fauna - collecting quantum according given licence
Species
2005. 2006. 2007. 2008. 2009.
Ramsons (herba), Allium ursinum L. 25.3 224.6 300.1 238.7 220.2
Strawberry (fructus), Fragaria vresca L 50.0 * * * 105.7
Common Ivy (folium), Hedera helix L 10.0 88.3 112.5 176.1 266.9
St Jonh’s wort (herba), Hypericum perforatum L 69.6 94.6 98.1 100.6 115.8
Common Juniper (fructus), Juniperus communis L 1,007.5 305.5 402.6 840.1 495.6
Dog Rose (fructus), Rosa canina L 1,007.0 1,117.1 1,695.1 1,494.2 678.3
Blackberry (fructus), Rubus fructicosus L 53.0 49.5 112.3 130.4 125.2
Elder (flos), Sambucus nigra L 501.5 391.3 376.0 * 199.2
Blueberry (fructus), Vaccinium myrtillus L 1,000.0 1,580.4 2,023.5 89.0 1,707.9
Porcini (fungi), Boletus edulis Bull Fr * 2,471.0 3,211.4 2,466.8 4,843.8
Chanterelle (fungi), Cantharellus cibarius L Fr * 1,130.7 1,201.0 906.9 1,078.9
Saffron milk cap (fungi), Lactarius deliciosus L * 72.0 119.5 240.5 124.0
Garden snail (snail), Helix aspersa * 175.0 195.6 180.0 175.0
Forest snail (snail), Helix leucorum * 150.0 190.0 190.0 165.0
Burgundy snail (snail), Helix pomatia * 725.0 786.0 790.0 725.0
Source: [7]
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RESTORATION OF THE FLOODPLAIN FOREST FRAGMENTS

IN AGRICULTURE LANDSCAPE OF VÁH RIVER ALLUVIUM
Marián KOTRLA 1, Martin PRČÍK 2

1
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Faculty of European Studies and Regional
Development, Department of Ecology
Mariánska 10, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic, Phone: + 421 (37) 6415613,
2
Slovak University of Agricultural in Nitra, Faculty of European Studies and Regional
Development, Department of Sustainable Development
Mariánska 10, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic, Phone: + 421 (37) 6415628,
Key words: restoration, floodplain forest, alluvium, controlled succession
Abstract
Floodplain forest fragments represent non-forest plants vegetation in an agricultural landscape, where a number of
important ecological, environmental and socio-economic functions are met. Restoration of these fragments to the lower
lapse of Váh river is needed in consequence of intensive farming in the alluvium. This alluvium is located in the lowland
area, which represents the most fertile area in Slovakia. We selected the floodplain forest fragments - Čalovec and
Ďulov Dvor as the model areas. Disturbance processes in these areas are reflected in fluctuations in groundwater
levels, the absence of hydrophilic populations of plants and expansion of invasive plant species. The most appropriate
method for the restoration of these fragments is controlled succession.
INTRODUCTION aggressive plant species are another threat,

because they are competitively strong and
The floodplain communities of the alluvial prevent the growth of native species. As it is
plains are exceptional combination of the large mention by [6], this environmentally plight led
species diversity and high productivity in the to the fact that today is the perceived need for
zone of temperate climate [8]. restoration, increase the area where they may
Alluvia of the Váh river in Slovak Republic are be renewed fluvial natural processes and the
conspicuously changed by human activity and natural biota.
natural environment has trails of direct or Ecological restoration returns an ecosystem to
indirect human interventions. In the sites a prior state to the extent that the state can be
around watercourse there were preserved ascertained and then approximated through
several biotopes corresponding with the natural restoration practice [4].
vegetation that was originally spread in larger The goal of this paper is analysis of the state
area [2]. floodplain forest fragments in the alluvial
In the lowland country of Slovakia, we are landscape of lower lapse Váh river and suggest
identified only fragments of floodplain forests a way of ecological restoration in the context of
to the lower lapse of Váh river. In agricultural conservation, protection and sustainable
land, which is dominated by alluvial areas, development.
floodplain forests perform a series of ecological
and socio-economic (non-production) MATERIAL AND METHOD
functions.
Thousands of hectares of floodplain forests in We selected sites with well-preserved
the alluvium of our major rivers have been fragments of native vegetation in the area of
destroyed due to the decline in groundwater lower lapse Váh river – Čalovec and Ďulov
levels [10]. The penetration of non-native, Dvor. These sites are located in southern
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Slovakia in the Komárno district. The exact RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
definition of the monitoring sites was carried
out using global positioning system – In the area of influence is remnants
GPS60CS GARMIN. Selected characteristics communities’ willow-poplar floodplain forests
of research stands are documented in Table 1. extended to holocene meadows rivers in the
warm Pannonian region. They included therein
Table 1. Selected characteristics of the research stands to
the lower Váh river
phytocenose high-trunk willow-poplar forests
(association Salicion albae). The central
Stand Stand/locality communities are association Salice-Populetum
characteristics Ďulov Dvor Čalovec (Tx. 1931). The communities are characterized
location Near of town Near of village by diverse species composition, complex
Komárno, part Čalovec, between structures and specific physiognomic.
Ďulov Dvor – points elevation The dynamics of alluvial floodplain
Zámocká 109,30 and 108, communities is considerably influenced by
pustatina, north 30 m a.s.l. , south-
part of the town, eastward from water regime. Their species structure is
between points village diversified by at least one factor of the
elevation 107,09 floodplain dynamics – inundation or
and 108,60 m underground water.
a.s.l. The climate plays an important role in the
average year 11.0 °C / 15.7 °C 11.0 °C / 15.7 °C
distribution of living organisms. It is decisive
air
temperature / for their stand which they are bound and on
temperature in which they depend. Climate change is
growing occurring in recent years have changes in the
season distribution of species [5] and subsequent
average 520.28 mm / 520.28 mm / changes in the type of vegetation. According to
annual sum of 358.76 mm 358.76 mm
precipitation /
a study [7], the climate changes assume a
in growing frequency that can have serious consequences
season for biodiversity of terrestrial communities.
height of 2,20 m 1,82 m At sites of interest we have monitor dynamic
underground changes in the depth of groundwater level at
water level sites Čalovec and Ďulov Dvor in the years 2004
soils Calcaric Fluvisols Calcaric Fluvisols
– 2006 (figure 1). The surveyed sites were the
syntaxonomic Salici–Populetum Salici–Populetum
al structure fac. Fraxinetosum typicum
average groundwater level follows: Čalovec –
1.83 meters below the surface and Ďulov Dvor
The height of groundwater level was analyzed – 2.11 meters below the surface.
based on data from the Slovak The analysis shows that the site Čalovec is the
Hydrometeorological Institute in Bratislava for locality with a higher level of groundwater.
the years 2004 – 2006, the site Čalovec probe This is a factor which affects on the soil
2639 and the site Ďulov Dvor probe 2537. We moisture from the root system of plants can
determine the depth of groundwater level on efficiently obtain water for their growth.
vegetation available as habitat altitude The analyses of groundwater level in the years
difference and the height of groundwater level. 2004 – 2006 documented that most water
Diversity of vegetation on the stands we resource as groundwater was available for
surveyed treated according [3]. The floodplain forest vegetation in 2006 and
methodology of ecological restoration has been especially at the beginning of the growing
designed according to the principles of season.
restoration [9]. On the basis of floristic and phytocenological
survey of the studied territory, there was
confirmed the occurrence of 64 species of
vascular plants and elementary syntaxonomic
structure of vegetation, which consists of
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communities of the class Phragmiteto–  non-native invasive and potentially invasive
Magnocaricetea, order Alnetalia glutinosae and species.
association Salici populetum and Carici
elongatae–Alnetum.
Fig. 1 Depth of groundwater level at sites Čalovec

and Ďulov Dvor in 2004 – 2006
0,00
Čalovec month
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII
-0,50
2004
2005
-1,00
2006
-1,50
-2,00
-2,50
Photo 1 Solidago canadensis on Čalovec site
-3,00
meters below the surface
0,00
Ďulov Dvor month
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII
-0,50
2004
2005
-1,00
2006
-1,50
-2,00
-2,50
-3,00
meters below the surface
The impact of ruderal taxa starts in direct Photo 2 Intensive agriculture on Ďulov Dvor site
contact phytocenosis of the intensive cultivated
fields (Cirsium arvense, Solidago canadensis The natural succession evolution on these sites
(photo 1), Galinsonga parviflora – 12 species). should be supported by methods that would
The invasive species is Negundo aceroides, eliminate these disturbance factors.
potentially invasive are species: Cirsium We propose the following recovery methods:
arvense, Prunus cerassifera, Bryonia alba, - Mechanical adjustment of terrain to care for the
Robinia pseudaccacia, which may affect artificial waterways (irrigation channels) in the
negatively the further development of surrounding agriculture landscape, which would
contribute to the reduction of fluctuations in
vegetation on both studied localities.
groundwater levels in the floodplain forest
Ecological restoration is urgently needed to fragments.
help bridge the gaps and provide the necessary - Switching to organic farming in the vicinity
links between nature conservation and of these sites, thus reduction possible
sustainable local economic development [1]. contamination of soil and water from
Ecological restoration of floodplain forest intensive forms of farming.
fragments should include natural regeneration. - Direct the removal of non-native, invasive
The area should be maintained natural plant species by mechanical and biological
succession evolution. The fragments of methods.
floodplain forests to explore the area are most Results of our analysis of groundwater levels
at risk: and species diversity of locations provide basic
 fluctuations in groundwater levels, data for ecological forecasts development of the
 intensive farming in the surrounding landscape Váh food plain valley and the needs
landscape (photo 2),
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of ecological restoration. In terms of non-native, invasive plant species by
management proposals, we recommend: mechanical and biological methods.
- leaving the population of woody plants The surveyed sites are advised between
without the intervention, natural succession ecosystems with mild disturbance and therefore
evolution, are likely to speed their restore.
- monitoring sites,
- monitoring of invasive and potentially ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
invasive neophytes, their distribution and
elimination, This work was supported by Grand Agency of
- monitoring of environmental degradation Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra under
factors (abiotic conditions), the contract No. 756/06150.
- finding ways to influence the active sites of
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THE MICROREGIONAL PROGRAMME IN HARGHITA COUNTY, IN

BEHALF OF LEADER
Maria MATEFY1, Csaba KOSZTA.2 Mihai GÎDEA3

1
Hungarian University of Transylvania, Tecnical and Social Sciences Faculty Miercurea Ciuc, 1
Liberty Square , Miercurea Ciuc, Romania , Phone: 0266-313749; 0745/654922, Email:
[email protected]
2
Harghita County Development Agency
3
University of Agricultural Sciences and Vetrinary Medicine , Bucharest, 59 Marasti, sector 1,
011464 , Romania , Phone: +40 21 318 25 64, Fax: +40 21 318 28 88, Email: [email protected]
Key words : rural development, microregions, local actors, public-private partnerships, leader
Abstract
There is no doubt that Harghita County has assured an advantage by establishing its system infrastructure throughout
microregional programme. This microregions, plays an activate role in rural development especially in the perspective
of LEADER. Promoting the microregions is one of the most important capacity building and local governance
development initiatives. Institutional infrastructure refers to all the institutions and organisational initiatives that
influence the regional and economic processes. It is an institutional network for the implementation of various
approaches, fundamental principles and policies presented in the article. Concerning this matter, the county has a few
years advantage compared to other regions, and the results of this advantage are shown by the financial support
obtained and training of the actors as well as their preparation for a new way of thinking.
INTRODUCTION First of all, we may note that the input of

professional knowledge meant to ground the
Today we can rightfully state that the regional development in the area has proven to
incorporation of the micro-regional be successful. The knowledge of the Hungarian
organizations is one of the very experts, as well as the Hungarian practice in
accomplishments ever that have taken place regional development has generated a know-
within the most complex and important how that facilitates self-sustainability of the
institutional building processes of the past ten local processes. Quite obviously, this transfer
years. Although the efficiency of the micro- of know-how covers a period that is a lot longer
regions differs from one place to the other, and than five years.
some of them are fighting self-sustainability
issues, the overall institutional building process MATERIAL AND METHOD
can be regarded as successful. And it can be
regarded as successful as there is a lot more at It all started in the mid ‘90s with the Hálózat
stake here than merely the setting up of 15 (Network) Program, supported by the Pro-
micro-regional organizations! However, this Professione Foundation from Budapest – the
may also be an accomplishment in itself, since first attempt focusing on the young
micro-regional organizations in Romania have professionals engaged in local development.
been first set up in county Harghita – all of The organic continuation of the aforementioned
them being grounded on the local demands – was the regional development training program
with no support and/or initiative coming from supported by the Apáczai Public Foundation
the national planning authorities. Nonetheless, that was a first in offering targeted professional
the building process has generated several training to the future micro-reginal managers,
outcomes, which – on a mid- and/or long term and which somewhat prepared the accreditation
may be crucial to the entire future of the region. process of the regional development department
with the EMTE Sapientia in Miercurea Ciuc
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(the department operates today as the ten years we have managed to create an
department for applied sociology, profiled in institutional and human resource network that
regional development and social politics). has been ready and capable to act as a efficient
Another organic element of this know-how receiver of all the know-how targeted to our
transfer was the cooperation program that gave region.
the opportunity to the managers of the micro- If we are to make an inventory of our past five
region in county Harghita, Romania to gain years, we should, by all means, mention the
personal experience in the micro-regions of following accomplishments:
county Zala, Hungary. - The EU goals and programs, on regional
Nevertheless, this multi-actor and muti-level development, as well as its terms and
preaparatory work has launched irreversible methods have been known and accepted
processes in the region. However, it may be in the region. The training programs
possible that one or another micro-region shall facilitated the transfer of reference
not operate for a more or less longer period of material to local experts and micro-
time but the ideology, as well as the regional managers.
methodology of regional development has - The network of micro-regional
already been settled, and, as such, it can no organizations has been created, reaching
longer be disregarded. The principle, according out into the neighbouring counties, as
to which development requires an accurate well. Certain micro-regional
identification of the existing situation, as well organizations operate with a full-time
local innitiatives and planning, has become manager, and the micro-regional centers
widely known in the region. Less and less local are endowed with the necessary
self-government-related actors need to keep technical and logistical equipment.
explaining that waiting in a stand-by position - The level of inter-self-governmental
for the „central” money shall no longer be cooperation has significantly increased
sufficing, and that learning and practicing due to the micro-regional activity. The
access of resources has become an unavoidable cooperation resulted in several joint
must. And that all of the aforementioned shall projects, that triggered the infusion of
not be possible without an efficient cooperation financing into the region.
framework, as none of the localities is strong - The three-pillar institutional model
enough to manage on its own. Another result of facilitating efficiency in 1) planning and
the longlasting preparatory and grounding work support; 2) training, professional
is the fact that the sixth group of students consulting, dissemination of
studying regional development at the Sapientia information; 3) sustained local activites
University in Miercurea Ciuc shall graduate and programs - has been successfully
this year. If we add all of the previously created.
mentioned accomplishments to the several - Micro-regions, along with the micro-
organizations, associations and foundations regional managers have become
involved in local and/or micro-regional independent actors of the regional
development, and if we list their programs, as development process. They are creating
well as their activities, then we are entitled to and maintaining domestic and foreign
say that the idea and also the practice of professional relationships, they are
regional development in county Harghita has drafting regional strategic plans of
already become a rather outstanding feature. development, they are successfully
applying for financing, and they are
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS largely involved organizing different
kinds of events.
The most important element of the - Monitoring plays an important role in
abovementioned multi-factor process is the the regional development process.
existence of an efficient and operational micro- - The process of micro-regional
regional institutional structure. During the past development has preserved its modular
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flexibil and multi-directional features early activities, joined with the efforts to create
throughout its evolution. another institution, as well, the results
Kászon, the smallest basin clipped into the somewhat failed to justify and meet the
Eastern Carpathians is situated in the south- expectations. However, since the initial project-
eastern corner of county Harghita, covering five focused verve – lacking the necessary political
villages. Three of the villages, namely Altíz, support - was shattered subsequent to the
Feltíz and Impér have merged, meanwhile preferential support of the boards of trustees, as
Újfalu is 5 kms and Jakabfalva is 3 kms away well as due to the bureaucratic practices of the
from the administrative center, Kászonaltíz. first national Romanian central development
Being in a rather unique situation, the quoted institutions, rigidly sticking to the rules and
rural area grabbed not more nor less than two regulations, only the smaller local supports
opportunities in order to improve the quality of were available. The aforementioned situation
life, as well as the living standard of its could account for the fact that only 6.22% of
population. Meanwhile the infrastructural the budget of the association in 2000 – at that
problems (e.g. waste management, road time regarded as a good starting capital –
building and development) of the region resulted from projects, the rest of it coming
seemed to reach a solution within the vaster from membership fees. The responsibilities
area of the Alcsík micro-region, the setting up undertaken by the founding members would
of a micro-regional organization was triggered also be worthwhile mentioning here: 44% of
by a powerful local initiative, covering solely the annual budget came from the Council of
the five localities in the Kászon basin of county County Harghita, over 30% was paid by the
Harghita. The rightfulness of this double Townhall of Kászonaltíz, 19% was the
engagement had been long disputed but even contribution of the local founding
ten years after, the militants of the long-term members(natural and legal persons) - the sum
profit were unable to show any viable results. total being rounded up by different interest
Although there had been some progress in rates.
terms of the waste management - formerly As – according to their goals and activities,
quoted as an argument – however, the decision- they could have easily been fit into the
making competences switched from the micro- framework of a youth and/or a tradition
region to county level. Therefore, in order to preserving association, the small projects of the
proceed to the optimization of the available early days were only good to persuade the
resources of development, it was high-time to leadership of the association about the
have the place of the micro-region re-evaluated importance of further support. Such small
on the map of the county. projects were for example the dance camp
The shaping of the Kászon micro-region organized for the children folk dance group, the
started in the summer of 1999 when – financing of tour fees and/or financial support
following the examples and success stories in granted for their events and activities. Drafting
Hungary – the local church leaders, of projects for other organizations, for the local
intellectuals and entrepreneurs decided in self-government or for the church was already
favour of an institutional framework aimed to closer to the setting up of a micro-regional
host their prior regional development-related organization. Nonetheless, such a task could
endeavours. The issue of double appendage was have been performed against payment by any
solved in a rather simple manner: the Townhall consulting firm. However, we must also
paid its membership fee to both micro-regions – acknowledge the fact that in those years such
the Kászon micro-region thus receiving three services were not really at hand. As for the
times more than Alcsík. third activity – given a central position in the
And from that moment onward, we could have reports of the association, and regarded as an
spoken about a success story as existence had outstanding success – that would be the setting
been facilitated by both, the institutional up of the ”tele-cottages”. This institution is
framework, as well as the generous local really beneficial to community building, it
support. But, due to the scatteredness of the facilitates the flow of information, and it offers
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the opportunity of accessing funds. And thus ticked out as a result, and the organization
the problem is right here, in front of us: the began to seek for new opportunities.
micro-regional association – making good use Nonetheless, due to certain inner and external
of its own intellectual capacities and relying on factors, the micro-region could still register
the support of its members – has raised its own some smaller successes. Such an inner factor
competitors. Of course, it has not grown to be a might be the significant presence of a local
real competitor – however, not directly – as the group of initiative which made an accurate
two institutions were managed by different assessment of the available opportunities and
boards, which is not a bad thing, after all, but did not hesitate to grab them. This group
the interdependence between the micro- witnessed the implementation of the twinning
regional office and the “tele-cottage” became projects, as well as the launching of the local
much too obvious. Whenever asked to present development projects (setting up of the
the logistics and the activity of the micro- telephone network, incorporation of civil
regional office, the manager always made organizations and cross-ownerships), and it also
reference to the “tele-cottage”, saying that „the gave its hopeful blessing to the newly founded
office operates jointly with the “tele-cottage”, micro-regional associations. Furthermore,
thus reducing certain operational costs. There church leaders, physicians, teachers and
are six computers, a copier, a scanner and a engineers brought their contribution in terms of
printer – all these in one single room. The room knowledge, contacts and energy to the creation
next-door is meant to be the „conference of the new system, of which overall image,
room”. And the interview shortly revealed the shape and activities could not be defined
accomplished priorities, as well: in order to see exactly at that point. Input of the
an older dream come true, they chose to make aforementioned professionals is still ongoing
good use of the opportunity offered by the new and welcome since the micro-regional
regional development framework. „If I am to association still needs it.
think about my first attempts, well, those were The external factor was the drafting of the
also directed to the setting up of a “tele- regional strategy, of which importance was
cottage” or some fairly similar centre.” recognized a lot later on the local level but once
Therefore, the office failed to fulfill its initial understanding its importance, they immediately
task and, as such, in terms of its endowment, it claimed „copyright” of it. The story itself was a
also failed to create the six or even more job fairly simple one: a couple of students in
opportunities – it did not become the sociology and agriculture were looking for a
occupational channel of the ones thinking in venue to perform their summer practice, and
terms of development. It was an acknowledged they decided on the Kászon basin. The initiative
sucess story, rendering merely the possibility of came entirely from the exteriour, the micro-
entertainment (and, in a best-case scenario, that region supplied only the letter of
of learning) to the local young population. Of recommendation in order to support the project
course, all of the aforementioned was never of the university, according to which a
regarded as valid solely to the Kászon micro- motivated group of students spent a longer time
region as many of the „ancient” organization on the venue, they evaluated the situation, and
showed lack of the experience required in the together with a guiding professor, they drafted
world of projects, and they adjusted their goals ideas, strategies, and then – adjusting the
to the objectives of the newly launched theoretical examples to the local possibilities,
projects. However, project-wise the activities and dismantling them to sub-programs and
were all successful, only that by failing to measures - they offered the outcomes to the
proceed to the conscious selection of the local micro-region. Of course, the oppinion of the
actors, and by not ensuring them either the outer experts was defining to the micro-region,
necessary group training or the occupational and they adopted the strategy without
aspect, the quoted activities did not produced understanding the importance of their own
the desired impact. The activity itself was participation. Although while drafting of the
strategy was still ongoing, the micro-regional
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office failed to give the it the deserved promoted in the political hierarchy. Similar
attention, however, in its reports a few years impediments (several months of inactiveness
later, turned into a key-actor, it claimed full and constant re-starts) have never hindered the
credit for both, products and success. Another activity of other organizations. Despite of the
external factor may just as well be listed here: disturbed continuity, other shortages may also
the Council of County Harghita had then newly be revealed, on the one hand questioning the
introduced the accomplishment-based support, quality level of the already accomplished tasks,
according to which membership fee was paid and on the other hand casting a bad light over
only to those micro-regional associations which the marketing of the community. An example
had already accomplished some tasks, such as in point would be the website of the
the forwarding of a certain number of community, www.kaszon.ro, resulted from a
(micro)projects, the collection of the project, and advertised as such (Tibor Kristó:
contributions coming from the local self- „Öntevékeny kászoni kisrégió”- Hargita Népe,
governments, and, last but not least, the July 16, 2002), which only a few years after
drafting of the local development strategy, manages to scare away the naive browser with
which – provided the existence of a successful its year-old „news”, spelling errors and inactive
cooperation -was nothing more nor less than a links.
timely fulfilled task. Thus, the „letter of
support” was proven to be a twice profitable CONCLUSIONS
gesture.
The third factor was the Minimum Party, also The Kászon micro-region is a very good
launched independently from the micro- example in point, showing where local initiaves
regional organzation, initiated by a group of may end up if lacking national support. As for
students who were looking for a venue to the local level results, these do not go beyond
organize their alternative arts camp. Already the results of an average youth organization –
regarded as a movement, the successful start meanwhile the defined areas of activity do not
has been since followed by a series of events, meet the requirements of any national and/or
attended by at least two hundred participants. international project. However, we should not
The local population has recognized the disregard the fact that the activities animating a
opportunities of such a camp, and it is actively smaller community may be a real advantage
involved in its organization, as well as in the whenever active participation of the local
hosting of the participants. Despite of its rather population is foreseen as a must. ... And this
short duration, the Minimum Party – including happens to be one of the basic requirements of
the Kászon region – enjoys quite a vast amount the LEADER – already knocking on our doors.
of marketing thanks to its connections and
inter-personal relationships; brochures, leaflets REFERENCES
and other publications enhance the fame of
both, organization and region. [1] Zoltan A.Biro; Csaba J.Koszta; Maria Mateffy;
If compared to the other organizations Videkfejlesztes Hargita Megyeben (Rural development in
in county Harghita, the Kászon micro-region Harghita County), ALUTUS, Regional Training Center
shows another element that makes the Miercurea Ciuc, 2004
[2] Laszlo Kulscar, Harghita County Medium
difference: eversince its begginings, it is the Development Plan 2002-2013, ALUTUS, Miercurea
same person managing its activities, the same Ciuc 2002.
person who due to its public role became an
authority figure first at local then on county
level, and who has also been constantly
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RURAL AREA NATURAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS (TIMIŞ COUNTY)
Nicoleta MATEOC-SÎRB1, Teodor MATEOC1, Camelia MĂNESCU1, Iosif Ionel TOMA2,

Gheorghe Csaba TOTH3
1
Banat`s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Aradului, 119,
Timişoara, Timiş, Romania, 0256/277430, [email protected]
2
The Hall of Giroc village, Semenic, Nr. 54, Cod 307220, Timis, Romania, 004-0256-395648,
[email protected]
3
Agricultural Society, Pecica, Arad, Romania
Key words : milk production, evolution, NW Region , Romania
Abstract
The paper aimed to present the evolution of Milk Production during the period 1990 -2007 in the North West Region of
Romania, including Iasi, Botosani and Suceava counties. It is based on the statistical data provided by Ministry of
Agriculture , Forests and Rural Development . The data have been processed into the following indicators : cattle
livestock, number of dairy cows, milk yield, milk production . During the analyzed period , cattle livestock has
continuously decreased, so that in the year 2007 there are just 1,440 thousand cows in Romania of which in the North
Eastern part are raised about 25 %.. Milk yield has increased from 2,850 kg /cow in the year 1990 to 3,980 kg/cow/year
in the year 2007 , but total milk production has decreased taking into account the reduced number of cows . As a
conclusion, the North East region is traditionally suitable for cow rearing ,due to its pastures and meadows , the
important number of cow stock and possibilities to produce ecological milk .
INTRODUCTION methods of research in the sustainable rural

development of Romania”. Research was
The resources of the planet and, particularly, carried out by undergraduate teams that went to
the environment and the renewable resources rural localities all over the Timiş County. Data
such as the soil, the water, the air, the wood, the were collected with the help of questionnaires
biodiversity and the fish stocks, are under containing the main analysis indicators
particular stress from the increasing population structured according to seven criteria: physical-
and from the present models of the economic geographical, demographical, economic,
development that ask for more and more such inhabiting, technical equipping, social, and
resources. The necessary resources are larger economic.
and larger, but this can overrun the
environmental resources availabilities. The area RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
of the Timiş County is a geographical area with
a series of components: natural (units of relief, Some renewable raw materials are true vital
hydrographical network, bio climate system), richness for the economic and social
human (origin and distribution of the development of the Romanian society. Among
population, the system of urban settlements), these materials, the most important are water,
economic (natural resources, agricultural use, soil, fauna, flora, and forest resources.
system of transportations, area distribution of Water resources represent the hydrological
the industrial branches and of industrial potential made up of the ground and surface
centres). waters, both natural and managed.
Waters represent a natural, renewable,
MATERIAL AND METHOD vulnerable, and limited resource, an element
indispensable for life and for society, a raw
The present paper presents the partial results of material for productive activities, a source of
the research team during the period 2006-2008 energy and a transportation route, a determining
within the research grant „Complex models and
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factor in the maintenance of the ecological books or prospectuses do not correspond to the
balance. reality, which call for their rehabilitation,
Land resources have also been studied because reediting, and completion.
the supply information concerning the nature of The Timiş County is located in Western
soil, the use of soil, the most suitable crops, as Romania. The extreme points of the county are
well as their technology. 20º16' (Beba-Veche) and 22º33' (Poieni)
Natural and cultivated vegetation supply the Eastern longitude, and 45º11' (Lăţunaş) and
opportunity to better know the main phyto- 46º11' (Cenad) Northern latitude.
geographical units, of ecosystems, of the use of Natural resources. The Timiş County has a
herbicides suited to each crop, the types of total area of 869,665 ha and it shares 3.65% of
traditional crops adapted to the area. Romania, thus ranging first from the point of
Natural deposits existing in the area are of view of its area.
interest from the point of view of their Plain shares over 50.00% of the Timiş County
exploitation (extraction, transportation) and of area, and it is a basic unit of Romania’s relief.
labour force occupancy. It ahs altitudes varying between 80 m and 200
Human resources have been analysed from the m. The Western Hills share about 20.00% of
point of view of their number, evolution, and the county’s area.
distribution. The county is crossed from East to south-west
Processing information on the population in the by the rivers Bega and Timiş with their
studied area pointed out some specific aspects, tributaries Timişana, Pogăniş and Bârzava. In
characteristic phenomena and trends the north, the rivers Mureş and Aranca follow
concerning the population distribution in the their way from east to west. The lakes of the
area, the natural movement, positive and county have small areas and depths. Many of
negative impacts of the movements on labour, them are remains of the old marshes. In the
life conditions, etc. neighbourhoods of the commune of Satchinez,
Economic resources. As for the area covered one can meet a series of are bird species. There
with forests, only ¼ of the rural area of the are also two ponds with warm water (over
country is covered with genuine, functional 200C) at Rădmăneşti and Forocici.
forests, compared with the 40.00% of the The mountain range of the Carpathians
optimal percentage of forests of natural and protects, in the east, the county from the
social conditions of the Romanian geographical continental cold air, and the opening to the west
area (Giurgiu, 1978, 2004). The gap between allows an easier penetration of the maritime
the present percentage of true forest-coverage temperate air.
of the country and the optimal level for the Annual average temperature oscillates between
present conditions explains the ecological lack -2°C and 21°C.
of balance characterising nowadays Romania The natural resources of the soil contain
and particularly the rural area – a lack of important deposits of lignite (Sinersig), basalt
balance that is favourable to climate, (Lucareţ – Sanoviţa), manganese (Pietroasa),
hydrological, and geo-morphological hazards clay (Biled, Cărpiniş, Jimbolia, Lugoj,
(droughts, floods, land glides, erosions, etc.). Sânnicolau Mare), crude oil and gases (in the
One of the most efficient ways to prevent and western part of the county), sand (Sag), glass
control forest destruction is sustainable sand (Groşi – Făget, Tomeşti and Gladna).
management of the existing forests and Mineral water springs and geo-thermal waters
forestation of degraded lands. can be found at Timişoara, Buziaş, Pişchia,
As for the tourism activity in the studied rural Ivanda, Sacoşu Mare, Bogda, Calacea, Deta,
areas, data analysis point out improper Sânnicolau Mare, Jimbolia, Teremia Mare and
development of the tourism because of the Lovrin.
improper infrastructure that does not allow easy The soil supplies favourable conditions for the
tourists access as well as the absence in many cultivation of crops, mainly cereals and
rural areas of proper facilities (running water, technical plants and forage crops, and for fruit
sewerage). Tourism routes mentioned in some tree culture and grape culture.
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With one of the smallest areas covered by labour force, and declining branches generating
forests in the Western Region, the Timiş unemployment.
County has a wide range of spontaneous flora The situation, in itself, unfortunately generates
and fauna species. small incomes in agriculture, incomes gained
We need to also mention natural reserves and with much harder efforts than other economic
monuments in the county: activities.
-the marshes at Satchinez located at about 25 Economic resources. The agricultural area of
km north-west from Timişoara, an interesting the Timiş County covers 80.70% of its total
and picturesque bird reserve also called “the area.
Banat Delta” covering vast marshes with dense
bog reed and vast ponds that have the aspect of
a small delta: visitors can admire bird colonies
nesting in the area, many of which rare,
endangered species (the purple heron, the
squacco heron, the little egret);
-the Dendrologic Park at Bazoş, located at 15
km south-east from Timişoara, 8 km south from
Remetea Mare, a forestry reserve, of great
scientific importance: benefiting from a sub-
Fig. 1. Structure of agricultural area per use categories in
Mediterranean climate, tress from five 2007
continents grow here; In the Timiş County, the agricultural sector
-the fossil site at Rădămăneşti – a supplies real investment opportunities duet o
paleontological reserve located 10 km north its large areas of agricultural land, the good
from Lugoj; results in some crops and the important share of
-the salt lands at Diniaş is a floristic reserve the occupied population. To all this we should
located 25 km south-west from Timişoara; add a series of important aspects such as the
-caves: the Cave at Româneşti, 13 km from high demand of ecological products and their
Făget; the Blue Cave near Pietrioasa, 12 km high added value, non-refundable finances for
from Făget; the Rock of Florin Cave near agriculture and the advantages of penetrating
Tomeşti, 17 km from Făget. European Community markets.
1.1. Population and human resources Agriculture shares 22.05% of the population
In 2008 the population of the Timiş County occupied in the county in 2007. This shows the
represented about 3.13% of the total population importance of agriculture in the county’s
of Romania (Table 1). economy and, particularly, for the incomes of
the inhabitants.
Table 1.Population occupied between 1992 and 2007
(thousands of people)
Timiş Years
County
1992 1995 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 338.2 320.5 294.9 302.7 309.1 318.8 324.6 335.5
economy
Agriculture* 104.3 100.5 103.7 84.2 76.9 79.4 75.8 74.0

Fishing and - - - 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
fish culture
*
hunting and forestry; Source: www.timis.insse.ro
As for the share of the population occupied in

agriculture, we can see a descending trend. In Fig. 2. Share of the main crops of the Timiş County
2007, it decreased to 22.05%. Agriculture is
still a non-attractive economic sector, with low To note the area cultivated with grain cereals –
labour productivity and with limited financing 280,291 ha in 2007 – sharing the largest share
opportunities unlike industry, where there are of the total cultivated area (71.00%). Smaller
both many developing branches that attract areas are reserved to potato crops (12,268 ha),
sunflower (33,539 ha), vegetables (12,926 ha)
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and sugar beet (20 ha). The conclusion of the Tourism in the Timiş County in 2007 was
above figures is that cultivated areas are represented by 102 structures with
decreasing. accommodation functions, of which: 49 hotels
Areas cultivated with grapes can be found in and motels, 3 hostels, 1 tourist inn, 1 camping,
most communes in the plain and hill area of the 9 tourist villa, 31 urban boarding houses, 4
Timiş County. The cultivation of grapes is rural boarding houses, 4 school camps. In the
practiced in private households but also in the rural environment, there were 4 rural boarding
vineyards of Recaş, Teremia, Buziaş, and houses in 2007, which speaks of the low level
Giarmata. of the investments in this field compared to the
Fruit tree culture has a smaller share of the existing opportunities.
agricultural economy of the county due to its The rural environment of the Timiş County
geographical features. Areas covered by offers
orchards predominate in the hill area (Surduc, investment and development opportunities for
Sacoşului and Lipovei) and in the plain area tourism activities. From this perspective, we
(particularly the Torontalului Plain). There are could invest in the following:
fruit tree plantations in the area of Tomnatic, - spa and leisure tourism that can be practiced
Periam, Topolovăţu Mare, and Giarmata. in Deta, Calacea, Lovrin and Sânmihaiul
Român, where there are thermal waters that
could become points of attraction for both
Romanian and foreign tourists;
- green tourism and agritourism, that could
point out the charm of the traditional
households in the rural area, monastic areas and
hunting chalets;
- another point of attraction could be the Cave
of Româneşti, the Blue Cave near Pietroasa, or
Fig. 4. Evolution of animal numbers in the Timiş County the Rock of Florian near Tomeşti;
(1990-2007) - other points of attraction are: the marshes at
Analyzing data for the period between 1990 Satchinez, the Dendrologic Park at Bazoş, the
and 1007, we can note a general decreasing fossil site at Rădămăneşti or the salt soils of
trend of the number of animals of all species, a Diniaş;
decrease determined by both uncontrolled - cultural and historical tourism covers rich
slaughtering after 1990, by population aging networks of historical and archaeological sites,
(who gave up growing animals), and by the historical and architectural monuments,
decrease of the interest in practicing this churches and museums.
activity because of the difficulties in valorising
agricultural products. CONCLUSIONS
Diversifying economic activities in the rural
area aims at ensuring decent life conditions by The strong points of the rural area of the Timiş
equipping villages with facilities and by and Caraş-Severin counties are:
obtaining diverse incomes from non- - enough land and low-polluted lands allowing
agricultural activities. the development of agriculture and forestry;
We can, therefore, say that the entrepreneurial - enough labour force to carry out activities
environment in the Timiş County villages is not specific to the area;
developing at all, while economic activity is - an attractive and diversified environment,
little diversified. This situation is also the result cultural traditions and heritage of international
of improper infrastructure of all types as well as interest-allowing the development of all forms
of the fact that great investors ignore the of tourism;
opportunities offered by the rural environment - opportunities of establishing SMEs specific to
of the county. existing resources.
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If in the past the main occupations of attractions allowing tourism development as a
agriculturists in the Banat area were agriculture, source of alternative income for the people in
fruit tree culture, and animal breeding – sectors the area.
from which people obtained important incomes Due to the numerous traditions and customs in
– at present these activities are in permanent the Banat area, they can carry out lots of
decline. traditional activities and crafts that allow the
It is also necessary to increase competitiveness establishment of SMEs specific to the activities
of the agricultural farms by implementing common in the area.
activities specific to their size and to the area in
which they are. REFERENCES
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[2] Mateoc Sîrb Nicoleta, 2004, Dezvoltare rurală şi
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[4] Otiman şi colab., 2006, Dezvoltare rurală durabilă a
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natural potential – due to the geographical,
climate, and relief (mountain and plain), to the
cultural and historical values and other tourism
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IDENTIFYING NATURAL TOURISM RESOURCES IN THE CARAŞ-

SEVERIN COUNTY
Nicoleta MATEOC-SÎRB1, Camelia MĂNESCU1, Teodor MATEOC1, Marin

CHETRINESCU2, Diana BLAGA1
1
Banat`s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Aradului, 119,
Timişoara, Timiş, Romania, 0256/277430, [email protected]
2
PIAA - The Payment and Intervention Agency for Agriculture, Reşiţa, Caraş-Severin, Romania
Key words : tourism, resources, mountains, park
Abstract
The location of the Caraş-Severin County in a particular natural landscape, in an area that is mainly mountainous,
with a rich and varied forestry and hunting fund, with a representative hydro graphic network, with particular
historical and cultural values favours the development of tourism under different forms; these elements are tourism
destinations with a high degree of attractiveness.
INTRODUCTION
The tourism value of the natural landscape of

the Caraş-Severin County supplied mainly by
the features of the relief is multiplied by the
features of other factors such as: hidrography,
climate, vegetation, fauna which, in their turn,
are extremely varied and original, granting the
landscape a high degree of tourism
attractiveness through: its natural resources
(protected areas, ski areas, karstic relief, glacier
relief, belvedere points, hunting funds, thermal
and mineral waters, etc.), as well as man-made
tourism resources.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
Collecting data was done through

questionnaires applied at rural localities
mayor’s houses in the Caraş-Severin County.
Fig. 1. The Map of Caraş-Severin county
The present paper presents partial results
obtained within scientific report preparation by
PhD students according to individual plan of 1.Protected Areas
training through the doctoral school.
The Caraş-Severin County, due to its
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION geographical position, of the climate
conditions with strong Mediterranean
Identifying the natural tourism resources of the influences (dry, mild summers, and mild
Caraş-Severin County and valorising them will winters rich in precipitations), favoured the
allow diversification and development of occurrence and development of numerous
activities in the area with positive impact on the plant and animal species as well a wide
economic development of local communities.
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diversity of natural habitats – all this making Park covers the area of three counties. Of the
the county one of the areas with the highest total area of the park (61,211 ha), 23,185 ha are
biodiversity in the country. The most in the Caraş-Severin County, and it contains the
representative natural areas in the county are reserves: Domogled, Coronini – Bedina, Iauna
three national parks and a natural park: – Craiova, Belareca, and Peştera lui Ion
The Semenic – Cheile Caraşului National Bârzoni.
Park is located in the central part of the Caraş- The Porţile de Fier Natural Park is one of
Severin County, covering an area of 36,364.8 the largest natural parks in Romania; it covers
ha including 10 already acknowledged the area of two counties, of which 74,774 ha in
reserves (14,420.8 ha) and 8 nominated the Caraş-Severin County, with 14 scientific
reserves. Among the most representative reserves. Among the nature reserves in the
tourism objectives within the park are the county we can mention: Valea Mare, Balta
following: Buhui – Mărghitaş, the Caraşului Nera – Dunăre, Râpa cu Lăstuni in the Divici
Gorges, the Gîrliştei Gorges, the Caraşului Valley, Baziaş, Peştera cu apă in the Polevii
Springs, the Nerei Springs, the Buhui Cave, Valley, as well as special bird protected areas –
and the Comarnic Cave. the moist areas Ostrov, Calinovăţ and Divici –
Pojejena.
Though the natural elements that determined
these parks to be declared natural and
protection regimes to be established are
extremely valuable, these protected areas are
not fully ready to enter the circuit of tourism
values of Europe, since they still lack proper
infrastructure (access, environment, and,
particularly, tourism).
2. Ski Areas
The relief mainly mountainous allows the

Photo 1 Cheile Caraşului practice of some sports and recreational
activities specific to mountain tourism. The
The Cheile Nerei – Beuşniţa National Park main mountain ranges of the county that have
covers an area of 37,100 ha and includes 6 been integrated in the tourism circuit, with
nature reserves. The best known tourism accommodation, agreement, and sports
objectives are: Cheile Nerei – Beuşniţa, facilities, are:
Cheile Şuşara, Bigar, Ducin, and Valea - The Semenic Mountains are located along the
Ciclovei – Ilidia. Mountains Ţarcu, Godeanu and, partially,
Cernei, belonging to the Meridional
Mountains. Their position has brought them
the name of “Banat’s roof”, though it is not
the highest mountain range in this part of the
country. The peaks of the range make up a
triangle: Semenic (1,445 m), Piatra Goznei
(1,447 m) and Nedeia (1,439 m). The Semenic
Mountain, though not high, is characterised by
abundant snows.
- The Mic Mountain reaches 1,806 m. The
resort is at 1,500-1,550 m altitude. Munţii
Photo 2 The National Park Cheile Nerei Ţarcu, of which the Mic Mountain is part,
covers the north-western area of the Meridional
The Domogled – Valea Cernei National Carpathians.
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deepest pitch in the country, 235 m deep; the
Banat Sphynx, downstream the confluence of
the Cerna with Belareca, and the Rock of
Iorgovan, on the left side of the Cerna.
4. Glacier Relief
Glacier relief is represented in the Ţarcu
Mountains, by glacier circles with huge scree,
glacial valleys whose origin is in the lakes
Irezu, Ţarcu, Pietrele Albe, etc., and also by the
wide peaks of the Mic Mountain.
Photo 3 The Mic Mountain 5. Belvedere Points

