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Social Farming Rural Development Strategy

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  • Adrian Gheorghe ZUGRAVU

    (Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania)

  • Ionica SOARE

    (isoare@ugal.ro)

Abstract

The paper follows two main objectives: to understand farmers’ perception and image of social services and to identify communication levers in order to improve the perceived image of social farming. Orientations in terms of communication are product-focused and aim at enhancing the reputation of social farming consequently with impact on rural development. This paper conducted a questionnaire survey of Romanian farmers’ perception toward social agricultural. The empirical study indicated that farmers shown different awareness to social farming.

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  • Adrian Gheorghe ZUGRAVU & Ionica SOARE, 2013. "Social Farming Rural Development Strategy," Economics and Applied Informatics, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, issue 3, pages 54-60.
    • Handle: RePEc:ddj:fseeai:y:2013:i:3:p:54-60
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    Keywords

    Social farming; Social agricultural; Agricultural cooperatives; Social economy;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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