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Romania's mountain area constitutes a defined geographic, economic and social entity, with specific climate, relief, natural and socio-cultural heritage, an identity recognized in Europe and all over the world. The paper aims to analyze the main normative acts for the mountain area in Romania developed after 1990, focusing on the specific legislation of the last 7 years. The aim was to create the legislative framework created, starting with the delimitation of the mountain area - to which this legislation is addressed, the public institutions established for the mountain area, as well as the main provisions to support the mountain population, producers and entrepreneurs in this area. The study of documents was used as research methods: laws, government decisions, ministerial orders, as well as content observation or analysis. The data were collected and interpreted. Results obtained: The 3 official delimitations of the existing mountain area during the studied period were identified and presented, the normative acts by which they were legislated as well as the main criteria that were the basis of each of these delimitations. It should be noted that the delimitation has undergone changes over time, depending on the instruments, policies and legislation existing at each of the times when they were developed. The main public institutions, with a role in the development of mountain areas and the application of public policies, were also identified. The development of mountain areas is achieved through specific policies. The Law of the Mountain and the subsequent laws elaborated, aim to support mountain producers, entrepreneurs and implicitly to lead to the development of mountain areas. By acquiring the right to use the optional quality mention "mountain product", at the level of the mountain area in Romania a Register and a national logo were created and a number of 580 "certified" products were obtained on the end of April 2020. Another 5 laws that provide for investments in this area are being drafted and are waiting to be implemented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Romanian fruit market has a high growth potential but, to a great degree, after 1989 it has registered a reverse phenomenon. The fruit estate, consisting of orchards and nurseries, totaled in the 80s around 290.000 ha, representing 2% of the agricultural area of the country. Nowadays, the fruit heritage is a lot diminished. In 2010, Romania had 196,000 hectares of orchards, these surfaces decreasing by 2016 when they totaled 138,000 hectares, representing 1% of the agricultural area of the country. For the recovery of this sector, it is necessary to renew the fruit plantations. Also, the range of fruit products needs to be diversified so that Romania can enter the European markets. In addition, Romanian producers should be encouraged by introducing tax exemptions and by granting new types of subsidies. In this way, Romania will be able to become competitive on the European and global market. The studies carried out on Research and Development Station for Fruit Growing (RDSFG) Iasi show how using high performance hybrids, as well as widening the range of products and maintaining a distribution process with no intermediaries have helped the company preserving a significant market share and increasing its turnover in the last years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COMPLETE SACRAL SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA fortuitously DISCOVERED IN A TRAUMA PATIENT (Abstract): Sacral spina bifida occulta (SSBO) is a defect occurring during embryonic life when the neural tube develops. It consists of o complete lack of the posterior wall of the sacral canal, which anatomically is represented by the median sacral crest. This condition belongs to a larger group of pathologies named spina bifida, the latter comprising also the meningocele and the myelomeningocele. In this paper we present a totally asymptomatic complete SSBO in a 47- year old patient with multiple traumas that arrived at "Sf Spiridon" Emergency County Hospital in Iasi, Romania. He experienced an accidental fall from approximately 1.5 - 2.0 metres and we managed to discover his sacral defect during the CT scans he underwent in the Radiology Department. We present the axial and the reconstructed CT images and discuss the anatomy of the sacrum in both complete and incomplete SSBO, pointing towards possible complications that might arise in case of injury at this level. We have reviewed the related literature on PubMed discovering the controversies amongst classification and the methodological approach of this condition. Several data is presented comparatively and an emphasis is done on the prevalence of this rare finding in several anthropological studies, based on archaeological sites from abroad and even located in our city, Iasi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In the last years, throughout the world, the cardio-vascular pathology has a massive and continuous growth, with an increased gravity due to the lowering of the age of patients affected by this type of illness. Objectives: The main objective is reviewing the medico-legal cases with cardio-vascular pathology encountered by the authors in the 2015-2018 interval, with confirmation and positive