The distribution of the relief in terraces supplies
3.Karstic Landscapes numerous belvedere points such as those on the
Cernei Valley, the Mic Mountain, the Ţarcu
The mountainous relief has made it possible for Mountain, the Cuntu Peak or the Semenic, Aninei
the county to have a wide range of landscapes and Locvei Mountains; karstic plateaus –
and tourism attractions related to the variety of Iabalcea, Ravniştea, Mărghitaş, Colonovăţ, La
the karstic and glacier formations, to the Fâneţe, Cărbunari, Sf. Elena, Moldoviţa, Coronini
network of valleys, etc. The grandeur of the and Vf. Pietrele Albe, Ciorcini, Elisabeta, Piatra
karstic landscapes is the result of the limey Baniţei, and Crucea Albă.
relief in the Aninei Mountains, in the Cerna Landscape areas, magnificent due to their natural
Valley, in the Danube Straits and in the Locvei beauty, are the result of the variety of the forms of
Mountains, represented by surface formations relief, of the alternance between the mountain
(gorges, water falls, valleys, etc.) and by ranges and the series of valleys, of the colourful
underground formations (caves). contrast between the hayfields and the mountain
The most representative karstic surface pastures, on one hand, and the rich coniferous
formations that are valuable tourism objectives forests, as well as by the spontaneous occurrence
due to their savageness and picturesque are: the of some sub-Mediterranean vegetation elements.
Caraşului Gorges, the Gârliştei Gorges, the
Minişului Gorges, the Nerei Gorges, and the 6. The Fishing and Hunting Fund is an
Cernei Valley. extremely valuable element that increases the
The caves should not be seen as singular, isolated tourism attractiveness of the county.
tourism objectives, but as merely a completion
supplying a surplus of value and diversity to the 7. Thermal and Mineral Waters and
beauty of the existing karstic landscape. Many of Natural
the caves have become high-interest tourism Negative Air Ionisation are the elements that
objectives, despite the fact that only two of them have turned the Herculane Spas into a distinct
rely on some minimal tourism facilities (the location on the map of spa and climate resorts
Comarnic Cave and the Thieves’ Cave) and only of the country and of Europe.
one of them has a guide (the Comarnic Cave).
Other caves are: the Gaura Turcului Cave, the Man-Made Tourism Attractions
Vapour Grotto, the Popovăţ Cave, the Buhui Archaeological sites contain Dacian
Cave, the Mărghitaş Cave, the Tolosu Cave, the settlements, Roman castra, medieval castles,
Racoviţă Cave, the Gălăţiului Cave, the Liliecilor etc. Some of the most representative
Cave, the Ponor Plopa Cave, the Voinicovăţ monuments of ancient and medieval history in
Cave, the Gura Cornii Cave, the Gaura cu Muscă the county are: the archaeological site “the
Cave, etc. Thieves’ Cave” – Băile Herculane, villa rustica
To also mention the following: the Pitch in the at Gornea, the commune of Sicheviţa, the
Poiana Gropii, in the Aninei Mountain, the medieval fortress of Ilidia (village of Socolari)
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and the medieval complex at Ilidia, the Ethnography and folklore: such objectives in
medieval fortress at Turnu Ruieni, the the field of ethnography that define the Caraş-
medieval fortress at Mehadia, the medieval Severin County are peasant hydraulic
fortress at Moldova Nouă Pescari, the installations (mills, water troughs, reciprocating
medieval ensemble at Reşiţa, the “Ogăşele” saws). In the field of traditional architecture, we
point, and the Moroasa side. should mention the museum-villages such as
Historical and art monuments and Ilidia, with a large number of farmsteads and
architectural ensembles can be found in houses that have preserved their traditional local
the towns of Oraviţa, Băile Herculane, specificity.
Caransebeş, Reşiţa, Bocşa, Anina, etc. Industrial and technical heritage:
monuments representative for the industrial
history of the county concern old mining
equipments, steel-milling technical ensembles,
old labour architecture ensembles, dam
systems and other hydro technical buildings,
electrical heating centrals, railway routes, etc.
Religious historical and art monuments: the
best known are the monasteries of Călugăra,
Sf. Ilie in Bocşa Vasiova, Almăj – Putna,
Brebu, Piatra Scrisă, the hermitages on the Mic
Mountain and on the Semenic Mountain, etc.
Photo 3 The Băile Herculane resort - Hercules Statue
CONCLUSIONS
The location of the Caraş-Severin County in a

special natural landscape, in an area that is
mainly mountainous, with a rich and varied
forestry and hunting fund, with a representative
hydro graphic network, with special cultural
and historical values favour the development of
the tourism under different forms.
The goal of sustainable development is to find
the ways to increase total richness together with
the prudent use of common natural resources,
so that renewable resources can be maintained
and non-renewable ones can be used at a rate
Photo 4 Reşiţa locomotive museum that takes into account the needs of the future
generations. It is necessary to have a clear
vision on the share of each of these factors.
Sometimes, some negative effects on the
environment are accepted a price paid to
economic development but, on other occasions,
an ecosystem or a certain aspect of the
environment needs to be protected against
excessive exploitation.
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Photo 5 “Mihai Eminescu” Theater regională în România, Editura Agroprint, Timişoara
of Oraviţa country
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[2] Mateoc Sîrb Nicoleta, 2004, Dezvoltare rurală şi [4] Otiman Păun Ion şi colaboratorii, 2006, Dezvoltare
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Politehnica, Timişoara
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MILKING COWS BREEDING – A PRIORITIZED ACTIVITY FOR THE

REVITALIZATION OF THE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SECTOR IN THE
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Virgiliu MOREI, Alexandru STRATAN, Andrei ZBANCA
The State Agricultural University of Moldova, 44 Mircesti, 2049, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova,
Phone: +373 22 432 432, Fax: +373 22 312 276, E-mail: [email protected]
Key words: milking cows, production costs, sales income, cost, profitability.
Abstract
The article was focused on determining the economic efficiency and arguing the economic calculations connected with
the economic efficiency of the milking cows breeding within the agricultural farms of the Republic of Moldova. In order
to make an analysis, the authors proposed the idea of creating a model farm breeding 10 milking cows, the one that can
be implemented and managed within a family farm. The economic calculations connected with milking cows breeding
have been done taking into consideration the following aspects: assessment of the necessary investments, planning the
annual revenues from sales, calculation of the annual consumptions and calculation of the final economic results. As a
result of practicing the entrepreneurship activity within this farm designed for milking cows breeding, we determined
that it is possible to obtain an annual sufficient profit for the further development of the mentioned business.
INTRODUCTION tion prices during the period of 2007-2008,

have established somehow the situation within
Milking cows breeding represents one of the the production sector, which registered a partial
basic branches of the animal husbandry sector reestablishment of the milking cows livestock
in the conditions of the Republic of Moldova. with about 12 thousand heads. Thus, at the end
In the last years there was a reduction of the of 2008, cows livestock was about 180
horned cattle livestock and of the obtained thousand heads in comparison with 168
production because a number of factors such as: thousand registered at the end of 2007.
absence of the reproduction work, a poor In these difficult climatic and economic
genofond, incorrect and unbalanced animals’ conditions, milk production decreased insigni-
feeding, often breeding the animals in inappro- ficantly, maintaining the level of 600 thousand
priate conditions, low prices (under the cost tones annually due to the increase of animal
price level) offered by milk collectors, belated productivity till 2900 kg per cow.
payments (from processing producers) for the But the modification of the game laws from
collected milk, as well as the sudden decrease within the national market of dairy products
of the acquisition price for beef. All that generated by their import’s liberalization,
mentioned above generated economic diffi- created a dramatic instability in the activity of
culties within this branch. both primary producers and the processing
During the period of 2004-2008 milking cows ones.
livestock reduced with about 90 thousand The massive imports of dairy products,
heads, and the most dramatic fall happened in especially of cheese, butter and milk powder
2007, when about 40 thousand productive was like a deep shocking hit for the producing-
animals have been slaughtered. processing complex, which resulted in a
In order to solve this problem the Ministry of reduction of sales for these products and
Agriculture of the Republic of Moldova consequently the cease of the acquisition
established some measures regarding the activity and collecting offices closing for an
product channel which were sustained by the indefinite period of time.
Council. The regulation of the diary products
import and the maintenance of decent acquisi-
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MATERIAL AND METHOD  The business can be set up in small
proportions and then to be extended as
In the present article we will focus on the far as possible.
determination and argumentation of the eco-  The business can be managed by one
nomic calculations regarding the economic family members.
efficiency of breeding milking cows. The  The increased demand for dairy
authors proposed the idea of creating a model products, meat and leather both on the
farm with a livestock of 10 milking cows, the local and foreign markets.
one that can be implemented and managed In the Republic of Moldova the morphological
within a family farm. The necessary invest- potential of many breeds of cows constitutes
ments to set up this farm and to purchase the 5000-10000 l of milk per lactation. These
production means can be done using personal quantities can be obtained only using a correct
sources or the ones obtained from another feeding that influences cows productivity by
financing source. 60-65%. A cow that has the productivity of
6000 kg of milk per lactation eliminates along
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS with milk the following products: 144-220 kg
of albumins, 150-300 kg of fats, 200-300 kg of
Milking cows breeding is a profitable business sugar, 6-9 kg of calcium, 4,5-7 kg of
which has the following advantages: phosphorus.
 Cows breeding permit to obtain: milk, Further, we present the main cow breeds that
dietetic meat, veal and heifers, different can be bred in our republic and their
sub-products (blood, internal secretion characteristics (tab. 1).
glands etc.), leather and manure – an
organic fertilizer to increase soil fertility.
Table 1. Cow breeds existing in the Republic of Moldova and their characteristics
Milk Calves body
Direction of Cows body Fat content in Protein content
Breed name production, weight at birth,
production weight, kg milk, % in milk, %
kg kg
Black Spotted milk 650-750 5000-7000 3,5-3,7 3,2-3,3 35-39
Simmental milk-meat 600-800 3000-5500 3,9-4,2 3,4-3,5 40-43
Steppe Red milk 450-550 3000-5000 3,7-3,9 3,3-3,5 28-35
Estonian Red milk 500-550 3500-5000 3,8-4,2 3,2-3,5 34-38
Holstein milk 650-750 6000-10000 3,3-3,6 3,0-3,1 40-45
Ayrshire milk 400-500 4000-5000 3,9-4,5 3,5-3,6 30-33
Jersey milk 300-350 3000-4000 5,0-6,5 3,7-4,5 20-25
When setting up the business of cows breeding, will be left within the farm to renew the
the entrepreneur should decide about his livestock of milking cows.
specialization – what kind of products will he The economic calculations for milking cows
obtain annually from this farm. In order to breeding must be done taking into consi-
achieve a high level of efficiency in this branch deration the following aspects: (1) necessary
one should also take into consideration the investments; (2) planning annual revenues from
following factors: breed, feeding and living sales (annual revenues from sales will be
conditions. In the model farm presented and calculated beginning with the second year of
analyzed in this article, the basic activity is activity because the farm will get its full
oriented towards the following two directions producing capacity); (3) calculation of annual
of production: consumptions; and (4) calculation of final
 milk production and its commerciali- economic results.
zation directly to specialized factories; The economic calculations are usually
 breeding of reproduction animals. which accomplished for the entrepreneurs from rural
will be commercialized on the spaces, those who want to set up a farm for
agricultural markets and another part milking cows breeding but don’t have sufficient
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agricultural lands to ensure the necessary the livestock of milking cows within the farm
quantity of fodder. If the entrepreneur ensures or they will be commercialized (the body
the necessary quantity of fodder on his own weight will constitute about 450 kg).
lands, this will permit to reduce considerably Planning annual revenues from sales. As a
the consumptions. result of the operational activity within the farm
The cows of Black Spotted breed are the most it is possible to obtain the following kinds of
frequently met in our republic within the products: (i) milk; (ii) calves commercialized as
private sector. For the proposed model farm we live weight at the age of one month; (iii)
selected the Black Spotted breed. The average reproduction heifers to renew the basic
possible productivity that can be obtained from livestock and commercialize reproduction
a cow will attain 6000 l of milk with the animals and (iv) commercialization of scraped
average percentage of fats 3,6% (in the case of cows per live body weight. The livestock of 10
a balanced ration) and by a product each year milking cows of Black Spotted breed will
(average weight at birth varies between 35-39 permit to receive annually a proportion of 5 to 5
kg). The heifers will be bred for a period of 17- between heifers and calves.
20 months, will be mounted and used to renew
Table 2. Planning annual milk production within the farm
Productivity Adjusted productivity
Number of Percentage of fats Milk annually -
Specification of a cow per of a cow per lactation
animals (on average), % total, l
lactation, l (the norm 3,5%), l
Milk 10 6 000 3,6 6 171,4 61 714,3
Table 3. Planning annual meat production within the farm

Specification Number of animals, head Weight 1 head, kg Total – meat production, kg
Reproduction heifers 5 450 2 250
Calves (the age of 1 month) 5 50 250
Cattle slaughtering 2 575 1 150
TOTAL x x 3 650
Table 4. Planning annual revenues from sales within the farm

Specification UM Quantity Unitary price, lei Sales, lei
Milk liters 61 714,3 3,5 216 000
Reproduction heifers (3 heads) kg of live body weight 1 350,0 50,0 67 500
Calves (the age of 1 month) heads 5,0 1000,0 5 000
Cattle slaughtering (2 heads) kg 1 150,0 20,0 23 000
TOTAL x x x 311 500
As a result of breeding a livestock of 10 from the processing industry, 6) premixes and

milking cows within the model mini-farm and proteinic-vitamin-mineral concentrates.
planned productivity of animals and farm’s Green fodder. Daily, a cow can use up to 60-
specialization, the entrepreneur will record 80 kg of green fodder. The grass growing on
annually 311,5 thousand lei revenues from pastures has a positive effect on animals
sales. productivity and their health, that’s why it is
Annual production consumptions. Annual recommended to use green fodder as long as
fodders consumptions within the farm with a possible.
livestock of 10 milking cows and 10 repro- Fibrous and rough fodder. – The most
duction heifers have been planned taking into valuable is hay. In daily rations of the milking
consideration the necessary nutritive units cows one can introduce up to 10-12 kg of hay.
needed to produce a production item. Juicy fodder – It is considered to be dietetic
Fodders for cattle. Cattle rations include a for cattle. Juicy fodder is characterized by a
large variety of fodders: 1) green, 2) juicy, high content of water (75-90%). Milking cows
3) fibrous and rough, 4) concentrated, 5) residua can eat daily till 30-40 kg of fodder beet; 12-15
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kg of sugar beet; 15-20 kg of pumpkin; 10-15 used in the composition of concentrated fodders
kg of potatoes; 15-20 kg of fodder turnips. in a proportion from 3-5 up to 10%); waste
Silage. The main crop used to prepare the from sugar production (molasses, beet noodles)
silage is maize. The period for ensilage and waste of animal origin (i) waste from
constitutes the end of the milk-wax stage and slaughter-houses – blood flour, meat flour,
wax stage of grains when the moisture is about bone flour and bone-meat flour; (ii) from fish
65-68%. To store the silage it is necessary to industry – flour, minced fish meat and (iii)
have special drains or other capacities that waste from milk industry.
guarantee the tightness of silage mass (1 m3 of Premixes and proteinic-vitamin-mineral
silage weights about 650-750 kg). The correctly concentrates – are used with the purpose to
prepared silage is good to be used in rations satisfy animals requirements for macro- and
after 21-30 days. In daily rations of the milking microelements, vitamins and proteins in the
cows one can administrate 40-45 kg/head/day. composition of combined fodders (they both
Hay fodder – is a fodder that occupies an contribute to production increase by 35-45%).
intermediary place between the silage and hay. In order to plan the necessary fodders and their
In the rations of the milking cows it can be cost it is necessary to know rations structure of
introduced up to 20-25 kg. fodders per categories of animals breeding,
Concentrated fodders – are the fodders with a their production/purchase price and total
high content of nutritive substances, that can be necessary fodders evaluated in nutritive and
digested by animal organisms up to 70-90%. natural units.
Residua from the processing industry – have Further we planned total necessary fodders
a significant importance in animals evaluated in nutritive and physical units on the
alimentation and namely: waste from mills basis of annually planned milk production and
(husk, grouts and mill powder); waste from oil annually gain in weight as well as their afferent
production (grist and grouts); forage dregs (is cost.
Table 5. Technical data regarding the planning of necessary fodders and their cost
Green fodders
Radiculaceae
Concentrates
Hay fodder
fodder
Silage
Hay
Specification UM
Ration structure of fodder for milking cows % 34,0% 9,0% 5,0% 20,0% 9,0% 23,0%
Ration structure of fodder for reproduction heifers % 24,0% 12,0% 4,0% 20,0% 5,0% 35,0%
Unitary price of fodder purchase lei/kg 1,60 0,70 0,60 0,50 0,35 0,10
Content of nutritive units coef. 1,00 0,45 0,32 0,26 0,12 0,18
Note: quantity of premixes in the ration will constitute about 2% from total quantity of concentrated fodders and the
purchase cost is 15 lei/kg.
Watering. Water has exceptional chemical pro- milk synthesis; maintenance in a functioning state
perties and is a fundamental component of the of all organs and tissues.
living organisms. Cattle organisms, depending on Daily water consumption depends on animal’s age
the age and physiological, contain from 55% up to and size, the food it consumes, its daily productivity
75% of water. Milk, the main product, which is as well as environmental conditions. Depending on
synthesized daily by highly productive cows in a these indices the quantity of consumed water varies
quantity of 30-50 kg, 87% is composed from water. according to different animal categories: (i) cow 60-
The water is necessary for: maximum digestion of 100 l; (ii) heifer 40-60 l; (iii) young animal 6-12
consumed fodders; maintenance of blood volume months 20-40 l and (iv) veal till 6 months 10-30 l.
that circulates transporting the nutrients throughout
the whole organism; accomplishment of metabolic
processes; elimination from the organism of all
residua and toxins; regulation of body temperature;
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Table 6. Planning necessary annual fodders evaluated in nutritive units for the farm
UN consumption for a Annual necessary in
Specification UM Quantity
unit of production UN, kg
Milk production (milking cows) liter 61 714,3 1,2 74 057
Annual weight gain (reproduction heifers) kg 2 050,0 11,0 22 550
TOTAL x x x 96 607
Table 7. Planning the total necessary according to fodder type evaluated in nutritive and physical units for the farm
Radiculaceae
Concentrates Hay Hay fodder Silage Green fodder Premix
forage
Specification
kg kg kg kg kg kg
kg kg Kg kg kg kg kg
UN UN UN UN UN UN
Milking cows – 25 179 25 179 6 665 14 811 3 703 11 571 14 811 56 967 6 665 55 543 17 033 94 629 504
milk production
Reproduction
heifers – annual 5 412 5 412 2 706 6 013 902 2 819 4 510 17 346 1 128 9 396 7 893 43 847 108
weight gain
TOTAL 30 591 30 591 9 371 20 825 4 605 14 390 19 321 74 313 7 793 64 939 24 926 138 476 612
Table 8. Fodder cost according to its type and total quantity for the farm according to groups for animal breeding
Other expenses
Radiculaceae
Green fodder
Concentrates
Hay fodder
Total, lei
(5%), lei
Premix
Silage
Hay
Specification
Milking cows –
40 287 10 368 6 943 28 484 19 440 9 463 7 554 6 127 128 665
milk production
Reproduction
heifers – annual 8 659 4 209 1 691 8 673 3 289 4 385 1 624 1 626 34 156
weight gain
TOTAL 48 946 14 577 8 634 37 157 22 729 13 848 9 177 7 753 162 821
On the basis of the planned fodder volume of 96,6 t Annual economic results. When planning the
UN for breeding a livestock of 10 milking cows and economic results one should calculate such eco-
10 heifers, annual consumptions to supply the farm nomic indices as: annual revenues from sales, gross
with fodders will constitute 162,8 thousand lei. profit and net profit.
Table 9. Planning annual economic results within the farm

Specification Annual economic calculations, lei
I. Revenues from sales 311 500,00
Consumption for fodders 162 821,30
Consumption for total water 2 500,00
Transport expenses (700 lei/month) 8 400,00
Veterinary preparations (annually 500 lei/head) 10 000,00
Other expenses (5%) 9 186,07
II. Annual variable consumptions 192 907,37
III. Gross profit (I-II) 118 592,64
IV. Gross margin, % (III/II*100%) 61,48
Consumption for electrical energy (400 lei/month) 4 800,00
Calculated annual wearing 15 651,70
V. Annual fixed consumptions 22 496,87
VI. Net profit (III-V) 96 095,77
Note: the ear-marked sum for veterinary services will depend on animals health, and certain common procedures will
be accomplished by the farmer.
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Thus, as a result of practicing the entrepre- 4. concluding milk delivery contracts with
neurship activity within the farm for milking intermediary providers taking the acquisi-
cows breeding, it is possible to obtain an annual tions directly from producers;
profit of about 96,1 thousand lei. 5. revising cheese assortment and producing
new types of pickled and fresh cheese in a
CONCLUSIONS volume of 40-50% in comparison with
those produced nowadays;
In the period of reform, except poultry breeding 6. applying special tax for cheese import in a
sector, all the branches of animal husbandry volume of 500 euro/t by modifying the law
sector have suffered much. Thus, the livestock regarding customs tariff nr. 1380 from
of cattle reduced by 3,4 times at the end of 80s, 20.11.1997, with further modifications and
the one of porcine – by 5,1 times, the ones of completions;
sheep and goats – by 42%. At the same time the 7. to counteract the illicit import of dairy
weight of the commercialization volume of products and of their falsification by
animal products reduced too, that’s why the packing them in advance using national
Republic of Moldova has already become a big enterprises brands.
importer of live animals and animal products.
From a qualitative point of view, most animal AKNOWLEDGEMENTS
products from the private sector of production
don’t correspond to national standards and to The present publication was elaborated in the
those of the European Union. In order to cease frame of the project „Economic reasoning of
the decline within the complex of milk production activities in the agricultural sector
production and processing and to develop it of the Republic of Moldova”, financed by the
rapidly it is necessary to put into practice Supreme Council for Science and Technolo-
certain vital measures as: gical Development of the Academy of Sciences
1. developing new highly productive animal of Moldova (financing contract nr. 21/ind from
breeds, which would be competitive both on 22.01.2009).
the national and foreign market;
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RURAL DIVERSIFICATION
Diana NECULA1, Raluca NECULA2
1
Research Institute For Agricultural Economics And Rural Development, Marasti, nr. 61, sector 1,
cod 011464, Tel/Fax: 021 3181686
2
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest 59 Marasti,district 1,
011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: 021 31825 64/232, Fax: 021 3182888
Keywords: rural tourism, environmental education, environmental protection.
Abstract
The world is looking to diversify the forms of tourism that are intended for increasing the demand for this touristic but
also for rural tourism to participate in environmental protection. In this regard appeared in a new rural tourism offer
aimed at young people. This new tourism product is to respond to young people thirst for knowledge of their
environment but also their education to environmental protection. In this respect are the results obtained in this area by
some European countries including Spain where the authors have worked several years in this farms.
INTRODUCTION human society develops not only time but also

in space. For these reasons, culture and level of
Rural tourism includes tourism activity itself development of any society not only confess
(accommodation, hostel, tourist service, our ethical values, aesthetic, moral, economic,
develop programs, provision of basic services etc.. But training style or personalities of each
and additional) - economic activities (mainly individual relationships with the natural
agricultural but also the practice of traditional environment. But these relationships are often
occupations), and how leisure, for those who reckless and alarming, which require initiating
require this type of tourism [1]. Tourism is public discussion of the problem data.
growing in rural areas in close correlation to the Educating the masses, especially the young
local economy, leading to interdependence generation, to properties of organic conception
between these two sides. unit, has become more necessary today when
there is an increased influence of man on
MATERIALS AND METHODS nature, the technique is developing rapidly,
when speaking of the mechanization of
Diversity is perhaps the main feature of this agriculture, the use pesticides, the development
form of tourism. This diversity is given by rural of tourism. Environmental education involves
areas, the traditions and customs checks, not only the formation of proper behavior
economic and social conditions, the level of towards the environment, but active
education, environmental care. Segment of involvement and thoughtful in the process of
tourism that targets young people is to first environmental decision-making. If we ask what
know the rural reality and secondly education chance has the education environment in a
for environmental care. world driven by material interests and what
effect would not have to be abandoned by
RESULTS AND DISSCUTIONS optimism, to be sure that starting from the
earliest age, environmental education is well.[4]
Nature gives us with joy and simplicity, in full, The children must understand that on Earth
unconditionally, all its assets. Human there is interdependence between human
civilization is a very important role in the population and countless species of plants and
evolution of ecosystems on our planet, but, animals, between society and the biological
unfortunately, man does not seem to be aware cycles of nature. Then make them aware of the
of the huge role they have. It is well known that need for scientific and technical gains that must
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not become enemies of nature, but in accordance relationship with all around us-the opportunity
with this, to keep the Earth's resources, judicious to observe environment-application of the
exploitation of forests, soil and subsoil wealth, to learned with games-familiarity their holdings
keep the natural beauties of mountains, clean with the works of all these objectives and other
water, air, so necessary plant, animal and human similar things can be achieved through various
default.[3] Environmental education aims at activities-study and observation of landscape,
training and problem solving abilities growing forest and agricultural areas . trade-study soil
along with the application threads and post- and climate-observing and investigating its
industrial technologies industrial social scale, that relations with rural-urban-botany laboratories
have made numerous negative effects on the working in greenhouses: cultivation techniques,
nature and human existence. Environmental game analysis-tours, visits, promenade-shops:
education can be achieved by any type of activity: food processing, nature, expression * (drama,
education, extra-school, scientific, literary, puppet theater, music, dance), handicraft
artistic, arts, sports etc.. The arrangements are (pottery, textiles)
varied: observations, experiments, science stories, A farm-school installations and equipments are:
drawings, practical activities, walks, hikes, gardens and greenhouses sheds and pens with
excursions, watching slides, motion games, fun, animals (cows, pigs, horses, chickens, rabbits,
tourist guidance, organic labyrinths, collections, etc..) Halls multipurpose workshop .
exhibitions, entertainment, watching TV ,
expeditions, camps, plays ecological contests. [2] 2. What will the child in school farm?
A form of making environmental education as Besides spending a day or more with his
extracurricular activities is "farm school" (Granja friends car without the house, children can
Escuela) make various activities in these centers. They
Not long ago in Spain every family cultivates its learn to plant and harvest vegetables, put
own vegetables and keep animals. Now there are together the eggs, will see how to milking a
increasingly fewer children were fortunate to go cow, will the food from animals and animal
to the grandparents' house to learn the routine of behavior will be witnessed with their chicken.
rural life, not so very far away. Besides this, each firm offers a number of
games , workshops and activities always in
1. What is a farm school (Granja Escuela)? close contact with the environment .The
Granjas Escuela-farm School-the school is children can learn to knead and to bake bread,
dedicated exclusively to children around the rural make cheese, spin wool or make instruments
reality because, nowadays and urban living, that can be useful in a farm. In addition
very often do not know. These centers are children will serve meals from the products
specially equipped to receive visitors and obtained or harvested farm, which helps them
enables relationship with the natural determine their origin and preparation of food.
environment and environmental education
appropriation. Have small gardens and stables 3 How long and how much it costs?
where the child becomes familiar with the Depends on each farm. Prices vary depending
origin of food and increase farm animals, on the duration and services. I farm school
namely: rabbits, chickens, cows, horses, pigs, where the children spend a day trip. It may be
goats and sheep, etc. A "farm school" is defined in the group ( organized by schools.) Forming a
as an educational center that uses as teaching group or individual when it comes to farm.
material, study and analysis, those elements Other offers possibility of accommodation in
that are characteristic of holdings and also this way the children can spend a weekend up
using resources and surroundings as teaching to 15 days. Farms school can be public or
possibilities. private. works the same and have the same
The objectives of such a center are: services, which differentiates them is the price,
Approximation of students and teachers in because the public school districts have
urban and rural nature-cohabitation teachers agreements with the County or even the
and students, establishing a positive Ministry of Education.[5]
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Decree, organized in five chapters, includes processes of our environment integrated.
numerous provisions to ensure that services Environmental education becomes an attempt
provided in environmental education centers, to transfer some pragmatic ways of thinking
both in terms of educational and with regard to ecosystems, species, including
accommodation is provided with high quality human populations, understood in the context
and safety for users in a framework of of their evolutionary transformations
sustainable development.[6] occurring in space and time plan.
5. Environmental education is the recognition of
values and understanding of the concepts in
question formation and development of skills
and attitudes necessary for correct
understanding and appreciation of the
interdependence between human culture and
natural environment factors. Environmental
education, as it is called, is the process that
serves the environment and recognition of
values to clarify the concepts of environment,
and its goal is to promote skills training and
attitudes necessary to understand the
interrelations between people, culture and
environment, for conscious and responsible
CONCLUSIONS
development activities aimed at improving
environmental quality.
1. Development of rural tourism has produced
6. Environmental education can be achieved by
important changes in village life, especially
any type of activity: education, extra-school,
those that have a diverse tourist offering,
scientific, literary, artistic, arts, sports etc..
bringing new items on: achieving their
The arrangements are varied: observations,
specific resources (spas, hunting, cuisine,
experiments, science stories, drawings,
crafts, ethnographic and folklore); changes in
practical activities, walks, hikes, excursions,
urban plan and building facilities by the
watching slides, motion games, fun, tourist
appearance of specific (Agro firm, pension),
guidance, organic labyrinths, collections,
avoid the process of rural depopulation by the
exhibitions, entertainment, watching TV ,
emergence of new solutions for filling the
expeditions, camps, plays ecological contests.
workforce, developing small rural industry
So, it is not about a day without School, but
recovery and revitalization of primary
to bring School in the natural environment
agricultural products specific trades rural
to observe, experiment, and reflection about
area.
what is creating our environment
2. This paper aims to study the relationships
between environment and education with
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science focused on understanding the
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THE IMPORTANCE OF AN APROPIATE NAME CHOOSING FOR

INTERNET ADVERTISING FOR AGROTURISTICS PRODUCTS
Victor OLTEANU
Research Institute for Agricultural Economy and Rural Development , 61 Marasti, sector 1, Bucharest,
Romania , Email : [email protected]
Key words: name, marketing, http:// .ro, searching engine
Abstract
Taking into account the faster growing methods of modern advertising and agroturistic industry can benefit and
improve the advertising and the offer of agroturistic services and accommodation by choosing a representative and
unique name for its products and services.
The most known world brands are proper
INTRODUCTION nouns, not some common, generics, names.
Some of them are some international brands:
The online advertising of products and services Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Nokia, Mercedes,
requires a very important marketing decision: Kodak, Sony, Malboro and much more. Do you
the name choosing. In the classic advertising think that in a couple of years we will find
the product name is important, in online websites such as cipsuri.com,
advertising the name choosing is critical. telefoanemobile.com, on the list of the most
The reason is: before internet age, a product known brands?
had a visual component too, although the name For exemple, the best search engine on the web
was the most important, the visual component is not searchengine.com but Google and there
as a image, packaging, colors, fonts led to a full are more exemples like this.
image of that brand which counts for the But still, the majority prefer to use common
consumer. names for their webpages and not proper
In online advertising the things are a little names. Why?
different, because the internet removes the There are some reasons: at the begining of the
visual characteristic of the product. To enter on internet there were just some web pages, a
a website or to find a product or service you common name was an advantage, if you wanted
just type a word, without any need of images, to find a website with „doughnuts” you just
colors, fonts. typed doughnuts.com and you found what you
needed; is the same thing as in a shop where the
MATERIAL AND METHOD offer is not varied and you want to buy biscuits
and you ask for biscuits. Ourdays, when the
Some typical internet brands are: internet is everywhere, you can not go and ask
advertising.com, cooking.com, phone. com, for biscuits, you will have to tell the seller what
gifts. com, garden.com, postcard.com, kind of biscuits you want, what brand and so.
songs.com, none of those are small companies, Another reason was that at the begining of the
but big corporations that invest a lot in internet a common name was the most fast and
advertising campaigns. direct way in which you could communicate
What is the problem with these brand names? your website. This advantage wasn’t for long
All are common names. because the internet development brought
A common noun is a word that desigantes any thousands of web pages with common nouns in
object or being belonging to a certain category. their names, so the advantages vanish in the
A proper noun is a word that designates a crowd.
certain object or being. Ourdays, after so long time in which we are
used with the internet, some companies don’t
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succeed to get over the old way of naming their will perceive it as a category name and he will
sites. Actually, if they continue to name their never asociate it with a certain brand, loosing
pages with common names, the newcomers will from the begining its place in his mind.
think that this is the way the things should be On short time, many potential consumers will
nand they do the same, on the principle that if use search engine to find the webpages they are
the neighbour does this, you should do the same interested in. So, it is possible that they find
(even if the neighbour could be wrong your page and to attract some visitors. But this
sometimes). Only because the majority of the will work only on short time.
webpages have common names, this doesn’t The whole idea of branding, on internet or
mean it’s the best strategy for your site. This elsewhere, is about lingering its name in
means that most of the companies on the consumer’s mind. If you succeed this, a
internet just want to be in line with the others, potential client will not use a search engine but
which leads to identity loosing. will type your webpage. The best exemple is
Google: when you need a search engine you
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS just type www.google.ro.
When you choose a brand name for your web
As an exemple, for auto industry, by a simple page, the first question you should ask yourself
search on Google we will have the surprise to is: what is the generic name for that category?
discover the mesage: „Results 1-10 of about That is exactly the name you shouldn’t use for
94.100.000 for automobiles”; for turism your website. Invariable, a singular proper
„Results 1-10 of about 14.400.000 for turism”. name will prove to be a better name for your
Few of the brand names are generics names, page than a generic one.
most of the successfull brands have proper Besides the fact that you choose a proper name,
nouns or names. Thus, for automobiles we your strategy will be more efficient if you take
have: Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Ford, Volvo etc.; into consideration some simple rules: the name
for mobile phones: Nokia, Motorola, Samsung should be short, easy to pronounce, simple,
etc. unique, shoking, out of ordinary, singular.
CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES
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remains the same. In order to have success, you [2] Al RIES & Laura RIES - The Origin of Brands
have to place your brand in consumer’s mind. [3] HERBERT M - BRANDING@THE DIGITAL AGE
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RURAL TOURISM IN OŠČADNICA VILLAGE WITH THE EXAMPLE

OF TOURISM FACILITY – COTTAGES IN KYSUCE REGION
OF SLOVAKIA
Pavol OTEPKA 1, Kristína KUČÁKOVÁ 2

1
Slovak University of Agriculture; Tr. A. Hlinku 2; 949 76 Nitra; Slovak Republic; phone:
+421 37 641 5630; e-mail: [email protected]
2
Cottage under the lime; Oščadnica 159, 023 01 Oščadnica, Slovak Republic; phone:
+421 918 395 090; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Key words: agritourism, rural tourism, accommodation facility, cottages, additional tourism services, Kysuce region,
municipality Oščadnica
Abstract
In the Kysuce region (Slovak Republic), there is an excellent example of a tourist-developed municipality – Oščadnica.
At present Oščadnica relies heavily for its prosperity on the winter tourism trade. This reliance causes problems, which
hinders the development of the municipality and results in reduced visitor rates in the other seasons. There are many
hotels, restaurants and complementary tourist services within Oščadnica and the article quantifies the numbers of
visitors and their breakdown by category. Reconstruction and improvement suggestion of accommodation facility in
rural tourism – Cottages in Kysuce region is the complement of the work. The aim of this part of project is to provide
constructive ideas to develop the levels of rural tourism in the Kysuce region and specifically to use agritourism to
increase visitor numbers in the summer period and eliminate the overdependence on the ski resort in the winter season.
In addition it aims to demonstrate the beauty and attractions of the region and its local folklore, culture and to discuss
specific steps being taken to develop the tourist trade in the municipality.
INTRODUCTION development of rural tourism is there under

giant pressure of seasonality.
Rural tourism and agritourism offer many Following Otepka and Habán (2007)
facilities for development of Slovak rural areas. tourist trade in Slovakia is relatively poorly
The main aim is especially to preservation and developed, especially in comparison with
prosperity from potential of countryside. neighbouring countries as Hungary, Czech
Product of rural tourism and agritourism is very Republic, Austria and Poland. According to
special, that is very positive. They do not offer informal statistics total number of farms
just little pleasant moments in countryside, in carrying business in rural tourism is
nice surroundings and fresh air. The main idea approximately 62 (42 among them is carrying
is especially the development of economic business in agritourism), while in Hungary it is
activities suitable for countryside, protection of 6800 farms and approximately 400 in the Czech
our environment and culture, as well as Republic. In the Slovak republic there are many
improving of life quality of country people. It is agricultural enterprises as well as many small
also good form of familiar, municipal or family farms. Almost 45% of Slovak inhabitants
regional additional income. These forms of live in rural areas. 60% of more than 2600
tourism trade are more successful in more municipalities have less than 1000 inhabitants.
tourist developed areas. Region of Kysuce as They are called small rural settlements. In
well as municipality Oščadnica are very good conditions of Slovakia there is very necessary to
example of that. Region of Kysuce is specific in look for proper identity of rural settlements
natural, cultural and historic treasures and it determined with local characteristics and
hides its dormant potential. In present the traditions (Pichlerová, 2008).
municipality Oščadnica is famous for winter ski The aim of the article is:
resort Park Snow Veľká Rača. But the
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 to evaluate potential of Severopovažský Cottages are ideal for family holidays,
tourist region briefly young but also elderly people who are looking
 to introduce tourist developed municipality for pleasant place far from noise in the cities. In
Oščadnica winter season tourists are looking for
 reconstruction and improvement suggestion accommodation especially because of skiing in
for accommodation facility in rural tourism the ski resort Park Snow Veľká Rača
in municipality, project is based on Oščadnica. Summer season is popular for
additional agritourism services hikers, cyclists, or good mushroom locality
 evaluate economic return and perspective mostly. Although the accessibility is not ideal
for future this is not a problem in today’s motorized time.
Best access is by car but there is the bus station
MATERIAL AND METHODS 500 m far from the cottages and railway station
is 8 km far away. In the winter time the main
To realize the purpose, we used following road is well and regular regulated in the village
methods of work: and access to facility is regulated by the
 study of literature focused on tourism, cottages’ owner.
especially rural tourism and agritourism
 develop the characteristics of the locality Cottage No.1 – Cottage under the lime tree
using available literature and materials
The original cottage was built in 1902. In 1995,
 selection of suitable building for business
a fire damaged the roof, which was
plan and consulting with its owner
reconstructed in the same year. The complete
 develop the project itself and proposal of
reconstruction was realized after its purchasing
the activities in rural tourism and
in 2002. Since the beginning 2003 it has been
agritourism
possible to offer accommodation services. At
 develop the strategy of marketing, SWOT first accommodation capacity was 4 persons,
and economic analysis, estimated costs and
later 8 persons. Interior is very pleasant and
budget for project
comfortable. There is bedroom for 3 persons
with cable TV downstairs, also kitchen with
RESULTS occasional bed, dinning corner, tiled stove and
fully equipped kitchen corner.
The accommodation facility is located in
Downstairs is also bathroom with toilet
village Oščadnica, locality Svancari,
and shower as well as living room with fire
approximately 5 km far from the village centre.
place, cable TV and DVD. The attic is bedroom
The locality is very attractive for rural tourism
for 4 persons and there is also bathroom with
and agritourism. The visitors will find peace
toilet and shower. There is covered terrace by
and privacy in the bosom of beautiful Kysuce
the entrance to the cottage. The building also
region nature there. The accommodation is
includes garden, where visitors can play
offered in two reconstructed wooden cottages
football, volleyball, tennis or badminton. There
that are rented the both at once as well as two
is also new wooden sitting with garden
separated objects.
furniture, fireplace, table tennis, garage for one
The reconstruction was focused on car, parking space for next 3 cars and small
preserving of the original elements of folk vegetable garden. There is hundred years old
architecture in association with the comfort of lime tree beside the cottage, that’s where is the
modern technology. The first cottage is called name “under the lime tree” from.
Cottage under the lime and its reconstruction
started in 2002. The second one is called
Cottage No. 2 – Cottage “Žofka” Sophia
Cottage “Žofka” Sophia and its reconstruction
started in 2006. Cottages are standing side by This cottage was built much later than the
side, but each has its own fenced land. previous one. Reconstruction began in 2006
and accommodation has been possible since
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2007. Its capacity was 4 persons at first, but it through the realization of suitable areas for
is 6 persons at the present. This place is an ideal livestock so that visitors have opportunity to
place for family holidays. take care of animals in this facility. In the
There is one bedroom for 4 persons with winter ski resort offers quality skiing pistes but
cable TV, living room with double bed, cable they do not think about the cross-country
TV, DVD and sofa, fully equipped kitchen with skiers. This project would like to realize part of
sofa, tile stove and dinning corner and the track for cross country skiing, which will be
bathroom with toilet and shower. The cottage combined with cross-country truck to Poland.
includes one special living room with separate
entrance called “koliba” with fire place, sitting SWOT analysis
and billiards. There is also outdoor fire place in
the garden and gas grill is possible too. There is S: Strengths
parking place for 2 cars. From spring to autumn
the greater part of garden is used for sheep  developed tourist village
couple, they are very popular especially for  centre of winter and summer tourism
visitor’s children.  overlapping of Slovakian, Goral and
Wallachian folk culture
Expected situation in the future  great attributes of local history and
traditions
The main aim is to use agritourism to increase  regional museum, gallery and open air
visitor numbers in the summer period and museum with world rarity written in
eliminate the overdependence on the ski resort UNESCO
in the winter season. The winter season will  profitable geographical position at the
offer quality cross-country skiing tracks near border of three states with good
the facility with the possibility of transit tour to communication links
Poland. The visit rate will also increase thanks
 reasonably priced
to greater publicity. Accommodation capacity
 activities for leisure time
will be expended to 8 people in the both
 experience in subject and language
cottages. Parking place will enlarge by renting
knowledge
of neighbouring parcel to cottage No. 2. The
best solution for shortage of water at a critical
dry season not only for accommodation facility W: Weaknesses
but also for local residents will be enlarging of
drinking water source. Workshop construction  deficient marketing, poor image, the
could be great solution to shortage of souvenirs region is unknown for the most of
and local art products in the village potential visitors, lack of promotion
 lack of coordination between
Contribution of the project entrepreneurs at the regional level
 lack of additional services for leisure
In the village there absent attractions and time in tourist resort
services focused on rural tourism and  isolated activities of private
agritourism and services are mainly focused on entrepreneurs
accommodation services. The visitors demand  low average salary levels in tourist
of services such as production and sale of services, poorly motivated staff, low
traditional products and meals but such services level of orientation focused in customer
absent in the village. One of the aims of this  seasonality of accommodation facility
project is construction of workshop for utilization
traditional products and souvenirs production,
which will be available also for other visitors to O: Opportunities
the village. The aim is also to bring closer the
life of rural population for visitors from cities  tourist interested in region
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 revival of customs, traditions and promotion especially at present IT era. Facility
regional cultural institutions activities wants to innovate its web page, cooperate with
 development of winter and summer Slovak and Czech travel agencies. The web
tourism in view of the nature potential page is translated into English and German.
 development of additional services in The owners are trying to promote by wood
tourist trade centres souvenirs with motive of cottages, cut and
 possible orientation for eco-tourism decorated by owner himself. Other souvenirs
 development of projects for rural will be available for tourist direct in this
tourism promotion facility. Promotion materials (posters,
 increasing interest in agritourism and postcards,…) are suitable for promotion and
holiday in the countryside direction tables are suitable for better
orientation in the village.
T: Threats Christmas and New Years Eve period is
certainly the most requested, they used to be
sold out previous year. However it is necessary
 lack of tourists interest in winter if snow
to focus on the other dates. The winter season is
condition are not suitable
associated with skiing in the ski resort Park
 increasing competition in the tourism
Snow Veľká Rača - Oščadnica. If snow
market in other regions
conditions are suitable, accommodation
 financial problems
facilities will be busy the whole winter season.
 expectation of services prices growth Winter season starts on 1 December and ends
and loss of this competitive advantage on 15 April. Summer season begins on 1 July
 slow growth of offer quality and ends on 31 August. Summer season is
 lack of finance for promotion popular for modest tourists, mushroom-pickers,
or simply for people who want to spend a few
Project sustainability pleasant moments in the countryside. The off
season is popular for weekend stays and
After project realization and successfully because of lower booking rebate will be
fulfilled objectives the owner plans to buy provided also for fewer accommodated people.
neighbouring parcel and he wants to start horse The strengths of the facility are also reasonable
breeding. If there are negative conditions in the price of accommodation.
ski resort Park Snow Veľká Rača Oščadnica,
the owner would like to create and arrange Project return
cross-country skiing tracks around the facility
as well as in the village. In the future owner This project is vital also because of its great
wants to rent place for souvenir shop because position in tourist developed village Oščadnica.
of absence of such service in the village and At present the facility is very popular and the
new job opportunity is also an advantage. He owner has the honour to suppose the increase of
also would like to preserve traditional activities reservations and income. At present total extent
such as traditional pig-sticking, lamb roasting, of accommodation is 160 days per a year. The
stew cooking, May building, snowmen greatest part in the summer and winter season
building. In the case of visitors interest owner is and the rest is off-season. Supposed increase of
prepare to provide also catering services. booking is approximately 20%, what presents
190-200 days per year.
Marketing Strategy
DISCUSSION
Currently 50% of customers are people who
have visited the facility and some like to return Rural tourism in Slovakia became a relatively
more times per a year. In this case, the best new form of tourism. It is particularly suitable
advertisement is the customer’s satisfaction. to the mountainous and semi mountainous
But it would be great mistake to relay on this areas, especially in view of the relatively
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undistorted nature and possibilities of annual offer him enough activities for active holidays
use, whether in the summer - hiking, biking or and relaxation.
winter - skiing and other winter sports are
possible. (Mach 1993). Papcúnová et al. (2007) CONCLUSION
argues that the development of rural tourism
and agro-tourism provides an opportunity to In Slovakia we have incalculable number of
use a large potential for the Slovak countryside attractions, natural, cultural and historical. Each
offering tourism products to participants. village has its history, specialties and hence
Beside accommodation facilities it will potential. At first, this should persuade local
be stay at farmers court, preserving of the people of this potential and teach them how to
typical rural architecture, various recreational use it correctly. It is this potential need for
activities in farm work, harvesting or picking development of rural tourism and agritourism.
forest fruits, studying folklore and local Kysuce region has also suppositions for their
customs, etc. The importance of rural tourism development. Tourism in rural areas can help
and agritourism for the stabilization of reduce unemployment in the countryside,
economic security of the rural population is not preventing displacement of population,
marginal. This form of business may have maintain the landscape with all the necessary
beneficial effect on the partial reduction of high functions for the environment, culture and
unemployment in some regions of Slovakia secure income of population. We meet,
(Otepka - Habán, 2007). however, the negative aspects of rural tourism,
as a result of uncoordinated development. It is
PROPOSAL OF KNOWLEDGE USE important to first consider the appropriateness
of their application in the rural area.
The biggest deficiency of developing tourism in
village Oščadnica is a lack of services in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
comparison to an excess of accommodation
facilities. A visitor can choose accommodation We acknowledge Ministry of Education of
from each category, but upon arrival is Slovak Republic for support the research
unpleasantly surprised when he must go project VEGA No.: 1/0466/10 with title:
shopping within 10 km to the city, he has no “Adaptation of sustainable agroecosystem and
possibility to have fun or finds only broken mitigation of climate change”.
ATM. The problem is probably effort to make
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Picture 1: Proposal of propagation material for Cottage under the lime tree.
Picture 2: Proposal of propagation material for Cottage “Žofka” Sophia.
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REALIZATION OF TRADITIONAL SHEEPHERDING IN AGRITOURISM

