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The Role Of Youth In Sustainable Development Of Romanian Rural Communities

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  • Vergina Chiriţescu

    (Romanian Academy, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bucharest)

  • Andrei Daniela Ruxandra

    (Romanian American University)

  • Kruzslicika Mihaela

    (Romanian Academy, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bucharest)

Abstract

The rural area is an area vital to our country, both by its size and by the complex effects they generate. Agriculture Committee of the Council of Europe believes that European rural areas is more than 85% of the continent and affect directly or indirectly more than half of the European population. Exodus of young people in particular to urban areas, labor migration to EU countries and beyond, and the refusal of young professionals to return to rural areas, are just some of the reasons why human resources in rural Romanian are largely aged and unskilled. Employment in agriculture is an indicator on the one hand the development of the sector (i.e. the degree of capitalization of farms), and on the other hand provides guidance on sustainability and "youth" categories of farms, responsiveness to new development efforts and entrepreneurial capacity. Romania's population is also affected by aging, a phenomenon that manifests differently in most member states of the European Union. In Romania, according to the National Institute of Statistics, South and South - West region faces an aging of the population, with the highest percentage of population older than 65 years (16.2% of total population ), expecting an increase in this trend. The higher percentage of young population recorded in the North - East (18.3%).

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  • Vergina Chiriţescu & Andrei Daniela Ruxandra & Kruzslicika Mihaela, 2015. "The Role Of Youth In Sustainable Development Of Romanian Rural Communities," Romanian Economic Business Review, Romanian-American University, vol. 10(2), pages 167-180, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rau:journl:v:10:y:2015:i:2:p:167-180
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