appreciation of the growing incidence of this pathology, decreasing the age threshold and other medicolegal aspects, macroscopical and histopathological. Material and method: The following paper evaluates the cases of deaths due to myocardial fibrosis, encountered in the activity of the authors, on a 4-years period (2015-2018), at the Institute of Legal Medicine Iasi, Romania. Results: Out of a total of 374 medico-legal autopsies performed by the authors in the 2015-2018 period at the Institute of Legal Medicine Iasi, 80 deaths were attributed to myocardial fibrosis. Conclusions: Although the medical world is trying, on a global scale, to prevent cardio-vascular diseases by means of educational programs, encouraging periodic medical check-ups and innovative therapies, the incidence of this pathology is continuously growing, affecting increasingly younger patients. This review of the medico-legal cases encountered by the authors aims to confirm the ascending trend of cardio-vascular disease incidence and to raise attention to this issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Romania, agriculture is undergoing restructuring and economic development as a result of the changes following the 1989 Revolution. Within this background, agriculture has remained one of the priority branches of the national economy, in close correlation with the level of technical and economic performances achieved worldwide and especially within the agriculture of developed European countries, where technical, scientific and managerial progress has penetrated faster. The authors' intention is to analyse the main aspects related to the marketing actions for the main crops of grain maize, feed barley and rape, within S.C. AGRAR-M SERV S.R.L. company, based in Bordei-Verde, Lișcoteanca Village, Brăila County, for the reference period 2012-2015. In order to achieve the purpose of this paper, we started from compiling the database for the period under review, and thereafter we presented and analysed the natural conditions in the researched area that influenced the production results and, implicitly, the economic and financial ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Advertising helps to establish a set of assumptions that the consumer will bring to all other aspects of their engagement with a given brand. Advertising provides tangible evidence of the financial credibility and competitive presence of an organization. Persuasion is becoming more important in advertising. In marketing, persuasive advertising acts to establish wants/motivations and beliefs/attitudes by helping to formulate a conception of the brand as being one which people like those in the target audience would or should prefer. Considering the changes in lifestyle and eating habits of a significant part of the population in urban areas in Romania, the paper aims to analyse how brands manage to differentiate themselves from competitors, to reposition themselves on the market and influence consumers, meeting their increasingly varied needs. Food brands on the Romanian market are trying, lately, to identify new methods of differentiation and new benefits for their buyers. Given that more and more consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about what they eat and the products' health effects, brands struggle to highlight the fact that their products offer real benefits for the body. The advertisements have become more diversified and underline the positive effects, from the health and well - being point of view, that those foods offer (no additives and preservatives, use of natural ingredients, various vitamins and minerals or the fact that they are dietary). Advertising messages' diversification is obvious on the Romanian market, in the context of an increasing concern of the population for the growing level of information of some major consumer segments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper investigates the main changes that have taken place in the Romanian fruits and vegetables supply chain over the past twenty years. Its sustainability is assessed using time-series data from different official and private data-bases applying statistic research methods. Results showed that the Romanian supply chain is dominated in terms of both inputs used and offer, by imports originating from different EU countries. The local subsistence and semi-subsistence farms cannot provide enough qualitative and quantitative products such as to penetrate the supermarkets, the main players from the market. Agritourism, a potential niche market, was investigated using sampling techniques. The guesthouses from one of the most important ecotourism destinations where assessed by face-to-face interviews. Results showed that even such short-marketing chains are unsustainable tools for the fresh fruits and vegetables products sectors. The lack of governance for the local producers does not allow them to enter on such niche market. All this findings can provide important incentives for better future targeted sectorial agricultural policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ensuring financial autonomy of agricultural companies will be assessed and supported using liabilitiesstructurerates, respectively, of equity and borrowed capitals. Also, the company's capacity to meet financial commitments is measured by ratios expressing