AND RURAL TOURISM IN CENTRAL SLOVAKIA
Pavol OTEPKA, Ján NEMEŠ
Slovak University of Agriculture; Tr. A. Hlinku 2; SK – 949 76 Nitra; Slovak Republic; phone:
+421 37 641 5630; e-mail: [email protected]
Key words: agritourism, rural tourism, services, sheepherding, tourists
Abstract
An objective of this work is to offer the look at agritourism realization of sheep breeding in Slovak Republic and its
description in midlands rural areas of Slovakia. These regions are birthplaces of traditional Slovak sheepherding, and
these traditions are still alive. Our intention was to compare a particular accommodation and restaurant facilities in
rural tourism and agritourism facilities, which are interested in sheep breeding. They make products from sheep milk
and after that, they sell them as one of the products offer for tourists. The comparation was done by obtaining
information such as criterions of accommodation equipment, offer of services and their quality, attendance and price
policy. We have found out that people’s interest about this type of accommodation is still increasing and that we can
evaluate the quality of services offered as very good. The application of traditional and modern sheepherding in
agritourism and rural tourism might bring positive economic results to the agricultural farms. It helps us to keep a
cultural heritage and character of rural areas what is our goal in sustainable agriculture in rural areas.
INTRODUCTION of Slovak rural areas in particular; improve the

lives of its people, and also shape landscapes
Liptov and Orava regions belong to the (Papcúnová et al., 2007).
mountainous areas that are specific to a number
of meadows and pastures. Particularly difficult The aim of this work is to evaluate and analyze
access for agricultural machinery creates space the tradition of sheep farming in Slovakia with
for sheep breeding that are adapted to these emphasis on Liptov and Orava regions and the
conditions. current state of Slovak sheep breeding and
Traditional sheep breeding and sheepherding sheepherding. Provide an overview of the
are linked to these regions for centuries. They current state of the use of sheep in relation to
significantly contributed to the lifestyle shaping agritourism in selected agritourism facilities in
of the people, its culture and history the region Liptov and Orava. Compare these
(Zuzkinová, 1999). Therefore it would facilities based on the quantity and quality of
detriment not to use it fully in farm and rural services provided. Also discusses the
tourism. Currently Slovak sheep farmers are in possibility of its further development in this
difficult period of transformation and area.
adaptation to new conditions (Lazarčík, 2006),
although it is now perhaps the only advancing MATERIAL AND METHODS
sector of animal production which is still
insufficient, so we need to look for further To achieve the main aim of work will facilitate
opportunities for its development. One way to the further partial objectives - choice of
its development may constitute the agritourism facilities and primary and secondary data
and rural tourism. Sheep breeding and collection. Choice of agritourism facilities is
sheepherding offers for agritourism and rural only affected by two factors. The first is the
tourism a wide range of possible uses either business of rural tourism and agritourism in
alone holding the traditional sheep farming or conjunction with sheep farming. The second
the products thereof. This combination factor is the location of facilities in the northern
ultimately could contribute to the development part of Slovakia, particularly in regions Liptov
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and Orava. Only one facility is located outside  The share of income from farm and rural
these two regions, but that facility is offering tourism to the total income:
very interesting services, we have decided to - share of income over the last three
integrate it into the analysis file. As the primary years.
data collection method we used a controlled
conversation. Secondary sources have been RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
received from - literature library, promotional
materials (leaflets, brochures, booklets), The oldest facility is Gazdovský dvor Peter
legislative regulations affecting business in Jurky, which was founded in 1991. All of the
tourism and internet. analyzed facilities are located in rural areas that
We have obtained information from the owners are surrounded by many mountains. In terms of
of facilities, operators of various facilities for localization Salaš u Štefana, Rabčice and
rural tourism and agritourism, which can not be Gazdovský dvor Peter Jurky are located in the
obtained otherwise. district Námestovo, Penzión Gejdák and Salaš
When processing the collected data following Krajinka are in the district Ružomberok, Salas
methods were used: Žiar is in district Liptovský Mikuláš. All
 Analytical - a synthetic method; the method facilities are easily accessible by road and
we used in the analysis of characteristics of 20 km away from cities. Currently in the Orava
facilities. and Liptov regions 8 facilities are doing
 Comparation method; we use in comparing business in the sphere agritourism and rural
the observed criteria in terms of quality and tourism in connection with sheep farming. For
variability of services, facilities provided. the analysis we selected only 6 facilities. Two
facilities from the examined file are members
Comparing of rural tourism and agritourism of SZVTA (Slovak Association for Rural
facilities, we have performed according to Tourism and Agritourism) - Agrotour Jurky
selected criteria. The first group consists of the Vasiľov and Penzión Gejdák, Ružomberok.
criteria evaluated by the method of controlled From the analyzed facilities are: 2 pensions,
conversation. The second group consists of 3 cottages and 1 restaurant. Pensions are
criteria based on data from secondary sources. Penzión Gejdák and Penzión u Michala. Salaš
Structure criteria: Štefan Turác and Agrotour Jurky are cottages.
 Basic characteristics of agritourism and Salaš Krajinka is restaurant facility.
rural tourism facilities: Accommodation capacity of all the facilities is
- localization, operation of business 107 permanent beds and 20 additional beds.
The largest number of beds is in Penzión
 Equipment facilities: Gejdák with capacity of 53 permanent beds and
- accommodation capacity, room 12 additional beds. It is also quite large number
equipments of rooms Penzión u Michala with a number of
- other rooms of facilities, infrastructure 24 permanent beds and 4 additional beds. Other
facilities have had about the same
 Quality of services and their variability: accommodation capacity. Apartment
- the quantity of services and their accommodation only offers Penzión u Michala.
structure Each facility offers restaurant services
in their own premises. Four of the six analyzed
 Price policy: facilities offer restaurant services and Salaš
- price for services Žiar, Penzión Gejdák, Salaš Krajinka, Penzión
u Michala. Pensions have a restaurant, bar and
cafe. Gear-type house but do not have
 Visit rate:
restaurant facility are available to cottage or
- visit rate over the last three years
rustic kitchen. Everyone of the facilities offers
full or half board, but also in Salaš Rabčice and
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Agrotour Jurky there is also a possibility of Price is an important tool that provides
separate food preparation. entrepreneurs with so needed business
Catering services in these facilities are specific efficiency while significantly affecting demand.
to particular offering typical dishes and drinks It is therefore very important to develop price
for their guests. This we consider to be a very policy to be most favorable for both sides. The
positive factor, because it helps to promote analyzed facilities will charge its prices on
typical Slovak cuisine, and thus contributes to several factors that affect their formation. In
the attractiveness of these facilities to the particular, competition - the price of
public. In addition to hospitality establishments competitors for the services offered to customer
also offer additional and specific services. requirements, there are willing to pay for the
These services will undoubtedly make your service and cost policy so that the prices
stay in a facility, and no small extent, help our brought operator expected profit (Otepka –
rural areas and history more attractive. Habán, 2007).
The analyzed facilities use a system of price
Figure 1: The number of services offered in each differentiation. Two facility differentiate own
agritourism facilities. prices on a variety of room equipment and
16 15
14 room size. Three facilities differentiate own
14 prices based on seasonality. Most facilities
12
11 provide discounts for certain target groups,
10
such as children under 3, 10 years. Interesting
of services 8
7 in chalupa Stefan Rabčice is offer of discounts
5 for guests taking part in specific services such
6
3 Facili
as production traditional clothing and so on.
4
We would suggest that the facilities to provide
2
cost-effective comprehensive programs for
0 guests in which would be included more
Penzión u Michala
Chalupa Štefan
Penzión Gejdák
Salaš Krajinka
Gazdovský dvor
Salaš Žiar
services at lower cost. Gazdovský dvor Peter

Peter Jurky
Rabčice
Jurky offer discounts for long term

accommodation (€ 3.33 / 99 € / day).
Figure 1 shows the highest number of services Another very important aspect in rural tourism
providing by agritourism facility Pension is advertisement. At present entrepreneur use
Gejdák, followed by Gazdovský dvor Peter more ways for propagation their facilities. The
Jurky, also cottage Štefan Rabčice, Penzión u most widespread form of advertising is
Michala, Salaš Žiar and Krajinka. It can personal contact, followed by a particular
therefore be concluded that the facilities that promotion for their own promotional material
operate in this area offer the most extensive such as flyers, business cards, postcards,
long-range services for their guests, and brochures, which give basic information to the
contrary, often have a newly opened facility customer. The posters are in several languages.
offering services closer. All facilities are Another popular form of promotion is
offering regional specialties. All facilities with advertising through websites. Several
one exception offer the possibility of taking establishments are in our opinion, disregard of
part in feeding and production of sheep milk. this form of promotion of sufficient importance.
Also, these products are included in the offer Often a website is "empty" - little information
letters to customers. about the facility, a few photos.
Facilities that have been the subject of All of the analyzed facilities use the
comparison offer several additional and specific opportunity of promotion through information
services. The best accommodation options are tables set up by roads. Some of the facility but
in Pension Gejdák. Favorable condition is that have not installed information boards at the
all the facilities have a growing trend of right places with the best visibility, or are too
increased supply of complementary services. small and thus may be that potential customers
sometimes "wanders" and have to look for a
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facility. Most effective form of advertising has negligible. Only facility Gazdovský dvor Peter
become the Internet. Facilities such as Agrotour Jurky has experienced in the previous period
Jurky, pension Gejdák presented their offers to from 2006 to 2008 decline in income from
such exhibitions. “Agrokomplex Nitra”, agritourism. The facilities at Salaš u Štefana,
Slovakiatour Bratislava. Gazdovský dvor Peter Jurky and Penzión u
Michala business owners in agriculture and
The most frequent guests are Slovak, Czech other business forms is an important part of the
and Polish. Slovaks are in the majority of 2/3 of revenue.
the total number of guests. Recently there was a
significant decrease in guest traffic mainly SWOT analysis (Liptov and Orava regions for
Polish nationality, which entails a number of the development of rural tourism and
reasons. agritourism in conjunction with sheep breeding
Of the total clients represented are the most and sheepherding):
numerous family of children, the group tours
and individual visitors are fewer. Guests Strengths:
staying in facilities from 4 to 5 days to one - favorable geographic position of the
week. territory, region
Today can be seen in much of the facilities - the interest of tourists from abroad in these
upward trend attendance. The highest growth in tourist areas
attendance for the past three years experienced - suitable natural conditions for intensive and
in facilities pension Gejdák and Penzión u less demanding tourists
ichala. The downward trend in attendance is - the possibility of annual use
shown only in agritourism facility Gazdovský - excellent in winter conditions for winter
dvor Peter Jurky. Based on the synthesis of sports
available data, it can be concluded that on - sheepherding tradition
attendance impact the most promotion of - good conditions for hunters, fishermen,
facility and communication with the public and pickers forest fruits and medicinal plants
also localization. The facilities near to touristic - cultural - aesthetic benefits for the country
centers, which have propagation on the high - convergence of urban and rural populations
level noted considerable growth of attendance. - dispersion of tourism land use
Vice versa, the facilities with bad location had - currently operating facilities are in service
attendance low. at high level
Attendance of facility has a direct connection - sheep breeding and sheepherding have
with the generation of revenue and profit increasingly greater coherence with tourism
(Otepka – Habán, 2007).
The largest share of revenue from activities in Weaknesses:
agritourism and rural tourism reported to Salaš - lack of promotion of the regions
Žiar. The reason is that the facility does not - lack of promotion facilities
work in conjunction with agricultural activity - low level of information
but the owner of facility only providing - inadequate complementary range of
accommodation and catering services. The services in some facilities
share of income from sheep farming in this case
is completely negligible because the facility Opportunities:
owner is not the owner of any cattle or - upgrading works to the chalet
livestock. The second highest share of income - guiding and interpretation services
from agritourism and rural tourism recorded in - use of support funds
the Pension Gejdák, where rural tourism is an - increase employment
important source of revenue. In facilities Salaš - self-realization of the local population
u Štefana and Penzión u Michala income from - use of natural historical and cultural
agro and rural tourism are not now so very heritage
important source of income but still not - use of existing housing stock
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- increased activity throughout the area require a lot of time and work and not easy to
- sheep breeding and sheepherding as one of implement (e.g. construction of new
the biggest attractions Slovak countryside accommodation facilities, facilities for
processing milk, etc.), but nevertheless we must
Risks (threats): seek the fastest and best quality development.
- economic instability A prerequisite of successful operation in this
- lack of public awareness area is the perfect theoretical training of all
- high credit burden on businesses stakeholders, but also the potential subjects,
- lack of business support from the state whether at government level but also individual
- poor motivation entrepreneurs, which could help the results of
this thesis.
Outline of options for addressing the Sheep breeding and sheepherding in Slovakia
development of rural tourism and agritourism represent the manner of use of sheep farming
in the Orava and Liptov regions in conjunction and grassland represent one of the most specific
with traditional sheep breeding and form that are not in other countries, except
sheepherding: Romania, Poland and the Czech Republic used
 The most important step is to constantly pay in this specific way. Sheepherding represent
attention to sheep breeding and complicated complex phenomena of folk
sheepherding and its links to tourism. culture. This includes working tools and
 Activities leading refreshed, to return to techniques, building objects. A significant part
traditional crafts, rural traditions, which makes social and legal elements of nature; they
were recently out of interest and preserve categorize the organizational forms of farming
the traditions typical of these areas. and grazing, Mountain and Cattle associations,
 In the near future will need to focus on the modes of remuneration and contractual hiring
development strategy of education for rural shepherds, their social status in the village
residents and businesses in rural areas, in community, forms of ownership and payment
order to increase the level of quality of damages. This culture remained with us for
services in agritourism facilities, but also centuries and remains almost unchanged. A lot
very interested in increasing business in this of manifestations spiritual culture relate with
area. sheepherding and sheep breeding, such as work
 Give attention to the promotion of sheep habits and customs, ideas about nature pastors,
breeding, sheepherding issuing various medical practices, superstition imagination,
promotional materials, maps, souvenirs, magic acts, folk's sayings. Very important is
postcards, or traditional products, the also artistic and aesthetic feeling sheepherders -
Internet. manifests itself in characteristic artistic
 Encourage the development of business, expression in music, dance and literary folklore
cultural, sporting projects through the we have to kept it for future generations, to
submission of the grant preferences aimed create conditions for their possible
at developing rural tourism and agritourism. enhancement and promotion to the public
 It is necessary to promote the development (Zuzkinová, 1999). In connection with leisure
of rural tourism and agritourism using local moments, the possibility of implementing
resources, especially in areas that are leisure activities is sheep breeding and
suitable for recreation, tourism and sheepherding perfectly connected and
agritourism. predetermined for possible use in rural tourism
and agritourism.
More vigorously and comprehensively address The presented analysis of individual plants can
the problems outlined in agritourism and rural be seen that when the traditional culture
tourism can ensure the further development of associated with the business of tourism, this
agritourism and rural tourism in Liptov and partnership creates a number of benefits not
Orava regions. Some possibilities solution will only for guest relations - a service provider but
also for a range of non-production activities,
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which is economically very difficult to quantify demand for a wider range of services
but nevertheless bring invaluable benefits in the offered.
form of enhancement of rural areas and culture.  Price policy can be viewed as a very good
set with all facilities, rural tourism and
CONCLUSION agritourism is still offering cost-effective
form of vacancy, which does not acquire
Based on this analysis, agritourism meat character.
opportunities in the Orava and Liptov region  This analysis clearly demonstrated an
and together with the development traditional increasing impact of agro and rural tourism
sheep breeding and sheephelding can deduce in the overall farm incomes, appropriately
the following conclusions: targeted investment in the agritourism
 Liptov and Orava regions over time are nowadays farm and farms may help to some
increasingly becoming a popular tourist extent, the time many of them will
area, not only for domestic but also foreign appreciate.
tourists.
 Liptov and Orava have a rich tradition of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
sheep breeding and sheephelding and they
are associated with their territory for a long We acknowledge Ministry of Education of
time, their cultural and historical value have Slovak Republic for support the research
contributed to the shaping of their history project VEGA No.: 1/0466/10 with title:
and tradition, and agritourism offers an “Adaptation of sustainable agroecosystem and
excellent opportunity to promote them. mitigation of climate change”.
 More and more entrepreneurs are interested
in starting this business, what suggests the REFERENCES
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EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE STOCK IN REGION OF

SUD VEST ROMANIA
Radu Lucian PÂNZARU 1, Dragoş Mihai MEDELETE 1

1
University of Craiova, Faculty of Agriculture,
19 Libertăţii, 011464, Craiova, Romania, Phone: +40 251 416 595/146, Fax: + 40 251
418 475 , E-mail : [email protected], medelete @yahoo.com
Key words : mechanical, evolution, SW Region , Romania
Abstract
The paper aimed to present the evolution of mechanical stock during the period 2004 -2006 in the Sud West Region of
Romania, including Dolj, Gorj, Mehedinti, Olt and Vâlcea Counties. It is based on the statistical data provided by
National Institute of Statistics, the Regional Directorate of Statistics Dolj. The data have been processed into the
following indicators: Natural tractors, plows, seeders, combines. To adjust fleet of tractors and agricultural machinery
should be considered and local peculiarities: natural conditions (climate, soil, topographical), socio-economic
conditions (territorial planning, the existing workforce and its skill level) and the information on agricultural area,
profile and specialization of production
INTRODUCTION RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
Mechanically fixed capital in farms has the Table 1 shows details of mechanical park
largest share of total fixed capital, he having southwest region, indicating also the weight of
decisive role in economic transfer [of its national. In terms of the number of tractors
technology in crop production and livestock at the regional level, there is an average of
[1]. Growth and efficiency of agricultural 22,087 pieces - 12.76% of the national
production depends on the best equipment with indicator. This level resulted in sequential
tractors and agricultural machinery. To achieve annual contributions, of the region, to achieve
this goal the acquisition of mechanical means to the total number of tractors of 12.67 and
consider the following technical-economic 12.80% for 2004 and respectively 2005 and
indices: productivity, adaptability, mutual 2006 - Fig.2 (21,777, 22,147 and 22,337 pieces
consistency, convenience, reliability, economy, - Fig. 1).
maintainability, availability [2]. The South
West Region of Romania contributes with more Table 1. Evolution of mechanical park in southwest
region during 2004-2006 (pcs.)
than 10 % to mechanical fleet [3] .
Year Natural
Plows Seeders Combines
MATERIAL AND METHOD Tractors
2004 Pcs. 21777 18932 10930 4381
% 12,67 13,91 16,72 17,14
In order to characterize the evolution of 2005 Pcs. 22147 18571 11153 4733
% 12,80 13,55 16,71 12,36
mechanical fleet, the following indicators were 2006 Pcs. 22337 19033 11427 4620
used: number of tractors, number of plows for % 12,80 13,73 16,86 17,96
Average Pcs. 22087 18845 11170 4578
tractors, number of mechanical drills, number % 12,76 13,73 16,77 17,82
of propelled combine and ground loads of
equipment. The period analyzed in this study is The number of plows ranged from 18,571 units
2004-2006. The data, collected from Regional in 2005 to 19,033 units in the year 2006, with
Directorate of Statistics Dolj, have been an average for the period of 18,845 pieces -
statistically processed and interpreted, building fig.1. At the national level region recorded
the trend line and setting up the forecast based annual contributions sequential 13.91, 13.55
on simulation models for the period 2008-2015.
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and 13.73% in 2004, 2005 and 2006, so that the Following this situation, the region contributing
average have a share of 13.73% - Fig.3. to the national park of drills with variable
weights, as follows: 16.72% in 2004, 16.71%
Fig. 1. Park of mechanical means in the South for 2005, 16.86% for 2006 and 16.77% for the
West Region average period - Fig. 4.
25000
Fig. 4. Number of mechanical drills - South West
20000 Region, national share
15000
10000
16,77
AVERAGE
5000
16.86
0
2006
AVERA
2004 2005 2006 16.71
GE 2005
TRACTORS 21777 22147 22337 22087
16.72
PLOWS 18932 18571 19033 18845 2004
SEEDERS 10930 11153 11427 11170
COMBINES 4381 4733 4620 4578
Park of self-propelled combines varied from

Fig. 2. Number of tractors - South West 4381 units in 2004 up to 4733 pieces in the year
Region, national share 2005, the average period of 4578 pieces - Fig.
12,80 12,80
12.76 1.
The share of the region in the national level of
the indicator was 17.41% in 2004, 18.36% for
12.67
the year 2005, 17.96% in the year 2006 and
17.82% for average period - Fig. 5.
20
Fig. 5. The number of combines - South West Region,
20 20 AV
04 05 06 ER
national share
AG
E 18.36
17.96
17,82
17.41
Fig. 3. The number of plows - South West
Region, national share
13.91 2004 2005 2006 AVERAGE
13.73 13,73
13.55
Table 2 shows the load of agricultural land on
the truck at the regional level by types of
equipment is the following one :
20 2
04 00 20 - for tractors, the region presents annual load of
5 06 AV
ER 83 ha in 2004, 82 hectares in the year 2005, 81
AG
E ha for 2006, while the average period was 82 ha
Referring to the park of mechanical drills there (fig.6);
- The plows, the region presents annual load of
is an average of the indicator, of 11,170 pieces,
95 ha in 2004 and 2006, 97 ha for 2005 and 96
with annual levels of 10,930, 11,153 and
ha in the average period (Fig.7);
11,427 units in 2004, 2005 and respectively
2006 - Fig. 1.
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113
112
Table 2. Weight of ground equipment during 2004-2006
( ha ) 110
Physical
Year Tractors Plows Seeders Combines
2004 83 95 115 287

2005 82 97 113 265
2006 81 95 110 272
Average 82 96 112 274
2004 2005 2006 AVERAGE

Fig. 6. South West region – land weight on
tractor
83 Fig. 8. South West Region - loads of land on mechanical
seeder
82 82
81 287
272
274
265
2004 2005 2006 AVERAGE

20
20
20
04
AV
Fig. 7. South West Region - the load of ground on plow
05
06
ER
AG
E
97
96 Fig. 9. South West Region - loads of land on combine
95
95 CONCLUSIONS
1. Dynamic components of mechanical

technical capital, shows upward trend for
tractors and seeders mechanical (increase of
2004 2005 2006 MEDIA 0.9% for tractors up to 4.5% for sower),
fluctuating trends for plows and combines - the
final trend increase for first item and final trend
- Region recorded annual loads seeder 115 ha of decrease for the second item.
in 2004, 113 hectares in the year 2005, 110 ha 2. Load on the tractor has an average of 82 ha
in 2006 and 112 ha for average period (3 ha less than the national average), this level
considered (Fig.8); being found in the counties of Olt, Dolj and
- At regional level, the load on the combine was 287 Mehedinti - 68, 76 and 84 meters. Other
ha in 2004, 265 hectares in the year 2005, 272 ha in counties outruns the term of comparing with 16
2006, levels that have resulted in An average for and 36 meters - Gorj and Valcea. Notably,
period of 274 hectares (Fig.9).
declining load on the tractor, during the period
examined - excepting Mehedinţiul and Valcea.
3. Average surface plug was 96 ha of
agricultural land (-11 ha compared to national),
regional level is exceeded in Gorj, Mehedinti
and Valcea - 123, 102 and 128 ha.
For Dolj and Olt is a beneficial situation for the
indicator, topping it with 18 and 5 ha below the
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regional level. The indicator had a trend - in most administrative territorial units - except
general - downward during the period analyzed only for Dolj County.
at the county level, but rather uniform at 6. The region lies consistently above national
regional level; levels in terms of average load on equipment -
4. The load on seeder was 112 ha (about 39 ha regardless of its type, resulting in a more
less than the national level), under it being favorable situation than other regions of
Mehedinţiul and Dolj (107 and 109 ha), in Olt Romania. However, it noted the need for
county the level has been echi-unitary beside numerical growth driver of the park in terms of
the regional one, and for Gorj and Valcea was achieving agreed levels of indicator. In this
outruns with 2 and 41 ha. The indicator had a direction, the European financed projects are
declining trend in Dolj, Gorj and Mehedinti, needed, etc., for infrastructure improvements.
uniform development for Olt county and
fluctuating upward trend for the Valcea county. REFERENCES
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SUSTAINABILITY IN THE ROMANIAN BEEKEEPING CHAIN:

DIAGNOSIS AND PROSPECTS
Cristina Bianca POCOL1, Marioara ILEA 2

1
2
Key words: beekeeping-chain, sustainability, environment, economic, social
Abstract
The techno-economical analyse of the beekeeping chain in Romania is made in terms of sustainable development- an
universal concept widely quoted and interpreted in terms of connotations that may results from its implementation. This
concept is fully used when the analysed system is an agrifood one. The beekeeping chain is a vertically built system,
including production, processing and distribution of the products. The methodology used is based on: identifying and
assessing of the economic, social and environmental aspects of beekeeping system, sustainability analysis by selecting
key issues, improvement of the issues identified above and providing sustainability indicators to consumers. Reported
on the studies conducted until present on international level, the present study aims to consider all three elements of the
triangle of sustainability: economic-social-environment fits in the direction of research based on the modernization of
food production and the obtaining of appropriate products which respects the principles of sustainable development
and food security.
INTRODUCTION consumer behaviour, market position of major

foreign competitors, and China’s influence in
In Romania, beekeeping has developed in international trade [1]. Studies made until
particularly favorable natural conditions that present at international level are focused, in a
have contributed to the continuous development classical way, only on the environmental
of this activity. In the context of food chains, impact of beekeeping chain. Reported to these,
the beekeeping chain is a very complex one, its the present study aims to consider all the three
analysis joining the European Union wishes to elements of sustainability triangle, proposed by
improve the conditions for production and Fritz & Schiefer (2009) and applied by the
marketing of bee products. Studying Argentinean researchers: economic-social-
beekeeping sector has benefits not only in terms environment [2].
of updating the technical and economic data but
also to identify solutions that highlight the MATERIAL AND METHOD
development opportunities of the sector and
promoting consumption. Research methods used in the study are
Various international studies on the beekeeping structured accordingly to the specificity of
chain demonstrate the dynamic of this sector, every step.
showing the possibilities of modelling and To analyze the upstream chain, it is used the
feedback mechanisms that allow analysis of the documentation technique by collecting
beekeeping sector in a given period of time. bibliographic information in order to achieve a
The researches conducted in Argentina allowed synthesis of the social, economic and technical
the development of quantitative forecasts and studies available until now, watching that they
scenarios, taking into account certain variables: have credibility as possible. At this stage,
technological change, prices evolution, available databases are consulted, both
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nationally, provided by The National Institute the actions against diseases and pests and by
of Statistics, The Ministry of Agriculture and the improvement of the results in the scientific
Rural Development, the advisory county research field. Estimated Romanian honey
offices, The Chamber of Commerce and production is a delicate exercise because it is
Industry, the professional associations, highly variable from year to year, increasing or
internationally, provided EUROSTAT, decreasing it depending on climatic conditions,
FAOSTAT, and The European Commission. on the measures taken by the Government, on
Thus, information collected from Statistical the business strategies adopted and on the
Yearbook and from various official reports yields obtained by practicing transhumance.
allows obtaining some important references on Taking into account these parameters, the
the history and the evolution of bee chain. The production varies enormously from one year to
techno-economic analysis of the Romanian another, generally between 10,000 and 20,000
beekeeping sector is made in terms of tones per year (Fig. 1). The largest share is the
sustainable development - a universal concept poly honey 50%, followed by acacia honey
widely quoted and interpreted in terms of 35% and lime honey 15% [4].
connotations that may result from its
implementation. This concept is fully used Evolution of extracted honey production 2002-2008
when the system is considered an agri-food quantity (tones)

25000
20000 20037
one, because food production is essential for 15000
13434
17409
19150 17704 18195 16767
humanity. The agri-food chain is a system

10000
5000
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
vertically built, from farm to fork, including 0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
production, processing and distribution of year
products. The impact of the agri-food system Year Honey extracted (tones)
on the environment, on the economic and on Fig. 1: Evolution of extracted honey production in the
the social life is the main focus in the research period 2002-2008
of the beekeeping chain in Romania. Source: own processing after data from the Statistical
Yearbook of Romania 2008 and 2009 reports of MADR
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS The first point of the analysis of sustainable
development relates to its impact on the
Romania is among countries with well environment: water and energy consumption in
developed beekeeping, this situation being a the production process, waste (packaging),
consequence of a meaningful number of bee carbon dioxide emissions due to production
families, of the big quantity of honey produced, process and transport, biodiversity and soil
of the diversification of beekeeping production quality. All production processes in the agri-
and of the results of scientific research food sector consume energy and fresh water.
activities and training specialists. Thus, in the As the final product becomes more
last decade, the bee numbers reached the annual industrialized, these consumptions increase.
average of 1,000,000 families and the honey According to FAO statistics, agriculture
production has registered a significant increase concentrates 70% of water used around the
from 12,124 tones in 1989 to 20,037 tones in world, the rest being used for domestic and
2008 [3].Trends up to presents are to enlarge industrial purposes [2]. In the case of
the number of bee families and the production apicultural Romanian production, there is an
of bee hive, because of the favourable climatic indirect water consumption used to generate the
conditions that allow the economic exploitation plants biomass from which the bees extract the
of a big number of bee families. nectar. The direct consumption of water is
This is possible due to progress registered at the insignificant, if it is compared with other
administrative level and to the reorganization of intensive agricultural activities. The greatest
Romanian Beekeepers Association, a territorial volume of water is used during harvesting and
structure with 41 district branches. The extraction of honey, but as this is a seasonal
production increasing was also determined by volume of water used it is not very large.
the organization of the pastoral beekeeping, by
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Energy consumption is also low; it is realized obtain a fair price for their products on the
when beekeepers use the equipments during the markets of developed countries. The analysis of
harvest and the processing. In terms of waste the beekeeping sector from a social point of
from packaging used for honey, it is to mention view analyse the associative ability of
that a good part of the production is shipped in beekeepers. The small and medium beekeepers
bulk; drums used are reusable and the other are characterized by a strong individualism,
packaging doesn’t produce a significant waste. being less open towards the association; the
Following the analysis of the carbon dioxide explanation for this fact is the weak vertical and
emissions from beekeeping activities, horizontal coordination and the low
estimations can be made by comparison with standardization of production. However,
those from the other activities, which have been beekeeping plays an important social role,
measured by FAO. Compared with the most being an income generator and a job creator;
polluting activities (cattle breeding), this occupation doesn’t require a large capital
beekeeping doesn’t represent a significant and can be practiced not only full-time but part
problem in this regard. On the other hand, it can -time or as hobby. The definition of Beekeeper
be also analysed the main way of transportation Entrepreneur is still very difficult to achieve in
of beekeeping products. The main destination Romania, being in an early stage and requiring
of Romanian exports is the EU countries, further improvements in terms of assuming
especially Germany; the main transport route economic and social responsibilities. Regarding
used is the road, which, as we know, is a major the welfare of bees, honey extraction
pollutant. It can be also analyzed the important techniques are less aggressive in Romania and
contribution of bee pollination services on fruit don’t affect the hive ability to recover and
production by favouring the expansion of produce again.
vegetation. This makes possible the fixation of In the third point of the research are analyzed
significant quantities of carbon dioxide, the economic issues: the affordability of bee
reducing the amount of emissions of the products for consumers, the performance and
system. All because of pollination services and the competitiveness of the bee chain and the
of the important role of bees in the quality of the products. As mentioned above,
development of flora and fauna, beekeeping has the consumption of bee products is extremely
a significant contribution to maintaining beneficial for the population health. For this
biodiversity. reason, they must be accessible to consumers
The second point of the analysis focuses on and the distribution channels have to be
social issues, reaching these points: nutrition efficient. From previous researches made in the
and health, food safety, fair trade, food field of beekeeping, it has found that family
network, social and ethical conditions, welfare income is the major factor that determines
of bees. Bee products have a nutritional and specific consumption in the household. As
curative value, being used directly for domestic such, honey and the other bee products are
consumption but also indirectly by many perceived as not very cheap; they can be found
industries: food industry, pharmaceutical and in the consumption of high-income households.
cosmetics ones. Due to its characteristics, On the other hand, there is a pronounced
honey is often associated with a medicinal ignorance about the attributes of honey and of
product, causing a seasonal consumption. The other hive products. Educational level, as a
beekeeping system should respect the principles determinant of a healthy lifestyle put its mark
of traceability. In the case of exported products, on food behaviour of individuals. Hence, the
these principles are respected; in the case of main consumers of bee products are found
internal market, traceability is almost among the educated or medium-educated
nonexistent, requiring improvements. About people; from this fact results the importance of
fair trade, in Romania there are no honey the promotion campaigns in the favour to the
producers certified fair-trade; it is consumption of bee products. The analysis of
recommended to start some actions in this the performance and of the competitiveness of
regard and to support producers that could bee chain indicates that approximately 80% of
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beekeepers practice this activity at small and CONCLUSIONS
medium scale. The average honey production
obtained per one beehive is between 36 and 40 The beekeeping chain has enormous benefits on
kg; this amount doesn’t allow the development the environment, by the pollination services.
of efficient distribution channels; honey is often The consumption of resources, in principal
sold in bulk, by an intermediary. The water is not significant. The emissions of
processing and the packaging costs of bee carbon dioxide, due to the transportation of
products necessary to be made in order to honey by road are compensated by the
access foreign markets are too high to be development of the flora due to the pollination.
affordable for the segment of beekeeper that The main social impact of beekeeping is due to
detain small and medium sized apiaries. On the the nutritional value of honey; its content is rich
other hand, the beekeepers access to credit with in at least 435 nutritive substances. In this
attractive interest rates is quite difficult. respect, honey is one of those food products
Although after 2000, the financial services have that regulate human vital functions, being an
improved, most of which are heading toward excellent tonic for children and convalescents.
large bee farms or towards processors and Regarding honey consumption, it is still very
exporting companies. This creates a low, comparing with other countries. The
dependency for the small and medium-sized traceability system requires improvements,
producers who collect and sell bee products, especially in the case of internal market.
creating an asymmetrical negotiation power Beekeeping plays an important social role,
between parties, which finally disadvantage the being an income generator and a job creator.
producer, determining him to accept the market Economically, honey is not affordable for all
price. In terms of technology, the bee sector is Romanian consumers and it must be promoted
one of the most productive sectors, but faced among them as a healthy food. The distribution
with enormous differences regarding the access system has to be improved and the products
to equipments and to professional training for have to contain information about their origin.
beekeepers. There are few beekeepers who are The importance of bee products results from
informed on the latest technologies, or who their economically value and also from the
wish to participate at specialized courses. The values of increased yield obtained as a
different access to information and technology consequence of intensive pollination which
put their mark on the competitiveness of exceed 10-15 times the value of bee products
beekeepers. To these we add the quality of bee obtained from bee families.
products, the traceability being the main
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statistic al Romaniei;
identity. [4] Ministerul Agriculturii si Dezvoltarii Rurale, 2009,
Documentar de presa – Sectorul apicol;
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STRATEGIES AND NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR FAVORABLE

CREATION OF AN INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN REPUBLIC OF
MOLDOVA
Daniela POPA1, Elena Timofti1

1
The State Agricultural University of Moldova, Chisinau
42 Mircesti st., MD-2049, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Phone: +373 22 31 22 58, Fax: +373 22
31 22 76, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Key words: investment, strategy, climate, enterprise, financial support
Abstract
Investments represents the material support of the economical development and stayed on the basis of
diversification or qualitative growing of the all production factors. Investment strategy, as a orderly
multitude of information with an economical character or other nature, establishes, on the basis of some
studies the main goals of the enterprise in investment domain, the actions which follow to proceed for
achieving of the objects, the ways of reaching, the financial sources and the methods of resources allocation.
Investment strategy, as a partial strategy, but which occupies an central place in the frame of the strategies
and policies of the enterprise, must take into consideration and the others strategies of the enterprise (market
ones, restructuration, information etc.), subscribing in the global strategy of one enterprise, in it economical
policy, assuring financial support of materialization on enterprise’ programs.
INTRODUCTION Republic of Moldova. The information which is

presented in this article is based on the data
Investment climate where economic agents about investments from the Statistics National
unfold their activity has its particularities in Bureau of Republic of Moldova.
national economy and, of course, distinctive Nowadays this sector of activity needs
features given with the economy of others modernization by using high technologies and
states. In the case when potential investors take scientifically researches, attracting Foreign
the decision of placing their capitals into the Investments in agricultural sector will
capital of one country it is important the factor contribute to modernization of this sector; will
of analysis of investments opportunities of create new possibilities to use high
which could enjoy in their antreprenorial technologies; will bring us the possibility to use
activity. all the farm lands more efficient, in this way we
The knowledge of investments opportunities will assure the economical growth of our
constitutes the strong point for planning of country.
economic activity and from the beginning
allows the outline of some prognostication RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
counterpart of potential business partners, about Once establishing foreign investments for a
territorial extension possibilities through receiver country, especially in a country on a
exploration of the new sale markets and the development way this factor has negative
ways of fructification of planned profit through influence than positive that’s why it is
selection of attractive branch. important to emphazise what kind of strategies
can be applied by the economy whih needs
MATERIAL AND METHOD foreign investors support, with a view to attract
international financial resources into the
In this scientifically paper are shown the results country.
of the investigation of investment climate in the
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Of course, in the substantiation of decisions of
investors in other countries are based of an 50% 45%
40,10%
deep analysis of a lot of factors as: 40%
Rate of investment
34% 33%
 political, social and financial stability 29,30%
30% 24,70%
(macroeconomic durable stability); 21,80%
20% 19%
18,70%
 institutional and legislative frame in the
domain of affaires, the absence of birocratical 10%
obstacles;
0%
 the existance of the professional labour force 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
at the low costs; Figure 1. The e volution of the inve stme nt
 the level of infrastructure development; rate in Moldavian Re public
 the dimension of internal market;
 the potential profitability as well as the
existence of some fiscal advantages. 800
A favorable investment climate includes: 600 Com panies
political stability, the supremacy of law, the w ith FDI
independence of justice which will protect the 400
rights of foreign investors; equal rules 200

concerning the economical activity, the
0
development of the business infrastructure 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
including financial and justice services etc. [1]
Analyzing the investment rate in Moldavian Figure 2. The number of companies with FDI created in
Republic we may conclude that during 2001- Moldavian Republic during 2001-2009
2008 this rate increased 19% up to 45%. But in

