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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 2
Written by Roxana FRANZUTTI, Cătălin Răzvan VÎNTU, Dragoș SMEDESCU, Dănuț UNGUREANU, Valentina Constanța TUDOR, Gina FîNTîNERU

Since the 1950's, the tourism industry played a very important role for the global economic development. In 2017, tourism contributed with a fare of around 10% at the worldwide level. For the European Union, tourism has a very high significance for the market. Half of the tourist international arrivals are taken over by the European region and the economic contribution is similar for the rest of the world. Beside this, tourism has a high relevance for employment, with a contribution of around 12%. Unfortunately, for Romania, a country with a very high tourism potential, its resources are not exploited as appropriate, and the tourism contribution represents half of the European average. Our country occupies the 159th position out of 185. Besides this, the agrotourism for the Romanian market does not have a very high share, as it is still a developing segment of tourism. It started to take amplitude from 2000, when Romania received accession funds through the SAPARD support program. Since 2007, agrotourism received financing through the National Rural Development Program (NRDP) in the two multi annual financial frameworks: 2007-2013 and 2014-2020. The present study aims to analyse the situation in the N-E region and Suceava County from an agrotourism perspective by taking into consideration the effect of the rural development program on the number of agrotouristic structures, number of beds and employment. By the number of agrotouristic structures, the county occupies the third place in Romania, passed by Harghita County (281) and Brasov County (200) in 2007.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 2
Written by Ionut Daniel PETRE

The paper aimed to analyze the situation of the natural change of the population in close connection with the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the period 2007-2017 both in Romania, rural Romania and in the South Muntenia region and the rural South Muntenia. The data were collected from Tempo Online data base of the National Institute of Statistics and the main methods utilized in the research have been: index method, comparison, analysis and synthesis, correlation and regression. In Romania and in its territory the population is facing with a continuous decline regarding the number of births and natality and an increased number of deaths and a high mortality rate. As a result the population change has a negative value which is higher a higher froma year to another. A similar situation was found in the South Muntenia, considered a very poor region, where 44 % of the population lives in the rural areas and the incomes are small coming mainly from agriculture. In the rural South Muntenia, the population declines, and the births are lower, and mortality is higher. In 2017, the natural population change in Romania accounted for -55,910 and in the rural Romania for -44,653. In case of the South Muntenia region, the natural change of the population was also negative and increased to -16,161, and in the rural areas it reached -13,264 in 2017. Romania registered 35.7 % risk of poverty and the South Muntenia a much higher one 40.9 % in 2017. Despite that there was noticed a decreasing trend in the analyzed period, the poverty is still high in Romania and mainly in the rural areas. The negative natural change of the population was caused 52 % by the high risk of poverty and social exclusion, as proved by the correlation coefficient ( r=0.718) and regression function, Y= 2,263.065 X -140,307. The Romanian Government has to establish an efficient strategy to reduce the poverty risk or social exclusion in order to improve the natural population change and the living standard both in the urban and rural areas.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 2
Written by Alexandra-Marina BRĂTULESCU (MANOLACHE), Ionuț-Laurențiu PETRE, Liviu MĂRCUȚĂ, Alina Gabriela MĂRCUȚĂ

In this paper, it is desired to establish the differences regarding the agricultural labor force needs for two different systems, namely the conventional and the ecological system. In the first part of the paper, in quantitative and qualitative terms, we will analyze data on labor force evolution in Romanian agriculture, using the data provided by the National Institute of Statistics. This first analysis supports the determination of the existing labor force in agriculture in order to determine whether this can be sufficient for both conventional and organic farming systems. In the second part of the paper, the specific labor force needs will be determined for some cereal crops analyzed in parallel in both conventional and ecological systems. With the help of the indicators in the technological sheets, it will be possible to achieve an average of labor force between crops in order to determine the specific differences between the labor needs between the two agricultural systems.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 2
Written by Alexandru GORGOS, Iurie DANILOV, Nina PUȚUNTEAN

The purpose of the paper is to define the principal component analysis method for assessing the rural development level in the Republic of Moldova. The results of mathematical processing of primary data obtained as a result of surveying 9 rural localities using the Date Envelopment Analysis are presented. Applying the rating method as a key indicator of sustainable development it provides a comprehensive approach to the rural area issues. Socio-economic and ecological characteristics of the evaluated sample are also evaluated.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 2
Written by Petronela CRISTEA, Emilia DAN, Ion DONA

The purpose of this research is to analyze how rural areas use social enterprises as a tool for enhancing progress across economic and social domains. Social economy has been given many definitions over time, but regardless of the discussed concept, the main purpose of “the third sector of the economy” is the same. The social economy has emerged from the need to find new and innovative solutions for social, economic or environmental problems of communities and to meet the needs of community members that are ignored or insufficiently covered by the private and public sectors. The methodology that led to this paper is represented by relevant studies in the analyzed field, the legislation in force and analysis made by the Romanian National Institute of Statistics. Social enterprises are considered to be the engine of local development, thus contributing to solving social and economic problems. The main benefits of these businesses are: increasing the level of social cohesion, creating jobs for disadvantaged people, improving the cooperation between community members and institutions, increasing the environment and life's quality, emphasizing the Romanian traditions and handicrafts that are part of the country's culture, thus putting into the value the cultural potential specific to the area to which it belongs.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 2
Written by Mariyana SHISHKOVA

The concept of social farming has gained wide popularity in Bulgaria over the last decade. A number of authors emphasize the importance of this concept for social inclusion and economic empowerment of vulnerable groups of society. Social farming contributes to increasing the level of social capital of the representatives of these groups, provides employment and allows them to become independent economic units. The aim of the study is to show the potential of social farming for achieving sustainable results in the rural areas of Bulgaria, based on the analysis of a network of organizations implementing an integrated model for small business support among disadvantaged families. The study applies social network analysis and case study methods. The results confirm the importance of the concept in addressing major rural problems. Some challenges for social farming have been outlined. Conclusions and recommendations have been made on policies in the area concerned.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 2
Written by Rositsa BELUHOVA-UZUNOVA

The integration to the EU led to serious changes in Bulgarian agriculture. The implementation of Common agricultural policy caused significant transformations in farm structures. There are substantial variations in the number and the size of the agricultural holdings. The aim of the study is to highlight the main trends in the level and dynamics of concentration in Bulgarian agricultural sector. The Lorenz curve, as the most widely used measure of inequality, is applied in the paper to analyse the process of concentration and the distribution of agricultural holdings. The results indicate that the large structures continue to grow, while small farms are disappearing. The survey shows insubstantial role of medium-sized holdings, polarization and dualistic structure of Bulgarian agriculture.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 2
Written by Ancuța MARIN

This paper intends to present the concrete situation in the South East Region of Romania, respectively in Tulcea County. In this paper it is presented data about the structure of the population, by ethnicity and gender, on the residence environment, distribution by age group, the accommodation units structure and the number of Romanian and foreign tourists who has visited the studied county. The development of agritourism in the area is laid in this paper, in close connection with the physical-geographic framework, the tourist objectives in the area and implicitly its economic development. National Institute of Statistics data were used and processed according to the objectives of the paper. The paper is finalized with a SWOT analysis that sets out conclusions and tries to be the reason why an investor would set up an agro-tourist hostel in the area taking advantage of the rare natural beauty and offering somewhat unusual accommodation conditions - but warm and welcoming - more especially for foreign tourists.

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