indebtedness and the liquidity - solvency extent. The company's financial independence is ensured by a structure adequate to its financial profile and is evaluated using the following rates: financial stability rate; current level of funding; globaland on term financial autonomy rate; globaland on term borrowing rate. By simply viewing the structure of liabilitiesgraph and by the size of installments, the high share of current liabilities with a maturity over one year in total financing sources can be observed. The case study was carried out at S.C. AGROMEC DRAGALINA S.R.L., which produces cereal, sunflower, rapeseed, sugar beet and soy. Analysing the achieved and soldproduction, a significant increase is observed due to an increase in cultivated areas, along with crop diversification and achieving higher total production (+ 17%) and the influence of increasing selling prices. In 2007, as the reference year, assetsfunding was more stable and more effective: - a global financial autonomy ensured by equity of 16.29%; - subsidies for investments accounted for 21.2%; - a high current through debt financing with maturities up to one year of22.02% - a share of long-term debt in total liabilities of40.49%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wine market is a mature market, strongly influenced by favorable or unfavorable developments, determined by dietary patterns and consumers' buying behavior. Market behavior seems to be determined by the slogan "drink less, but drink better". (Chiran A. et al., 2004). Wine market comprises several segments. The most important segment is represented by stabilized wines, which can be divided into several groups: average to mediocre quality wines and top-quality wines with strict specifications and regulations. Wine market, in general, but, in particular, the European market, is characterized by structural surpluses. The wine distribution system shows the same pattern everywhere in the world, being highly fragmented, with a large number of retailers, finding a shift in the distributed quantities through wholesale channels (hotels, restaurants) to retail distribution channels for the domestic consumer (supermarket chains), which allows improving product competitiveness by price and favors modern consumption patterns and purchasing behavior. Another feature of the wine market is the significant share that cooperative societies hold, which uses European markets and, also, the North American ones, as product providers and as an end market for alcoholic products. Table wine consumption continues a traditionalist trend, represented by rural life, while quality wine market developments expresses rupture from the traditionalist tendencies (Liliana Rotaru et al., 2011). In the wine marketing policy, the growing consumers' health concerns play a vital role. With alcohol fighting organizations' movements, a new ideology that aims towards eating healthy foods, which include wines, has been developed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Development and efficiency strategy of agricultural production in a certain area is based on the analysis of the economic and financial situation of the agricultural sector, which should take into account the adoption of those measures aimed primarily at increasing agricultural production and, secondly, making it more efficient by accessing European funds (1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 24). These measures will have a major influence on increasing the efficiency of the Romanian agriculture by promoting farmers' managerial and marketing skills and orientation of farming activities to profitable investment, including integrated projects, by accessing EU funds (5, 6, 10, 15, 16). National Rural Development Programme is the instrument through which the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP) can be accessed, which complies with the strategic guidelines of the EU rural development (15,20). Achieving the desired objectives of the National Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 is provided by the Managing Authority for P.N.D.R., namely the General Directorate of Rural Development, belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in its actual form, consumes, through the complex system of subsidies and other financial incentives, about half of the common budget and is built around two pillars: the first is the common market organizations and covers common regulation measures of agricultural products integrated markets functioning, and the second, which gained magnitude in the past decade, is rural development and includes structural measures that target a harmonious rural development (diversification of activities, product quality, environmental protection) (24). Accessing European funds for agriculture and rural development is closely linked to the Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture, which operates in three main areas, developing support measures financed from the national budget and European funds (6.16): a) direct payments and market measures; b) some measures financed from European funds for agriculture and rural development, established by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; c) payments which represent financial support from the national budget. Through the presented paper, the authors have proposed to highlight the main aspects that characterize the evolution of Botosani county's agriculture after Romania's adherence to the European Union (8, 11, 12, 22). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This single-blind, placebo-controlled study assesses the efficacy of synergic administration of intravenous laser blood irradiation (ILBI) and etanercept in selected subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Etanercept is a tumor necrosis factor alpha blocking agent with recognized importance in JIA. Laser radiation has immunomodulatory effects in animal and human studies. Fourteen patients (Group I) received ILBI and 9 patients (Group II) received placebo laser. ILBI was performed in addition to ongoing JIA medication, including etanercept. ILBI was administrated in 3 sets of 5 consecutive daily sessions, with a 7-week interval between every set of sessions. Evaluation was performed using ACR (American College of Rheumatology) Pediatric Criteria (ACR Pedi) at study enrollment and at 10 and 20 weeks, respectively. After 10 weeks, 85.7% of the patients in Group I fulfilled Pedi 30 criteria, compared to only 55.6% of the patients in Group II. After 20 weeks, all patients in both groups had a Pedi 30 response. In Group I, 92.8% of the subjects met the Pedi 50 response, compared to only 55.6% in the placebo group. One patient in Group I responded best, fulfilling Pedi 70 criteria. If applied synergistically, ILBI and etanercept would have an increased efficacy in promoting JIA remission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Legal protection of human rights represents a major challenge in modern society, both in national and European perspective. The subject of this study is to analyze the advantages of the authenticated documents concerning the protection of property rights of individuals, in terms of Romanian citizens, as well as foreigners, with individualization of particular aspects concerning the ownership of citizens of Member States of the European Union, compare to third-country nationals. An analysis of the land acquisition rights is required when foreigners are involved, as of January 1, 2014 new provisions of Law no. 312/2005 will come into effect, affecting the EU citizens. The legal provisions and the practical aspects are likely to prompt extensive debate not only in the legal national and European circles, but also in the mass-media across Romania and also in the European governing bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

S.A. Agroind Berezeni, Vaslui County was established under the Low nr. 36/1991, according with the Court decision No. 2 from 04.11.1991. Administrative, the company is from Berezeni Commune located just 5 km from the river Prut, border with Moldova Republic. It was the first agricultural unit from Vaslui County with private capital (4.3 billion lei) and second in Moldova, with the activity object: crop production, animal husbandry, processing and capitalization of agro-zootechnical products. Based on a good management, the main goal of the company was to design a production structures unit that meet the requirements of market economy, aiming to exploit the agricultural potential of the area, both by developing vegetable farms, and those of breeding, putting emphasis on cattle and sheep for milk and meat. S.A. Agroind Berezeni belonging to the Association of Cattle Breeders Association Birlad and Husi Eastern Group Association, which unites over 50 companies in the agriculture of the county of Vaslui. The unit has a total of 686 associates and has an agricultural area of 3727 hectares, of which arable land 3250. Trie strategy of development and efficiency of the unit was based on the integration process, by increasing investment both from own sources and from other sources (loans and attracting European funding by projects), so that currently, is technical and material developed and modernized, appearing new sectors such as: irrigation sector, processing sector for wheat and corn (corn and wheat mill, bakery), milk processing sector, drying and storing grain sector, dairy sector farm and mechanization modernization, etc. Based on this case study, the authors have proposed to highlight the development opportunities and improvement of agricultural units, based on practice an advanced management and marketing, leading to performance and efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper proposes is to analyze the current situation and prospects of the Romanian agricultural and rural economy and to recommend actions to reduce potential risks of fully integration of Romanian agricultural economy in the rural economy of the European Union. This paper tries to provide an updated the agricultural diagnosis and rural development in Romania and assess the global implications on the rural economy diversification and create new jobs. The subject includes theoretical addressing agricultural management system and characteristics of the studied phenomena, directed and coordinated contemporary management. Recent research shows that changes in agriculture and rural development are reflected in the economic downturn, the occurrence of demographic problems (increased distances between work and home, low rural population), changes in social structure, refocusing on value systems, pressures arising ecosystems, destruction of cultural heritage areas, and