2009 was registered a fall down of this rate Foreign investors are very sensitive about our
from 45% down to 33% because of the political investment and business climate. Everybody
instability and because of the negative wants to be sure that the investment he made
influence of the World Financial Crisis. In this today will bring him profit tomorrow. But
way of things we can say that investment analyzing the last events which passed in our
activity decreased very much (figure 1). country: the events from April, the uncertainty
Analyzing the number of companies with FDI of the political situation; all these make the
created in Moldavian Republic during 2001- foreign investors to think once more while
2008 we can see that this indicator increased in investing in Moldavian Republic.
this period from 295 up to 895 companies
(figure 2). In 2009 the number of companies
with FDI decreased because of the difficult
Industry sector; Financial sector;
situation in the political system of the country 18% 34%
and also because of the financial crisis all over

Food and
the World. agricultural
If we analyze the investments which came to sector; 20% Trade sector;

28%
our country in different sectors of our economy

we will see that the agricultural sector is less
attractive than other sectors. In this sector there
Figure 3. FDI inflows during 2006-2008
are investments near 10%. The most of
investors invested in energy sector (33%), in
manufacturing industry (25%), wholesale and If we analyze the biggest companies which
retail trade (17%) (Figure 2). [6] received FDI during 2006-2008 (figure 3), we
can mention that most of them are from the
financial sector (12 companies, 34%),
especially from the bank system. Among them
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we can mention Eximbank Gruppo Veneto CONCLUSIONS
Banca, Unibank, Mobiasbanca GSG.
Then FDI was received during 2006-2008 also Nowadays our country imports many products
by the trade sector (11 companies, 28%). but it will be a serious problem if will not make
Among them we can mention Metro Cash and efforts to try to exit from this situation of
Carry, Cviza-M, VK M Trade and Vistarcom. dependence of products from import. Republic
The last three of them are the owners of Greed of Moldova has special conditions of soil and
Hills Market and Fourchette-M. climate to develop an intensive agricultural
On the third place analyzing the FDI sector in this way we must make efforts to
investment situation is situated the food and create conditions for developing this sector. To
agricultural sector (10 companies, 20%). improve the investment situation in Republic of
Among them are: Bostavan Winery, Acorex Moldova we suggest the following measures of
Wine Holding, Wine International Project etc. solving the problem:
How we can conclude food and agricultural 1.For attracting foreign investment in
sector received FDI but this is not sufficient for agricultural sector of Republic of Moldova, we
a competitive agricultural sector. Only the need to create a specialized center which will
biggest companies from agro-food sector protect foreign investors, which will provide
received FDI, in general the situation remains corporative strategies, will make suggestions in
still difficult. Those who activate in this sector the political situation especially in the laws
don’t have machines, high technologies to use concerning the investments.
at a higher level the capacity of the soil, and of 2.Eliminating the discrimination measures from
the other components which will increase the the laws of Republic of Moldova.
contribution of this sector in Gross National 3.Creating different stimulus which will
Product forming. There is registered still a lack increase the attraction of our country in the
of financial resources in this domain of activity. eyes of foreign investors.
There are also companies from industry in the 4. Defining the primary sectors from our
top (6 companies, 18%). Among them are: national economy which need investments.
Moldcarton, Lafarge, Topaz etc. 5. Evaluating the political problems of
But in 2009 because of the incapacity of attracting investments in our country and trying
electing the president, the political instability, to improve the investment situation of our
the difficult situation on Financial Global country.
Markets we can conclude that investments 6. Increasing the innovational activity in our
registered a decrease, which influenced not in a country.
good manner the economical and social 7. Promoting our country all over the World in
situation from our republic. different symposiums, conferences.
Foreign investors when are asked what are their
opinion about the investment climate in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Moldavian Republic they answer that in
Moldova there is a law which protect foreign This research work was carried out with the
investors, also that in Constitution is related support of Ministry of Agriculture and
about the rights of foreign investors but Processing Industry, National Statistics Bureau
practically this laws doesn’t function. In from Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
Moldova the cost of credit is to high, the
corruption is a problem in conditions of REFERENCES
poverty, there are high taxes for buying
authorization to practice an activity, and these [1] Legea privind investiţiile străine nr. 81-XV din
are some problems which affect foreign 18.03.2004 //Monitorul Oficial, 64-66 din 23.04.2004.
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of Moldova to be eliminated from the list of întreprinzător nr.81-XV din 18.03.2004//Monitorul
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nr.234 din 27 februarie 2002// Monitorul oficial nr.33-35 [5] World Investment Report 2007, Transnational
din 07 martie 2002 Corporations, Extractive industries and development,
[4] Strategia de atragere a investiţiilor şi promovare a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
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Economiei şi Comerţului RM.
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INVESTMENTS – A STEP TO MODERNIZATION THE MOLDAVIAN

REPUBLIC
Daniela POPA1, GOLBAN Artur1
1
Key words: investment environment, financial resources, indicators, rating
Abstract
Agricultural sector of Moldavian Republic has many problems. One of the biggest problem of this sector is
the lack of financial resources. Investments are a very precious source of financing. To invest in the
agricultural sectors means to develop thsi sector introducing new technologies and using scientifical
researches. In this article the authors analyze the situation of investment environment of Moldavian Republic
and make suggestions to increase the attractivity of foreign investors.
INTRODUCTION own researches in this domain. We analyzed

especially the FDI in agricultural sector of
Agriculture has played a key role in the Republic of Moldova.
development of human civilization. Until the
Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of the RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
human population labored in agriculture. In the
Republic of Moldova agriculture also has a The Republic of Moldova entered in transition
special place. More than half of the population period without foreign investments stocks. In
of our country is involved in agricultural 1992 was adopted the Law on Foreign
activities, but this sector has many problems. Investments and this was a stimulus for foreign
The problem of finding financial resources is investors. But if we analyze the figure 1 we
one of the most important one because if we may conclude that till 1997 the investment
want to have a competitive agricultural sector flows was minimal, the Government of
we must invest in this domain of activity, Moldavian Republic concentrated attention not
because an investment today is the active on foreign investments but on foreign credits.
redirection of resources/assets to creating Only in 1995, the Russian company – Lukoil
benefits in the future; the use of made substantial investments in the Republic of
resources/assets to earn income or profit in the Moldova, and this was the major factor which
future. generated more FDI inflows. From 1997 till
2004 the FDI inflows increased but not very
MATERIAL AND METHOD much, because of the lack of a strategy
concerning FDI. [2, 3]
In this scientifically work are shown the results An investment involves the choice by an
of the investigation of investment climate individual or an organization such as a pension
during the independence of the Republic of fund, after some analysis or thought, to place or
Moldova. The information which is presented lend money in a vehicle, instrument or asset,
in this article is based on information about such as property, commodity, stock, bond,
investments from the Ministry of Economy of financial derivatives (e.g. futures or options), or
Moldavian Republic, different groups of the foreign asset denominated in foreign
national and international experts and also our currency, that has certain level of risk and
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provides the possibility of generating returns Britain-2,2%, Ireland- -2,1%, other countries-
over a period of time. 31,8% (Figure 2).
Other countries; Russia; 20,60%

800 31,90%
Spain; 11,30%
700 Ireland; 2,10%
600 Great Britain;

USA; 8,60%
2,20%
500 Swetzerland;
Netherlands;
2,40%
400 mil. USD Romania;
France; 4,30% Germany; 4,40%
8,30%
3,90%
300
200
100 Figure 2. FDI in economy of Moldavian Republic of the biggest investment countries
0 during 1994-2008 (%)
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Figure 1. Net FDI inflows in Moldavian Republic (1992-2008)

But if we analyze the investments which were
attracted by Republic of Moldova in
Analysis of the dynamics of net FDI for the geographical context we see that the biggest
period 1992-2008 (figure 1) shows that FDI foreign investor is EU, which invested 46%
volume in Moldavian Republic increased 16 from the whole of investments attracted by
times (from 29,8 mil. U.S .Dollars up to 712,6 Moldova; then CIS (22%); Central and Eastern
mil.U.S. Dollars). So, FDI inflows increased Europe countries (3%) and other countries with
slowly till 1995, and reached 69,7 mil. 29% of investments (Figure 3).
U.S.Dollars, then, in 1996, FDI decreased down The Republic of Moldova has many
to 30,2 mil. U.S. Dollars. In 1997 the FDI opportunities to have a competitive agriculture
inflows increased up to 71 mil. U.S. Dollars. In but the insufficiency of financial resources stop
1998-1999 FDI inflows decreased because of the development of this sector. In this way of
the financial crisis from Russia. In 2004 the thinking we must increase the attractively of
FDI inflows increased up to 150 mil. U.S. this sector in the eyes of foreign investors
dollars in comparison with the 2003 when the Investment is often modeled as a function of
amount of FDI constituted 78,3 mil. U.S. Income and Interest rates, given by the relation
Dollars. In 2004, the FDI inflows increased and I = f(Y, r).
constituted 150,8 mil. U.S. Dollars, havind an
upward trend in the future. [1]
A central point in increasing FDI was adopting
the Strategy for attracting investments and Other countries;
29%
EU; 46%
promoting exports for 2006-2015, where is

stated that the Moldavian Republic is not so Central and
Eastern Europe
attractive in the eyes of foreign investors as her countries; 3%

CIS; 22%
neighbors. According to the National Bank of
Moldova, in 2005, FDI per capita constituted in
POLAND-1502 USD, Hungary-3693 USD, Figure 3. Geographical structure of FDI in Moldavian economy,2009
Czech Republic-4080 USD; Slovakia-2128

USD, Romania-747 USD, Estonia-2995 USD, If we analyze the investments which came to
Latvia-1686 USD, Republic of Moldova – 330 our country in different sectors of our economy
USD.[4,5,6] we will see that the agricultural sector is less
The Republic of Moldova attracted foreign attractive than other sectors. In this sector there
direct investments from many countries of the are investments near 10%. The most of
World. The biggest investors in Moldavian investors invested in energy sector (33%), in
Republic during 1994-2008 are: Russia – manufacturing industry (25%), wholesale and
20,6%, Spain- 11,3 %, USA-8,6%, retail trade (17%) (Figure 4). [7]
Netherlands-8,3%, Germany-4,4%, France-
4,3%, Romania-3,9%, Switzerland-2,4%, Great
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Table 3. Indicators which describe the business
environment SE Europe
Indicators Deviation +,-
Agricult., Communications
silvicult. and transports Buildings
Energy sector
Other activities
RM U R RU
10% 1%
5% 4% 33% Doing Business +14 +4 -10 -2
Immobile Starting a business +13 -8 -12 -18
transactions Dealing with construction -2 0 -4 0
Manufacturing
5%
industry permits
Wholesale and
25% Employing workers -1 +7 -3 -5
retail trade
17% Registering property +34 +3 +20 +4
Getting credit -3 -3 -3 +22
Protecting investors -4 +34 -3 -5
Paying taxes +24 +1 -1 +5
Figure 4. The distribution of Foreign Direct Investments in the sectors of Moldavian
Trading across borders 0 0 -3 -2
Republic economy, 2009 Enforcing contracts -7 +3 -25 0
Closing a business +1 0 -3 0
Analyzing the situation of the investment Symbols:
environment in the South Eastern Europe RM- Republic of Moldova;
Region (Table 1, 2, 3) we may conclude that U – Ukraine;
our country is not very attractive for foreign R – Romania;
investors in comparison with our neighbours. RU – Russia
The most favorable business environment from Also we can mention that the Cost to export
the Region is in Romania, which is on the 55 (US$ per container) is very expensive – 1815
place from all countries of the World. It is in a US$ per container in Moldavian Republic, 1230
small fall down in comparison with the US$ per container in Ukraine and 1275 US$
previous year, when she was on the 45 place. per container in Romania. The Cost to import
Republic of Moldova is on the 94 place, which (US$ per container) in Republic of Moldova
represents a growth in comparison with the also is very expensive in comparison with the
previous year with 14 points. neighbors. If an investor would like to import
Table 1.Indicators which describe the business different new technologies then he will pay for
environment SE Europe a container:- 1945 US$ per container in RM, -
Indicators Rating in 2010
RM U R RU
1430 US$ per container in Ukraine and 1175
Doing Business 94 142 55, 120 US$ per container in Romania. [8]
Starting a business 77 134 42 106
Dealing with construction 161 181 91 182
permits
CONCLUSIONS
Employing workers 141 83 113 109
Registering property 17 141 92 45 In this way of things we may conclude that
Getting credit 87 30 15 87
Protecting investors 109 109 41 93 Republic of Moldova needs serious measures to
Paying taxes 101 181 149 103 improve the investment climate and to create a
Trading across borders 140 139 46 162
Enforcing contracts 22 43 55 19 competitive state in an international context. To
Closing a business 90 145 91 92 improve the investment situation in Republic of
Table 2. Indicators which describe the business Moldova we suggest the following measures of
environment SE Europe solving the problem:
Indicators Rating in 2009
1. For attracting foreign investment in
RM U R RU
agricultural sector of Republic of Moldova, we
Doing Business 108 146 45 118
Starting a business 90 126 30 88 need to create a specialized center which will
Dealing with construction 159 181 87 182 protect foreign investors, which will provide
permits
Employing workers 140 90 110 104 corporative strategies, will make suggestions in
Registering property 51 144 112 49 the political situation especially in the laws
Getting credit 84 27 12 109
Protecting investors 105 143 38 88
concerning the investments;
Paying taxes 125 182 148 108 2. Eliminating the discrimination measures
Trading across borders 140 139 43 160 from the laws of Republic of Moldova;
Enforcing contracts 15 46 30 19
Closing a business 91 145 88 92 3. Creating different stimmulents which will
increase the attraction of our country in the
eyes of foreign investors;
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This research work was carried out with the exporturilor pentru anii 2006-2015, Ministerul
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THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES’

LEGISLATION PROVISIONS REGARDING RURAL TOURISM
Liliana POPESCU 1, Romeo Cătălin CREŢU 1
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, 59 Marasti, sector 1,

011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40 21 318 25 64, Fax: + 40 21318 28 88, E-mail:
[email protected]; [email protected]
Key words: rural tourism, legislation, European Union, agrotourism
Abstract
In this paper we aim at analysing the main legislation provisions in the most important European Union countries,
regarding rural tourism and agrotourism.The purpose of this analysis is o identify the best solutions for the
development of agrotourism in our country.From the performed analysis, it results that in the most representative
European countries, in terms of rural tourism, regulations are very clear, even if they are different from one country to
another.This is practically the basis for the boom in the development of rural tourism and agrotourism in the past few
decades.The main conclusion is that in Romania we must also promote clear, unitary regulations, without which the
development of agrotourism in no possible.
Regarding the accommodation inn the rural In this paper we aim at analysing the main
environment, we notice certain evolutions legislation provisions in the most important
which can raise problems: European Union countries, regarding rural
 the decrease in and ageing of the tourism and agrotourism.
population, which risk reducing the The purpose of this analysis is o identify the
local development; best solutions for the development of
 the peasant houses reconstruction and agrotourism in our country [1].
refurbishing programmes for receiving In the EU space, the reception structures are
foreigners imply an optimum diverse and differentiated according to the
accommodation, modernisation, specificity of the offer: rural tourism, in
regrouping of houses and a collective general, or farm-based tourism (agrotourism).
offer for local services.  In addition to the small-holder’s farm
 the initiatives are taken by the central there may be other accommodation
tourist organisations, which can further facilities belonging to a small-holders’
lead to a village standardisation from a association, other natural persons or
tourist point of view; local communities.
 in certain EU countries, there is a  Accommodation facilities generally
multitude of strategies and labels for the bear a certain quality logo, which
rural tourist offer, each region wanting corresponds to the association
to customise their own products as promoting them.
compared to similar regional ones.
These initiatives are justified by the RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
search for a regional “tourist
identity”[3]. In Germany
The special offer for rural tourism is Holiday in
the peasant establishment, which reflects the
features of the farm, in which the tourist wants
to find small and draft animals, own products,
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regional specialties, personal contact with the people who do camping and caravan camping
host, atmosphere typical of the peasant on their land. In addition to this
establishment. The Rural Tourism product accommodation, though the Camping on the
defines all the offers in the rural environment, farm and in natural camping areas Charter,
not strictly related to the peasant establishment. camping sites are provided by village and town
Holidays are offered in non-farming halls (6 locations) or prefectures (25
establishments, stays on holiday houses, private EUROGITES –Fédération Européene de
houses, holiday lodgings are offered. The most Logement Rural, Report, 2009);
common type of accommodation in the rural - the reception farm is an agricultural
environment is the tourist hose (5-6 rooms with enterprise with family character, which
10-12 places) within the farm. In addition to the provides an area of at least 300 m2 for the stay,
house, the farmer can also organise other types with easy access, floricultural and tree
of accommodation within the farm: equestrian vegetation which supplies the shade, everything
farms, camping, inn-farms, etc [2]. being located near the farm. The equipment
In France there are already the following types (sanitation, cleaning, maintenance) must be of a
of accommodation in the rural environment: high quality and provide good hygiene and an
 The inn-type farm agreeable and attractive atmosphere.
 The stay-in farm - stopovers (gîtes) are lodgings organised in
 The equestrian farm buildings which are not used for farming
 The reception farm purposes. These are registered under the Gîtes
 Camping on the reception farm de France brand, they group over 30,000
 Stopovers (gîtes rurales) owners with about 50,000 places and target the
- the inn-type farm, which represents a holiday-makers who stay near a farm or village.
establishment which has important areas of There are various types: rural stopover (36,000
land and an adequate building. It can be stopovers), camping on the farm (1000), refuge
managed by several farmers and he workforce stopover (600), children stopover (460), fishing
is concentrated in family association; stopover (150), guest rooms (6600).
- the stay-in farm, which includes three In Spain, accommodation in the rural
compulsory reception elements environment is provided through rural
(accommodations, meals, leisure) and targets stopovers, equestrian farms, inn-farms, guest
holidays or week-ends. The reception of rooms grouped in Basque Agrotourism and
tourists (in a small number) is made in a family Balearic Agrotourism Associations [3].
atmosphere, and it does not affect the farming In Great Britain, accommodation at citizens’
activity. Outside it must look agreeable, with places in the rural environment including
plenty of flowers and vegetation, it must breakfast (the so-called “Bed and Breakfast”)
observe the local style; the maximum number has become an institution and there are over
of rooms is five, with an area of 10 m2 per 400 accommodation facilities (houses,
room, which must have at least one bathroom equestrian farms, farm camping sites, guest
with a shower; rooms).
- the equestrian farm – is the rural In Belgium, the accommodation activity at
establishment which can provide facilities for citizens’ places is considered a way of
learning and practicing how to ride a horse, marketing the cultural heritage in the rural
with accommodation and meals. It is managed environment, in order to stop the rural exodus.
and organised by several farmers who can As representative accommodation facilities,
become partners; there are: farm houses, rural stopovers, farm
- camping in the reception farm. Under this camping sites, the inn-farm, guest rooms,
title, the Agriculture and Tourism Association children stopovers.
brings together Camping on farm and in In Luxembourg, tourist accommodation at
natural camping areas. The farmers have the citizens’ places represents the most useful
possibility to receive guests, friends and other activity in rural tourism development, because
it targets the increase in the reception capacity
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(especially in the poor areas in the hotels or villages, completed with restaurants, parks for
where there is excess labour). Farm houses, the children, meeting rooms, sports equipment,
rural houses (stopovers) and guest rooms are etc., most often made as a lessee promoter on
used. the commune land;
In Greece, according to the Greek National - Village de Vacances (holiday villages) –
Tourism Office, in the non-urbanised regions, represent the set of buildings which are the
the accommodation activity at citizens’ places object of a global business with a commercial
(citizens who work mainly in farming) brings a character or not, meant to provide holiday stays
plus in revenues as a result of accommodating and loisirs;
and selling craftsman and farm products (farm Holiday villages without a lucrative purpose
houses, guest rooms). (for children). They must have a minimum of
In Ireland, the accommodation at citizens’ set of equipment and services, such as:
places is considered a way of marketing, from a  hot water equipment, rest rooms;
tourist perspective, the rural houses (farms and  preparing the menu for children and
peasant houses) and the village in general by the possibility to provide food
means of farm camping sites, equestrian farms, services that are different form those
guest rooms. for adults;
In Portugal, Turihalle brings together the  playgrounds for children;
owners of the old manor houses, providing a - Dispersed villages – they are the set of varied
permanent contact with Portugal’s history and lodgings, collective services, loisir and
old traditions. It also operates in order to entertainment equipment placed on an area of
preserve the country’s architectural and cultural land covering several communes grouped in an
heritage. organisation and management single feature.
The general camping regulation Other regulations
In Germany, the general camping regulation In most countries the regulatory provisions are
does not provide a clarification thereof at in favour of rural inns and hotels, considered
national level. Yet, the sanitary conditions are “social life sites and local development
checked by the administration. cores“[1].
Ireland is less resent, because accommodation These may be:
in farm lodgings or in small hotels is preferred.  private
In Greece, camping is little encouraged for  grouped in chains, associations
reasons related to environment and tourist areas  owned by local groups.
protection. As a particular feature, almost all Hotels or inns can be set up in: old village
the camping sites are at the seaside. mills, castles and manor houses, under the form
In Great Britain, camping has a long tradition, of guest houses. The rural space becomes more
beginning with farm camping and ending with and more a privileged environment for the
veritable hotels located in the open. It is worth high-class traditional hotel equipments:
mentioning that caravaning is strongly PARADORES in Spain, POUSADAS in
developed. Portugal, RELAIS ET CHATEAUX in France,
In Italy, because the constitution confers HEALTtH FARMS in Great Britain. In order to
autonomy to the regions, the classification of avoid over-marketing and anarchic competition,
camping sites is made according to the various it is required to set and observe certain
criteria, according to the respective region. technical norms for each rural hotel and inn
The holiday villages regulation formula.
Holiday villages benefit from a partnership Tourist demand analysis
with the local communities and they are co- Professional associations study the tourists’
funded from public and social funds. socio-professional structure, which actually
Types of tourist villages adopted by the French illustrates the tourist market for rural tourism
terminology (Gîtes Eurovillager): offers.
- Village de Gîtes (“stopover” villages) –
groups of communal lodgings organised as
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Germany In Great Britain, the clients are local people
Summer tourists represent 85% of the total, of (90%), with average incomes and the age
whom: between 15–30.
50% have a 10–15-day stay, 26% a 14 –20-day In Ireland, there are tourists with higher
stay, resulting in an average 10-12-day incomes, freelancers, teachers, journalists of all
stay/tourist. ages from countries such as: The USA, Canada,
We notice an increased seasonality, the Australia, New Zeeland, Europe).
preferred months being June-August. In Italy, the tourist demand is dominantly local
Regarding the clients, they represent the middle (75%), but also from other European countries;
class, families with children (80%), it results form families with average incomes.
intellectuals, workers and elderly persons. In
terms of the age, 20% are below 30. CONCLUSIONS
In France
The French represent 89% of the clients, From the performed analysis, it results that in
preferring the off-season and accommodation the most representative European countries, in
with relatives, friends, a second residence. terms of rural tourism, regulations are very
Foreigners arrive in July-September and stay in clear, even if they are different from one
rural hotels and camping sites. The holiday in country to another.
the countryside is not an ideal option for the This is practically the basis for the boom in the
French (11.4% compared to 40.7% for the development of rural tourism and agrotourism
seaside and 27.5% for the mountains). in the past few decades.
Nevertheless, an investigation performed by the The main conclusion is that in Romania we
National Federation of Tourist Offices and must also promote clear, unitary regulations,
Initiative Unions (FNOTSI) indicated that “the without which the development of agrotourism
holiday in the countryside” is preferred by more in no possible [4].
and more tourists. The clients motivated by this
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and over 40 (20%).
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THE IMPACT OF MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEM ON THE QUALITY OF THE

LABOUR RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE AGRICULTURE OF THE
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Veronica PRISACARU
The State Agrarian University of Moldova, Mircesti str., 44 MD-2049, Chisinau, the Republic of
Moldova, [email protected]
Key words: labour resources, motivation, labour remuneration, labour conditions
Abstract
The purpose of this paper consists in elucidating the present aspects of the motivational system in agriculture and the
factors that diminish the motivation for agricultural work. In order to achieve this purpose, we had analyzed the
statistics presenting the evolution of the agricultural workforce from a quantitative point of view, the evolution of the
salary in agriculture and the average salary in economy, as well as the ratio between the salary in agriculture and the
average salary in economy, taking into consideration the living minimum. Also, we had sistemyzed and interpreted the
data obtained from 2 polls. As a result, the factors that diminish the motivation for agricultural work have been
hierarchized according to their importance, the first place being represented by the unsatisfactory material stimulation.
At the same time, the polls showed us that people are aware of the importance of the other aspects of labour, such as:
specialization, continuity, the posibility to be promoted etc.
It is well known that motivation is one of the In order to achieve the purpose of this
most important performance factors in an investigation, there was used statistical data that
activity, the engine of achievement in any field. showed the quantitative evolution of labour in
The imperfect motivational system, which the agricultural sector, the average monthly
persists in the former socialist countries, wage in agriculture and the average salary in
including the Republic of Moldova, was economy and their ratio with the living
identified by experts as one of the disturbing minimum. The examined period is 2001-2008.
factors of efficiency in economic activities, one Also, the systemized data have been obtained
of the reasons of the large gaps between labour from two polls of employees from the
productivity in socialist and capitalist countries. agricultural enterprises of the Republic of
With the reorganization of the administrative Moldova and people working abroad.
systems of command and the transition to
market relations, high hopes have been put, in REZULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
particular, on the stimulating force of
motivation for a highly productive work in new The exodus of the population employed in
conditions of activity. Practically, however, this agriculture is widespread throughout the world,
aspiration is achieved more slowly than it was being even more pronounced in highly
desirable, especially in agriculture. As a result, developed countries. But if in developed
labour productivity in agriculture, even if it is industrial countries, the workforce passes to
increasing, is much lower than in developed other sectors of the economy, in the Republic of
industrial countries [1]. Also, a large proportion Moldova, this phenomenon manifests itself in
of people previously employed in agricultural another form - a large proportion of persons
activities moved away from this work [2]. layed off from agricultural enterprises is
migrating to illegal work abroad. Even if there
are no exact official statistics of persons that
illegally left the country, about the extent of
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this phenomenon can be judged from the show the evolution of the average monthly
following data: in the period 2002-2008 the wage in agriculture, the average salary in the
employment rate of rural population has economy and their relationship to the
decreased by a total of 15.2%. Employment in subsistence minimum, is presented in table 1.
agriculture decreased by 358 thousand people, The negative impact of the seasonal nature of
or 48%. Thus, even assuming that some of agricultural activities, particularly crop
those layed off from agricultural activities have production, is evident in the following aspects:
gone into other spheres, we easily realize that a involves discontinuity and instability of
substantial proportion of these people are not income; given that most people prefer a
performing a work activity on the territory permanent service, they have to perform the
where they are located. An the same time, the work only periodically; lack of stable
fact that, in the period under review, a stable employment activities disrupts people, has a
proportion between the working population of negative influence on their emotional level.
rural and urban space has been mentained, Along with the factors outlined above, of
allows us to exclude the hypothesis of mass particular importance are the working
emigration of the working population from conditions. The predominance of manual
village to city. labour, the need to perform multiple outdoor
Insufficient motivation for farm work is activities, the influence of the weather
supported by results of a survey, in which there conditions, etc., uundoubtedly make farm work
were implicated over 200 employees from 25 more difficult compared with other industries,
agricultural enterprises of the Republic of this being realized by the surveyed persons.
Moldova. From the processed data, the ranking
of the main motivation disturbance factors for Table 1. Corresponding evolution of average monthly
agricultural work made possible, as follows: wage in agriculture and the economy and their
relationship to the subsistence minimum.
insufficient wage; seasonal nature of Specification 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
agricultural activities; difficult working Average monthly wage in 692 891 1103 1319 1697 2065 2598
conditions; high diversification of activities; the economy, lei
Average monthly wage in 394 499 643 744 915 1099 1484
few opportunities for promotion. A very low agriculture, lei
salary is the factor that was mentioned by all Ratio between the average 57 56 58 56 54 53 57
wage in agriculture and the
those surveyed as the most important and one in economy,%
influential. In this context we refer to some Minimum of existence for 571 665 719 809 987 1159 1446
statistics that show the dynamics of labour people of working age
(average monthly per
remuneration in the agricultural sector. Thus, person), lei
we deduce that the average monthly wage in Ratio between the average 121 134 153 163 172 178 180
salary in economy and
agriculture in the Republic of Moldova has subsistence minimum, %
undergone essential changes in recent years: Ratio between the average 69 75 89 92 93 95 103
wage in agriculture and
while in 2001 it was 315.1 lei, in 2008 it subsistence minimum, %
reached 1484.4 lei. Quantitative evolution of
farmers’ wages cannot be estimated as a The large diversification of activities in the
representative index of the welfare of this agricultural branches and sub-branches is
category of population, because its level is highlighted by the employees of this branch as
insufficient for a decent life, beyond the a factor that, on the one hand, involves
subsistence minimum of working age knowledge and multiple skills, and on the other,
population with only 37.9 lei [2]. Motivational is not allowing a narrow specialization. As a
effects of wages in agriculture are being result, according to those surveyed, farm work
decreased by the following circumstances: being more difficult to do, is also less
between the average monthly salary in interesting. This statement is substantiated by
agriculture and the average one in the economy the fact that it is more difficult to increase
there is a gap of 1045.3 lei, and, compared with mastery there, where you meet a very wide
the salary of employees from the financial range of employment processes.
sphere, it is 3.66 times lower. The data that
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It is particularly significant that today even the another important issue: most respondents have
people employed in agriculture have aspirations confidence in terms of return in their home
in being promoted, which was not important for country and about 35% of them do not intend to
them a few decades ago. By its nature, ever return.
however, farm work is mainly physical and
requires more labour than specialists or CONCLUSIONS
managers.
Thus, we conclude that today’s motivational system in the On the basis of the presented data, we can draw
agriculture of the Republic of Moldova is unable to perform
the roles assigned to it, the reason being a whole series of
the following conclusions:
disturbing factors. 1. Economic transition to market relations,
In order to determine whether motivational changing forms of ownership in agriculture
aspirations were accomplished by people who have not generated a surge in agricultural
have emigrated to work abroad, a survey was labour productivity;
conducted in which 125 people were 2. Ineffective motivational system caused a
interviewed coming from rural areas, being mass exodus of the population employed in
currently employed in various European agriculture, and most of those have left to work
countries. By processing the data we found abroad;
that: 3. From the motivational factors, the one that
- 98.2% of the respondents cited, as the reason mostly reduces the desire to work in the
for going abroad, an sufficient salary and the agricultural sector is the low job stimulation;
lack of stable employment; 4. Success and prestige in agricultural activities
- approximately 85% of those polled are require state intervention in order to ensure the
satisfied by the given wages, 25% of them economic prosperity of the whole branch and
indicated the level of culture in the country the material and moral motivation of the
where they are situated and 15% - the attitude agrarians for their work in that area.
towards them at work. Accordingly, only 15%
of the people who participated in the survey REFERENCES
said that they do not like anything in the
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country where they are. Forţa de muncă în Republica Moldova. Ocupare şi
Thus, the data found once again confirms the şomaj, 2009 , Editura „Statistica” , Chişinău, p. 32-34.
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Along with this, the investigation revealed „Statistica” , Chişinău, p. 104-105.
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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INDICES OF THE HUMAN

RESOURCES MANAGEMENT FROM THE AGRARIAN SECTOR OF THE
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Veronica PRISACARU1 , Aurelia LITVIN1

1
The State Agrarian University of Moldova, Mircesti str., 44 MD-2049, Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova,
[email protected], [email protected]
Key words: employed population, evolution, gross agricultural production, productivity
Abstract
The purpose of this paper consists in elucidating the evolutionary tendencies of the population working in agriculture
and of the global agricultural production in the Republic of Moldova. Concomitantly, we examined the evolution of the
working population from the agricultural sector as well as the global agricultural production in the developed
countries. For a more detailed investigation of the examined subject, we analyzed the evolution of the quantitative and
qualitative indices of the working personnel management from agricultural enterprises having the status of judicial
person in the period of 2001-2008. Based on the research, we noticed that the indices of human resources management
from the agricultural sector of the Republic of Moldova, during the post-privatization stage, had similar tendencies with
those recorded in the developed countries during the last decades of the past century. At the same time, the growth of
the global agricultural production recorded in the analyzed period in the Republic of Moldova, is more inferior than the
growth of the global agricultural production in highly developed countries, and the present productivity level of the
agricultural work is insufficient for a prosperous activity development.
INTRODUCTION indicators were used: employment in agriculture,

overall agricultural production, achieving global
Given the specificity of the economy of the production, total income and net profits per
Republic of Moldova, the priority share of employee.
agriculture in the GDP, we conclude on the The period analyzed in this study is between
special significance of a more effective 2001-2008. The data, collected from Statistical
management of the human resources in those National Office and from other studies in this
sectors. Subsequently, labour productivity growth problem, have been analyzed and interpreted.
as the basic indicator of efficiency of human
resources is examined as one of the major RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
objectives in the trend towards sustainable
development of agriculture. Another argument for In a foray into the evolution of the number of
the significance of the subject investigated is the employed persons in agriculture in highly
major share of population employed in the developed countries we found that: in the second
agricultural sector of the Republic of Moldova half of the last century, thanks to technical,
[1], which gives it a special role in economic technological and managerial progress, there was
growth and achieving other strategic and a rapid reduction of active labour and
important objectives for our country. Meanwhile, unprecedented increase in productivity work.
by comparing indicators of human resource Exodus of labour from agriculture has been very
management in the agricultural sector of Moldova strong in France and Germany. Thus, if in the
with those of the developed countries [2], we fifties, in France, for example, there were about
conclude on a large gap between them. 5.5 million people activating
in agriculture, now France's labour force in
MATERIAL AND METHOD agriculture is of approximately 1 million people.
Reducing those active in the agricultural sector of
In the analysis of evolutionary trends of human France for about 4 times was accompanied by an
resources in the agricultural sector, the following increase in labour productivity by over 3 times.
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In the last 3 decades of the past century, the Table 1. Evolution of the global agricultural production,
average number of people employed in of the number of people employed in agriculture and of
the annual productivity of labour in the period 2002-2008
agricultural activities, in UE countries, decreased
by about 95%, or almost twice. Simultaneously, Indicators 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
there was an increase in the value of agricultural A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
products with over 20%. Gross 11777 10180 12301 12402 12266 9432 12460
Currently the 5% of the population employed in agricultural
output, mio.
agriculture in developed countries of the world lei (in
population feed the rest of the population in these comparable
prices of
countries and a majority of the population in poor 2005)
countries. Number of 747 583 533 537 422 409 389
persons
In less developed countries, including Moldova, employed in
the population exodus from the agricultural sector agriculture,
thou. persons
was more prominent in the early post- Average 15,77 17,46 23,08 23,10 29,07 23,06 32,03
privatisation stage. Thus, if in 2001 in the labour
productivity,
agricultural activities there were assigned 764 mii lei
thousand people (or 51% of the employed
population of the Republic of Moldova), in the For a deeper investigation of the matter sought,
first five years that followed, the share of we examined the effectiveness of productive
employed population decreased by almost 10 personnel management in the agricultural
percentage points. After that, the decrease enterprises with juridical person status, by
continued at a slower pace. As a result, the share following the indicators: global production,
of the agricultural population in 2008 was 31.1%. income and net profits per employee (Table 2).
Continuing reduction of the number of persons From the data found in table 2, we notice that
employed in the agricultural sector of Moldova the number of employees from agricultural
has not been accompanied, however, by a enterprises with juridical person status in the
substantial increase in the overall agricultural period 2003 to 2008 fell by about 47 %. The
production (Table 1). growth of global production and of the total
From the data in table 1 we find that the reduction income derived from agricultural enterprises
by about 48% of the number of people employed with juridical person status, exceeds the growth
in agriculture in the period under review was rate of gross product by branch, but this is
accompanied by an increase in global agricultural explained by the fact that, in table 1, in order to
production by just 5.8%. estimate the global production, the system of
Agricultural labour productivity in this period comparable prices was used and in table 2 there
increased by 103%, but this increase can not be were used the current prices. The dynamic of
estimated as representative as it has not the „net profit per employee” indicator, a more
contributed to the increase of global production at relevant indicator of the effectiveness of human
branch level and, thus, has not had an essential resources management, allows us to conclude
contribution to overall economic growth , solving that, however, in the analyzed enterprises the
the food problem or addressing other important effectiveness of personnel management is
strategic objectives of our country. Labour increasing. Also, the current level of labour
productivity growth in agriculture during the productivity is much lower than the one
period under review was based, particularly, in achieved in developed countries and
the dismissal of a large number of people in insufficient for the self-financing of agricultural
industry. Their work was previously managed enterprises.
inefficiently.
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Table 2 Development of personnel management stage had similar trends with those recorded
efficiency indicators in the agricultural enterprises of the worldwide in the last decades of the last
Republic of Moldova with a juridical person status
during the period 2003-2008
century. Also, with the reduction of the
Indicators 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 population employed in the agricultural sector
A 1 2 3 4 5 6 of the Republic of Moldova, there was an
Average
number of increase in the global agricultural production
139,4 125 115 95,7 82,1 74,2
employees, much lower than the global agricultural
thou. persons
Agricultural production increase, obtained in highly
production, developed countries;
mio. lei 2831 3491 3575 3454 3909 4927
(current • even if agricultural labour productivity by
prices) branch and on average, in the enterprises with
Gross
income, mil. juridical person status, increased during the
613,1 856,8 779,4 781,6 1101 1593
lei (current considered period, the attained level of labour
prices)
Net profit productivity in the agriculture of the Republic
(losses), mil. -43 87,5 24,2 99,8 425,2 704,1 of Moldova is much lower compared with the
Lei
Obtained
one recorded in the developed countries and
global insufficient to ensure the prosperity of
production
per
20,31 27,93 31,09 36,09 47,61 66,40 businesses in market economy terms;
employee, • one of the main directions of increasing the
thousand lei
Obtained
efficiency of human resource management in
total income the agriculture of the Republic of Moldova is
per 4,40 6,85 6,78 8,17 13,41 21,48
employee,
the streamlining of the investment system. The
thousand lei investment in agriculture is possible but only in
A 1 2 3 4 5 6 terms of creating a favourable political and
Obtained net
profit per
-0,31 0,70 0,21 1,04 5,18 9,49
institutional framework.
employee,
thousand lei
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CONCLUSIONS
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Anuarul statistic al Republicii Moldova, 2009, Editura
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the following: [2] Berca M., 2003, Engineering and management of
• the indicators of the human resources resources for rural development, Ceres publishing house,
management in the agricultural sector of the Bucharest, p.59.
Republic of Moldova at the post-privatisation
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THE USE OF STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS IN THE CONTEXT OF

AGRICULTURAL LANDS CONSOLIDATION AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Anatol RACUL, Dragoş CIMPOIEŞ
The State Agrarian University of Moldova, 44 Mirceşti, 2049, Chişinău, Republica Moldova,
Key words: economical efficiecy, stochastic frontier, Cobb-Douglas, regression analysis
Abstract
Farm efficiency reveals the quality of economic processes in agriculture unities, creating positive financial effects with
a minimum effort. In cereal production the efficiency is influenced by a number of factors, which act together and there
is between them an interdependence. We have used the stochastic frontier analysis for calculating the economic
efficiency of cereal production in the Republic of Moldova. Methodologically speaking, it is important to compare the
traditional indicators used to evaluate the efficiency in agriculture (profitability, unitary cost of production) with the
parameters that result from the stochastic frontier analysis. Considering the market economy, the main objective of the
economic agents is to use with a maximum of efficiency the factors they have for raising income and profit. The
suggested method of evaluation the efficiency of cereal cultures allows appreciating how much each of the analyzed
factors influence the size of the output indicator and how much they are linked one to each other.
INTRODUCTION allocative efficiency. According to Farrel,

technical efficiency indicates agricultural
The necessity to study the indicators that enterprise capacity to attain maximal volume of
characterize economic efficiency of cereal production consuming a given measure of the
crops in the agricultural enterprises from production factors [5].
Republic of Moldova, including the reserves of Let’s consider one simple production process,
agricultural production increase, requires in which one single input (x) is used to produce
identifying the causal links between exogenous one single output (y). In fig. 1 OF’ curve
factors which influence the final indicators in represents the production frontier, which is
taking decisions and making future forecasts. applied to define the relation between input and
Final indicator of cereal production efficiency output. It represents the maximal volume of
must be a logical result of factors action and it output obtained at each input level. Thus the
has to be in correlative connection with the area under the production frontier is the
factors that influence it. An important role in technology feasible production set. The
this concern is assigned to the definition of enterprises operate on frontier when they are
production functions in agriculture on the basis technically efficient or under frontier when they
of regression-correlative analysis in order to are technically inefficient. Point A represents
specify endogenous variables or final ones, an inefficient enterprise, while the points B and
exogenous variables or causal ones, and the C – efficient enterprises. The enterprise A is
functional type of relation between them. inefficient, because technically it can increase
its output volume up to the enterprise B level
MATERIAL AND METHOD without increasing somehow the input. In other
words, enterprise A possesses reserves to
The first empirical analysis of the efficiency increase its production volume without
has been done by Farrel in 1957. He divided additional expenses for used means of
general economic efficiency in two production. If the agricultural enterprise is
components: technical efficiency (TE ) and situated on the production frontier curve OF’,
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then the ratio between real and optimal represents the stochastic component of
productivity is equal to 1, and as a consequence technical inefficiency limit.
such an enterprise if considered to be efficient. u – non-negative aleatory variable which
If the agricultural enterprise productivity evaluates technical inefficiency of the
becomes worse it leads to a removal from the agricultural farm productivity and which has a
production frontier and the ratio becomes lower normal repartition N ( 0,  u ) .
2
than 1 (but higher than 0), fact that proves that
the enterprise becomes inefficient. Parameters evaluation of production function
for the given set of exogenous variables (input)
has as a purpose to obtain the adequate
conditions for final factor maximization
(output) [6]. The stochastic frontier is a limit
for the given economic agent i in fixed
conditions of total consumptions X2i…X5i and
the surface of available agricultural land X1i.
Technical inefficiency of agricultural farm i can
be calculated as follows:
 ui
TE i  e (2)
where TEi –represents technical inefficiency,
. and ui is the proportion between the value of
Fig 1. Technical efficiency and scale economy [2] . total cereal production volume and stochastic
General economic efficiency represents nothing frontier Yi.
else than the product between technical and
allocative efficiency and it also expresses the RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
difference between real and potential
production. On the basis of 33 agricultural enterprises from
The method of stochastic frontier supposes the Republic of Moldova in 2008 using the method
use of exponential production function Cobb- of the least squares the production function
Douglas [1]: Cobb-Douglas was evaluated resulting from the
5
enumerated factors. Link intensity between the
Y  A* X 
i
i
* e (v u ) variables in the regression function, which
i 1 (1) expresses the relation between endogenous
where: factor Y and exogenous factors X1…X5, was
Y – total cereal production volume, thousand estimated with the help of correlation
lei coefficients R yx i .
X1 – surface of agricultural land sown with
Regression equation parameters α1… α5
cereal crops, ha
represent partial elasticity of exogenous factors
X2 – expences for labor wages with
and give the possibility to calculate how much
contributions for social and medical insurance,
will total cereal production volume increase if
thousand lei
we raise the consumption by a unit. Total
X3 – expenses for seeds and planting material,
elasticity of factors can be estimated as the sum
thousand lei
of elasticity partial coefficients
X4 – expenses for chemical and natural 5
fertilizers, thousand lei
X5 – expenses for additional activities and
  
i 1
i (3)
indirect consumptions, thousand lei and it requires the following restrictions:

A, αi – constants 1) if  i > 1, then the increase of production
v – aleatory variable with normal repartition
factor i leads to a bigger growing rate of total
N (0,  v2 ) and it is independent of u. It
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production volume then the used production TE value decreases with land surface increase
factor; sown with cereals. For example the agricultural
2) if  i = 1, then the growing rhytm of final enterprise SRL "Iapcaz-Agro" with a surface of
factor and the one of factor use i are identical; only 59 ha of cereal crops has a technical
3) if  i < 1, this means that the increase of inefficiency of 0,918, while the agricultural
enterprise SRL "Accesoriu" where the cereals
exogenous factor i leads to a smaller growing occupy 1786 ha has only a TE=0,305.
rate of total production volume. Table 1. Technical efficiency value of the farmers in
Initial data processing with the help of applied Republic of Moldova
programs “FRONTIER 4.1” [4] allowed to Farm Farm Technical
obtain the following regression equation : size, efficiency
ha
1 IS "Chetrosu" 489 0.636
Y  1 , 373 * X 1
0 , 879
* X 0 , 029
2 2 CAP "Gotesteanca" 765 1.000
 0 , 085 0 , 170 0 , 130 (4) 3 SRL "Hotin" 490 0.969
* X 3 * X 4 * X 5 4 SRL "Bozagro" 712 0.556
5 IS "Feteşti" 334 0.555
6 SRL "Ohrinceagro" 114 0.822
On the basis of these elasticity coefficients we 7 CAP "Placor-Agro" 72 0.099
can calculate total cereal production increase 8 SRL "PanClip" 1450 0.168
depending on each exogenous factor: 9 SRL "Agro-inedit" 277 0.691
- when modifying the agricultural land surface 10 SRL "Hambarul" 191 0.989
11 SRL "Triticalex" 206 0.339
by 4,68 ha Y increases by 0,87%; 12 SRL "Dulejeni" 198 0.757
- when increasing consumptions for labor 13 SRL "Iapcaz-Agro" 59 0.918
wages with contributions for social and medical 14 SRL "Cucoara-Agro" 254 0.580
insurance by 0,879 thousand lei the endogenous 15 SRL "Plantagor" 209 0.661
16 SRL "Natcubi-Agro" 530 0.656
factor increases by 0,029%; 17 SRL "Accesoriu" 1786 0.305
- if natural and chemical fertilizers use 18 SRL "Victotar-Agro" 467 0.640
increases by 1,06 thousand lei cereal production 19 CAP "Chiscagro" 423 0.389
20 SRL "Meriada" 815 0.833
volume increases by 0,17 %; 21 CAP "Basarabia" 439 0.122
- when increasing the additional activities and 22 SRL "Pteron DC" 80 0.706
indirect consumptions by 4,56 thousand lei Y 23 SRL "Taulcanul" 281 0.759
increases by 0,13%. 24 SRL "Terera-Veche" 255 0.523
25 SRL "Naturmec" 450 0.612
The consumptions for seed tree material, 26 SRL "Coloicautanul" 325 0.540
according to the regression equation, is a factor 27 SRL "Fortina Labis" 108 0.775
that reduces the endogenous factor as follows: 28 GT "Morari Vasile" 413 0.724
consumptions increase for seeds and planting 29 CAP "Glia" 1019 0.821
30 SRL "Sadac-Agro" 877 0.631
material by 1,44 thousand lei imposes income 31 SRL "Rascaietenii” 449 0.990
decrease by 0,085%. This fact indicates the 32 SRL "Grivalsan" 269 0.988
necessity of technological process optimization 33 SRL "Agrosfera-BM" 640 0.890
mean 468 0.655
at the compartment of excessive consumptions
of seeds and planting material. Another factor, which has an important weight
The multiple determination coefficient in determination coefficient R2 is X4-
R2=0,807 proves that between the total cereal consumptions for natural and chemical
production volume and exogenous factors fertilizers. This factor contribution is of 37%
included in the model there is an important and taking into consideration that the elasticity
connection. The included factors explain 80,7% coefficient equals to 0,17, we can mention that
from final factor variation. X1 factor economic forecasts for utilization of natural and
contribution to the obtained result is of 23%. chemical fertilizers has a decisive influence.
This fact indicates the major influence of the Exogenous factor X5 – additional activities and
agricultural land surface on the endogenous indirect consumptions has a weight of 22% in
factor. determination equation. This fact shows that
there are still reserves to improve the
technological process and to avoid some
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consumptions that are not strictly necessary. efficiencies in Moldova crop production. The
Other exogenous factors included in the model results suggest that more labor-intensive and
have a minor influence (<10%) and there is no technologically complex productions provide a
reason to evaluate them. lager scope for managerial mistakes and
Technical efficiency average value of all 33 transition costs in lager and complex
agricultural enterprises equals to 0,655, which organizations.
indicates substantial dispersal of the economic 2. In conclusion we can mention that stochastic
agents according to the TE criterion of cereal frontier analysis method is a relevant tool for
production. economic efficiency evaluation in agriculture.
Within this analysis we can mention marginal The comparison between traditionally used
enterprises with regard to agro-technical system indicators for economic efficiency evaluation in
adjustment to the market economy conditions. agriculture (profitability, unitary cost of
For example, in the agricultural enterprise SRL production etc.) and technical efficiency TE has
"PanClip" the technical inefficiency is a methodological importance and may be useful
insignificant TE=0,168 for a cereal crops in economic practice.
surface of 1450 ha. Labor wages are with 24%
smaller then the average value. In this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
enterprise the necessity to redress technological
process, economic relations and decisional This research work was carried out with the
system is of a high importance. support of Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Table 2. The values of correlation coefficients R yx i of and also was financed from Sate Project No.
the factors included in the regression model. 02.02.04P.
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 Y
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PRODUCTION PROFILES AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF ROMANIAN

FARMS BY SAMPLE-BASED ASSESSMENTS OF LAND UTILISATION
Mirela RUSALI 1
1
Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy
13 Calea 13 Septembrie, sector 5, 050711, Bucharest, Romania, Phone/Fax: +40 21 318 24 11, E-
mail : [email protected]
Key words : utilised agricultural area, farm economic potential, production profiles
Abstract
The economic capacity of the production structures constitutes a fundamental factor for the appraisal of the
agricultural development outlook. Assuming that the land use is a primary determinant of ecosystem vulnerability,
affecting the soil regeneration, biodiversity, or landscape, the paper aims at investigating the land area utilisation in
the Romanian farms and the economic potentials conferred. Research methods consist in quantitative and qualitative
evaluations based on data from field survey upon sustainable land resources management, of which there are presented
the main conclusions drawn from the analysis of the utilised agricultural area. Results include evaluations on relevant
indicators of production profiles, correlations on the structure of ownership, land use categories and size classes of
holdings, at national and regional levels.
INTRODUCTION The assessments, at sample level and regional

aggregation, used specific indicators and
Evaluation of economic capacity of the correlations by ownership operating structures,
production structures in agriculture is one of categories of land usage and size classes of the
most fundamental elements in designing investigated agricultural holdings.
sustainable rural development strategies [2].
Under the circumstances that make land use a RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
primary determinant of ecosystem
vulnerability, with strong impacts on soil Within the analysed sample of agricultural
regeneration, biodiversity, or landscape [1, 3], holdings, the UAA structure, by categories of
the paper aims at investigating the agricultural usage, presents specific profiles related to the
area utilisation profile and the economic predominant geographic area, imprinting
potentials conferred to the Romanian farms. different degrees of natural favourability to the
crops (Fig. 1). Accordingly, the farms
MATERIAL AND METHOD economic potentials are reflected by the land
usage pattern, underlining certain
The study was based on the researches upon characteristics on the investigated farms.
management aspects of sustainable land The researches indicate the major share of
utilisation, undertaken in the period 2007-2008 arable crops area, of 91%, followed by
on a sample including 800 agricultural holdings meadows and pastures, sharing 6% and by
selected from the eights statistical regions of permanent crops, below 4% in the sample
Romania [4]. There were used data and UAA. The arable area distribution is relatively
information supplied by field surveys carried balanced, both, as a share in agricultural
out through questionnaires applied by statistics number of holdings, and in UAA. The
specialists. The methods used quantitative and meadows and pastures areas cover the largest
qualitative analysis concerning the economic percentages in South-West, while the
farms’ potential and the capacity and degree of permanent crops are owned in larger shares of
sustainable use of land resources, from which the number of holdings from the counties in the
the paper presents the main results of the study regions South-West and North- West, while as
related to the utilised agricultural area (UAA).
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shares in areas, in Centre, North-West and
South-East. The family gardens (<1500m), own
the least shares in UAA and predominate in Table 1. Distribution of UAA usage categories, by the
Regions North-West and North-East. legal status of agricultural holdings (%)
The structure of the arable area indicates that, Meadows
Legal Arable Family and Permanente
on average, over half of the holdings, i.e. 64%, status land gardens pastures crops
was cultivated with cereals – of which, 56% Natural
75,8 0,3 22,3 1,6
person
wheat, 30% maize, followed by 7% two-row
Legal
barley, 4% barley, 2% oats and 1% other person
92,3 0 4,3 3,4
cereals –, and a significant share was covered The regional profile of farms land utilisation
by areas cultivated with oleaginous crops, i.e. options corresponds to the geographic areas and
26%, followed by fodder crops, annual and relief features (Fig. 2). The survey reveals that
perennial, with a 5% share. arable crops land predominate in regions South,
The holdings having a legal person status have South-East and Centre, while pastures in
been cultivated over 90% of the arable land Centre, South-West, North and North-West,
area. Among the farms with natural person and permanent crops areas in South-East and
status, the most significant crops were cereals, Centre.
with a 49% share, and oleaginous crops, 38%,
while other crops were less represented, - 30
fodder crops (6%), potatoes (2%) and industrial 25

crops as sugar beet, vegetable, melons and
20
strawberries (1% each).
15
10
Permanent crops Pastures and meadows Family gardens Arable land
5
2,2 0,1
7,9 6,4
22,1 0
Arable land
28 Family gardens
69,3 4,8 Pastures and meadows
27,9 Permanent crops
35,6
%
78,7
39,4 23,8
4
Fig. 2 Regional farms distribution (%), by usage
13,2
15,5 categories of UAA
10,4 7,5 3,2 0,2
Plain Plain-hill Hill Hill-mountain Mountain Family gardens areas cover the least share in
Fig. 1 Agricultural holdings (%), by relief units, by usage UAA, their more accentuated presence is
categories of UAA indicated in North-West, North-East and
Centre.
Table 1 depicts the distribution of the UAA While the majority of holdings owning
usage categories of the agricultural land by the permanent crops areas is grouped in South
legal status of holdings included in the sample. (26%), South-West (25%), the least represented
The analysis indicates a relative similar are in regions West (4%) and Ilfov (0,4%). The
structure of UAA, although the arable land held most of holdings owning pastures and meadows
a larger share comparing to the other land are located in North-West (26%) and Centre
categories. Holdings having legal person status (25%), while less spread in South-East (4%)
cultivated over 90% from UAA with arable and Ilfov (0%).
crops; the most significant shares, as well as The distribution of farms by the permanent
holdings having natural person status, are crops areas structure is indicated as in Fig. 3.
covered by cereals (half of the farms) and The widest areas covered by fruit trees are in
oilseed crops (over one third of sample). regions West, South-West, Centre and Ilfov.
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Farm specialization in fruit tree nursery was Arable land Family gardens Pastures and meadows Permanent crops
identified in region South, with a 12% share in
the permanent crops sample area.
The most significant wine supply areas are
represented by vineyard areas for noble wine
covering 84% of the permanent crops and 14%
for table grapes in regions South-East and in
region North-East, 64% areas for noble wine
and 14% for other wines.
%
< 0,1 0,1 - 0,3 - 0,5 - 1 1 - 2 2-5 5 - 10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 50 50 - >100
100 0,3 0,5 100 ha
90
80 Fig. 4 Farms distribution, by size classes and usage
70 categories of UAA
60
50
40
30
As presented in Fig. 5, the analysis of farms
20
10
owning permanent crops areas distribution by
0 size classes of UAA resulted: the major share,
R8 (Ilfov)
of 27% is covered by the holdings included in

R7 (Centre)
R6 (N-V)
R5 (West)
R4 (S-V)
the 0.5-1 ha interval, while the minor share, by

R3 (South)
R2 (S-E)
R1 (N-E)
farms corresponding to the 2-5 ha size interval;

within the 0.1-1 ha size intervals are grouped
74% of the sample holdings which own
Fig. 3 Regional farms distribution (%), by usage permanent crops areas. Within the structure of
categories of permanent crops area permanent crops areas, fruit trees and vineyards
are most characteristic for the investigated
The analysis of sample farms distribution farms, although a much reduced percentage of
by size classes and usage categories of UAA farms own young trees areas.
(Fig. 4) indicates the following results: the
small farms intervals, owing UAA under 0.1 ha
20
and 0.3-0.5 ha, are integral covered by arable 18
No. holdings
land; the growing trend of the arable land of the 16
holdings over 10 ha, with a major share of the 12

14
large holdings over 100 ha; family gardens are 10
grouped in the holdings included in 0.5-5 ha 8
classes. Exempt for the interval 0.5-1 ha, were 4
the holdings possessing pastures and meadows 0

2
Other perm. crops

are predominant, sharing 62% in UAA, the rest Fruit trees nurseries
Young vineyards
of intervals are mostly covered with arable Table grapes

Other wines
land.
Noble wine
Fruit bushes
A relative constant share is present, of 20% on

Other fruit trees
Chestnuts,nuts,
average, consisting in farms owing natural < 0,1 Young fruit trees
0,3 - 0,5
1-2 Fruit trees
5 - 10
pastures and meadows, included in the UAA ha

20 - 30
50 - 100
intervals of over 2 ha and up to 100 ha. Fig. 5 Farms distribution, by size classes and category of
Permanent crops are grouped within the 0.1-03 permanent crops areas utilisation
ha interval, with a share of 36% of holdings. Almost half of holdings owning fruit trees areas
Within UAA size intervals of 0.5-10 ha are belongs to 0.3-2 ha classes.
included 30% of the holdings surveyed which A second representative option is vineyard; in
have declared areas covered with permanent interval of farms below 1 ha is to be found the
crops. greatest share of areas from the other wines
category.
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favourable options from sustainable
CONCLUSIONS development perspective.
5. The small share of permanent crops areas in
The analysis on farms sample studied in the the agricultural area usage highlights a reduced
agricultural year 2007, concerning the level of crops diversification and implicitly of
economic profiles and potentials of agricultural the income sources. However, within the 0.1-1
holdings reflected by the pattern of agricultural ha size interval are grouped 74% of
areas usage, emphasized the following investigated sample holdings owning
concluding remarks [3, 4]: permanent crops areas, highlight a certain
1. The major share of farms UAA structure, potential of small farms for sustainable rural
91%, is dominated by arable land, while much development.
less coverage of pastures and meadows, sharing
6% and permanent crops areas, below 4%. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2. The arable land has a relative monotone
distribution, in the sample and in regional This research work was carried out within
profile; the bulk part of areas are cultivated Project CEEX “Modelling the response of
with cereals, of which half are wheat crops, one agricultural farms to the integration of
third maize, and another significant share is economic and environmental principles through
covered by oilseed crops (below one third), sustainable management of land resources”,
while a 5% share of annual and perennial between 2006-2008, financed by the Ministry
fodder crops. Exempt for the farms size interval of Education and Research.
of 0.5-1 ha, dominated by holdings possessing
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ANALYSIS SERVICE ACTIVITIES OF THE FARM IN ARGES COUNTY,

ROMANIA
Sia SARARU1, Vergina CHIRITESCU2, , Mihai CHIRITESCU2
1
Bioterra University, 81, Garlei st., 1st district, Bucharest, postal code 013724, Romania, tel. / fax. +
4.021.490.61.29, mobile phone: + 4.0745.088.484, e-mail: [email protected]
2
Romanian Academy, Institute of Agricultural Economics, 13, Calea 13 Septembrie st., 5th district,
Bucharest, postal code 050711, Romania, tel. / fax. + 4.021.318.24.11, mobile phone: +
4.0744.818.086, e-mail: [email protected], + 4.0755.160.302, e-mail:
[email protected]
Key words: rural areas, service activities, agriculture, farms, Romania
Abstract
This paper aims to present briefly the present situation and prospects of development of service activities on the farm in
Arges county, highlighting the dynamic service level of the annual value and volume of services compared to the total
value of agricultural production. Working methods used to achieve this paper were composed of: direct on-site
observation, field documentation, analysis of statistical data and consultation with specialized bibliography.
The Romanian rural economy diversification is a key-problem for a successful rural development policy, in the
conditions when the rural area capacity to maintain or create jobs will have a main impact upon the unemployment rate
and migration flows. Service activities, besides other positive effects, will lead to profitable farms and to increase the
appeal of the rural area of economic, investment, social, tourism, etc. point of view.
Currently, the Romanian rural community In the paper the methodology was working
seems eager to develop business services. over the system used to study cyber services
Education, specific training activities to from the farm to work “Agrotourism and
enhance and improve specific services provided marketing agrotouristic” - Alecu, N. I. and
farm occupies an important role, but remains collaborators, Publishing Ceres, Bucharest,
critical ability to provide the services for farms, 2006. Structural and functional relationships of
with repercussions on the rural community. the provision of services in the farm belong to a
These activities can be viewed through a certain methodology that can be seen from
systemic conception, is related quantitatively these points of view: the farm system
and qualitatively from other production perspective, professional identity and the rural
activities and services in rural areas. For this economic and social relations in rural areas. In
reason, diversity and seasonality of services, this context one can say that all material
the typology of forms, categories of prices and resources, human and financial, framed in
rates involve using a system of indicators that natural conditions and local system for farms,
can be addressed as a cybernetic system. The should be thoroughly known, and equipment
subsystems are interconnected, and their state conditioning services and agricultural holding.
officials are always popular. In this context, These include regional infrastructure, land and
farm services can be considered a subsystem of human resources in rural areas, production
the national economic system, but should be structure, income and expenditure in the
considered permanent agricultural production agricultural sector, as part of assessment of
unit level as a component of rural communities. potential services, etc.
So, the approach to be made by the For these reasons the necessary supplies for
microteritorial at macroteritorial. domestic consumption and external services
must be treated as a complex system whose
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components are in a close interdependent. - Analytical methods that are based on a
In this context, are considered input variables mathematical tool, with which we obtain
(inputs) that can be: natural factors, cultural and optimal solutions to the various objectives set,
spiritual values, raw materials, capital, labor, depending on parameter values under
and indicators developed, exposed in the form consideration. In the case of highly complex
of forecasts. situations in the work practice of service
Output variables (out-put-s) may contain learning activities are used simulation
indicators of value realized and results techniques, which can result in gaining more
following service. To formulate, substantiate appropriate solution scenarios;
and choosing the best decisions, policy makers - Statistical methods that are used in the
need permanently to hold information about the analysis of data series, which is characterized
system state, which is achieved through by the evolution of effective demand expressed
information gathering, systematization, by consumers of services in certain periods of
processing and presenting them in the form of time;
indicators. - Regulatory methods, which are based on the
Evolution of farm sizes can be characterized by use of consumption “norms” usually
the state of the system components that can be determined statistically. These rules relate to
economic indicators (synthetic or analytic). the volume and structure of individual services
The material presented was developed and / or collectively for a range of services,
primarily based on studying a number of usually in the public interest, such as touristic
Romanian and international literature (see and agrotouristic services, transport, electricity
references at the end of the paper), the supply, etc.
observation of concrete situations on the
ground in the documentation of visits - RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
information taken from the county Arges and
consultation of numerous articles and studies Promoting a balanced development in the
from internet. economic and social cohesion in rural areas
They also consulted a number of official requires special attention to farms development.
websites of institutions and central and local Currently, farm economic functions are still
governing bodies in the area studied, namely: largely dependent on the farm. Restructuring
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development the agricultural sector a need to obtain
(MADR), National Association of Rural, additional income from non-agricultural
Ecological and Cultural (ANTREC), National activities and refocus labor resulting from
Institute of Statistics (INS) and others. restructuring the sector agricol. At present,
Research has been conducted in the period 2002 - agricultural holdings, which cover only
2006, in main rural settlements developed in partially non-agricultural activities in support of
terms of agriculture and agrotourist Arges county, the rural population, thus totally local resources
respectively Rucar, Dragoslavele and it isn’t valorised. These are the reasons to be
Dambovicioara. known and non-agricultural activities in the
dynamics of their development, to be
Research methodology services of the farm completed by understanding the impact of
involves a wide range of methods, which really services on the viability of agricultural
proved their validity in doing both types of holdings.
benefits if carried on the farm. In contrast, in
the case of the difficulty relates to the quality of 1. VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL
information, difficulties caused by complexity, PRODUCTION IN ARGES COUNTY
diversity and characteristics of services In the area of Arges county can identify a series
performed in agricultural holding. Depending of territorial differentiation, printed by natural
on how to approach and how to resolve, the factors, geographic and socio-economic.
very methods of service learning activities can
be grouped as follows:
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Thus, for sub comprising commons Dragoslavele, and types such as holdings at local level it is
Rucar and Dambovicioara, notice a necessary in a delineation and analysis of their
preponderance of oriented agricultural activities. dynamics. In Table. 2 values are given levels of
For this reason these three common to the year agricultural services rendered in farms in Arges
before 1989, there were present CAP and the County, presented in dynamic period from 2002
predominant agricultural activities in individual to 2006. Analyzing data in this table may notice
agricultural holdings is quite pronounced (with the following aspects: The overall value is in a
special reference to the profile of animal continuous decrease. If in 2002 this value was
husbandry). 5.448 million lei, in 2006 the level reached
The composition of agricultural production 1.984 million lei, as compared to the reference
dynamics period 2002 - 2006, rendered in the year 2002 is 36,41%, the private sector in 2002
Table. 1 reveals the level of this indicator for is compared to the total value of services of
Arges county. 54,86% and analyzed the rate of decrease in
By the year 2002 and delimitation of dynamic private sector is more pronounced,
comparative private sector contributions can that the year 2006 is 20,40% compared to 2002.
highlight these issues: These differences in the level of agricultural
- the value of agricultural production in 2002 services are still recorded as a reduction
was 750.195 million RON, increases by analyzed to face comparison of the total value
98,80% in 2006; of agricultural production. Compared to the
- the private sector is mainly through level of same structure of the annual dynamics, Arges
92,26% in 2002 and 90,40% in 2006. county territory remark following (see Table.
3):
Table 1. Structure dynamics of agricultural
production value in Arges county
- annual rate of decline of the overall level of
the services is very pronounced (whether in
2002 2003 2004 2002 services accounted for 0,72% of total
Specification
mil. lei
mil.
%
mil.
% production agicola, in 2006 they represent
lei lei 0,13%);
The total
value of - private sector services is much lower. Thus,
750195 1097985 164,35 1482629 198
agricultural in 2002 services in the private sector towards
production agricultural production in this sector accounted
The value of
agricultural for 0,40% and in 2006 the level is only 0,04%.
production
737656 1087472 147,42 1419627 192
achieved in Table 2. Structure dynamics of the value of
the private agricultural services in Arges county
sector 2002 2003 2004
As table 1 Specification mil. mil. mil.
% %
2005 2006 lei lei lei
Specification mil. mil. % The total value of
% 5448 4068 74,66 4206 77,20
lei lei agricultural services
The total value of The value of
1305259 177 1491402 199
agricultural production agricultural services
2989 1506 50,38 1727 57,77
achieved in the
The value of agricultural private sector
production achieved in the 1239728 168 1438274 195
private sector
As table 2
2005 2006
Specification mil. mil.
2.VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL % %
lei lei
SERVICES IN ARGES COUNTY The total value of agricultural
2591 47,55 1984 36,41
services
Agricultural services include all questions The value of agricultural
related service activities of the farm. Services services achieved in the 1396 46,70 610 20,40
for holding falls into a system that includes all private sector
activities. Structure is differentiated into zone
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Table 3. Structure volume of services in value 2. Analysis of the farm activities required
compared to a total value of agricultural production knowledge of demographic dependency ratio
in Arges county
together with the report / ratio of economic
2002 2003 2004
dependency.
Specification mil. mil. mil. 3. Analysis of value of agricultural
% % %
lei lei lei production in the Arges county relief
The total value of
agricultural services
5448 0,72 4068 0,37 4206 0,28 removed in the sub-regional differentiation.
The value of In the commons studied (Dragoslavele, Rucar,
agricultural services
2989 0,40 1506 0,13 1727 0,12 Dambovicioara), there was a predominance of
achieved in the oriented agricultural activities, agriculture is
private sector
tied to developer a zoning conditions favorable
As table 3 for most crops.
2005 2006 4. The composition of agricultural production
Specification mil.
%
mil.
% dynamics period 2002 - 2006 highlights the
lei lei
The total value of agricultural
following issues in the Arges county: the value
2591 0,19 1984 0,13 of agricultural production inregisreaza a
services
The value of agricultural services
1396 0,11 610 0,04
98,80% increase in 2006, the level was only
achieved in the private sector 88,44% in 2002. It is clear that the territorial
level analysis, the structure is still
However it may be inferred from very low level disadvantaged by the large share of the small
of services and especially the rate of decrease number of farms of all holdings.
in the total agriculture sector, with special 5. Structure of agricultural production in
reference to the private agricultural sector. Arges county is focused mainly on crops of
Relief services can be removed by potatoes, vegetables, field crops, fodder plants,
mechanization, chemicalization, pests, etc.. vineyards and orchards, so the whole area and
Which, after 1990, decreases were recorded for each community.
mainly due to the double disruption: service
units, but and units and agricultural 6. Analysis service activities of the farm in
holdings receiving large farm. Arges county study focused mainly on
At the present time might permit, all rural agricultural services, the value of such services
economic activity consists mainly of operations rendered levels in the dynamic years 2002 to
with certain share of services. 2006. Of studies showed that in 2002 the
private sector service provider is decreasing
CONCLUSIONS (compared to the total value of services).
Analyzed the rate of decrease in dynamic
1. In the context presented, the development private sector is more pronounced compared to
and diversification of tertiary sector in Arges the total. The differences recorded as decrease
county can provide a route for recovery of the level of agricultural services were analyzed
demographic changes by creating new jobs, and compared in terms of comparison of the
leaving the final limit and even attract rural total value of agricultural production. Showed
population. At territorial level analysis this very low level of services and especially the
problem is analyzed under a three-dimensional rate of decrease in the total agriculture sector,
form, namely: the volume of agricultural with special reference to the private sector of
production value, level and structure of agriculture. Activities have been captured
agricultural services and the share of value of aspects of mechanization services,
total agricultural production services. Reasons chemicalization, pests, etc. Which, after 1990,
to be known and non-agricultural activities in decreases were recorded mainly due to the
Arges county are related to local economic double disruption: service units, but units /
restructuring imposed by the need to generate farms receiving large. Might allow that all rural
additional income from non-agricultural economic activity now consists of operations
activities and refocusing the workforce. with certain share of the service. Those services
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that are below a certain level of performing was next period (2009 - 2025) these activities to
named as the actual production activities which know appreciable positive mutations, both in
fall into the actual production technology and terms of quantity, as and quality option is
equipment made by farmers. Another category included in the fundamental policy of
of services that are known as service itself, integration into European and world economic
which is performed in another sector and / or by circuit. Also a mutation involves, above all,
another service unit. This may fall within orientation through appropriate policies and
agricultural services by a third unit, various strategies of the whole activity of market
other services / services provided outside the integration services to rural services in the
agricultural sector, etc. European single domestic market. These
7. Impact of services from the farm on their strategies can be adapted for all services
viability is determined by the attractiveness of provided on the farm which integrates rural
services is largely generated by existing community and assemble political, economic
utilities. For example, the agrotouristic services and social strategies, etc., and regional
create multiple effects on the farm, these being operational programs to implement services,
due to a variety of factors related to the agricultural technology / non-agricultural use
framework for the activities themselves. Of labor force, etc. Hence a series of strategic
these groups arise concerning the factors objectives that follow, mainly to ensure
involved hosts (all the factors that correspond consumer protection, competitive climate
to the standard of living of the recipients of protection and guarantees against unfair
pensions actual and potential of farm competition, respect of service usage and
development agrotouristic services) and visitors alignment with European Union standards
(including all the factors that define the level of regulations.
life and their experience).
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COMPARISON BETWEEN SYRIAN AND ROMANIAN AGRICULTURE

(PRELIMINARY RESULTS)
Akram SHHAIDEH

59 Marasti, sector 1, 011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40730751971, E-mail ::
[email protected]
Key words : Syria, Romania, agriculture, management
Abstract
Agriculture still plays an important role in the economies of both countries Syria and Romania. Its importance is
devoted to its contribution to GDP, food security, employment, foreign trade, and agro-food industry. Syria is still
pursuing agriculture production subsidy policy for specific crops (wheat, barley, cotton, tobacco and sugar beet), while
there is no agriculture production subsidy in Romania, instead the government started now to give farmers payment per
ha (decoupled payment). In the last years, agriculture contribution in the national economy has started to decline in
both countries due to different factors. In Syria, drought is the main factor followed by the competition of other sectors.
In Romania, very high production cost is the main factor beside the competition of other sectors and imported
agricultural products. Both countries has announced integrated management of natural resources, but unfortunately
due to financial and administrative constraints, final targets were not achieved properly.
INTRODUCTION Agriculture still plays an important role in

terms of production and a source for agro-food
Agriculture plays a major role in the Syrian industry and as a source of living for rural
national economy because of its multiple people despite its diminishing percentage in
contributions to the economic and social GDP. During the central planning era,
development process of the country. In economic policy emphasized industry over
addition, it has and important role in generating agriculture, but agriculture nevertheless
employment, providing raw materials necessary continued to play a significant, though
for agro-industry and its participation of foreign diminishing role in the economy. Agriculture
trade. Since the sixties, agriculture sector was a was organized in large state and cooperative
target of Syrian government heavy intervention farms, and upstream and downstream sectors
in terms of final product price subsidy (Market were dominated by state-owned enterprises.
support Price) for specific crops. This group of Much of the growth achieved in agriculture was
crops includes wheat and barley, as food crops due not to improvements in total factor
and tobacco, sugar beet and cotton as cash productivity but to increasingly intensive use of
crops. Input subsidy has also been followed to purchased inputs, especially chemicals and
help farmers in reducing production cost. This fertilizers. The reform process implemented
includes subsidizing fuel, water and electricity. over the past decade has been difficult, moving
In the nineties, the Syrian government has in fits and starts. Results have been mixed and
started economic reforms. These economic immense tasks in sectoral adjustment still lie
reforms have intended to improve ahead to cope with the challenge of accession
competitiveness of the local products, to to the European Union (EU).
integrate the national economy in the world AGRICULTURE IN THE SYRIAN AND
economy and to attain a balance between ROMANIAN ECONOMY
remarkable economic outcomes and social AGRICULTURE CONTRIBUTION TO GDP
justice. Romania has a good natural resource The agriculture contribution to GDP in
base for agriculture, with fertile soils in the Romania was 8.42% in 2005, while it was
south and in the Moldavian provinces. 20.41% in Syria. This means that Syrian
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agriculture is participating with 41.29% more In Syria, the most important participation of
than of Romanian agriculture. The highest agricultural sector was from the side of olive oil
participation of the Romanian agriculture was with 130,300 tones, followed by cotton seed oil
in the year 2004 (22.46), while the highest (60,700 tones) and then by soybean oil (47,600
participation of the Syrian agriculture was in tones). The aforementioned crops participated
the year 2001 (25.30%). The declining of around 93% of the total processed agricultural
agriculture participation in the GDP in both products. Indeed, these figures are for few
countries can be justified to the increase share agricultural raw materials because there is no
of other sectors, especially service sector in available data regarding the participation of
more open and liberalized economy. sugar beat, cotton, tomato wheat from official
CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURE TO sources. In general, the participation of the
EMPLOYMENT seven products according to FAOSATAT was
Agriculture labor share from the total labor around 2% from the total agricultural
force was 40.9% in Romania in the year 2001, production during 2000-2006. In Romania, also
and then it declined to almost 30% in the year the information available is just from
2006. This happened because of the low FAOSTST for seven important products. The
income from agriculture in an open market average share of agricultural products to agro-
economy and the increase of the service sector industry sector was around 5.5% throughout
participation regarding absorbing the labor 2000-2006. Among agricultural products, the
force (41%). In Syria, a notable decline also biggest share was for beer of barley (4.43%) of
had happened between 2001 (27.9%) and 2006 the total agricultural production and 78% of the
(19.6%). This decline was due to weather total processed products.
conditions in the rain-fed agriculture, where LAND USE
several harsh droughts hit the country. The lowest The total area of Romania (23,839.1 million ha)
participation of agricultural labor in Syria was in exceeds the total area of Syria (18.500 million
the year 2004 (17.1%) and it started to increase ha) by 5,439 million ha. Agricultural area forms
again after the government adoption of the tenth the biggest share of the Romanian territories
five year plan. This plan aimed at improving and (61.8%), while the biggest portion of the Syrian
investing more money in the eastern agricultural territories is uncultivable land (68.1%). In
areas through implementing many irrigation and 2006, the arable land (cultivable) in Romania
touristic projects. exceeds that of Syria by 7.7%. Beside the
CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURE TO difference in land composition and the scale of
FOREIGN TRADE each component in the general land
The contribution of the agricultural trade from constitution, there is also a difference in the
the total trade in Romania was going less and quality. For example, all the pastures in Syria
less due to the reduction in agricultural are falling in an annual rainfall of less than 200-
production through years (from 10.7% in 2001 350 mm/year, while the Romanian pastures are
to 9.3 in 2006), where the total imports falling in annual rainfall of 500-2000 mm/year.
exceeded the total exports in 2006 by 625258 Also, the forests share in the Syria land
tones. This can explained due to the changes composition is up to 4.8%, while it arrives to
happened in the farm ownership from large 28.35 of the total lands in Romania in 2006.
scale to small scale production and the lack of The cropping composition in 2006 in both
investments in agricultural sector. The same Romania and Syria is close regarding the
happened in Syria but for other reasons. The dominating of crops in the arable areas (86.1%
total agricultural trade from the total trade and 78%) respectively. Also regarding the area
declined from 18.6% in 2001 to 13.8% in 2006 cultivated with vegetables is very close (3.6%
due to the instability of the weather conditions, in Romania and 3% in Syria). The only clear
especially rainfall rates, which affects the total difference is devoted to the area cropped with
level of production. fruits, where it arrived in Syria to 18% and to
CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURE TO 4.7% in Romania including the area of
AGRO-FOOD INDUSTRY vineyards.
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PLANT PRODUCTION terms of wool production. Due to their high
In 2006, 60.6% of the total agricultural productivity and their ability to eat a wide
production came from crops, while fruits range of vegetation, pigs dominated meat
produced 21.3% and 18.1% from vegetables in production in Romania during 2000-2006 with
Syria. Likewise, the share of crop production 44.1% leaving the second place for beef meat
from the total Romanian agricultural production with 22.7%, while mutton and goat participated
was 53.9%, while green fodder from arable by 7.2 in 2006. Giving the fact that pastures
lands ranked second with 31.3% and the rest presents 14% of the Romanian lands; this gives
5.5% came from grapes and fruits. During the the opportunity to reduce the cost of meat and
period 2000-2006, irrigated wheat and cotton milk production. On the contrary, the pastures
lead the irrigated crop production in Syria with in Syria are suffering from instability of
an average of 50.5% and 14.8% respectively, rainfall, overgrazing and deterioration.
while rain-fed wheat and rain-fed barley WATER MANAGEMENT
dominate rain-fed crop production by 54.6% The total water resources in both countries are a
and 32.9% in that order. On the other hand, little bit close to each other with a difference of
Maize grain and wheat controlled the 13 billion m3 for Romania. The permanent
production of the cereal for grain in Romania water resources in Romania are approximately
by 57.28% and 35.23% correspondingly. It can four times the ones in Syria. The total available
be seen here some similarities regarding the resource in Syria is more than 15 billion m3,
composition of plant production where the while it is more than 42 billion m3 in Romania
leading group is crops in both countries, with a difference of 27 billion m3. Syria is
especially wheat, maize and barley. But the suffering from a water shortage of 3 billion
interesting point from the Syrian side that 3% m3/year, while there is no water shortage in
of the total area cultivated with vegetables has Romania except some southern parts of the
contributed to 18% of the total agricultural country which suffer from insufficient rainfall
production, while almost the same area in from time to time. Both countries are
Romania (3.6%) has contributed to 9.4% of the emphasizing the rational and integrated water
total agricultural production. resource management, but due to administrative
ANIMAL PRODUCTION and financial constraints a delay in the
In Syria, the composition of the animal herd in implementation is occurring. In Syria, a plan to
2006 is mainly of sheep (89.38%), followed by transform the total irrigated area from
goat (5.94%) and cattle (4.69%). Regarding traditional irrigation method to modern one has
meat production, red meat share from the total started in the year 1999. The result was
production was 68.8% and 31.2% from the transforming just 17.5% despite the repeated
white meat principally poultry meat. Sheep announcements regarding the benefits of using
meat formed 73.3% of the red meat production the modern technology in reducing production
followed by cattle meat (23.9%) and 2.7% from cost. The absence of proper water mitering and
goat reflecting that consumer prefer to consume pricing tool is giving farmers the excuse of
sheep meat because it is tastier. Cattle using water as an everlasting resource.
dominated milk production with 63.9% Romania doesn’t have problem in water
followed by sheep milk (32.5%) and then goat resources. On the contrary, it has a problem of
(3.6%). As a result, cattle are raised mainly for managing the available resources. In Romania
milk production beside little meat and sheep is and after the redistribution of land after 1990,
mainly raised for meat consumption locally and the old vast irrigation system became out of
for export, especially to the gulf region. Similar use. The irrigated area drooped from 770
to the composition of the Syrian animal herd, thousand ha in the year 1994 to almost 96,000
sheep is dominating the structure of the ha in 2006. This was because of the high cost of
Romanian animal herd by 40.5% followed by drilling water for irrigation within the new
pigs (35.9%) and then cattle (15.5%). The large pricing system.
share of sheep in the animal number did not
appear in terms of meat or milk; it appears in
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SYRIAN STEPPE POLICIES IMPACT ON (AL-BADIAH) NATURAL

RESOURCES SUSTAINABILTIY
Akram SHHAIDEH

59 Marasti, sector 1, 011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone: +40730751971, E-mail ::
[email protected]
Key words : Syria, steppe, natural resources, degradation, grazing
Abstract
The pressure on the Syrian steppe resources (Al-Badiah) has increased severely during the last 50 years due to
population high growth rate and the new steppe government policies. The Syrian population in 2008 is seven times the
one in 1950 (3 million to >20 million). Moreover, sheep number has increased at the same rate. In addition, the wildlife
of Al-Badiah is under severe pressure facing very high competition from sheep on the grazing sources. It is also
suffering from past and current hunting practices which are unselective and unsustainable. Al-Badiah is exploited all
around the year because of the free access to any location in it. By using trucks and tractors to transfer herds and to
bring water, the already sensitive soil and vegetation is destroyed and degraded. The resulting degradation and
destruction of habitats is another important cause of wildlife loss. The unorganized and illegal activities in Al-Badiah
are considered the drivers for degradation and destruction of the ecosystems and habitats.
INTRODUCTION AL-BADIAH DETERIORATION

