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Subsistence/Semi-subsistence Agricultural Exploitations: Their Roles and Dynamics within Rural Economy/Rural Sustainable Development in Romania

Doris-louise Popescu

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Sustainable developmentcompetitivenessRural economybusiness.industryRomanianGeneral EngineeringEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologySubsistence agricultureSubsistence economylanguage.human_languageSustainable rural developmentEconomyAgricultureEconomic recoverylanguageEconomicsruralsubsistence agriculturesustainablebusiness

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Abstract Within the Romanian agriculture subsistence / semi-subsistence agricultural exploitations continue to occupy an important part, the characteristics of their organization and functioning imparting a particular kind of dynamics. The study here aims at highlighting the perspectives on the evolution of subsistence / semi-subsistence agriculture in relation to rural economy and the sustainable rural development. Our main purpose is to bring into analysis the core issues which the Romanian small farms have to face and, at the same time, identify / propose solutions which would contribute to the economic recovery of the agricultural exploitations in question.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s2212-5671(14)00840-5