reducing income disparity, changing habitat preferences (second homes in the village). Integrating agriculture into the market economy, technical and economic modernization is done with great difficulty due to various reasons: lack of capital and a well organized credit system, inadequate material resources, dependence on upstream prices due to high input sites industrial and agricultural nature, but also downstream, and following the disruption of agricultural contracting system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If before 1989, Romania was one of the countries with the largest physical size of farms, after 1989 it became one of the countries with the lowest physical size of these holdings. In 2007, the first year after EU accession, the physical size of farms was 3.5 ha, our country being on the penultimate place in the EU 27 (exceeded only Malta whose total area was only 11 000 ha). The opposite stood the Czech Republic, with 89.3 ha per holding. Putting the two former socialist countries on diametrically opposed positions is the following of different applied policy in the transition of agriculture to a market economy. While Romania has pursued restoration of what was formerly in agriculture, in the Czech Republic was considered foreshadowing the future of agriculture. Consequently, in Romania has resulted atomization of agricultural holdings and fragmentation of land which exceeds what was about 50-60 years before, in the interwar period and the Czech Republic - a concentration of agricultural holdings land that placed it at the forefront of EU countries. Romania's agricultural policy during the accession to the EU was facing, no doubt, at the enterprise or farm size, measured by the single criterion of land surface in use or existing livestock, some acts showing the orientation sided, narrow and exclusive. Thus, by the provisions of Emergency Ordinance no. 108 / 27 June 2001 on commercial farms, farms are considered only agricultural units which have at least 110 ha of arable land in the plain (ie 50 hectares in hilly area) or 15 cows or 5,000 meat poultry or 100 pigs etc. The criteria for sizing of large, medium or small farms don't have a unified approach to economic theory. However, the most commonly used are the following two criteria established by: the attracted resources in production (in physical units), with reference, first, on the average size of holdings land and, secondly, at livestock, tractors and agricultural machinery and other elements of the production factors; the results achieved (expressed in physical or monetary units), with reference to the quantities of final products or proceeds. The literature, in the majority inclined to physical parameters or reflects the inputs or results. In Galati, characteristic of farms distribution by physically class size, is very large share of farms under 5 ha - 97.23% of all farms in the southern of Galati county, against 96.57% in the county of Galati and higher share of holdings with 50 and over 50 hectares - 0.88% against 0.56% in Galati county. The authors have proposed, using a case study, to highlight the common agricultural policy impact on physical and economic size of farms in the southern of Galati county. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The analysis of agricultural structures and projection optimal size is a necessity in rural areas of prime importance for the Romanian agriculture, both as a theoretical issue and practical implications of this phenomenon, regarding the current state of agriculture in the NE region and increased plots properties. The problem of determining optimal land structures is present in Romania, even after seventh land reform, when instead of merged land mass; it was sprayed, under the concept of constitution and reconstitution of the property in about 48 million parcels. In addition, it appears that households made (according to Law 18/1991, from 0.5 to 10 ha on average 2.5 ha) is unsustainable. Creating viable farms with medium size, after model and methods from Western European countries, in Romania is more difficult because there was the "tradition" that every land reform have mission to destroy accumulation of land, as happened particularly in land reform in 1945 (which destroyed large and medium reservoirs farms), land reform for cooperatives from 1949 to 1962 (which destroyed reservoirs farms) and finally the land reform of 1990 to 1991 (which destroyed the collections made in the agricultural cooperatives and inter-cooperative associations). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using and developing models to simulate the operation of the farm is a tradition and a very extensive practice both in Romania and abroad. This paper addresses the adjustment of agricultural sector development strategy NE region of Romania, and national level, common agricultural policies, government support measures for supporting agriculture and ways to improve the structural reform of agriculture in international integration processes. Also described are the main indicators characterizing the technical and economic analysis of agricultural holdings and to solve a problem of optimizing the size of a farm. Knowledge of national and EU funding for agriculture and rural development, the advantages and constraints that apply to CAP uniform throughout the Community, the