DRIVING FORCES
The pressure on the Syrian steppe resources The unorganized and illegal activities in Al-
(Al-Badiah) has increased severely during the Badiah are considered the drivers for
last 50 years due to population high growth rate degradation and destruction of the ecosystems
and new government policies. The Syrian and habitats and resulted from:
population in 2008 is seven times the one in 1. Crop cultivation, especially barley in the
1950 (3 million to >20 million). Moreover, marginal areas (receive less than 200-350
sheep number has increased at the same rate. mm/annum) leading to the elimination of
Also, wildlife of Al-Badiah is under harsh annual and perennial plants and soil
pressure facing very high competition from erosion. Fortunately, this activity is no
sheep on the grazing sources. It is also suffering longer permitted by the Syrian Government.
from past and current hunting practices which 2. Livestock feed subsidy through
are unselective and unsustainable. Furthermore, cooperatives in Al-Badiah, especially the
Bedouin used to use poisoned carcasses to subsidized barley, beside the entrance of
protect their herds from wolves and other new investors from the cities transformed
predators. As a result, these carcasses which are sheep production from family subsistence
totally unselective harmed other types of wild production to a large mechanized
life that are harmless to human. commercial production. This helped animal
Al-Badiah is exploited all around the year overstocking on the expense of the
because of the free access to any location in it. rangeland ability to handle more livestock
By using trucks and tractors to transfer herds leading to overgrazing and decreasing its
and to bring water, the already sensitive soil carrying capacity.
and vegetation is destroyed and degraded. The 3. Water source exploitation through digging
resulting degradation and destruction of large number of illegal wells for livestock
habitats is another important cause of wildlife and for cultivation resulted in water
loss. shortage and vegetation deterioration. In
addition, the absence of rangeland
management program through organized
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distribution of wells permitted herders to government introduced supplementary feeding
spread over areas traditionally out of water which radically changed the flocks’ feeding
and to use the available sources patterns. The recent and continuing extension
unsustainably. of irrigation in the Aleppo and Al-Rakka areas
4. Excessive hunting and using unselective of northern Syria has also encouraged greater
poisoned carcasses destroyed a wide range use of irrigated crop residues as grazing.
of animals and birds, as well as atypical and “Syrian experience shows that judging the
in danger ones. Fifty years ago gazelles success of feed subsidies and other measures to
were plentiful everywhere of Al-Badiah. alleviate droughts in low rainfall areas requires
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES AND a long time horizon. Syria has made
CURRENT SITUATION considerable progress since the 1980’s, but still
Overstocking, overgrazing, and marginal faces the challenge of a new two-to-three year
areas cultivation drought. Syria, on the other hand, maintains its
Overstocking by definition is to keep too many feed subsidy program, but has now banned the
animals on land to graze an area more than it cultivation of barley in many of the steppe
can support which leads to overgrazing. areas. This is a controversial decision because it
Marginal area cultivation is to cultivate the appears that much of the barley planted there
areas that receive less than 200 mm/annum was used by local herders for grazing green as
hoping to have more rainfall to grow crops. well as for grain and straw. Even if grain
“This process increased dramatically since production in drought years was negligible,
1987 according to the changes in the land use stubble and straw could still have been used for
laws, especially when the Government decided grazing” [7].
to rent 10 hectares for each family. Therefore, In 2006, ACSAD reported in a case study in
the area cultivated with barley has been Jabal Al-Bishri that some people in the area
doubled between 1987 and 1998 at the country realize the negative changes occurred in the
level. The reason behind the expansion of natural vegetation through the invasion of the
barley cultivation is the coming of new thorny plants and the encroachment of sand
investors, even that the good season is one out dunes as a new phenomenon. They believed
of seven to ten seasons; the low production cost that rain scarcity is the main reason behind
will guarantee excellent profit at the end. In these changes and they are convinced that after
case of rainfall shortage, the investors will rent a good rainy season, more palatable plants will
the failed crop to the herders” [2]. emerge again. On the other hand, other people
Because the cultivation of barley in Al-Badiah of the same area explain that the factors behind
is risky and the production is variable and natural resource degradation are population
related highly to rainfall rate, the cultivated growth, livestock overstocking, overgrazing,
lands will be damaged by wind and water machinery, the availability of water resources
erosion in the absence of the vegetation cover. in far distance locations and the expansion of
Even the barley cultivation is stopped; lands the rain-fed cultivation. The majority believe
need at least ten years to recover and the natural that sheep can’t harm natural rangelands
plants to come back again. “The overstocking is because plant will appear again when rain
mainly related to the change in livestock comes, while minority considers that
feeding pattern. This change happened at the overgrazing may cause some damage. Notably,
end of the 1940s when mechanization was when people are speaking about the rangelands
introduced to cultivate more lands, especially in and its ability to feed the mentioned numbers of
Al-Jazirah planes in the north of Syria. At the sheep, they are stating the good rainy years,
end of the 1950s, most of the lands down to 200 even these years are remarkably less. In real, it
mm isohyets had been brought into cultivation, is hard to discover if they are convinced or they
changing the livestock feeding patterns as more are frightened form the government
cereal stubble became available for grazing in intervention in the management of their flocks.
the summer months” [5]. After the sever Regarding grazing laws and rangeland
drought between 1958 and 1961, the Syrian management, people said that despite the
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dividing of the land between tribes and sub- mainly for self consumption and partially for
tribes and the existence of the boundaries of the trading.
cooperatives, it is preferable to have open Table 1: Livestock population 1960 – 2005
access to the grazing areas without any (000 head)
Year Sheep Goat Camels
obstacles. All people in the area were against
1960-1965 4035 668 11
establishing the protected areas even they were 1970-1975 5899 803 10
convinced with its importance role in protecting 1980-1985 7645 1011 8
vegetation from being harmed, but they don’t 1990-1995 12928 1022 5
like to have protected areas in their own land. 2000-2005 15313 1068 16
People stated that they just know government Source: Elaborated from [6]
protected areas and it is very difficult to FAO project GCP/SYR/009/ITA reported in
manage such protected areas by local 1996 that Al-Badiah was providing 20 - 40% of
communities even they are willing to do this. sheep feed requirement, reflecting sharp decline
They said that just the government is able to in contribution from earlier figures (1993) of 60
manage these areas, because they don’t own the - 70% [4]. In addition, the contribution of Al-
needed power and instruments, and it is Badiah in feeding the growing animal number
preferable to surround these areas with fences is shrinking more in 1998 and 2006 down to
and guards. almost 10% of the total requirements.
Concerning banning cultivation, the majority According to [3], the total requirements of
of the people of the area declared that banning national livestock is estimated to be 14046
cultivation affected their economical situation thousand tones in 2006, while the total
negatively and harmed their herds, and they available fodder from different sources
will respect this if the government will including the imported feed is 11290 thousand
distribute more subsidized fodder. The minority tones, with a gap of 2765 thousand tones
(landless) assured that banning cultivation is a despite the quantity of the imported feed have
good decision and it contributes to the been tripled between 1998 and 2006.
protection of the natural resources in the long Consequently, and because sheep and goat herd
run. Consequently, and even cultivation has forms 95% of the total livestock herd and
good economic return in the short run, there is mainly found in Al-Badiah, the pressure will
another reason behind refusing banning increase on the natural resources, especially in
cultivation. Cultivation guarantees land rights, the dry seasons and the shortage of the fodder
where tribal conflicts are closely connected to arrival, leading to more harm to the vegetation
land rights through cultivation. Some people cover and deterioration of the soil in the long
hope to forbid cultivation permanently to be run, facing the fact that the majority of the
able to use rangelands freely as it was Bedouins are poor and don’t have the proper
previously, while others contradict prohibiting strategy to struggle the opposite climate
cultivation because they will not be able to conditions, just to exploit the available
prevent other herders form utilizing their lands resources to its limits.
and their loss will be doubled; they will not be Unsustainable water use and salinity
able to produce the necessary fodder for their Under the pressure of population growth,
animals and they will loose land property rainfall uncertainty, self reliance from staple
rights. food staff and import substitute concept, the
Table 1 illustrates the evolution of sheep and Syrian government started to expand the
goat flocks during the period of 1960 up to irrigated agriculture through building dams on
2006. It is obvious that the size of the sheep the main rivers. The most important river is
herd became four times in 2000-2005 as it was Euphrates River which crosses Al-Badiah for
in 1960-1965 reflecting the importance of more than 400 km.
sheep production system in the Bedouins’ life. On the other hand, the government was issuing
But, the increase in the goat herd size was licenses for digging wells. The number of
almost one and a half during the same period, licensed wells increased slightly during 2000-
because Bedouins depend on goat production 2006 from 73,834 to 88,408. The Market Price
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Support policy encouraged farmers to dig more drainage systems are the main causes of
unlicensed wells augmented from 64168 in salinity. The dominance of gypsiferous soils
2000 to 124716 in 2006 and 213335 in 2007. along the water resources in the Euphrates,
Consequently, the over exploitation of under Balikh and Khabour rivers cause pollution and
ground water can be noticed through declining salinity of fresh waters. The scarcity of water
water tables. Also, the decline in water tables is resources in some areas calls also for the use of
increasing the cost of water mobilization and available drainage, saline water or treated
increasing the risk of water quality wastewater for irrigation without proper soil
deterioration. and water management practices causing
The canals and the drainage system were expansion of salt-affected soils. The other
established to irrigate new areas that problem emerged when the Syrian government
historically have never been irrigated. Ignoring started to provide drinking water for the
the relation between the evolution of the soil animals through a net of wells. The distance
sector and the average annual rainfall had led to between each two wells is almost 16 km
provide crops with more than they need from without any organized road system. In this
water (because water is almost free of charge, regard, herders were bringing there flocks with
and ten years ago the government issued a $100 trucks from long distance for drinking water.
per hectare). “ We were opening the water This helps for a large percentage also in
pipes in the field and go to our work in Aleppo, deteriorating the vegetation of Al-Badiah and
and when we came back, the whole field was then to the degradation of the soil.
full of water” (farmers testifying, Deir-Ezzor in Land degradation
1990). The degradation of soil, vegetation and
Experts discovered later that the drainage biodiversity accompanied with harsh climatic
system was not efficient enough to release the conditions, human interference and sand
extra water and salinity started to increase in encroachment are leading to land degradation
the soil gradually. It is estimated that 532.000 and later to desertification resulting in
hectares or about 40 percent of the present total decreasing agricultural productivity.
irrigated areas are salt-affected soil by varying Land degradation in the Syrian Arab Republic
degrees. At present, 60.000 hectares of is linked to agricultural activities and to the
previously fertile soils have been excluded severity of the climate and the unsustainable
from production and 100 000 hectares have exploitation of natural resources.
only 50 percent of their potential production. The major causes of land degradation are, in
Examples of salt-affected soils are 125 000 addition to the climate: improper agro-practices
hectares salt-affected soils in the Euphrates such as improper irrigation methods, salinity,
Valley extending as a strip from Al-Rakka in water and wind erosion, wood cutting and
the west, down to the Iraqi border in the east; overgrazing; inappropriate land use and
150 000 hectares salt-affected strip along the urbanization.
Khabour river from Al-Hassakeh city in the Soil salinity is gaining an importance and is
north till Deir-Ezzor city in the south and 21 quite serious in several areas. In fact, salinity is
000 hectares in the Jabboul area, 25 km south the main cause of land degradation in several
of Aleppo city. irrigated areas as a result of inappropriate
There is a strong relation between the practices.
secondary salinity and gypsum availability in The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid zones
the soil surface and subsurface. The Gypsic and Dry areas (ACSAD) conducted a study in
lands are estimated to reach 20 percent of the Al-Badiah titled “Survey of the Natural
total country area. Random pumping of Resources in the Syrian Al-Badiah”. This study
groundwater for irrigation in marginal land covered 3.524 million hectares (almost 35% of
resulted in salinity increment that has led to the total area of Al-Badiah), representing the
land salinity. Over-irrigation without measures major sites in Al-Badiah and analyzing its
being taken to control salinity and proper soil situation between two periods 2001-2004 [1].
and water management and insufficient
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The study covered the land of Al-Badiah in 8 currently or in the future. Table 3 presents
Governorates as follows: levels of land degradation in Al-Badiah of Al-
- Al-Badiah of Homs, Hama, Aleppo, Al- Hassakeh.
Rakka and Deir-Ezzor (the middle of Al- Table 3: Land degradation levels in Al-Badiah of Al-
Badiah): with an area of 2,843.788 hectares, Hassakeh
the land is mainly affected by wind erosion
Degradation level
degradation
degradation
degradation
degradation
Very sever
(53%). Medium and sever land degradation
Medium
Stable
Sever
Light
represent 5.2% 39% respectively, while very
sever land degradation exemplify 6.8%.
This phenomenon concentrates in the west parts
of Deir-Ezzor, east part of Homs and the south Area
(000ha)
98 136 78 101 40
part of Al-Rakka Governorates. Sand Area % 21.5 29.7 17.1 22.0 8.7
encroachment demonstrate 8.7% and can be
found principally in Al-Badiah of Deir-Ezzor
Wind erosion and

Water erosion
encroachment
Wind erosion
degradation
Water/wind
and Al-Rakka, while the affected areas of both
Type of
erosion
Sand
sand
wind erosion and sand encroachment show
26.5% mostly in Al-Badiah of Deir-Ezzor
rarely in Al-Badiah of Al-Rakka.
Water erosion in this group is less important Area
178 178 58 27 97
(000ha)
comparing to wind erosion and shows 2.3% and
Area % 39 0 12.6 5.8 21.1
takes place in the areas of small mountains like
in the North Mountains of Palmyra. Table 2 Source: Elaborated from [1]
illustrates the different levels of land - Al-Badiah of Dar’a and Sweida: with an
degradation in the middle of Al-Badiah. area of 234,412 (224,412 hectares in Sweida
Table 2: Land degradation levels in the middle of Al- and 10000 hectares in Dar’a). The majority of
Badiah this area (54.9%) is stabilized naturally due to
the existence of the basaltic stones on the
Degradation
degradation
degradation
degradation
degradation
Very sever
surface of the soil. Wind erosion show

Medium
Stable
Sever
Light
level
important figure (21%) of the area and

concentrate mainly in Al-Badiah of Dar’a and
Area
43.9 617 540 1425 219
consider as the source of dust tornados in the
(000 ha)
summer time. 5.6% of the area is subject to
Area % 1.5 21.7 19.0 50.1 7.7
water erosion. Table 4 shows levels of land
degradation in Al-Badiah of Dar’a and Sweida.
Water erosion
encroachment
Wind erosion
Wind erosion
degradation
Water/wind
Table 4: Land degradation levels in Al-Badiah of Dar’a

and sand
Type of
erosion
Sand
and Sweida
Degradation
degradation
degradation
degradation
degradation
Very sever
Medium
Stable
Sever
Light
level
Area
66 1508 755 246 226
(000ha)
Area % 2.3 53 26.5 8.7 7.9
Area
Source: Elaborated from [1] (000ha)
129 38 16 22 0
- Al-Badiah of Al-Hassakeh: with an area of Area % 54.9 16.1 6.8 9.3 0
457306 hectares, water erosion in this area is
the dominant factor leading to land degradation
Water erosion
encroachment
Wind erosion
Wind erosion
degradation
Water/wind
and sand
Type of
erosion
forming almost 39%. Wind erosion

Sand
accompanied with sand encroachment ranks

second showing 21.1%, while water/wind
erosion presents 12.6%. Areas considered Area
13 49 13 0 0
(000ha)
stable are the cultivated ones. Indeed, theses
Area % 5.6 21.0 5.7 0 0
lands could not be considered stable
permanently due to the danger of wind erosion Source: Elaborated from [1]
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The aforementioned results illustrate that the [3] Dakhouri, 2007, Improving Poor Farmers Livelihood
majority of the soils have been deteriorated. It through Promoting the Use of Fodder (Arabic),
Damascus, Syria
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Al-Badiah. By summing up the past results, it Rehabilitation and Establishment of a Wildlife Reserve
can be concluded that sever land degradation is in the Syrian Steppe (Consolidation Phase II), Rome,
dominant (46%). Light degradation ranks Italy.
secondly with 22.8%, while the very sever land [5] Leybourne m, et al, 1993, changes in migration and
feeding patterns among semi-nomadic pastoralists in
degradation does not exceed 8%. The northern Syria, paper 34a, Overseas Development
knowledge of land degradation levels and its Institute (ODI).
percentage help for future planning and [6] MAAR, 2007, Annual Agricultural Statistical
determine the priorities to take the proper Abstract, different years, Damascus, Syria.
actions to defend this phenomenon. [7] Peter H. et al, 2001, Managing droughts in the low-
rainfall areas of the Middle East and North Africa,
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THE PROFILE OF THE AGRICULTURAL COUNSELORS IN

TELEORMAN COUNTY
Paula STOICEA 1, Elena STOIAN 1 , Mariana BURCEA1
1
318 28 88, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Key words : the profile, agricultural counselors, Teleorman county
Abstract
The paper presents the profile of the agricultural counselors in Teleorman county realized according to the
questionnaire they were applied. This questionnaire was after counselors data (profession, working place, age,
responsibilities), the activity of the counselors, the effect of counseling on the agricultural producers, difficulties in
counseling activity, but also improvement proposals for the counseling activity. The profile of the agricultural
counselor in Teleorman county is as follows: mainly feminine, graduate of the Faculty of Agriculture and Zootechny,
with an average age of 50, with a background of 8 years in counseling, with an average of 4 villages to advise, more
than 5000 agricultural exploitations and 2000-3000 specialized consultations to give annually (to half of the
exploitations). They use as counseling methods the individual counseling, group counseling, mass counseling. They
approach, when required by the agricultural producers, a large range of counseling topics (vegetable culture,
breading, plant protection, input acquiring, project making, etc), although their basic training doesn’t cover these
areas.
INTRODUCTION field data. The processing of the data based on

the SPSS program was done through the
The term consultant is generic and can be used variable frequency and correlation method. The
for any person or organization that provides respondents were 17, that is the agricultural
recommendations to decision makers. counselors of the Local Agricultural Advisory
Consultant in the occupation of agriculture in Centers. The purpose of the questionnaire was
modern design which is perceived and to obtain information concerning the following:
recognized, is relatively new. Many agricultural counselors data (profession, working place,
experts are unbeaten in their profession, some age, responsibilities), the activity of the
have even a very narrow specialization counselors, the effect of counseling on the
performance, recognized by others, but do not agricultural producers, difficulties in counseling
have the qualities that make them effective in activity, improvement proposals for the
their advice on agriculture. Consultant, unlike counseling activity.
the old hierarchical forums, but not command
and recommended because it is paid directly for RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
its services, has everything to offer solutions
interest quality to be accepted by beneficiaries. Following research undertaken, it is notable
female predominance in the number Total
MATERIAL AND METHOD Local Centers Consultants of Agricultural
Consulting Teleorman (17), 65% - female
So as to achieve the profile of the agricultural gender, and 35% - male. In terms of
counselors in Teleorman county, they were professional consultants structure is as follows -
addressed a questionnaire, the answers being the number of those who finished the Faculty of
processed with the SPSS program, a program Agriculture is equal to the number of those who
used for the whole quantitative analysis of the attended the Faculty of Zootehnie representing
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a rate of 35% each of total, 17% are represented MAKIS “Modernization of the Agricultural
by consultants who graduate courses, Faculty of Knowledge and Information System” were
Horticulture, and only 11.8% (2 agricultural taken by all the agricultural counselors in the
consultants) followed by other faculty profile Local Agricultural Advisory Centers
different from the agricultural sector Teleorman (100%), the classes meant for the
(Economics). It finds that most agricultural initiation in making projects for the agricultural
consultants operating in the Centers Local producers non-refundable funds followed by
Teleorman Agricultural Consultants have 58,8%, and those for the preparation of trainers
training in agriculture (88.2%), and the in agricultural counseling given in collaboration
difference is the consultants to prepare with the Romanian - Austrian foundation
economic agricultural (11.85%). Regarding the “Semanatorul”, were taken by 41,2% of the
age of consultants, is observed that the majority CLCA Teleorman specialists. There were
fall within the age group between 41-50 years smaller percentages for the frequency in classes
(52.9%), followed by age group between 51-60 concerning milk ratio methodology (23,5%),
years (23.5%) and age group between 31 -40 the National Plan for the Rural Development
years (11.8%). Staff with young age and by 30 (17,6%), life annuity, agricultural counseling
years is poorly represented, with a share of and agricultural expert management with
5.9%, while staff aged over 60 years experience 11,8% for each.Other classes taken by
a situation similar (5.9%). Find that most counselors in a percentage of 5,9%, they were
consultants were aged 41-60 years (76.4%), each destined to ecological agriculture,
which shows, on the one hand, an advanced agricultural counseling expert and methodology
experience in this field, and on the other hand, meant for the support given to producers on
we can say that the staff has a CLCA agricultural area. It is to be noticed that only 7
Teleorman structure of mature age - is a counselors of 17 have taken the classes
refreshing needed employment in this county concerning counseling ability formation,
by attracting young consultants who need to indicating deficiency in this area as it is known
supplement existing county. Lack of that a specialist needs to have not only a deep
employment of young specialists in recent professional knowledge in order to be a good
years whose training consultancy requires a counselor but also the ability to be persuasive
period of time, must be an alarm signal that in transmitting them to those who need them.
leads to avoiding the situation where the As a result of the analysis made to the indicator
shortage of specialist consultants to stress, thus the number of villages for one counselor, it is
affecting the achievement of development noticed that most counselors (47,1%) have 4
objectives a rural environment. Regarding the villages, but there are also counselors with 5, 6
age they have in their advice, it is notable that or even 7 villages. The medium level of this
this indicator is between 3 and 10 years, the indicator is of 4,47 villages for one counselor,
largest share reprezantând a consultant with 9 which means very big load, the counselors
years old (47.1%), followed those with 8 years managing to cover only a small part of the
old (17.6%) and those with 6 years old (11.8%). existing problems. The counseling activity
Most consultants (70.6%) have a length in the reaches its goals through the direct contact
consultation between 8-10 years, 29.4% being established between the counselor and the
represented by consultants whose age is beneficiary, the former trying to offer
between 3-7 years. From previous analysis it is information and solutions to the issues raised
found that most consultants were adapt, by the latter. This is not possible when a
becoming more than 10 years of consultants. counselor has an average of 4,47 villages to
The improvement of the counselors within the advise. The solution is the increase in number
Agricultural Advisory County Office in of the specialists to offer counseling to
Teleorman, was done through classes offered to agricultural producers more easily.
them and which brought on a theoretical basis By analyzing the indicator number of
in the developed agricultural counseling agricultural exploitations (including rural
activity. Thus, the classes of the Program inhabited households) for one counselor, it is
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noticed that there are counselors who have issues in 2008. As a counseling method,
between 900 – 3.000 exploitations within the following the processing of the CLCA
advised villages (41,18%), between 3.001 – Teleorman counselors answers, it is noticed that
6.000 exploitations for 32,29% of the they use the three counseling methods. The
counselors, but there are also counselors who individual counseling was given in 2007 for
have between 6.001 – 10.000 agricultural 3600 agricultural producers, and in 2008 to
producers (23,53%) that is those who have 1990 persons. Meetings with producers groups
within the counseling center 5 – 6 – 7 villages. were 75 in 2007 and 54 in 2008. Within the
According to a MADR study, the ratio between group meetings, visits were organized to the
the number of ANCA counselors and demonstrative plots (20 in 2007 and 10 in
beneficiaries is of 1:3636 (in case the inhabited 2008), as well as seminars, debates (80 in 2007
farms are considered) or 1:1363 (considering and 35 in 2008). Mass counseling campaigns
only the farms registered in the Farms were 5 in 2007 and 2 in 2008). From the
Registry). For an efficient activity to support presented data it appears that the counseling
the viable and economically efficient family activity takes place first of all through eye to
farms, it is considered that a counselor should eye meetings between the counselor and the
advise 80 farms. If multi-disciplinarian teams producer, after which there is the group
operate then a 6 counselors team could assist counseling within meetings organized on
approximately 500 family farms. At present, at previously established topics.
world level, the ratio between counselors and The counseling service can use different
assisted farms is: in Europe 1:325, in North approaches to help the agricultural producers
America 1:431, in Latin America 1:2940, in reach their goals by: periodical guidance to
Middle East 1:3499. It thus results that the make them aware of the problems they are
number of agricultural counselors in Teleorman against, multiple choice solutions, information
county is insufficient for them to have an on the possible consequences to each
efficient activity for all the agricultural alternative, support in the decision-making for
producers, given the fact that 3.000 reaching the established goal, support in
exploitations are meant for one counselor. learning from self experience and experiments,
Analyzing the indicator agricultural stimulation in sharing information with other
exploitations according to size, in the villages farmers.
assisted by the agricultural counselors there are For the issue concerning the making of
mostly small agricultural exploitations (0 – 10 proposals for the improvement of the
ha) up to 80% in some villages. Middle counseling efficiency, 88,2% of the respondents
exploitations (10 – 50 ha) go up to 40%, the big considered that the solution could be the
agricultural exploitations having over 50 ha are existence of 1 counselor for each village in
only up to 10%. Teleorman, 76,5% answered that a raise in the
The indicator domain of issues approached by counselors income would entail a raise in the
the agricultural producers during the counseling interest of getting a higher efficiency of their
actions reached the following fields: vegetables activity, and 64,7% answered that the
culture, breading, plant protection, input specialized logistic development would
acquiring, project making and others. Out of the increase the efficiency of the counseling in the
total issues raised, the problems solved by the county. In such cases, the advice is felt not only
agricultural counselors were of more than 80% at a small segment of farmers. If you consider
in 2007 an over 70% in 2008, except for the the material and poor motivation of consultants,
project making field where 24 Sapard projects a clear picture of the development of poor
were applied and won (22%), and in 2008, 17 advice, inadequate agricultural production
FEADR projects were applied (17,8%). Most dezoltării objectives.
issues were raised concerning plant culture and
breading as well as plant protection
representing 38%, 33% and 13% of the total
issues in 2007 and 46%, 23% and 14% of the
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONCLUSIONS
This research work was carried out with the
support of managing board and the whole staff
1. The profile of the agricultural counselors in
of the County Office of Agricultural Extensions
Teleorman are the following:
Teleorman and also was financed from Project
2. The agricultural counselor in Teleorman
CNCSIS TD 157/2007.
county is predominantly female gender;
3. Graduate of the Faculty of Agriculture and
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and held in CAP activities or shifting to IAS in Agronomie, 2008.
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agricultural producers, a large range of
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plant protection, input acquiring, project
making, etc), although their basic training
doesn’t cover these areas.
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THE GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL

SECTOR AS COMPONENT PART OF THE SOCIAL-ECONOMICAL
STATE POLICY
Elena TIMOFTI1, Liliana CIMPOIEŞ1, Cristina TIMOFTI2

1
2
The State University of Moldova, Chisinau
60 Mateevici A. st., MD-2009, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Phone: +373 22 577 401, Fax: +373
22 244 248
Key words: governmental regulation, economic mechanism, agricultural sector
Abstract
The governmental regulation of the agricultural sector represents state’s influence on producing, processing and
distribution of products and raw materials, as well as funding, insurance with material resources, technical and
technological potential. The governmental regulation is one of the most important conditions of the agri-food complex
stability and development, as welfare factor and insurer of country’s food security. Nowadays, the relevance of these
issues can be explained as a result of changes in economic basis and mechanisms of functioning not only of the agri-
food complex, but of the whole national economy. The possible answers to the difficulties from the agri-food sector
could be found in the existence of a long term, consecutive and carefully weighted state policy.
INTRODUCTION and logistics research methods, graphical

method, as well as authors’ research.
The governmental regulation of the agricultural
sector as part of the social-economic country’s RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
policy must include the accomplishment of the
following tasks: to insure the country’s food Nowadays, in the development countries the
security, to establish basic and equal relations government not only realizes many production
between the agricultural sector and industry, to programs for different type of products,
support farmers’ incomes, to create conditions creating not less than 20% of national product,
for the implementation of scientific and but also controls the repartition of income in
technical progress, increase of production society, regulates the financial, extra-economic
efficiency, creation of an economic activity and taxation, undertakes many supply
environment within the country, as well as and social insurance programs.
exporting on the global market. In this way the government is involved
Moldovan agricultural science should be basically in all the spheres of economic
directed toward the successful experience of activity. From the above mentioned the main is:
other countries in the area of economic, the elaboration of the legislative framework, the
ecological and social regulation for agricultural protection of a competitive environment, the
products. redistribution of incomes in society, the
stabilization of economy and stimulation of
MATERIAL AND METHOD economic growth.
The experience of EU countries presents the
As main source for this research was used solution for country’s food security in the
contemporary literature of national and foreign increase of efficiency for agricultural products.
authors. In this paper were utilized economics Governmental regulation of the agricultural
sector has a great influence on country’s
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production, processing and distribution of
products and row materials, as well as on
funding, insuring with material resources,
technical and production potential.
The agricultural sector is subject to
governmental regulation in the developed, as
well as in developing countries.
Governmental regulation of agricultural
markets in EU countries is directed towards the
increase of living standards of rural population
and the development of competition for
agricultural products. The regulation of
Figure 1. The price mechanism on the agricultural
agricultural markets for EU countries is based markets from EU (main model) [3]
on the following principles: the abolition of any
restrictions in trade between EU countries; the The main factor of EU agricultural policy is the
establishment of unique prices for products and permanent control on the markets and prices.
agro-industrial mechanisms which contribute to One of the main directions in the regulation of
their stabilization; the protection of internal EU markets is the purchasing of agricultural
market against third countries products; the products and their storage.
farmers funding from the unique fund made In Moldova credits and taxes should be used as
from the participating countries contributions. efficient instruments in the development of
Is necessary to mention, that prices are one of farms.
the most important instruments of regulation Their rates should be stable and affordable for
for EU producers, utilized in market regulation. enterprises, and credits the main source of
Towards its price policy EU increased the level investments in the agro-industrial complex.
of food security and its own insurance with the Credits are needed for the development of the
main categories of agricultural products, to the agricultural sector particularly taking into
reduction of imports, to the increase of exports consideration the natural conditions in this
and as a result to the improvement of its sector, but because of high interest rates for
balance of payments. credits farmers cannot afford them.
The regulation of agricultural production and Nowadays agricultural credits are a priority
agricultural markets mainly suppose the issues for the development of agriculture and
establishment of a price interval according to national economy. The revitalization,
the main types of agricultural products, prices modernization and adaptation of local
at a higher level for producers and in the same agricultural sector to market mechanisms and
time affordable for consumers. In this way is conditions require attracting foreign creditors.
allowed prices variation, but only in the In this way, the company “Floarea Soarelui”
established levels without leading to negative had approved contracting a loan of 20 mil US
consequences. In the same way for supporting dollars from “Wjgrain Trand” LTD (Cyprus)
the activity of agricultural farms are necessary for a period until 1st of February 2009 for
large subsidies. The creation of such an interval building a new manufacture for rapeseed and
needed the introduction of prices supporting soybean oils.
system in the EU countries. In the area of external economic relations
Prices regulation in the EU requires the creation should be realized more protectionist policies
of a complicated mechanism which will for local producers. Custom policy subject to
administrate the prices changes on the production import, export must be adequate to
agricultural market (figure 1). Its main elements the existing situation on global, as well as local
are support prices. The support prices include market by taking into account the seasonality of
three types of prices: target price, threshold agricultural production. Beside this, must be
price and intervention price. undertaken more severe actions related to
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customs control for preventing low quality In 2006 for supporting farmers to ensure the
imports and exports of products. crops and plantations needed the above
As main funding sources for agriculture may be mentioned law was modified in order to
used custom duties from the imported food subsidize 50% from the total amount of the
products, excise duty on vodka, wines and insurances from the governmental fund and
tobacco. In this context we should remind the 60% for ensuring strategic crops (vineyards,
currency fund used for importing food orchards, sugar beet and vegetables). Therefore,
products. It is a large amount and would be in 2006 the insurance companies had signed
more rational to use it for funding the national already 127 contracts, and from the subsidizing
agriculture instead of funding other countries, fund were utilized already 6 mil lei. In 2001 the
as it happens. In the same time is necessary to number on signed contracts doubled and
give up purchasing food products which can be insurers’ liability was about 500 millions lei.
produced inside the country. Therefore, is According to the data of the international
necessary to manage the agri-food market by insurance company “Moldasig” the larges areas
taking into account its requirements and the with agricultural crops insured were in the
creation of necessary reserves. The given district Aneni Noi (5233 ha) and Drochia (3428
situation requires monitoring and control from ha). In other districts as Cahul, Rîşcani, Soroca,
the government of country’s food security, in Edineţ and Sîngerei the insured area was
order to straighten it and to give expansion between 2097ha and 2537 ha.
possibilities for Moldova’s agricultural Autumn crops are often insured against the
production. following risks factors (table 1).
Nowadays agricultural insurances in Moldova
are related to different problems: visible Table 1. Areas under winter wheat and winter rape
inflation, the limited demand for insurance insured against risks factors
Insured area of agricultural crops, ha
services in the agricultural sector, high risks Insured risks Winter wheat Winter rape
related to investments in production. 2006 2007 2006 2007
Hail 858 13282 325 2261
Risks insurance is a compulsory condition in Excessive 275 7594 0 1401
insuring the stability of Moldova’s agricultural drought
Winter frost 3250 15245 628 18641
sector development. Nowadays, the majority of Spring frost 0 0 0 862
insurance companies are sceptical concerning Total insured 4383 36121 953 23165
risks insurance in this sector since lately, areas
basically every year farmers have suffered from

different natural risks factors as: drought, In 2007 was noticeable an increase in the
frosts, floods etc. insured areas against natural risks factors
According to provisions of Moldova’s law of compared with 2006. The main cause is due to
subsidized insurance on production risks in the subsidizing of the agricultural sector and the
agriculture nr. 243-XV from 8th of July 2004 farmers’ awareness of the insurance necessity
[1], can be provided subsidized risks due to the in the conditions of influence from different
following factors: excessive drought, hail, risks factors.
floods, torrential rains, dust storms and low
temperatures below the biological limit of CONCLUSIONS
plants resistance.
At the beginning, according to this law, for the 1. The experience of the EU countries
insurance of agricultural crops harvest the demonstrates that in the conditions of
government should pay 40% of the total market economy farmers’ activity, the
amount and the rest paid by the farmer. efficiency of the agri-food complex, the
Nevertheless, in 2005 only 6 contracts were improvement of economical and ecological
signed, and from the subsidizing fund of 15 sphere are subjects of governmental
millions lei forecasted for this year were regulation of agricultural products.
utilized only 91 thousands lei. 2. In Moldova is necessary to improve and
strengthen the system of governmental
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regulation for agricultural products, based purchasing agricultural products on guarantee
on the experience of other developed prices according to the model of mechanisms
countries in order to protect national implemented in EU countries.
agricultural sector and increase its
efficiency. REFERENCES
3. For achieving these objectives is necessary
to propose to governmental institutions 1. Legea Republicii Moldova privind asigurarea
responsible for regulation, development and subvenţionată a riscurilor de producţie în agricultură nr.
control of agricultural sector the following 243-XV din 8 iulie 2004.
actions: 2. Hotărârea Guvernului Republicii Moldova cu privire
la perfecţionarea mecanismului de acordare a
 To implement the system of compensation subvenţiilor în agricultură nr. 1043 din 8 septembrie
payments and exports subsidies which 2006. Monitorul Oficial al Republicii Moldova. 2006, nr.
demonstrated their high efficiency in protecting 146-149, p. 49.
EU local producers and to increase exports of 3. СЕРОВА Е.В. Специфика аграрных реформ в
agri-food products; странах с различным типом экономики (Никоновские
чтения, 1997, РАСХН, Москва).
 To undertake actions for government
intervention on agricultural markets for
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ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF THE INTENSIFICATION OF USING

AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE AGRARIAN ENTERPRISES OF
REPUBLIC MOLDOVA
Elena TIMOFTI1, Diana MEMEŢ1, Liliana CIMPOIEŞ1, Cristina TIMOFTI2

1
2
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Key words: intensification, the agricultural land, the effectiveness of investments, the return
Abstract
The intensification of land resources, in essence, represents the main side of the whole agricultural intensification,
because the land represents the base of material production not only for cultivation of plants but as well for animal
breeding. The economic efficiency of intensification agricultural production expresses as priority grow of high – quality
and cheap production from one hectare of land surface in comparison with dimensions of agricultural expenditures.
THE INTRODUCTION MATERIAL AND METHOD
The intensification of the utilization of The purpose of this investigation is the study of
agricultural land is the social and economic the intensity level and economic effectiveness
process of an increase in volume, in efficiency of the intensification of production in the
and quality of the production of agriculture on agrarian enterprises for the regions of the
the basis of the increasing application of new Republic of Moldova. For the achievement of
equipment, intensive technologies, more the objective were used the following methods
advanced forms of the organization of labor, of study: the method of observation, the method
production and control. Intensification is the of group, tabular method, average and relative
form of the expanded reproduction in the values and other.
agriculture.
By intensification of using the land is RESULTS AND DISCUTIONS
understood the economic process, which is
evinced by an increase in the expenditures for The following groups of resources are required
the unit of area for the purpose of an increase in for the carrying out of any production of
the productivity of the land, carrying out of agriculture: land, working, material and
agricultural production and increase in its financial.
quality. Intensification leads to the growth of The intensive way of development contributes
the economic fertility of soil, it contributes to to a continuous increase in the productivity of
concentration of production. In this case it agricultural crops. This way makes it possible
makes it possible to increase production even to use more effectively the existing resources,
with the reduction in area of the workable land, land potential.
which under the contemporary conditions of Intensity reflects the concrete planned and
buying and selling the land or its lease is achieved level of the development of the very
especially important. process of the expanded reproduction, shows
the degree of the saturation of agricultural
production by material and cash resources, by
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labor resources. By other words, by the remuneration, which taking into account 1 ha of
intensity level it is possible to judge the agricultural lands composes 755 lei.
potential possibilities of one or another Given data in Table 1 prove, that depending on
production. the region of development the intensity level
For determining the intensity level of production strongly differs, since in mun.
production is used the system of the cost and Kishineu and in the central region insurance
natural indices, the main things from which is with funds is higher than average by regions 3
cost of applied basic industrial means and cost times and 22,2% respectively, and production
of industrial expenses counting on hectare of expenses and fund for the remuneration for
the earth, which for 2004-2008 yr. on the labor for 1 ha of agricultural lands are higher
average on republic reached 4718,47 lei and 3,4 times and 2 times respectively.
3060,7 lei respectively (tab. 1). The cost of the acquired fertilizers on 1 ha is
located on a very low level and is
Table 1. Intensity level of manufacture of agricultural approximately 231,4 lei; however, on the
production in the agrarian enterprises of the Republic of regions of the country this index vary from
Moldova in 2004 - 2008 yr.
Indices Regions of the development
142,9 lei to 293,1 lei in the northern region, in
this case not due to an increase of their volume
On the average
in the republic
Mun. North Center

Kishin in the natural expression, but due to the
eu
increase the price of acquisition 1 kg.
The natural indices occupy important place in
It is necessary on the determination of the intensity level of
1 hectare of
farmland, lei: agriculture: energy-extent of outfitting on the
· the average average in 2004-2006 yr. compared with the
annual cost of the
basic production average data in 2001-2003 yr. grows 2,5 times,
means of the the quantity of tractors on 100 ha of agricultural
agricultural
designation 14447 3227,8 5769,6 4718,5 lands increased by 33% higher than on the
· production average in the region. This is connected with
expenses in the
plant growing and the fact that in last years together with the
the stock raising 10441 2791,3 4161,9 3060,7 organization of 177 technological stations in
· the labor
remuneration fund 1592,0 713,4 800,8 755,0 the republic were acquired about 7000 units of
It is necessary on electric motors, automobiles, tractors and other
1 hectare of of
plowed land and
installations, whose specific weight is more in
long-standing mun. Kishineu.
cultivation:
· the cost of
The specific weight of the land workable in the
fertilizers, lei 224,3 293,1 218,4 231,38 republic is sufficiently high and comprises
· energy power,
hp. 2,80 2,25 2,59 2,37
more than 91%; however, in last year this index
· Presence of was reduced by 1,3 percent points as a result of
tractors on 100 ha strengthening the erosion of soils and isolation
of agricultural
lands, physics. un. 1,78 1,25 1,47 1,34 the part of the plowed land under the fine
Specific weight of adjustments.
plowed land and
long-standing Also, the process of the intensification of
cultivations in the production cannot be reduced only to an
total area of
agricultural lands, increase in the additional investments per unit
% 80,3 94 89,9 91,0 of land area. Not only the volumes of the
On the intensity level as a whole it is possible means, inserted in the development of
to judge also by the expenditures of live labor production, but also the effectiveness of their
for the unit of land area. Because of the absence use, are important for the agriculture. By other
in the specialized forms of accounting of the words, it is necessary to constantly be
activity of the enterprises of data, which reflect commensurate additional expenditures with the
labor inputs in the man - hours, for calculating obtained results so that each inserted leu would
this index we used a fund for the labor ensure maximum return.
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For the characteristic of the intensification of The most important direction of intensification
production great significance has its economic - strengthening the technical potential of
effectiveness, which shows, what price branch; therefore now in the practice of
obtained the production and which is the agriculture are more widely applied intensive
return in the inserted means in the process of technologies of production of plant growing,
intensification. i.e. the technologies necessary for achievement
of high planned efficiency of cultures.
Table 2. Economic effectiveness of the intensification of
production in the agricultural enterprises of the Republic Table 3. Specific weight of the agrarian enterprises of the
of Moldova in 2004-2008 yr. Republic of Moldova, which do not achieve expenditure
Regions of the development
for chemical and organic fertilizers and their planted
On the average in
mun. North Center
the republic
Kishineu
areas under the cultures (on the average in 2004 -2008
Indices yr.)
Cultures and the regions of the development of the
republic Of [moldova]
1. It is 10691 4083,3 4655,6 4209,22 Sugar beet: Vineyards:
necessary on 1 Winter
Indices
hectare of wheat
farmland, lei: (in all Region: Region:
· gross production regions)
of plants and Center North Center South
animals raising 1.Nr. of 865 87 314 130 140
· the gross income 4012,3 1211,1 1168,8 1241,1 investigated
· income from sale 8590,7 4023,5 4041,1 3846,5 enterprises*:
of the agricultural · in total
production
· profit from sale 1915,2 668,5 664,7 666,2 .including in 68 19 51 95 82
of the agricultural which
production expenses for
2. Productivity of 71586,8 39472,4 40366,2 40807,3 fertilizers for 1
labor, lei (cost of hectare is
the gross of absent
production to one
· % to the total 7,9 21,9 16,3 73,0 58,6
average annual
worker) number
3. Level of the 28,7 19,9 19,7 20,9 2. Sowing 207 3230 22352 11978 20662
profitability of (fructified) the
agricultural area, hectare
production, % · in total
4. Profitability of 11,4 10,3 2,92 5,97 ·Including 5202 252 1227 7091 12573
the basic in which
production means
of agriculture, % expenses
for
fertilizers
It is evident from the data of table 2 that all is absent
· in % to in 2,5 7,8 5,5 59,2 60,9
indices, which characterize the effectiveness of total
intensification in mun. Kishineu it is higher 3.Productivity 19,6 190 208 27,0 34,8
with 1 hectare,
than on the average on all enterprises in 2004- Q:
2008 yr., for comparison with 2001-2003 yr. · without the
fertilizer
Rates of increase of return of agricultural lands · on the 27,9 315 326 32,9 37,6
are higher than the rates of increase of the average on all
resources having on 1 hectare. investigated
enterprises
However, the level of these indices is very low · reserve, (+,) +8,3 +125 +118 +5,9 +2,8
in comparison with the data on the enterprises - *researches and calculations of the authors
leaders. The level of the profitability of
production of about 21% shows that in each Among the directions of intensification basic
inserted leu of enterprise they obtain only 21 remain the chemicalixation and the land
bani of profit, while enterprises - leaders obtain reclamation, the wide application of
on 80 baths even more. biostimulators and other means of increase of
Material basis of development of process of productivity of cultures. In the Republic of
intensification, growth of its economic Moldova were reduced the areas of the watered
efficiency is increase of economic fertility of land from 308 thousand hectares in 1990 to 37
the land. thousand in 2007 because of the obsolete
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irrigational systems. In the agriculture the CONCLUSIONS
greatest effect is achieved at the complex use
together of the mineral fertilizers also of 1.The analysis of economic efficiency of an
organic fertilizers, the means of protection of intensification of use of the land allows to draw
plants and others. Studies of the agrarian a conclusion that the Republic Moldova
enterprises of republic, which specialize in the agriculture is characterised by low efficiency.
cultivation of winter wheat, sugar beet and 2.The agriculture has not been prepared for
grapes, showed that for lack of financial means transition to new economic conditions, the
from 7,9 to 73% of total number of enterprises material base of the enterprises has been
they do not use fertilizer and do not spend destroyed, because of the lack of financial
means on their acquisition (tab. 3). assets there is a process of deintensification of
Data of (tab. 3) show the direct dependence of using agricultural lands.
productivity on expenses for fertilizers. 3.Intensification - the complex problem of the
Stronger dependence is observed in the sugar development of agriculture, and the methods of
beet and the winter wheat. If all investigated its solution are varied. An intensification basis
economy have reached at least average there is an active introduction in manufacture of
productivity about 1 hectare the Republic achievements of science and technology.
Moldova could receive in addition 43,2
thousand centners of grain, 176,3 thousand REFERENCES
centners of a sugar beet and 77,0 thousand
centners of grapes. [1]Decision № 282 from 11.03.2008 About the statement
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agriculture of Republic Moldova (2008-20015)? (The
Official monitor of Republic Moldova, 2008? 57-60,
page 362
[2]Statistical the annual Republic of Moldova - mun.
Kishineu: Statistics, 2006, page.5
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THE METHOD OF RATING APPLICATION IN THE COMPLEX STUDY OF

