THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ROMANIA: FROM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO PROFITABLE LOCAL PRODUCTION
More than 20 years ago, the agricultural cooperatives represented an economic engine of local development in Romania. Variations in demography and legislation can be considered factors in the change of direction within the agricultural sector (young people moving from rural to urban areas; the exist...
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| description | More than 20 years ago, the agricultural cooperatives represented an economic engine of local development in Romania. Variations in demography and legislation can be considered factors in the change of direction within the agricultural sector (young people moving from rural to urban areas; the existence of two specific legal regulations for agricultural cooperatives). In 2013, the Romanian Institute of Social Economy (IES) announced that in 2010 there were approximately 150 agricultural cooperatives in Romania. Still, IES is very optimistic about the great potential of agricultural cooperatives for economic development at local level. They argue that due the current implementation of EU legislation, Romania has to take advantage of important financial support in agricultural sector. Thus, the current percentage of 37% of population working in agriculture is expected to increase and to spur the rebirth of the “old-fashioned” agricultural cooperatives. Through the spectrum of the current research, the authors address the problem of insufficiency in the exploitation of the local products in the agricultural sector. The paper aims at describing the conceptual framework of agricultural cooperatives in Romania and at identifying ways to profit from the local production within this framework. The paper will be structured in two main parts: the first part is dedicated to the analysis of the specific Romanian legislation and literature and the second part is dedicated to the analysis of some local experiences of agricultural cooperatives in Romania. The research methodology consists of observation method (documents analysis), method of data collection and interpretation (comparison and questionnaire). There are three research questions to be answered: 1) how is the agricultural cooperative defined within the national legislation? , 2) which are the ways to profit from the local production? and 3) can a marketing strategy contribute to a better exploitation of local products in the agriculture sector? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4c3a58b2b99240e4b48dd7e9d1dc0ebf2022-12-22T01:44:52ZengTechnopressJournal of Public Administration, Finance and Law2285-22042285-34992015-12-0148715THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ROMANIA: FROM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO PROFITABLE LOCAL PRODUCTIONCorina-Georgiana ANTONOVICI0Carmen SAVULESCU1Cristina SANDU2National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Faculty of Public Administration Bucharest, RomaniaNational University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Faculty of Public Administration Bucharest, RomaniaNational University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Faculty of Public Administration Bucharest, RomaniaMore than 20 years ago, the agricultural cooperatives represented an economic engine of local development in Romania. Variations in demography and legislation can be considered factors in the change of direction within the agricultural sector (young people moving from rural to urban areas; the existence of two specific legal regulations for agricultural cooperatives). In 2013, the Romanian Institute of Social Economy (IES) announced that in 2010 there were approximately 150 agricultural cooperatives in Romania. Still, IES is very optimistic about the great potential of agricultural cooperatives for economic development at local level. They argue that due the current implementation of EU legislation, Romania has to take advantage of important financial support in agricultural sector. Thus, the current percentage of 37% of population working in agriculture is expected to increase and to spur the rebirth of the “old-fashioned” agricultural cooperatives. Through the spectrum of the current research, the authors address the problem of insufficiency in the exploitation of the local products in the agricultural sector. The paper aims at describing the conceptual framework of agricultural cooperatives in Romania and at identifying ways to profit from the local production within this framework. The paper will be structured in two main parts: the first part is dedicated to the analysis of the specific Romanian legislation and literature and the second part is dedicated to the analysis of some local experiences of agricultural cooperatives in Romania. The research methodology consists of observation method (documents analysis), method of data collection and interpretation (comparison and questionnaire). There are three research questions to be answered: 1) how is the agricultural cooperative defined within the national legislation? , 2) which are the ways to profit from the local production? and 3) can a marketing strategy contribute to a better exploitation of local products in the agriculture sector?http://www.jopafl.com/uploads/issue8/THE_AGRICULTURAL_COOPERATIVES_IN_ROMANIA.pdfcooperativesagriculturemarketingromania |
| spellingShingle | Corina-Georgiana ANTONOVICI Carmen SAVULESCU Cristina SANDU THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ROMANIA: FROM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO PROFITABLE LOCAL PRODUCTION Journal of Public Administration, Finance and Law cooperatives agriculture marketing romania |
| title | THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ROMANIA: FROM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO PROFITABLE LOCAL PRODUCTION |
| title_full | THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ROMANIA: FROM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO PROFITABLE LOCAL PRODUCTION |
| title_fullStr | THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ROMANIA: FROM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO PROFITABLE LOCAL PRODUCTION |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ROMANIA: FROM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO PROFITABLE LOCAL PRODUCTION |
| title_short | THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ROMANIA: FROM CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK TO PROFITABLE LOCAL PRODUCTION |
| title_sort | agricultural cooperatives in romania from conceptual framework to profitable local production |
| topic | cooperatives agriculture marketing romania |
| url | http://www.jopafl.com/uploads/issue8/THE_AGRICULTURAL_COOPERATIVES_IN_ROMANIA.pdf |
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