requirements of the new CAP reforms in line with market developments, are issues that require constant adjustment of management actions, circumscribed the ultimate goal of all activities, namely the increase of agricultural holdings and thus farmers' incomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many Romanian companies in the agriculural and food sector have to face the problem of choosing the most appropriate methods and techniques to promote their products, in the context of stiff market competition. The first step in accomplishing this goal is a market study that reveals the consumers characteristics and their prefferences regarding food products, as well as their buying habits. The purpose of this paper is studying the actual state of the meat products market, which will prove to be useful for improving the advertising methods and techniques used on the Romanian market, as well as identifying new ways to promote food products in order to create a competitive advantage on a market which is almost saturated. The paper aims to identify the exact variables to be considered when conducting an advertising plan, based on the consumers' behaviour regarding meat products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The economic efficiency is a concern of researchers in agricultural economics, and also of consumers who wish to be informed about all stages and processes from raw material to finished product that are found on store shelves. At present, the agro-alimentary integration of firms in Romania is absolutely necessary in order to enter on the European market with competitive products. Therefore, the chain study involves the analysis of fundamental issues, namely: • identify the main stages (raw material production, transport, storage, inventory system, processing and products trade); • review the mechanisms that occur between them.To identify the main problems occurring in the chain "meat and meat products" as well as implement the opportunities offered by external environment, the authors conducted a SWOT analysis. Based on the conclusions drawn from the SWOT analysis, the authors propose a flow of organizational structure, able to respond to consumer demand and ensure the increase of competitiveness on a rapidly changing and relatively saturated market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism represents today, undoubtedly one of the phenomenon's which dominates the contemporary world, one of the most profitable segments, of the global economy, unique, in its dynamics, multiple motivations and great variety of ways of manifestation. The aim of the paper is to present a general overview of the NE Region area regarding the touristic development, to show how were blended the physical and economic-geographical factors, to emphasize factitive the geographical landscape evolution as a result of the interaction of the genetic factors, to highlight the positive and negative action of the human on the natural frame and of tourism and to propose measures for systematization of the NE Region territory. The touristic arrangement of the NE Region area in Romania has an existence of over 100 years. Numerous associations and touristic pensions occurred since the period of the end of XIX century; they had outstanding contributions at equipping the NE Region tourist area. Gradually in the times until the December 1989, these actions were limited because of the prohibition of accommodation of foreign tourists to privates, being only few exceptions. The purpose of this study is to examine how the indicators which quantify the NE Region agro tourism Romania, aiming to eliminate weaknesses and strengths potentiation. In this sense it was the fact that, starting and running agro business requires a capital investment. For this reason, starting investment is preceded by a careful justification of expenditures, whether they are intended for new targets, or for improvement or interior and exterior refurbishments. The authors have proposed that assess the efficiency and effectiveness of agro-tourism activities to be completed by a budget analysis and a feasibility study. To define the nature of income, the results of different activities (agricultural, tourism, services, etc..) Will establish a budget revenue and expenditure showing the sources of revenue and cost of resources used. From this point of view, it will evaluate the annual receipts of tourists and the seasons, prices and costsprovided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Apuseni Mountains represent one of the most attractive tourist destination in Romania. The studied area comprises the territory of Arieşeni commune, which is placed in the northern part of Alba county and the holiday village named Vârtop, close to the border of Bihor county. The location represents a circle placed at equal distances from several big towns, such as: Cluj-Napoca, Oradea, Arad, Deva and Alba Iulia, therefore it represents an attraction for the tourists belonging to these areas. The population of Arieşeni commune counts 1810 inhabitans. It is distributed in 18 villages, whereby the most important villages are Casa de Piatră, Vârtop, Galbena and Bubeşti. The main elements of tourism attraction are: * the ski slope from Vârtop; * the climatic potential, which is favourable to hiking, climbing, mountaineering, winter sports, repose, relaxation