INTEGRAL ESTIMATION OF ECONOMICAL EFFICIENCY OF
PRODUCTION IN COMPETITIONAL ECONOMY CONDITIONS
Ghenadie TIMOFTI 1, Elena TIMOFTI 1, Daniela POPA1, Cristina TIMOFTI2, Diana MEMEŢ1
1
2
22 244 248
Key words: efficiency, competition, rating, method, production
Abstract
In conditions of competitional economy one of the method which can be applied in the complex study of integral
estimation of economical efficiency of agricultural production it is adaptation of the rating method appreciation used
for the financial analysis of enterprises. This method has on the basis multicriterial complex approachement of the
integral system of indicators of economical efficiency of production.
INTRODUCTION national and international standards, before its

use in advance, must make a feasibility study,
Currently, under intensifying competitive that whether the system of indicators justified
environment and adapt agricultural units to it, is in terms of effort and results expected.
the need to use a system of specific indicators The diversity of agricultural, technological
of each branch of activity, leading to innovative processes that occur within them, and the
ideas to promote positive efficiency of the existence of links between sub-sectors of the
whole activities of agricultural units. units and resulted in the need assessment of
Quality indicators system and its ability to activity of any unit by a set of indicators that is
provide useful information in making decisions calculated usually defined periods in
at the microeconomic level is a prerequisite in accordance with the organization of
obtaining a comprehensive and effective information system.
diagnosis. Results which show features of qualitative and
quantitative socio-economic phenomena and
MATERIAL AND METHOD processes, in terms of volume, structure,
strength, interdependence and their change over
The purpose of this study is to apply the rating time and space are expressed through the
assessment method in estimating the full synthetic and analytical indicators. In business,
economic efficiency of agricultural production production movement and use of information is
under competitive economy. a conscious process, held that, in general, is
For the objective method statistical indicators structured as a system of economic and social
were used, method table, medium, and indicators which is characterized by complex
investigations relating to the authors. quantitative and qualitative phenomena such
processes. The indicators are complex, they are
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS characteristic of agricultural situation, the
proper management of it through: the amount
In order to characterize the activity carried out of profit received the volume of the stock of
by a system of indicators, in accordance with goods, sales volume, the volume of supply of
goods and materials, etc.
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Necessity to use a system of indicators is indicators would allow to achieve a more
required and increasingly complex nature of the complex and drawn conclusions on the
concept of economic efficiency, because each directions of the basic objectives of improving
indicator reflects only a criterion of efficiency. efficiency of agricultural production.
The contents and forms that take the indicators Estimating the economic efficiency of global
require their classification can be expressed by production in agricultural enterprises in
the functions they fulfill the function of Moldova in the dynamic development in the
comparison, analysis, synthesis, estimation, regions where the legal forms of organization
testing hypotheses and test the significance, shows that some indicators increase diminishes
economic and financial leverage, control, others, some resources are used effectively,
measurement, reflection and knowledge. others less effective, and an estimate of
In assessing the economic efficiency of efficiency taking into account only the level of
agricultural production are needed concrete profitability would be incomplete.
indicators that characterize the action of To determine the full economic efficiency of
different factors on production processes. Only production is necessary to calculate, along with
natural and value indicators system enable us to traditional indicators, such as an indicator of
achieve a comprehensive analysis and to obtain the final ranking, then it may assess the
clear results on the new directions of classification of agricultural enterprises by
development and improvement of economic rating the economic efficiency of production
efficiency of production. (final ranking).
Complex analysis of the economic efficiency of In assessing the final ranking of estimating the
production is fully established principles, economic efficiency of production in market
methods and procedures on a detailed study of economy has adapted the method of assessing
agricultural activity in this field and obtain the rating, as the relationship used for financial
useful results. The main difference is the analysis of enterprises by Russian economists
complex analysis of its special features in the of international stature – A. Şeremet, M.
study of agricultural activity. Bacanov, G. Saviţcaia [1,
Complex analysis is not a mere sum of parts 2,
made separate analysis of production and 3].
general indicators. Complete analysis in its all
parts is one of the conditions that lead to
complexity.
Rj  1  x   1  x 
1j
2
2j
2
 ...  1  xij  (1)
2
Another necessary condition is used to analyze

results and indicators for the single purpose of where - R j - rating firm j;
production factors in a single system. The xij , x 2 j , ...xij - standard indicators of firm j.
single purpose appears to be a top
organizational coordination of economic results
The analysis was conducted following
of the analysis firm entirely the result of the
consecutiveness:
analysis of separate components.
• Appreciation of the best result (taken as
The integrity of the analysis and well
standard) in dynamic (districts, regions,
determined purpose characterize the complex
analysis as a system. Collate them express shapes - the legal organization, business)
themselves in a well-defined logical research on each indicator separately.
consecutiveness indicators of economic • Levels of each indicator is standardized
activity. in relation to standard indicator (which is
Increasing the efficiency of agricultural denoted by 1), standardized coefficients
production is impossible without economic for maximized indicators are determined
objective evaluation of different phenomena as:
that occur in agriculture. On the basis of a
criterion can only be assessed the effectiveness x ij  N ij / N max ij , (2)
of agricultural production. Only a system of
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• and for minimized : the complex system of economic
efficiency of production.
xij  N max ij / N ij , (3), 2. Assessment based on the rating is a
method of comparison and consider the
where
real nature of the achievements of all
xij  standardized rate for j per year (firm,
competitors (the dynamic, districts,
district, region, etc..) regions, etc..).
N max ij - maximum level of the indicator 3. applying a flexible algorithm to obtain
studied for j per year (firm, district, the rating, which carries out the
region, etc..) possibilities of comparative assessment
N ij - the indicator for j per year (firm, module mathematically complex
economic efficiency of production.
district, region, etc..). 4. It is a method of quantitative assessment
• Standardized coefficients are listed in of the reliability of business partner.
the table as a matrix. 5. The practical application of this
• For each year (business, district, region, algorithm is not restricted on the
etc…) Rating is assessed by the number of indicators and number of
relationship (1). years (firms, regions, districts) taken in
research to compare.
The data show that the dynamics of the years 6. To determine the rating, as a basis are
2001-2006 the economic efficiency of the highest results in terms of real
production in agricultural enterprises ranked by competitive economy by all subjects
final rank as follows: studied crowd taking in comparison
• 2004 and 2005 – respectively the first two 7. Such an approach corresponds to
places with a higher efficiency, existing practice of competitive
• 2006 and 2002 - respectively on the third and economy, where each producer and
fourth with an average economic efficiency; aims to exceed its competitors on all
• 2001 and 2003 - are finishing in last place items (indicators) that characterize the
with a low efficiency. economic efficiency of production.
Comparing the results with estimates of 8. The estimate is made based on public
economic efficiency as traditional indicators data of specialized forms of enterprises
noticed some key differences. surveyed that are used in the traditional
For example, in 2003 the yield from the 1 leu practice of determining the economic
consumption and the production yield was efficiency.
maximum and it could be considered, the 9. Such a method of assessment is a
efficiency is high, but only after these two reliable method of measuring the
indicators can not be generalized conclusions. economic efficiency and increased
Standardized coefficients of efficiency of competitiveness of production.
agricultural land, consumption of production of
fixed assets and of labor productivity, indicate a
much higher relative difference compared to REFERENCES
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comprehensive approach to assessing
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PRIORITY DIRECTIONS AND THE FIELDS FROM AGRICULTURE OF

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA SUBJECT TO SUBSIDY POLICY
Ghenadie TIMOFTI, Elena TIMOFTI, Iuliana CIMPOIES, Diana NEMET
The State Agricultural University of Moldova, 44 Mircesti, Chisinau, MD 2049, Phone: +373 22 31
22 58, Fax: +373 22 31 22 76, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Key words: subsidies, agriculture, financial support, agricultural producers
Abstract
The subvention system of agricultural producers is oriented to the established priorities in the documents of
governmental agricultural policies connected to the necessities of different groups of farmers from rural space.
Settlement and foundation of the main directions and fields from agriculture, financial supported by the state, through
distribution of financial resources from the subsidizing fund of agricultural producers, yearly approved by the state
budget law, will be done in accordance with foresights of the concept of subsidizing system of agricultural producers
from Republic of Moldova planned up to 2015 .
INTRODUCTION government connected to the needs of various

groups of farmers from rural environment.
This depends mainly on the government’s Table 1. The dynamic of the level and structure of
agricultural policy. Moldova’s government is subsidies from the budget to agricultural enterprises from
Republic of Moldova
aware of the importance of the development of Years
support infrastructure for agricultural Indicators 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total, thousands 2213 73879 76740 72022 357532 328623
producers, and according to its possibilities lei
gives to this issue a higher priority. Total, % 100 100 100 100 100 100
including:
Subsidies for 40 18 254 3214
MATERIAL AND METHOD agricultural
production and
costs
The aim of this study is to underline and compensation, 24888 30733
analyze the main directions and agricultural thousands lei
Share, % 1,8 0,002 0,3 4,5 7,0 9,4
sectors of Moldova which are beneficiating Subsidies for
from the governmental subsidizing policy, livestock - - 3134 782
breeding,
based on the data of agricultural enterprises. thousands lei - -
For this goal were used economic and statistics Share, % - - 4,1 1,1 - -
Subsidies for
methods as: grouping method, table method, buying fodder, - - 15 513 - -
average and relative sizes and authors’ thousands lei
Share, % - - 0,01 0,7 - -
investigations. Subsidies for - - - - 188287 200158
agricultural
producers
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Share, % - - - - 52,7 60,9
Compensation of
By approving the National Strategy of costs for planting 141 69104 42588 24076 - -
perennial
Sustainable Development of the Agro- plantations,
Industrial Complex (2008-2015), on 11 of thousands lei
Share, % 6,4 93,5 55,5 33,4 - -
March 2008 [1], assumes that the system of Compensations 2032 7465
subsidizing for agricultural producers applied for losses of
agricultural 4757 30749 43437 41536
during the period of its implementation will be enterprises as a
coupled to the established priorities in the result of natural
diseases,
documents of the agricultural policies of the thousands lei
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Share, % 92,0 6,4 40,1 60,3 11,6 2,3 example, for compensating the costs of
Other subsidies, - - - - 102683 90267
thousands lei agricultural production from the entire amount
Share, % - - - - 28,7 27,5 of subsidies were allocated 2,8%-3,8%, more
Source: Calculus made by authors based on the than a half of this amount being designed for
specialized forms of agricultural enterprises from
Republic of Moldova. agricultural producers, compensations for risk
The establishment of main directions and factors being reduced to 2,3%.
sectors in agriculture, financially supported by
Table 2. The level and structure of subsidies from the
the government through the repartition of governmental budget in the agricultural enterprises by
financial resources from the fund for the development regions in Republic of Moldova, in
subsidizing the agricultural producers, yearly average for 2004-2008
approved through the law of governmental Development Subsidies from
The level of
subsidies
budget, will be made according to the regions the calculated to:
Number of enterprises
governmental
provisions of the Conception of the Subsidizing budget:
agricultural
Total
System for the agricultural producers planned
1 enterprise
land
1 ha
up to 2015.
The resources of the subsidizing fund for
Thousan % Thou Lei
farmers are aimed to stimulate various types of ds lei sands
activities necessary for the national economy. lei
Republic of Moldova 1521 181758 100 119,5 222,0
The allocation of resources is aimed to Including the regions
North 570 59455 32,7 104,3 175,7
stimulate the agricultural producers in order to Center 465 35444 19,5 76,2 206,3
extend the cultivated areas, increase the South 302 55996 30,8 185,4 268,2
Mun. Chişinău 88 16036 8,8 182,2 812,4
agricultural output and productivity, and U.T.A. Găgăuzia 96 14827 8,2 154,4 184,6
increase the efficiency of fruit sector, livestock Source: Calculus made by authors based on the
sector as well as the modernization of their specialized forms of enterprises activity at country level.
material and technical basis.
The forms of financial aid of the agricultural In the enterprises from the development regions
sector used were not oriented directly to (table 2) the share of subsidies is higher and
support reforms and the private producer. As more than 30% belongs to the regions of North
consequence were not efficient the activity of and South, which suffered the most from the
the majority of agricultural enterprises. natural diseases. In calculus to 1 enterprise and
By contrary, the subsidies being unpractical, 1 ha of agricultural land, the subsidies from
nominal in the absence of accountability and Chisinau constitutes about 182,2 lei and 812,4
control mechanism were transformed in lei, which is much more with 55,4% and of 3,6
unprofitable subsidies generating debts to the times comparing with the average data from
budget, to social fund and other creditors. agricultural enterprises from Moldova.
From the data given in the table 1 we can The research of 949 agricultural enterprises
conclude that during 2004-2006 budget shows that 59% from them do not beneficiate
subsidies for the big agricultural enterprises had of subsidies, but the results of the economic
increased comparing to 2003 by 30 times and efficiency of the gross agricultural output is not
had reached the level of 72022 thousands lei, much different than the results of the
and during 2007-2008 with about 150 times, enterprises where the amount of subsidies to 1
their amount being of 357532 and 328623 ha of agricultural land in average is until 100 lei
thousands lei. Until 2007 the highest share and the share of subsidies in the material costs
belongs to the compensation of costs for to 1 ha of agricultural land is until 4%. Is
planting perennial plantations, which in 2004 necessary to mention that better results are
reached 93,5%, followed by the compensations obtained in the enterprises from the group
for losses of agricultural enterprises as a result where subsidies to 1 ha is equal to 1544 lei.
of natural diseases, which share in 2003 was of The main directions and sectors from
about 92% from the entire amount. From 2007 agriculture subject to the subsidizing policy
the structure of subsidies was modified. For will be the following:
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Modernization of the agricultural sector. For  for supplying the agricultural sector with
this purpose will be subsidized investments agricultural inputs through subsidizing the users
activities related to the creation of units for of plant protection products (pesticides) and
processing the agricultural products, equipped fertilizers (organic fertilizers), promoting the
with the needed equipment and farm insurance services for agricultural products,
machinery, supplied with agricultural inputs, supplying the internal market with high quality
production of planting material, development of agri-food products by subsidizing the
services sphere in agriculture, as well as the agricultural producers on the delivering of the
reconstruction and construction of irrigation own production through the whole country etc.
and draining systems;
Advanced agricultural activities in the vegetal CONCLUSIONS
and animal sector. For increasing the
productivity and competitiveness in agriculture, The implementation of the agricultural
the development of ecological agri-food producers subsidizing system provisions in the
products, market stabilization, providing future will contribute to:
sufficient food supply and fair incomes for 1. the increase of competitiveness and
farmers will be given direct payments. productivity of rural economy and the
A specific direction for investments in market orientation of the production;
agriculture should be the development of 2. the orientation of investments to profitable
organic or pure ecological agriculture. Its main sectors and developing a business
aim is to develop the internal market on the environment able to generate revenues to
local level and for export to promote the the government;
ecological products through mass-media, web, 3. the stimulation of productivity growth as
informative seminars across the country, well as the quality of agricultural products
scientific conferences, farmers schooling and by introducing new compulsory
improvement of personnel from the agricultural productivity and quality standards with the
sector. government support;
The resources of the subsidizing fund of 4. the creation of a new institutional system
agricultural producers in Moldova for the next aimed at monitoring and managing financial
years include costs for investments aspects that resources for subsidizing farmers, in
will be distributed: progress;
 for the modernization of the agricultural 5. the creation of new working places for rural
sector and investments activities related to the population.
production of planting material and foundation
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FARM EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN ROMANIA USING FADN

METHODOLOGY
Elena TOMA 1
1
Research Institute for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Bucharest
61 Marasti, 1st sector, 011464, Bucharest, Romania, Phone/Fax: +40 21 224 27 95, E-mail :
[email protected]
Key words : farm, net value added, gross profit margin, output value
Abstract
The aim of this study is to present the main economical result indicators of Romanian farms in the first year after the
enlargement. The paper is based on the statistical data provided by European Commission Farm Accountancy Data
Network. FADN (RICA in Romanian language) is an instrument for evaluating the income of agricultural holdings and
the impacts of the Common Agricultural Policy by taking in consideration important indicators like net value added,
output value, net profit margin, net income, etc. In 2007, the farms less than 4 ESU have a proportion of 94.4% in the
sample structure, a medium size of 4.9 ha UAA/farm and a level of labor productivity (expressed trough the net value
added on annual work unit, NVA/AWU) over 10 time less that the farms from 100 ESU class. In the vegetal farms less
than 4 ESU, fertilizers and crop protection represent 44.8% of the specific costs. In animal farms, 47.9% of the specific
costs are represented by feed. The analyze reveals that the economic results of the vegetal farms over 16 ESU were
affected profoundly by drought and they needed subsidies to resist on the market.
INTRODUCTION Development, are in course of validation at

European Commission. The fact that the FADN
European Commission created the Farm data base contains over 130 indicators
Accountancy Data Network (FADN) because permitted us to create a viable imagine over the
was needed an instrument capable to harmonize Romanian agricultural sector.
accounting information from different FADN is an instrument based on an
European countries and to support Common annual survey of incomes and results
Agricultural Policy decisions. FADN is a evaluation, make by a specific methodology on
statistic instrument for subscribing technical a sample of farms.
and financial data with the special purpose to
raise correct information regarding the RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
economical situation of agriculture. In 2007,
the number of farms represented by Romanian Analyzing the Farm Accountancy Data
FADN was 833980 and the sample database Network (FADN), we observe that the parallel
was formed by 959 farms. between the outputs and inputs of Romanian
The aim of this study is to present the main farms and the farms from other European
economical result indicators of Romanian farms countries isn’t eloquent, because in our country:
in the first year after the enlargement based on  the farmers obtain low productivities on
FADN methodology. hectare;
 agricultural production of the year 2007
MATERIAL AND METHOD was affected severely by drought;
 over 94% of farms have less than 4 ESU
In order to characterize the efficiency of (similar with Bulgaria);
Romanian farms we utilized the FADN  the farm sample isn’t complete (Romanian
indicators and methodology. The available data data base has only a sample formed by 1000
at this time are only for the year 2007. The data farms when the proper number it’s over
for 2008, collected by RICA Department from 6000).
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
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We observe that the economical efficiency technologies and use production factors in a
indicators (like profit, net income, gross and rational manner.
value added) are synthetic expressions of farm The farms specialized in animal production
profitability. Also some indicators from FADN have the following characteristics:
data base (like specific costs) don’t contain a - the feed costs represent 84-88% of total
series of elements and some indicators (like specific costs in the farms till 8 ESU;
labor costs) are only estimated. - in the 16-40 ESU class, other specific costs
In Romanian FADN data base over 94% of the represent 64%;
farms have less that 4 ESU (European size unit) - in the farms with over 100 ESU the costs
and only 1.08% over 100 ESU. The medium with feed for pigs and poultry outgrow 59%
utilized agricultural area per farm is 10.17 of specific costs.
hectares.
Table 3. Specific costs structure for vegetal farms in
Table 1. Sample farms characteristics in Romania 2007 (%)
ESU Farm structure (%) UAA (ha)/ farm ESU Seed Fertilizers Crop Other specific
Classes Classes protection costs
0 <4 94.43 4.89 0 - <4 42.2 27.5 17.3 13
4 - <8 33.5 38.2 17.5 10.8
4 <8 2.82 15.16
8 - <16 35.4 28.7 20.3 15.6
8<16 1.66 66.66 16 - <40 39.7 35 16.2 9.2
16 <40 0.59 115.42 40 - <100 36.5 31.5 18.4 13.6
>= 100 32.2 31.1 20 16.7
40<100 0.31 391.18 Total 38.4 29.9 18.1 13.6
Sursa: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rica/database/database.cfm
>= 100 0.18 1141.53
Table 4. Specific costs structure for animal farms in 2007
The biggest agricultural output values on (%)
ESU Feed for Feed for Other livestock
hectare (UAA) are registered by the farms with Classes grazing livestock Pigs and poultry specific costs
4-8 ESU (1372.2 euro) and with 0-4 ESU 0 - <4 60.3 24.2 15.5
4 - <8 72.4 16 11.5
(179.1 euro). If we are taking into account the 8 - <16 55.6 10.1 34.2
output value structure, this situation can be 16 - <40 31.7 4.3 64
40 - <100 61.1 4.7 34.2
explained trough the fact that the farms from >= 100 15.6 59.1 25.4
the classes over 40 ESU are in proportion of Total 47.9 26.9 25.2
almost 70% specialized in vegetal production Sursa: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rica/database/database.cfm
and theirs results were very affected by the

Compare with the farms with less than 16 ESU,
drought from 2007.
the farms with an economical size over 16 ESU
Table 2. Agricultural output value in 2007 have a smaller net value added and superior
ESU Output Output labor productivity. This is a consequence of a
Classes euro/ farm euro/UAA
0 <4 6255 1279.1
high level of mechanization and rational using
4 <8 20802 1372.2
of production factors in the bigger farms.
8<16 52508 787.7
Table 5. Main income indicators in 2007 (euro/ha
16 <40 98068 849.7
UAA)
40<100 226606 579.3 ESU Gross Farm Net Subsidies Labor
>= 100 982915 861.1 Classes farm net value productivity*
income income added
0 <4 744 460.3 598.2 131.1 1598.4
4 <8 825.7 437.5 682.8 179.1 2627.2
In the 0-4 ESU class farm, seeds and plants 8<16 406.2 180 361.3 127.8 4277.8
costs represent 42,2% from the specific costs 16 <40 313.5 42.1 227.7 198.6 4380.5
40<100 345.1 142.9 287.2 198.9 9644.9
and fertilizers and crop protection costs 44.8%. >= 100 488 206.7 410.1 248.7 11975.3
In the farms over 100 ESU the seeds and plants Total 580.5 309.8 474.5 169.7 2331.4
** VAN(euro)/AWU
costs represent only 32.2%. This difference in Sursa: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rica/database/database.cfm
structure of costs it’s due to the fact that the

medium and big vegetal farms respect the
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Net profit margin (Farm net income on If we take in consideration the classification of
agricultural output value) was higher in the first farms depending on production specialization,
three classes of economical size (over 30%). we observe that:
In 2007, farms over 16 ESU, majority - farms specialized in horticulture, viticulture,
specialized in vegetal production, were affected orchards-fruits, granivores (pig and poultry)
by the weather conditions. Even if income rate have the highest gross incomes per hectare
(Farm net income, inclusive subsidies, on total UAA, due to the intensified character of
costs) is positive, our analyze shows that production in this sectors;
without subsidies all the farm registered losses. - farms specialized in horticulture, orchards-
However, with the help of the subsidies for fruits, milk, granivores (pig and poultry) have
disasters or extraordinary subsidies received, the highest net incomes per hectare UAA,
income rate reach 22.51% in the farms with 40- especially due to the reduce cost of human
100 ESU and 22.94% in those over 100 ESU. resources;
- farms specialized in field crops have the
Table 6. Main result indicators in 2007 (%) lowest economical performance due to the
ESU Net Net Net income Subsidies/
Classes profit income Rate Net extensive character of this cultures and low
margin Rate (without Income productivities on hectare:
subsidies)
0 <4 35.99 49.87 35.67 28.5 -farms specialized in mixed livestock have the
4 <8 31.89 40.59 23.98 40.9 lowest labor productivity, six times low then
8<16 22.85 24.87 7.21 71.0
16 <40 4.95 4.24 -15.78 471.7
fruits sector.
40<100 24.67 22.51 -8.81 139.2
>= 100 24 22.94 -4.66 120.3 Table 8. Main income indicators in 2007, (TF14
Total 30.1 35.5 16.05 54.8 classification) (Euro/ ha UAA)
Gross farm Farm net Net value Subsidies
income income added
Analyze of subsidies reflects that: Specialist
COP 265.1 103.6 212.1 163.4
- the farms from the classes with 0-4 and 8-16 Specialist
ESU received the lowest subsidies (around 130 other
fieldcrops 782.5 282 652.2 257.2
euro/ha UAA); 48-49% of them are represented Specialist
by decoupled payments; horticulture 3293.3 1215.2 2808.4 386.5
- the farms from the classes with 0-4 and 8-16 Specialist
wine 2655 613.6 2179.6 150.7
ESU received the biggest subsidies; this Specialist
subsidies are represented by sums offer like orchards -
fruits 1981.6 1185.6 1668.1 122.1
compensation for calamities or like support for Specialist milk 1174.7 941.3 1048.7 295.7
intermediary consumption (56.4% for 16-40 Specialist
sheep and
ESU, 57.9% for 40-100 ESU and 54.2% for goats 572.3 394.7 497.1 117.1
farms over 100 ESU); Specialist
granivores 3317.2 1779.4 2671.9 1129.7
Mixed crops 766.5 267.5 585.7 105.6
Table 7. Total subsidies (excluding on investments) in Mixed
2007 (euro/ha UAA, %) livestock 643.9 421.7 458.1 126.1
Specification 0<4 4<8 8<16 16<40 40<100 >100 Total Mixed crops
ESU ESU ESU ESU ESU ESU and livestock 587.7 377.1 470.7 114.7
Total 131.1 179.1 127.8 198.6 198.9 248.7 169.7 Sursa: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rica/database/database.cfm
subsidies 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Total subsidies 4.1 17.4 0.9 14.5 9 5.9 6
on crops 3.1 9.7 0.7 7.3 4.5 2.4 3.5 Subsidies system for agricultural producers has
Total subsidies
on livestock
33.3
25.4
64.4
36
26.4
20.7
23.2
11.7
25.6
12.9
59.3
23.8
37.6
22.1
an important role in raising the economical
Other 29.4 22.6 36 62.4 73.3 81.3 48.1 efficiency of Romanian farms. Due to the low
subsidies 22.5 12.6 28.1 31.4 36.8 32.7 28.3
Subsidies on 15.3 26.8 15.1 49.6 42 53.5 29.2
productivities and chain organizational
intermediate
onsumption
11.7 15 11.8 25 21.1 21.5 17.2 problems, the vegetal and animal farms are
Decoupled 48.9 47.8 49.5 49 49 48.6 48.9 very dependent of this system. The degree of
payments 37.3 26.7 38.7 24.7 24.6 19.5 28.8
(SAP) dependence is point out by the share of
subsidies in net income, the share of subsidies
in net value added (NVA) and the share of
direct payments in net value added (NVA):
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5. Subsidies value on hectare UAA situates
Table 9. The impact of subsidies on farms performance Romania on the last places in EU; with almost
(TF14 classification) (%) 170 euro/ha, Romania it’s in front only of
Subsidies/Net Subsidies/ Direct
Income NVA payment/NVA Bulgaria, Estonia and Lithuania; but we have to
Specialist COP 157.7 77 23.1 understand that 2007 was not a good
Specialist other
fieldcrops 91.2 39.4 7.4 agricultural year; many countries were affected
Specialist horticulture 31.8 13.8 1.7 by drought (Denmark, Sweden, Hungary,
Specialist wine 24.6 6.9 2.3
Specialist orchards - Slovenia and Czech) and the subsidies had a
fruits 10.3 7.3 3 major role in results indicators.
Specialist milk 31.4 28.2 4.6
Specialist sheep and
6. In 2007 the subsidies were formed in
goats 29.7 23.6 10.1 proportion of 25.6% from crop and animal
Specialist granivores 63.5 42.3 1.9 subsidies, 28.3% from compensation for
Mixed crops 39.5 18 8.1
Mixed livestock 29.9 27.5 10.9 calamities, 17.2% from production credit
Mixed crops and subsidies and 28.8% from direct payments;
livestock 30.4 24.4 10.3
Sursa: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rica/database/database.cfm subsidies for rural development (Second Pillar)
were not paid in 2007 in Romania and Bulgaria.
The farms specialized in cereals, oilseed, 7. Farm performance analyze reveal that:
protein crops, other crops and in growth of - the farms with big economical sizes are
granivores are the first that are affected by the orientated in special to vegetal production
changes in the level of subsidies because over that were the first affected by drought in
63% of the net income and 39% of NVA derive 2007; the high costs of inputs, the low
from them. The other farms from horticulture, incomes and the subsidies in form of
viticulture or mixed didn’t have so much compensation distorted the financial
influence of subsidies on the economical results in this farms;
performance. - direct payments represent around 30% of
total subsidies;
CONCLUSIONS - over 60% of farms (big and specialized
farm with COP, crops and granivores)
1. In total sample farms over 94% are less than have a direct economical dependence of
4 ESU; even this selection its made base on the subsidies.
national farm structure we have to point out 8. Direct payments for 2007 were paid only in
that many countries from FADN system don’t the next year; this fact that was repeated in
have this class in their evidence. In Netherland 2008 causes distortion in collected data.
and Belgium over 80% of the farms has more
than 40 ESU. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2.In the 0-4 ESU and 8-16 ESU class 37% are
crops farms, 15% milk farms and the others are This research work was financed from Project
mixed; in the 4-8 ESU class 47% are cattle Program Sectorial No. 612/2006.
farms, 27% crop farms and the others are
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4. The drought conditions have more effect on MADR.
the economical results of farms specialized in
fieldcrops.
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GUIDELINE OF THE ROMANIAN VILLAGE TOWARDS TOURISM
Cornelia Elena TUREAC1, Ioan BORDEAN1, Anca Gabriela TURTUREANU1, Gabriela PADURE2
1
University Danubius, Galatzi, 3, Galatzi , 800654, Galatzi, Romania, Phone: +40 74 510 53 79
Email: [email protected], [email protected] , [email protected]
2
Raiffeisen Bank, Costache Negri Agency , 3 Galatzi , 800654, Galatzi, Romania, Phone: +40 72
691 79 18, Email: [email protected]
Key words: village, heritage, tourism, rural space, values, criteria
Abstract
Through its cultural, historical, ethnographic, natural and socio-economic values, the Romanian village is an essential
part of the countryside and through the certified touristic value can become a “touristic product” of great originality
and brand for the Romanian tourism. To gibe the real image of the Romanian rural area with its ancestral spirituality,
rural tourism and agro-tourism can’t be promoted as touristic offers than in the context “touristic village” and of the
“ethnographic area” to which integrates. The used method is based on the complex analysis of the natural, economic
and cultural-historical (with emphasis on the potential of folk) heritage, but also of other elements that shape or
complete the resource of the rural settlements or mediates their assessment. The results of the analysis are concluded in
establishing some identification criteria of the rural settlements as touristic villages.
Recently there were imposed, as formula of The repeated observations and the experience
holiday, the vacation villages, but especially that has accumulated in the qualitative
“touristic villages” with stays at agro-touristic assessment of the psycho-social phenomena
farms, both as necessity and as “touristic related to tourism, it is crystallized into a
fashion”. Between the minimal conditions that general conception on the motivation related in
must meet a settlement to become touristic this case, to the tourism in rural areas. Starting
village, we remember: from the characteristics of the urban
 placing within a naturally attractive environment joined to obligations and specific
environment, without sources of pollution; social conventions, there can be detected a
 easy accessibility by road, rail, river and air. range of needs, which the citizen, the engaged
 the presence of representative ethno- citizen in the urban environment, express then
folkloric traditions (folk architecture, arts and growing steadily and tend to turn them into
crafts, folklore and popular costumes, action.
ethnographic museum, folk festivals, traditions The research methodology of rural settlements
and popular customs, etc.) with special rural potential – “touristic villages”
 existence of some rich touristic resources can be achieved only under a complex
and may to be recovered by carrying out as multidisciplinary analysis of the whole natural,
varied as possible holiday activities: recreation, economic and cultural-historical heritage (with
walking outdoors, air cleaning, swimming and accent on the potential ethno-folkloric), but also
water sports, small trips, mountain climbing, of other elements that shape or complete the
mountaineering and speotourism, cultural resources of the rural environments or mediate
activities or participation to cultural actions that their capitalization.
are taking place in the village, integration in the
traditional economical activities etc; RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
 a level of comfort, ensured with the local
means, simple or more complex (sanitary Natural context
installations and bath, current water)[2].
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 Unit of relief – hill, mountain, depression,  Sanitary facilities – dispensaries, hospitals,
valley, altitude, specific and interesting clinics, etc;
landforms (caves, rocks, keys);  Sportive facilities and for recreation – sport
 Mirrors of water – rivers, lakes, swamps; fields, swimming pools, bowling alley, sky
 Mineral waters – carbonated, sulfur, chlor- alley, cycling, other forms of entertainment;
alkali, etc; a-thermal and thermal; probe,  Services for population – barbers,
natural springs, wells; hairdressers, tailors, radio and TV repair, post,
 Therapeutic sludge – peat, mud, mineral; telephone, broadcasting, TV relay, car service,
 Therapeutic gases – CO2 sulfate; gas stations
accommodation pits; Social and cultural Context
 Climate – temperature, precipitations, snow  Population – number of habitants, national
(average thickness, duration of days); ski areas; structure and by age; type of settlement;
other phenomena;  Cultural and historical attractions
 Vegetation-forest-essences, meadows, - historical monuments and secular art
reserves, natural monuments; and religious, archaeological sites, ruins of
 Fauna- fishing and hunting species; species of fortresses, castles, mansions and museums;
scientific interest; - ethnographic-folklore: folk architecture,
 Natural reservations – type; areas of care popular installations and techniques,
Posititon and accessibility popular wear, choreographic musical
 Administrative affiliation – village, folklore and literary, folklore celebrations,
commune, county, the position twoards the festivals, ethnographic museums;
administrative centers ;  Cultural facilities – community centers,
 The position toward: European roads, theaters, houses of culture, libraries, etc;
national, county, airport, railways, forest roads;  Peasant households – number of houses,
 Position beside the ethnographic area; access, detached guests rooms, touristic and
important touristic objectives, touristic resorts, agro-touristic boarding houses etc., heating,
hut, cities, etc; water supply, sanitation, sewerage, construction
 Condition of the roads – modernized, asphalt material, roof, yard, stable position, garden,
surface, paved fruit trees, grassland, number of rooms for
Economic Context renting – in annex or in the main house,
pension or semi-pension (approval
 Economical functions – agriculture (including
requirements for 1,2,3 stars – flowers);
livestock), orchards, vineyard;
presence of small animals, for traction, for
- forestry;
milk, etc
- local industry
Legislation
- touristic, etc.
From the previous presentations it was
 Share of the economic functions in the local
highlighted the importance of the “touristic
activity and in the habitants revenues
village” in promoting the rural tourism.
 Subsoil resources – construction rocks, coal,
Although since 1973 it was tried to
salt, etc;
institutionalize the “touristic village” and
 Technical and utilities facilities – promotin the accommodation in the rural
alimentation with electric energy and water, houses, until now there isn’t any legislation to
type of heating, drainage, type of road govern the assimilation, organization and
reinforcement, parks, lawns, car stations and functioning of some rural settlements as
train; “touristic villages”. The existing laws concerns
 Commercial facilities – stores by types; only the functioning of the touristic and agro-
 Touristic facilities – accommodation – types, touristic pensions, but as local entities
capacities and comfort, balneary ( rest homes, disconnected from the rural settlement and the
pavilions, treatment bases); alimentation ethno-folklore area circumscribed to those.
(restaurant, bar, pension, capacities and
comfort, property);
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Criteria of identification of the rural settlements The criterion refers to the existence of the
as touristic villages pensions or boarding houses which to provide
A rural settlement to have a touristic function accommodation and meal in the base of some
must fulfill certain requirements, primarly comfort, hygiene and sanitary standards. These
related to the assesment of folk traditions, but standards were developed by the Ministry of
also the quality of the environment, by the Tourism in conjunction with the international
eventual toruistic resources, as good as of their ones.
accessibility and geographic positions. Are Environmental quality criterion
imposed thus, the establishment of some Has in view the environmental quality from the
criteria for determining the rural touristic respective settlement and of the bordering
potential. Are taked into account the following natural framework (sources of pollution and
criteria: ethno-folklore, touristic assesment, the degradation, conflicts between the development
endowment of the peasant fouseholds, of the settlement and its economy with the
environmental quality, technical and urbanistic tourism and environment, but and between
and commercial facility, accessibility and the tourism- environment. The general aspect of the
geographic position. settlement (urbanization, cleaning, specific
Ethnographic and folkloric assessment criterion architecture, the technical-urbanistic)
Considers the ethnographic traditions and contributes enhancing of these ecological
folkloric (crafts, popular wear, character of the qualities as well as and the way of managing
settlement, musical folklore, choreographic, the conflicts arising between economy-tourism
literary), traditional occupations specific to the and environment or tourism and environment.
village and unchanged over time,, the popular The criterion of technical-municipal,
architecture (of the houses and settlement, commercial and sanitary equipping
wooden churches), folkloric manifestations The technical and urbanistic facility (water
specific to the Romanian ethnographic areas supply, energy, sewerage, street network,
and slightly altered over years, museum commercial establishments, sanitary, etc) is an
institutions pavilion or outdoor, etc. All these important criterion in assessing the opportunity
elements and phenomena are constituted in of introducing the rural settlement within the
most of the specific heritage, which gives the touristic circuit. Also at technical facilities we
“brand” to the rural settlement. must include and the sportive or recreation ones
Criterion of touristic assesment or existing touristic structures of reception,
It is about those elements of the natural some of these aren’t mandatory, An important
environment as well as landscape aspects, place are having the technical arrangement of
resources of mineral water, and other touristic the rivers, forests, and grassland nearby.
resources (hunting, fishing background, ski The criterion of accessibility
area, snow layer, etc.) but and of the socio- The accessibility of the rural settlement, within
economic and cultural-historic framework it, but also to the approved households or at the
which allow the realization of diversified offers touristic objectives plays an important role. It is
of programs within a stay (cultural, sportive about national roads, railway lines, airports,
programs, hiking and mountain climbing etc.) roads and rail hub, communal roads, alleys,
Here the volume, variety and the assessment for sidewalks, etc.
tourism of the resources give the appreciation The criterion of geographical location
on the toruistic function of the rural settlement. It has an important role in assessing the
It is about the toruistic resources of the locality, settlement of the rural locality, as touristic
but also by their surrounding, following the destination, in relation to the main issuing
isochrones of 15-30 km depending on the centers of tourism and touristic objectives of
mobility degree of the tourist. great value, border points, highways and
The criterion of existence and of the peasant railroads, which can lead to the hierarchy of
household quality (touristic and agro-touristic value, in this effect.
pensions) We note that these criteria are used for
identification and determination of the rural
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settlements with specific rural heritage and we CONCLUSIONS
say, with touristic value of “brand”, which is
equivalent with the identification of a new To increase the value of a touristic village can
“touristic product” – “Romanian touristic contribute the following:
village” which by organization and promotion 1.the existence of a tradition in what concerns
can lead to the diversification of the Romanian the touristic activity;
touristic offer for the foreign market. 2.the consideration of possible balneo-climatic
Promoting “touristic villages” (mineral and thermal waters, therapeutic gases
So far, in Romania, the touristic villages were and mud, salt lakes s, sea beach, etc);
only partial subject of promoting and touristic 3.the existence of a valuable archaeological
advertising on the foreign markets, because remains, historic monuments, of art and
they didn’t made a toruistic priority offer. architecture;
Exception made the touristic villages Sibiel ( 4.the presence of health facilities, social-
Sibiu county) and Leresti (Arges county), cultural, sportive, commercial, etc;
which were promoted abroad by the ONT 5.adequate technical-utilities endowments
Carpathians S.A. both through their advertising (roads, alleys, sewer)
and by international catalogs, the first Determined, in what concerns the capitalization
remaining further, a selling touristic product. of the touristic potential from the rural area, it
The revival of the Romanian “toruistic village” can be said that the development of agro-
as touristic product, in the condition of the tourism involves four components:
market economy and when all the action is  The village territory (estate) with its natural
resumed from the beginning, the promotion and environment and built and the touristic
implicitly the advertising on the internal and resources related to it, which is the support and
external market acquires new dimensions and “raw material” for agro-tourism;
involve many steps and stages. The “touristic
 People as responsible and as provide of agro-
village” restores the local spiritual specificity
touristic services;
and originality or from an area of the country
 The touristic products (agro-touristic offer),
(ethnographic) and therefore it must be
which must be as personalized, authentic and of
promoted as global “touristic product”. It is
quality;
composed of several “toruistic sub-products”
respective , the agro-touristic farms and  Partnership in organizing and developing the
boarding houses, which customizes the local rural tourism
touristic offer (zonal), it diversifies in relation 6. The village as important element of the
with the professionalism, traditions and administrative structure is a specific result of
hospitality of the householder (see the touristic the social and historical evolution
villages Bran, Moeciu, Vama, Dorna, Candreni 7. The rural architecture has at it turn,
– Bucovina, Vadu Izei – Maramures, Sibiel, inevitable problems with which is facing.. The
etc., which is the zonal ethnographic specificity rural settlements are, equally, the work of
an in which is marketed a number of different communities of time. They must be
households as agro-touristic farms ad toruistic preserved as cultural heritage of the humanity.
pensions). Therefore, we consider, that is fair to 8. The economical support of the farmers is a
be included in catalogs the “touristic village” major problem within the economical and
and the ethnographic area beside the agro- political environments
touristic farm and not the county, which, as Particularly in the case of isolated rural
administrative entity, can disappear, bu the settlements, which aren’t having the availability
ethnographic reality will endure long time and to ensure and sustain numerous services, the
gives the image of brand. The signalization of rural tourism can help to maintain their
toruistic assessment will be achieved through viability. Obviously, it is assumed that the
an icon “touristic village” installed at the respective settlements must have particular
entrances in the village and in town halls. elements of touristic attraction, and the
phenomena of touristic circulation to be
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stimulated and amplified by adequate level, but a selective one, on one side, on stages
marketing of the touristic offer. (units) of terrain with a varied natural
Numerous studies conducted in countries with environment, but which to capture the
tradition within the rural tourism have shown characteristics of the entire territory of the
that the average incomes of the farmers can be country and on the other side, on the
increased by providing various forms of representative ethno-folkloric areas. This
accommodation, by promoting the visits in the selective research could create a model of study
agricultural farms that have various attractive applicable to the level of the country.
features (riding, wine preparation, gardening,
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AGRICULTURAL POLICIES CURENTLY RUN BY ROMANIA IN THIS

