An evaluation of the effects of rural development policies in the North-East Region of Romania

peer reviewedaudience: researcher, professional, popularizationThe European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) holds as principal objectives, as they were outlined in the Treaty of Rome, the following: increase productivity, by promoting technical innovation and ensuring optimum use of factors of production, ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, stabilize agricultural markets, secure availability of agricultural supplies and provide consumers with food at reasonable prices. Over time, and depending on certain factors, new secondary objectives have been added such as: environmental protection, biodiversity, animal welfare, enhancement of rural areas. In the North-East Region of Romania, the impact of rural development policies implemented through the National Rural Development Programme (NRDP) has been assessed at regional and local level utilizing a combined analysis of statistical databases.Strategies regarding the promotion of agro-tourism and rural tourism in the hidrographic basins of the Slanic, Oituz and Casin rivers – Bacau County in order to ensure sustainable rural developmen

Study regarding the situation of agricultural consultancy in the North-East Region of Romania

The undertaken study aimed to diagnose the situation of agricultural consultancy from the North – East Region of Romania, 12 years after its foundation. For the realization of the study the questionnaires method has been utilized which have been completed by a number of 80 agricultural consultancy specialists from 6 counties in the North – East Region. From the responses analysis, the following aspects emerged. All persons that ensure consultancy develop general activities from all fields of agriculture. There is a shortage of specialists, a person providing services to several thousand farmers. The consultants have benefited from training courses in consultancy, a short period of time, 2-8 weeks, fact that reflects on the services rendered. The local consultancy centres have a precarious endowment (office, computer, telephone), lacking transport means, training rooms, endowment with specific auxiliary means. Between consultancy methods, the biggest share is held by individual office consultancy. Group consultancy, which has the highest efficiency, is done sporadically because of reduced financial means. A lack of interest from local authorities is manifested for consultancy activity. Specialists are unhappy with the level of salaries, reduced training possibilities, high work volume, lack of endowment and transport means, and political interference in the recruitment process.Peer reviewe

Tourism, social and economic balance tool and culture in rural area of Romania

This paper brings into question the organization of tourism since it is a tool for balance, are generating significant income, jobs - thus reducing the unemployment rate, of civilization - by improving sanitary conditions and behavior social, aesthetic cultivation of taste, to continue and increase economic activities in a weak agricultural production, thereby enhancing quality of life itself. Through this activity a direct contect between tourists and the local population is created, ensuring a better possibility to encounter new cultures and opinions. Knowledge spreads not only among those who practice agrotourism at the pensions, but also among the local dwellers with whom the tourists get in contact during their holiday and for the latter as well. Furthermore it is suitable for establishing friendly relations and preserving the local traditions, making culture and the society of rural a permanency. Thus harmony between authentic and modern is created, putting textures and traditional carpets next to a computer. tradition is kept, but modern is kept, but modern is not ignored. The authors have proposed that the first part to address a number of theoretical concepts relating to subject matter, and in the second to examine the specific issues that are found or not in reality. It is known that during the Roman period most of the trips were for shopping, cultural or military, and their paths inevitably going through the countryside. At the same time as the evolution of human society and the structure is diversified travel, as in the Middle Ages, especially traveling merchants, but often meet ambassadors, priests and pilgrims, scientists, artists, journeymen and students. Some of these travelers have decided to convey their experiences. We support this in writing aimer Picaud French monk who in 1130 made a guide for pilgrims who want to reach Santiago de Compostella, or Basho Japanese priest, who in 1960 wrote a poem entitled "Narrow Road to the North." Aiming to present the evolution of facilities, Christureanu Cristina, in "Economics and politics of international tourism 'is quite suggestive quatrain:" stung by mosquitoes, bitten by lice / I managed to sleep in a bed / While horse urine / Right next to my pillow "

Opportunities for improvement of tourism and agri-business in Romania : case study vârtop arieşeni "apuseni mountains

Today we cannot talk about one agricultural household economy, which are based just on agriculture. The diversification process and integration of more economic branch give essential change in agricultural household economy structure in the life of the rural and the habitants of this. Among a lot of activities that are presented now in mountain region of Romania one important role and with expansion tendency are represented by Agri-tourism activity. The initiation of agro tourism activity at one pension implied assimilation of new knowledge regarding a new domain, the family accumulation, during the process, professional experience in other areas than agriculture or leather manufacture (already known and exploited). In order to make it diverse and efficient, the agrotourism activity at the level of studied farms should respect the following: • Elaboration, at the locality level (Vârtop Arieşeni "Apuseni Mountains) of a small touristic guide (at the tourists disposal), which should contain: the presentation of the area, the map of the area, possibilities of hiking, museums, marks, beauty spots, springs etc., which must give the tourists complete information about the offer, as well as about tha may in which they can integrate; • Imptovement of personal touristic folder, by its printing in more languages of international use; • Hoping that the agrotourism will develope, more and more, at the analysed farm, we suggest the organization of information and proposals of diversification in the agrotourism activity of the farm, things which should be given to tourism agencies through different tourism intermediaries in the whole country. Analysing the current situation, we can assert that agrotourism is developing in satisfying conditions in Vârtop Arieşeni "Apuseni Mountains