etc., during both seasons: the summer and the winter. The statistics point out that the yearly average duration of the snow cover lasts 150 days, ensuring a schi season of 5 months each year; * Gârdişoara Gorges; Vârciorog Waterfall; Glacier Cave Vârtop; Crow Castle in Padis Plateau; Gura Apei Cave; Huda Orbului Cave; Hodobana Cave; Aven Cave with two entrances; Izbucul Tauzului Cave etc. There are also anthropic touristic resourses represented by museums, wooden churches, etnographic and folklore festivals. The tourism of repose and relaxation is practiced most during the summer time, being favoured by a very pleasant natural environment, the water and air purity, the altitude of over 800 m that ensures pleasant temperatures. The vegetation has a vertical distribution and contains deciduous forests, beech forests, mixed forests and valley subalpine meadows with a great variety of floristic composition. In Vârtop-Arieşeni area, there is evidence of 88 guesthouses, having a tourist accommodation capacity of 1190 beds in 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the 151 years anniversary of official statistics in Romania (1859- 2010) setting up the World Day of Statistics (October 20, 2010) to be celebrated in the whole world - represents for our country the recognition of importance and role of statistics, statisticians' work along time, for development and modernization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today's economy we are witnessing a phenomenon of integration in agriculture and food industry, which is an effect, but also a cause of the marketing and agrobusiness development. In well developed countries, and to a lesser extent in the less developed, such as Romania, we observe a serious intensification of interdependence relations between farms, food companies and distributors. Consequently, there is a phenomenon of growing distance between the place of production and consumption place, with impacts on the population's consumption habits. In these circumstances, marketing aims to ensure that food is brought in the place and form desired by the consumer, which requires that the producing companies must design strategies to adapt to specific conditions of different markets (local, regional, national, international). In this context, agricultural and food marketing becomes, for more and more companies, a kind of marketing whose target is aimed towards meeting society's best conditions and future needs. In fact, the agro-food sector is one of those sectors in which marketing companies are located in full force, agriculture (through interdependence with the natural environment) and food industry (through its impact on food safety and security of the population) occupying a place of great importance in ensuring sustainable economic and social development.. As a result of the adjustment process to continue to supply food products to consumers' growing demands, the tendency is to take over more and more agricultural products and process them into food products; the food industry is considerably reducing the time spent by the consumer cooking and it also ensures an assortment structure of agricultural products supply as close to consumers' tastes as it can be. In this paper, the authors have proposed to address some theoretical and practical aspects related to product strategy, which can be applied to Kosarom S.A. Pascani Group of Companies, Iasi County. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The assurance of alimentary security in Romania requests the allowance of necessary funds for the revitalizing of the agriculture, which that represents the main source of securing of the food needs of the native population. As member of the European Union, Romania should draw the assigned funds to the development of certain agricultural sectors, out of which the animal husbandry occupies a priority place. Within this context, M.A.P.D.R. has promulgated the Minister's Order number 850/2006, for granting the financial support to the farmers from the field of animal husbandry. The Order stipulates the allowance of some funds as direct financial support, under the following terms: * 0.3 lei/l for the milk delivered to authorized factories; * 1.6 lei /Kg for the broiler chicken having production permit issued by the Sanitary Veterinary Direction (D.S.V.) and which are slaughtered in slaughter houses authorized by D.S.V.; * 100 lei/bovine, on condition that the farmer owns at least three adult bovines; * 100 lei/pork carcass of E class, on condition that the farmer has a permit issued by D.S.V. and the animals are slaughtered in slaughterhouses authorized by D.S.V.; * 120 lei/pork carcass of U class, under the same condition as mentioned in the previous line. In accordance with the provisions of the Minister's Order number 850/2006, the support granted to the 3348 applications approved in the year 2007 in the field of animal husbandry in Botuşani district, was 8.79 thousand millions lei out of which: • 52.7 % for milk, in accordance with the standards in force; • 45.8 % for farms of broiler chicken breeding; • 1.3 % for bee-keeping; • 0.1% for adult bovines; • 0.12 % for classified pork carcasses. Finally, the authors recommend some measures to stimulate the agricultural producers to apply for structural funds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]