CRISIS CONDITIONS

Cornelia Elena TUREAC
Danubius University , 3 , Galatzi, 800654, Galatzi, Romania, Phone +40 74 007 63 86,
Email:[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],
[email protected]
Key words: vulnerability, agriculture, crisis programs, EU
Abstract
Romania has a strong agricultural potential, this article wants to analyze the currently agro-food policy and Romania
has undertaken a comprehensive financial program with funding mostly from the EU exactly 80% with the remaining
20% are to be funded from the state budget. The rural area is characterized by the existence of significant segments of
the population economically and socially in difficulties in meeting the new requirements set by the EU-27, advanced
agriculture. Also the international financial crisis is not too good of news for the internal agriculture .So were
established several programs to help this important sector of economy, programs that enjoy EU support. The method
used to research these policies agro-technical is technical analysis also the principles and political strategies involved
in carrying out these programs, eventually we will highlight the results of this material, results that wish to provide a
bridge between the countryman and the state.
INTRODUCTION
In this article we want to analyze agriculture as MATERIAL AND METHOD

a whole and the projects that want to help the
rural population, projects such as Measure 112- To assist us in achieving this article we used
“Setting up of young farmers”, Measure 121- statistics from the EU and Romania such as
“Modernization of agricultural holdings”, INSSE, APIA, EUROSTAT, APDRP, and that
Measure 312-“Support for the creation and in order to have a more accurate and overall
development of micro-enterprises”, Measures picture. This significant potential of the
313 – “Encouragement for tourist, Stimulating Romanian agriculture and increase food price
SME - sites that processes agricultural worldwide would maintain a high interest for
products”, Measure 142 - "Setting up producer foreign investors on the sector.
groups" Measure 125 - "Improving and
developing infrastructure related to developing RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
and adapting agriculture and forestry ", we
listed only some of them, mainly all projects The Romania has the highest level of use of
are good news both for the Romanian village unpaid family workers in agriculture in EU-27.
and the agriculture of this country, this article Moreover, low investment rates have increased
discusses these measures as a whole in order to vulnerability to the Romanian agriculture and
make us an overall picture and trying to climate conditions have induced to this sector a
emphasize points and the weaknesses and how very volatile behavior.
we address these weaknesses to improve and Limiting factor (which stands in the way of
eliminate them along with the various efficient agriculture) would be:
discrepancies between the legislature and the 1. Highly fragmented structure of the
methodology.[4] agricultural area is an obstacle in attracting new
investment, while affecting labor productivity;
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2. Rural area is characterized by the existence regarded as a main beneficiary of Romania's
of significant segments of the population EU accession.
vulnerable to economic and social difficulties In theory, Romania can become the third
in meeting the new complex agriculture European agricultural power after France and
requirements set by EU; Germany, in terms of better absorption of EU
3. External funding is crucial because funds until 2013, a significant direct foreign
government support for agriculture will be investment and a certain government support.
modest in coming years, along with increased Practically, however the situation is less good
pressure on budgetary spending an important and it shows in the following tables:
social component. Banks have mainly targeted
to large customers and to a lesser extent than Table 1: Production de cereal in UE (1000ha)
Production of cereals in the EU
the smaller ones that should be the main Country Area cultivated with cereals (1000 ha)
beneficiaries of the national programs. This 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
France 9.349 9.175 9.048 9.089 9.678
approach is closely related to the level of Poland 8.377 8.328 8.381 8.352 8.598
availability in terms of risk taking; Germany 6.946 6.839 6.702 6.571 7.038
4. The international financial crisis is not too Spain 6.602 6.598 6.304 6.244 6.705
Romania 6.230 5.828 5.078 5.108 5.184
good news for domestic agriculture; Italy 4.278 3.999 3.801 3.933 4.018
Contributing factor: U. Kingdom 3.129 2.920 2.857 2.860 3.273
Hungary 3.001 2.933 2.838 2.765 2.917
The Rising prices represent an opportunity for
the countries with strong agricultural sectors.
Table 2: Production de cereal in UE
Why say that rising prices are an opportunity Production of cereals in the EU
for countries with strong agricultural sectors? Country Cereal production (1000 t)
Simply because:
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
1. Prices have increased significantly in the
France 70.381 63.977 61.613 59.382 70.377
international markets in recent years because of
Poland 29.635 26.927 21.775 27.142 27.664
specific changes: such as increasing demand for
Germany 51.097 45.980 43.474 40.632 50.104
food from people and the increasingly high Spain 23.965 13.486 18.367 23.820 23.269
living standards in Asia; Romania 24.389 19.331 15.740 7.788 16.750
2. Increase in demand for bio fuels, especially Italy 21.770 20.092 18.787 18.810 20.201
in the U.S. and EU; U.
22.074 21.024 20.805 19.354 24.282
3. Severe weather conditions in many Kingdom
Hungary 22.074 21.024 20.805 19.354 24.282
countries are reducing cyclically drastically the
agricultural production. Profound changes in
Table 3: Share of agriculture in GDP (%)
the global economy, including accelerated Share of agriculture in GDP (%)
economic growth of China and India were Year Contribution to GDP
faithfully reflected in developments on the 2000 10.83%
stock exchange goods - food, energy, metals,
2001 13.26%
etc. [1];
2002 11.37%
4. The international price of the wheat has
2003 11.57%
advanced by almost 200% between 2001 and
2004 12.57%
2008. Upward trend could continue in the
2005 8.40%
coming years, albeit with a more modest pace
2006 7.79%
as agricultural supplies are adjusting slower in
2007 6.15%
relation whit the evolution of demand.
2008 6.46%
Also Romania has a privileged position in
terms of agricultural resources. Arable land
As mentioned above Romania has created a
represents 39.5% of the total territory and only
series of programs in agriculture that are
five other countries in the world are having
developed in partnership with the EU. These
more comfortable position than Romania in this
programs aim at increasing the dynamic
regard. Domestic agricultural sector is often
activity of villages and agricultural yield
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through the formation of new farms, attracting agricultural products diversification of
young people, even non-agricultural manufactured products and by obtaining
development activities and that because there is renewable energy and biofuels. Also wants to
a fairly large proportion of people in agriculture increase the standards of companies ,
that are unpaid. community’s and the adaptation in the
Specifically such programs are[6]: production and distribution in order to obtain
1. Measure 112 "Setting up of young aid value .The value of state aid is 20% and the
farmers" to fit in Axis I – “Improving the rest of the 80% is supported by EU , total value
competitiveness of agriculture and forestry " is 118,125,000 Euro.
and wants to improve the competitiveness of 4. MEASURE 125 - "Improving and
the agricultural sector through the setting up of developing infrastructure related to
young farmers and supporting the development and adaptation of agriculture and
modernization process in accordance but with forestry sector” has the overall objective of
demands for environmental protection, hygiene, agricultural and forestry infrastructure adapt to
welfare and safety at work. Also wants a the new ownership structure that result from the
revenue growth led by young farmer’s process of restitution of property to increase
holdings. Public input is 20% remaining 80% competitiveness of agriculture and forestry by:
coming from EU. Financial support for reducing risk and uncertainty in agriculture by
Measure 112 is non-refundable and is worth a reducing the incidence of natural phenomena
total of 337,221,484 euro’s. (drought, floods, soil erosion, etc..) improve
2. Measure 121 - "Modernization of environmental quality and reduce pollution
agricultural holdings" to fit in Axis I – sources, construction and / or upgrading
“Improving the competitiveness of agriculture agricultural infrastructure (access roads and
and forestry sector " and aims to increase the agricultural roads for farm work correction of
competitiveness of the agricultural sector torrents), located in agricultural land fund,
through a better use of human resources and modernization and / or upgrading of irrigation
factors of production and fulfillment of national systems and other land reclamation works
and international standards community. This (drainage, flood defense works, etc.).. Total
program wants the introduction and cost 604,058,520 euro’s, of which the public
development of new technologies and costs is 20% and the remaining 80% from the
processes, diversification, adjusting the profile EU.
and quality level market requirement. Also 5. MEASURE 142 - "Setting up producer
wants to use renewable energy. It stimulates the groups and aims to increase the
growth of animals, establishment of plantations, competitiveness of primary agricultural and
purchase of equipment and new machinery, forestry sectors”, through the balanced and the
completion of construction / modernization development of relations between producers
construction. The public input is 20% and processing and marketing sectors, adapting
remaining 80% coming from EU. The total is the production of a qualitatively and
1,840,962,042 euro’s. quantitatively to consumer demands. It also
3. Measure 123 - "Adding value to wants to encourage the establishment of
agricultural and forestry “ is an aid scheme to producer groups in agriculture and forestry to
boost SMEs - sites that processes agricultural obtain quality products that meet EU standards
products in view of food products other than by applying unit production technologies and
those stipulated in Annex 1 of the EC Treaty as market access support to its members. Measure
well as those who operate and process 142 corresponding public contribution, is
agricultural products in order to obtain and use 138,855,905 euro’s in total, of which 20% -
renewable energy and biofuels - XS 80% contribution and the Romanian
13/123A/2008. The objectives of the scheme Government – and the EU .
are drawn from the national strategy of the 6. Measure 312 - "Support for the creation
SME sector and to increase competitiveness of and development of micro enterprises" aims at
the companies processing and marketing of a sustainable development of rural economy by
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encouraging non-agricultural activities, in order While agricultural policies and official
to increase the number of jobs and additional institutions formally fulfilled all criteria for
income by: create and maintain jobs in rural membership of the EU agricultural sector itself
areas, adding value in non-agricultural is not yet ready to use effectively the
activities, the creation and diversification of opportunities raised and to respond
services for rural population provided by the appropriately to new challenges ahead in the
micro-enterprises, encouragement for current political climate and economically.
handicraft and other traditional activities. Total It is noted that Romania has a huge potential in
costs are of 383,429,681 euro’s, of which 20% terms of agriculture and perhaps that is the
of the state budget the remaining 80% coming main reason why the EU has agreed to receive
from EU. us within it. But our agriculture is not ready to
7. Measure 313 – “encouragement for compete with that of the union and that as we
tourist "to fit the axis III – “Improving quality face in most cases we practice subsistence
of life in rural areas and diversification of rural agriculture and not a performance one which
economy" and aims to develop tourism bring added revenue and create value[2].Above
activities in rural areas to contribute to mentioned programs are meant to revive
increasing the number of jobs and alternative Romanian villages and to highlight the
income, and to increase the appeal of space is attributes, the EU needs food when in shortage
desired rural. So value added growth in the is being felt both in price and in the psyche of
travel industry, creating and maintaining the population who become dissatisfied. It can
employment through tourism activities, be seen easily from the above tables that
particularly youth and women, increasing the although Romania agricultural have areas with
number of tourists and the duration of visits, a superior potential to other countries such as
creating recreational facilities to provide access Spain and Poland are still behind them and
to natural areas of touristic interest, etc.. Public that's because the cultivated area is
input associated to Measure 313: 544,222,774 continuously decreasing, the share in GDP is
euro’s, of which 20% of the Romanian State declining and take so that agriculture he took
and the remaining 80% of the EU. increasingly more and more a shape of hazard
These programs come as it could not be better agriculture, because it all is a lottery and the
considering the current social and economic national system of irrigation of its remaining is
environment dominated by the current only archaeological evidence of being in ruin in
economic crisis. Yet the crisis has not only much of the country .So Romania's problems
brought bad things she has helped the business are both administrative as an ideological
by breaking and resetting speculative bubble in complacency and that's because in many cases
land prices especially had a tendency to triple there is no desire to implement a project and
the cost of acquisition and from quarter to carry out to the end the government at the
quarter not to mention from year to year. This advice of EU has created these programs with
package of measures proposed by the the related application frameworks and
Romanian Government wants to reach all the supervisory authorities necessary to support
major branches of agriculture and to support mainly those wishing to become involved in
them at medium-term time window 2007-2013. agriculture and want to do performance ex.
Apart from European funds, local opportunities masure 112 –“ Setting up young farmers “ even
may arise in applying a regulatory framework the name "112" we realize that it is an
more stable and predictable as a result of emergency call, which is expected to answer
implementation of CAP, with positive effects in especially from young people and the main
terms of price stabilization. Harnessing the reason is that all the above mentioned programs
benefits of full integration of Romania into the are not reimbursable.
European Union could open new opportunities
for Romanian farmers that can supply a market
with a population exceeding 500 million
inhabitants.
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CONCLUSIONS cultivated land that currently is in
decline;modernization and upgrading of
Romanian agriculture can be said that due to national irrigation systems;
inadequate structure of the sector which is As final conclusion we can say that having
dominated by the large number of small potential is not everything it should and
subsistence farms, with a low orientation to enhanced especially now that prices have
market requirements without eligibility for increased significantly in international markets
funding, resulted in a relatively low rate of in recent years because of specific changes such
recovery of well-known agricultural potential as increased demand for food from the increase
many current problems must be solved such as population and living standards. In addition we
:decreased levels of unpaid family working in add the severe weather conditions in cyclically
agriculture;increasing investments to reduce in recent years have drastically reduced
vulnerability of the Romanian agriculture to the agricultural production in many countries.
weather conditions that have induced highly
volatile sector behavior;creating strong REFERENCES
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programs designed for agriculture;increase of
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THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMEs IN RURAL AREAS

Cornelia Elena TUREAC
Danubius University, 3 Galatzi, 800654, Galati, Romania, Phone +40 74 007 63 86, Emai:
[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],
[email protected]
Key words: agriculture, development, government programs, competition
Abstract
This article aims to discuss how Romania is trying to revitalize rural life. The overall objective is sustainable
development of rural economy by encouraging non-agricultural activities, in order to increase the number of jobs and
additional income. We will present and discuss Measure 312 - "Support for the creation and development of micro-
enterprises" we will examine this program in terms of methodology and implementing rules and sorting the various
plans for approval, financing, and then we will highlight the results, results that will show both the ups and downs of
the financial instrument and what we can do to benefiting fully from them.
INTRODUCTION
MATERIAL AND METHOD
The measure 312 is fit on AXIS 3 - "Improving
quality of life in rural areas and diversification The research methods used is addressing the
of rural economy" and its overall objectives are major features of the program but first to
the sustainable development of rural economy familiarize ourselves we will do a brief review
by encouraging non-agricultural activities, in of it like this:
order to increase the number of jobs and The public input afferent measure 312 by the
additional income. To create and develop EAFRD is 383,429,681 EUR (9,910,000 Euro
micro-enterprises are available over 383 million allocated represent the associated financial
euros, which grants access from 2008 until guarantee for scheme SMEs) of which [1]:
2013 to everyone who wish. [5] - Romanian Government contribution from the
The need for this article is due to lack of central state budget - 20%;
information of the population that although he - EU contribution - 80%;
wants to start an economic activity is The total cost, consisting of public input and
discouraged by the lack of information and the private contribution is: 589,891,817 Euro.
terrifying bureaucracy. The main specific objectives of the measure
The main source of information was Law. 312 are [1]:
346/2004 on stimulating the creation and the 1.Creating and maintaining jobs in rural areas;
growth of small and medium enterprises, with 2.Growth of added value in non-agricultural
the subsequent amendments and the activities [2];
supplements. Emergency Ordinance no. 44 of 3.Creating and diversifying rural population
16 April 2008 on economic activities by provides by micro-enterprises.
authorized individuals, individual enterprises As operational objectives we have:
and family businesses, to access the Applicant 1.The creation and development of Micro-
Guide MEASURE 312 - "Support for the enterprise on non-agricultural existing sector in
creation and development of micro-enterprises" rural areas [1];
Version 03 of September 2009 [6]. 2.Encouraging business initiatives promoted,
especially by young women;
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3.Craft activities and encouraging other  Production of alcoholic beverages and beer;
traditional activities;  Tobacco products;
4.Reducing dependence on agriculture.  Manufacture of weapons and ammunition;
The main beneficiaries which are eligible for  Minting coins;
grant funds are:  Tourism and recreational activities related to
1.micro-enterprises; tourism activity;
2.individuals (not registered as economic  Research and development;
entities) – they will assumed a date of signing
 Financial intermediation;
the financing contract to authorize themselves
 Real estate;
with a minimum of individual and authorized
status to function as micro firm [3],  Gambling and betting and leisure related
activities;
Financing a project submitted under the
measure 312carried by PNDR is restricted to  Public administration and defense;
these categories of beneficiaries:  Social security insurance;
 Beneficiaries registered in the list of debtors  Fisheries and / or aquaculture;Investments
for APDRP SAPARD program and the related to primary wood processing stage until
EAFRD, until the full payment of the debts the timber;
towards APDRP, including the increase of  Production of energy from renewable sources
delay; as their main activity, with the purpose of sale;
 Beneficiaries of financing agreements B. By 312 measure are not eligible expenses
which are terminated by the APDRP initiative, such as [1]:
the EAFRD failure to comply with contract  Taxes and tax charges;
terms and termination is less than a year old;  Operational costs, including maintenance and
 Beneficiaries who are in , APDRP pending rent costs;
situations towards dispute litigation.  Bank charges, costs of guarantees and similar
We will also continue to present the minimum charges;
conditions for granting support such as the list  Expenditure for purchase of second-hand
of eligible and ineligible costs, the maximum equipment;
amount of funds, and project selection criteria.  Acquisition of land / buildings;
Minimum conditions [1]:  The purchase of vehicles for road goods
a) Micro-enterprises, both existing and newly transport services on behalf of third parties or
founded (start-up) must be registered and to as means of transport for people, as their main
conduct activities proposed by the project in activity, provided by the project for which
rural areas [4]; support is requested;
b) The beneficiary must demonstrate the  The purchase of vehicles for personal use;
viability of the investment;  VAT, except deductible VAT if it is
c) Micro-enterprise should not be in difficulty; genuinely and definitively supported by
d) The beneficiary must prove ownership of beneficiaries other than those taxable under
land that is to implement the investment or Article 71 (3), lit. a) of Regulation (EC)
right of use over a period of at least 10 years; 1698/2005;
Under the measure 312 can be achieved these C. The maximum amount of funds (the
types of investments [1]: intensity of support),312 measure from public
a) Investments in non-agricultural productive support grant will be up to 70% [4] of the total
activities; eligible costs and will not exceed:
b) Investment for development activities  50,000 Euro / project if the beneficiaries are
handicraft, handicraft and other non-traditional individuals authorized;
agricultural activity-specific;
 100.000 Euro / project for micro-enterprises
c) Services for rural population.
operating business in the road transport sector;
Types of eligible investments and expenses:
 200.000 Euro / project for other micro-
A. By measure 312 are not eligible activities
enterprises;
such as:
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 The minimum value of a project to be eligible Romania by "improving quality of life in rural
is 5000 Euro. areas and diversification of rural economy"
D. Criteria for selection of projects: aimed mainly at sustainable development of
 The applicant has not received funds for rural economy by encouraging non-agricultural
similar activities in the last 3 activities, in order to increase the number of
years; jobs and the additional revenue.
 Projects proposed by the activity creates more We can say that this program measures 312
than one place of work /25.000 euro’s invested; looked to aimed especially at:
 Projects that promote craft activities, craft; 1.young farmer until 40 years are in rural areas
 Projects undertaken by women / young age it;
until 40 years with sole individual projects 2.also a favored class and driven to start a
associate under the age of 40 years from date of business is female sex;
application for project financing; 3.prompts to start-ups;
 Start-up‘s. 4.refurbishment;
WARNING: If the company annual financial 5. non-agricultural activities in particular.
statements no longer fall within the limits laid What this program not succeeds is to simplify
down, it will lose the quality of small, medium procedures, a decrease of the surrounding
or micro enterprise only if exceeding these bureaucracy, the lack of an aggressive media
ceilings will occur in two consecutive financial campaign to highlight the strengths of Measure
years’’ art. 6 (2) of Law no. 346/2004 [3] 312, and especially not eventually lack of
If start-ups, whose financial statements were related programs to help countryman whit all
not approved on annual data, in law, data on the acts necessary to prepare because it is
average annual number of employees annual known that in villages there is a great lack of
net turnover and total assets are determined information.
during the financial year and declared it’s We propose therefore to those listed above the
specified by the representative firm. Art. 6 (3) following:
of Law no. 346/2004, [3] 1.Creating public information campaigns in
There is no minimum score. each community who have the responsibility as
Selection is made in descending order of score advertising activities, sharing of flyers,
selection, in the amount allocated per session. organizing periodic meetings that will be
The outs of eligible projects, selected with promoted, explained and supported in front of
equal score are eligible according to the value countryman of the entire program;
of the project in ascending order. 2.It can be also created special offices near the
mayors whit the main activity those to gather
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS and prepare the villagers for the program files
and beyond;
The basic principle of the grant is 3.Fewer offices and counters dealing with the
reimbursement of previously incurred by the issue of various instruments needed to the
beneficiary. A beneficiary may apply for one or program;
more projects throughout the programming 4.Centralizing these counters as much as
period (2007-2013) under measure 312, but the possible so that a counter to become multi-role
submission of another project EAFRD specifically to serve as many functions it’s
investment is conditional upon completion of possibly;
previously started and overlapping public aid 5.Reducing bureaucracy;
grant given to a beneficiary will not be 6.Along with reducing bureaucracy and
necessary documents it’s significantly reducing
CONCLUSIONS the analysis time per file, which in turn reduces
the total time to approval or rejection of the
The Romanian Government is trying to pending files that help first clerk and villager
revitalize with these programs the villages in who knows in advance what is wrong and what
does not and what can It do to be eligible;
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7.Not all villages have internet network so
cannot have access to all relevant information REFERENCES
so that it why looms the existing of office near
City Hall; [1] Guidelines for Applicants for Measure 312 - October
We have however initiatives that worth 2009, p.5-20,
mentioning such as: [2] (Community Guidelines on State Aid for Rescuing
And Restructuring Firms in Difficulty) published in OJ
1.Creating a mail address through which C244, 1.10.2004, p.2
citizens can bring to the knowledge the [3] Law. 346/2004 on stimulating the creation and
irregularities in question and what problems growth of small and medium enterprises, as amended and
encountered in getting information on the supplemented, p.5
measure 312; [4] Emergency Ordinance no. 44 of 16 April 2008 on
economic activities by authorized individuals, individual
2.Also the creation of a forum for discussion enterprises and family businesses.
and complaints; [5] www.apia.org.ro
3.Existents of a program with the public; [6] www.apdrp.ro
4.An existing site that are all related
information material and not only measure 312;
5.The site also offers different acts which can
be downloaded and printed for each villager in
part from the comfort of his home;
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BREEDING SWINE FOR MEAT – MAIN DIRECTION OF RE-LAUNCHING

OF THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Andrei ZBANCA, Virgiliu MOREI, Alexandru STRATAN
The State Agricultural University of Moldova,44 Mircesti, 2049, Chisinau, Republic of

Moldova,Phone: +373 22 432 432, Fax: +373 22 312 276, E-mail: [email protected]
Key words: swine, production costs, sales income, cost, profitability.
Abstract
The article was focused on determining the economic efficiency and arguing the economic calculations connected with
the economic efficiency of breeding swine for meat within the agricultural farms of the Republic of Moldova. In order to
make an analysis, the authors proposed the idea of creating a model farm breeding 30 sows. This example represents
an estimation of the entrepreneurs’ possibilities who want to set up such a farm that would include the whole
reproduction cycle till the sale of the fattened swine for slaughter. The economic calculations for swine breeding and
fattening have been done taking into consideration the following aspects: assessment of the necessary investments,
calculation of the annual consumptions, planning annual revenues from sales and calculation of the final economic
results. As a result of practicing the entrepreneurship activity within this farm designed for swine breeding and
fattening, we determined that it is possible to obtain a sufficient profit for the further development of the mentioned
business.
INTRODUCTION tions providing services and protection of the

national market and consumer’s rights.
Swine breeding has a longstanding tradition in
the Republic of Moldova and it is considered MATERIAL AND METHOD
one of the most important preoccupations of the
population from the ancient times. Swine The present article primarily focuses on
breeding and fattening don’t represent such a determining and arguing the economic calcu-
complicated activity and in order to achieve the lations regarding the economic efficiency of
desired production and benefits it is necessary swine breeding and fattening. In order to make
to have minimum professional knowledge. The the analysis, the authors proposed the idea of
success in swine breeding and fattening can be creating a model farm breeding a livestock of
ensured by the desire, decision, skillfulness, 30 sows. The necessary investments to set up
ability and experience of the breeder, but most this farm and purchase the production means
of all by the appropriate created conditions for can be done using personal sources or those
animals breeding, their exploitation and obtained from another financing source.
valorization.
The pork occupies about 50% from the total RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
meat produced in our country. Thus, for further
development of the animal husbandry sector, it Swine breeding is a profitable business which
is necessary to pay a special attention to the has the following advantages:
development of suina breeding branch.  It is one of the basic branches of the
In the period of 2001-2006, the Ministry of animal husbandry sector and it is a
Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic traditional one in rural areas.
of Moldova proposed and undertook a set of  The demand of pork and pork products
prospects measures with an immediate effect is still increased.
and which were oriented towards the  Advantageous marketing price which
improvement of the institutional management keeps growing.
of suina breeding branch, the consolidation of
the technical and material base of the institu-
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 The business can be set up in small proportions. In the Republic of Moldova, local
proportions (with minimum investments), breeds had lower carcasses quality,
and then extended as far as possible. reproduction and growing performances
 Suina can easily adapt to different although they were more resistant to local
breeding, exploiting and climatic weather conditions and presented interest for
technologies. the creation of new suina types and breeds.
 The business can be managed by family Consequently, in different periods different
members. production units used important improved
There are more than 100 breeds of suina breeds. Nowadays, the local used breeds are:
worldwide, which have a practical importance, Landrace, Duroc, Yorkshire, Hampshire,
but totally, taking into consideration all Pietrain, Big white and Moldovan type for
aboriginal, local and extinction breeds – they are meat, which have superior reproduction and
more than 400. production qualities. They are classified
In the last years, farmers are interested in according to their production direction and
breeding suina of the following breeds: place they occupy in crossing and hybridization
Pietrain, Duroc, Hampshire. This is due to the schemes in maternal and paternal breeds.
fact that suina breeding for meat attained vast
Table 1. General information about the suina breeds existing in the Republic of Moldova
Sows
Daily Thickness The weight
Adult boars Sows prolificity per Meat
Breed name average of fat layer, of 100 kg,
weight, kg weight, kg one farrowing, ration, %
growth, g mm days
piglets
Maternal breeds
Yorkshire 320-340 245-260 10-11 650-700 58-60 20-21 175-180
Landrace 300-320 230-250 230-250 680-700 58-60 18-20 170-185
Big white 300-350 220-260 10-12 650-700 57-58 30-32 180-190
Paternal Breeds
Hampshire 230-280 200-230 9-10 680-720 65-70 16,2-16,5 180-185
Duroc 270-300 230-250 8-9 750-780 65-70 17-18 180-185
Pietrain 250-290 215-240 9-10 500-550 70-72 16-16,2 180-185
Moldovan for meat 200-320 200-245 9-10 750 58-61 26-30 180-182
The choice of a special breed is very important the use of heterosis phenomenon and to obtain
as it must be done according to the established a supplementary profit of 15-20%. Sows are on
purpose, but also according to the existing heat approximately after each 18-22 days and
possibilities to feed and breed animals. this process lasts about 24-28 hours. Especially
Regardless of breed or hybrid, one should during these hours it is recommended to mount
ensure all the elements necessary for a good sows and a repeated mount is also suggested
growth and fattening, i.e.: proper shelter, after 10-15 hours. The mount can be done at the
sufficient and good quality feeding, adequate age of 9-10 months (weight of 100-130 kg).
care etc. Only the breed can not ensure the The gestation period lasts on the average about
desired success, it can be achieved along with 114 days. A breeding sow can be used for a
adequate feeding rations and breeding conditions. period of about 3-5 years.
The process of suina breeding is a relatively Sows feeding and farrowing. Farrowing lasts
simple one and such a business, the one that about 2-3 hours. During the milking period, the
doesn’t exceed the number of 500 porcines, can sows need about 3,5 nutritive units per 100 kg
be managed by one family members. The of live body weight, adding 0,33-0,38 nutritive
breeding process includes the following stages: units per each piglet.
Sows insemination. When the sows are on heat Feeding suckling piglets. When the suckling
they manifest interest for boars. It would be piglets are 4-5 days they can get pure water that
better to use a boar of noble race (Landrace, is changed 5-6 times per day and the breeders
Duroc, Hampshire), fact that will contribute to give them mineral supplements in the tub, such
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as: chalk, clay and woody coal. At the age of The economic estimations calculated for the
one week, mother’s milk is insufficient and model farm for pigs (30 sows) have been done
besides roast barley they are given dry milk. At taking into consideration the following facts:
the age of two weeks the breeders add hay 1. Capital investments to construct and equip
flour, beet, carrot and pumpkin. At the age of 5- the farm having a maxima producing
6 weeks the piglets digestive apparatus works capacity to breed and fatten 500 pigs (the
worse that’s why they get raw concentrates. In estimated calculations are based on 2
the first 10-15 days, the feeding is done 7-8 farrowings per year, average prolificity was
times per day and by the day of their weaning – about 10 viable piglets and annually the
4 times per day. Young boars castration is done number of viable suckling piglets should be
at the age of 18-20 days. 600);
Pigs fattening. Necessary fodders for pigs 2. Investments regarding circulating materials
breeding and fattening can be purchased from – the purchase of advanced genetic material;
the specialized enterprises producing this kind 3. The sows will be inseminated artificially;
of feeding or can be produced within the same 3. Expenses regarding animals breeding – the
enterprise. There are three types of fattening: production of personal concentrated
for meat, for bacon and till fat conditions. fodders and the purchase of certain fodders
Fattening for meat. For this purpose breeders at the market price;
choose well developed pigs of about 2,5-3 4. Planning of annual revenues from sales: (i)
months, with the body weight of 38-40 kg and pork marketing (about 450 animals, each
they are bred about 6-8 months until their body one having the average body weight of 120
weight attain 90-120 kg. kg, will be slaughtered in a specialized
Fattening for bacon For this purpose breeders slaughter-house paying for the rendered
choose well developed pigs of precocious service); (ii) marketing 140 breeding pigs
breeds at the age of 2,5 months, body weight - and (iii) scraping 10 sows annually with the
20-25 kg, breeding period – 5-7 months, until purpose of reforming sows livestock (the
their body weight attain 80-100 kg. sows will be used for a period of 3 years);
Fattening till fat conditions For this purpose 5. The calculation of annual consumptions
breeders choose adult sows and boars. and revenues from farm sales from the
Fattening period lasts 2-3 months. point of view of annual economic results
After presenting the general information from the operational economic activity of
regarding suina breeding branch, the article the entrepreneur.
includes also an example of a model farm In addition there will be organized special
breeding a livestock of 30 sows, and presents rooms in order to ensure completely the
the economic calculations of managing the pigs technological process. They should include:
farm business. This example represents an veterinary filter, department for fodder prepa-
estimation of entrepreneurs’ possibilities ration, rooms for staff, etc.
intending to set such a model farm, which will In order to plan the necessary quantity of
include the whole cycle from the reproduction fodders and their cost one should know the
stage till fattened porcines marketing for structure of fodders rations according to cate-
slaughter. gories of animals breeding, their purchasing
The model farm for pigs breeding and fattening price and total necessary fodder estimated in
for meat took into consideration the possibility natural units. Further we planned the necessary
to make cheap and functioning constructions fodder per groups of animals breeding and they
according to the requirements for animals are totally estimated in physical units on the
breeding and sanitary-veterinary requirements basis of the planned annual production at the
too. pig’s farm, as well as their afferent cost.
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Table 2. Planning of the annual feeding ration of a sow
Animal origin
Concentrates Juicy fodders Premixes
fodders
Other expenses
Total, lei
norm, kg/day
norm, kg/day
norm, kg/day
norm, kg/day
5%, lei
totally over
totally over
totally over
totally over
the period,
the period,
the period,
the period,
Period Days
lei
lei
lei
lei
Period of rest 135 1,50 405,0 1,20 40,5 0,10 270,0 0,030 60,8 38,8 815,1
Gestation 160 2,00 640,0 1,60 64,0 0,15 480,0 0,040 96,0 64,0 1344,0
Before farrowing 70 2,50 350,0 2,50 43,8 0,15 210,0 0,050 52,5 32,8 689,1
Total, lei 365 X 1395,0 X 148,3 X 960,0 X 209,3 135,6 2848,1
Table 3. Planning the feeding ration of a suckling piglet

Animal origin
Dry milk Concentrates Juicy fodders Premixes
fodders
Other expenses
Total, lei
5%, lei
totally over
totally over
totally over
totally over
totally over
the period,
the period,
the period,
the period,
the period,
Age (days)
kg/day
kg/day
kg/day
kg/day
kg/day
norm,
norm,
norm,
norm,
norm,
lei
lei
lei
lei
lei
Till 10 0,05 12,50 0,00 0,00 0,00 0,0000 0,00 0,63 13,13
Till 20 0,10 25,00 0,03 0,90 0,03 0,08 0,01 2,00 0,0006 0,09 1,40 29,47
Till 30 0,20 50,00 0,10 3,00 0,05 0,13 0,02 4,00 0,0020 0,30 2,87 60,30
Till 40 0,30 75,00 0,25 7,50 0,10 0,25 0,04 8,00 0,0050 0,75 4,58 96,08
Till 50 0,40 100,00 0,40 12,00 0,20 0,50 0,06 12,00 0,0080 1,20 6,29 131,99
Till 60 0,50 125,00 0,60 18,00 0,50 1,25 0,10 20,00 0,0120 1,80 8,30 174,35
Total, lei X 387,50 X 41,40 X 2,20 X 46,00 X 4,14 24,06 505,30
Table 4. Planning the feeding ration of a piglet for fattening

Animal origin
Concentrates Juicy fodders Premixes Salt Chalk
Other expenses 5%,

fodders
Total, lei
Category
the period, lei
the period, lei
the period, lei
the period, lei
the period, lei
the period, lei

norm, kg/day
norm, kg/day
norm, kg/day
norm, kg/day
norm, kg/day
norm, kg/day
totally over
totally over
totally over
totally over
totally over
totally over
of weight, Days
lei
kg
20-30 22 0,60 26,67 1,00 5,56 0,15 66,67 0,002 0,67 0,01 0,47 0,01 0,89 5,05 105,96
30-40 22 0,70 30,20 1,50 8,09 0,15 64,72 0,003 0,97 0,02 0,49 0,01 1,04 5,28 110,79
40-50 21 0,80 33,51 2,00 10,47 0,20 83,79 0,004 1,26 0,02 0,63 0,01 1,34 6,55 137,55
50-60 20 0,90 36,61 2,50 12,71 0,20 81,35 0,005 1,53 0,02 0,67 0,01 1,46 6,72 141,04
60-70 20 1,00 39,49 3,00 14,81 0,25 98,72 0,006 1,78 0,03 0,74 0,01 1,58 7,86 164,97
70-80 19 1,10 42,17 3,50 16,77 0,25 95,85 0,007 2,01 0,03 0,92 0,01 1,84 7,98 167,54
80-90 19 1,20 44,67 4,00 18,61 0,30 111,66 0,008 2,23 0,03 0,89 0,02 2,98 9,05 190,10
90-100 18 1,30 46,98 4,50 20,33 0,30 108,41 0,009 2,44 0,04 0,95 0,02 3,18 9,11 191,40
100-110 18 1,40 49,12 5,00 21,93 0,35 122,80 0,010 2,63 0,04 0,92 0,03 3,51 10,05 210,95
110-120 16 1,50 48,00 5,50 22,00 0,35 112,00 0,011 2,64 0,04 0,96 0,03 3,84 9,47 198,91
Total, lei 194 X 397,42 X 151,28 X 945,96 X 18,15 X 7,64 X 21,66 77,10 1619,20
Table 5. Planning annual consumptions of fodders within the model farm for pigs
Animal Other
Concentra Juicy
Specification origin Premixes Dry milk Salt Chalk expenses Total, lei
tes fodders
fodders 5%, lei
Fodder expenses for one animal, lei
Sows 1 395,00 148,25 960,00 209,25 135,63 2 848,13
Suckling piglets 41,40 2,20 46,00 4,14 387,50 24,06 505,30
Pigs for fattening 397,42 151,28 945,96 18,15 7,64 21,66 77,10 1 619,20
Annual fodder costs for the maintenance of pig groups, lei
Sows 41 850,0 4 447,5 28 800,0 6 277,5 0,0 0,0 0,0 4 068,8 85 443,8
Suckling piglets 24 840,0 1 320,0 27600,0 2 484,0 232 500,0 0,0 0,0 14 437,2 303 181,2
Pigs for fattening 178 836,9 68 074,6 425683,7 8 169,0 0,0 3 435,8 9 744,9 34 697,2 728 642,1
Total annual expenses 245 526,9 73 842,1 482 083,7 16 930,5 232 500,0 3 435,8 9 744,9 53 203,2 1 117 267,0
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On the basis of the necessary planned fodders within the farm will constitute about 1117,3
to breed and fatten a livestock of 30 sows and thousand lei.
450 pigs, annual consumptions of fodders
Table 6. Planning the average cost to produce and purchase fodders according to the type of model farm for pigs
Specification Sum, lei Quantity, kg Average price, lei/kg
Concentrates 245 526,9 118 623,5 2,070
Juicy fodders 73 842,1 295 368,4 0,250
Animal origin fodders 482 083,7 24 104,2 20,000
Premixes 16 930,5 1 128,7 15,000
Dry milk 232 500,0 9 300,0 25,000
Salt 3 435,8 2 290,5 1,500
Chalk 9 744,9 1 218,1 8,000
Other expenses 53 203,2 X X
Total 1 117 267,0 X X
Table 7. Planning annual production of meat within the model farm for pigs
Meat ratio after slaughtering, kg
Total meat,
Total number Live body Meat on
live body Head (6% Pluck (15%
Specification of pigs, weight carcass (65%
weight from live from live
head/annually 1 head, kg from live
annually, kg body weight) body weight)
body weight)
Pigs for fattening 450 120 54 000 35 100,0 3 240 8 100
Meat of reformed animals 10 250 2 500 1 625,0 150 375
Total sales X X 56 500 36 725 3 390 8 475
Table 8. Planning annual revenues from sales within the model farm for pigs
Commercial average
Specification UM Quantity Revenues from sales, lei
price, lei
Breeding pigs cap 140 800 112 000
Carcass meat kg 36 725 45 1 652 625
Pigs’ heads kg 3 390 32 108 480
Pigs pluck kg 8 475 25 211 875
Total X X X 2 084 980
When planning the economic results one should revenues from sales, sales cost, gross profit and
calculate such economic indices as: annual net profit.
Table 9. Planning annual economic results within the model farm for pigs
Specification Annual economic calculations, lei
I. Revenues from sales 2 084 980,0
Consumption for fodders 1 117 267,0
Consumption for total water 15 000,0
Transport expenses (1000 lei/month) 12 000,0
Veterinary services and consultations (500 lei/month) 12 000,0
Services of artificial insemination (100 lei/sow) 7 500,0
Veterinary preparations 30 000,0
Slaughter services (200 lei/slaughtered head) 92 000,0
II. Variable annual consumption 1 344 480,4
III. Gross profit (I-II) 740 499,6
Consumption for electrical energy (800 lei/month) 9 600,0
Calculated annual wearing 22 925,0
IV. Fixed annual consumption 35 777,5
V. Net profit (III-IV) 704 722,1
Note: the ear-market sum for veterinary services depends on animals health situation, and certain common procedures
will be accomplished by the entrepreneur.
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Thus, as a result of practicing the entrep- parasites, especially in inadequate breeding

reneurship activity within the model farm for conditions, that’s why in such a case it is
breeding pigs, we concluded that it is possible necessary to accomplish a series of
to obtain an annual profit of about 704,7 sanitary-veterinary measures to prevent and
thousand lei. control diseases;
6. Shelters’ quality and capacity and their
CONCLUSIONS interior design contribute to insure the
adequate microclimate and consequently
Finally, we’ll point out some important aspects good results in breeding/fattening;
which should be taken into consideration when 7. Because of pigs habit to rout and gnaw, the
enterprising such an activity: shelters should be provided with adequate
1. Besides the desire to set up a sector or a flooring and furniture.
farm for porcines fattening, it is also The tendencies in alimentary hygiene, economic
necessary a minimum technical knowledge competition and environment protection require
in this field. Thus, it is recommended to be new competitive products, at suitable prices,
generally informed regarding: feeding, ensuring at the same time animals well-being
hygiene, breeding and taking care, main and environmental protection.
breeds of suina and their characteristics,
fattening systems, valorization systems, etc. AKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2. If the advantages of porcines breeding and
fattening are insufficiently attractive after The present publication was elaborated in the
reading the information presented in this frame of the project „Economic reasoning of
article, then one don’t have to forget that production activities in the agricultural sector
porcines breeding should be done according of the Republic of Moldova”, financed by the
to the existing requirements and not at Supreme Council for Science and Technolo-
random; gical Development of the Academy of Sciences
3. Due to anatomic and physiological aspects of Moldova (financing contract nr. 21/ind from
of the digestive system, the porcines during 22.01.2009).
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42.RISK MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SAFETY ISSUES

43.COLLECTION OF WILD PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES AS A FACTOR OF RURAL

44.RESTORATION OF THE FLOODPLAIN FOREST FRAGMENTS IN AGRICULTURE

45.THE MICROREGIONAL PROGRAMME IN HARGHITA COUNTY, IN BEHALF OF

46.RURAL AREA NATURAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS (TIMIŞ COUNTY)

47.IDENTIFYING NATURAL TOURISM RESOURCES IN THE CARAŞ-SEVERIN

48.MILKING COWS BREEDING – A PRIORITIZED ACTIVITY FOR THE REVITALIZATION

50.THE IMPORTANCE OF AN APROPIATE NAME CHOOSING FOR INTERNET

51.RURAL TOURISM IN OŠČADNICA VILLAGE WITH THE EXAMPLE OF TOURISM

52.REALIZATION OF TRADITIONAL SHEEPHERDING IN AGRITOURISM

53.EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE STOCK IN REGION OF SUD VEST

55.STRATEGIES AND NECESSARY ACTIONS FOR FAVORABLE CREATION OF AN

56.INVESTMENTS – A STEP TO MODERNIZATION THE MOLDAVIAN REPUBLIC

57.THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES’