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The paper aims to briefly present the main problems regarding the impact of climate change on living organisms (humans, animals, plants), the measures taken so far to solve these problems and the actions that must be taken into account by the European Union and the states members. They propose increasing the resilience of health and social systems and emphasize the need to ensure adequate surveillance and control of climate change impacts on health, such as epidemiological surveillance, control of communicable diseases and the effects of extreme events. In general, climate change does not cause many new or unknown health risks, but it will intensify certain interactions between the environment and human health, with more drastic effects than at present. Most public health measures and systems already exist, but they need to be adapted to the new situation and new needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When we talk about the consumption of a food, we must take into account its importance for a balanced human diet, its production capacity, consumer preferences for that food and, last but not least, retail prices. Taking into account the current challenges regarding the provision of food for the entire population of the globe and its access to healthy food, the periodic analysis of these indicators is necessary to be able to develop policies and strategies at the global, regional and/or the national level. The purpose of the paper is to analyze meat consumption in Romania in the period 2010-2020, starting from the data provided by the National Institute of Statistics, in order to estimate the trend in a future time horizon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The sustainable use of natural resources by employing technical and social modernization of agriculture, is a constant preoccupation, given current challenges related to climate changes, maintenance of competitiveness for agricultural producers and the decrease of dependence to non-renewable resources. In a situation where the world population is constantly growing and the agricultural fund is limited and with clear trends of deterioration, agricultural research has played a particularly important role in increasing production and in the most rational exploitation of existing resources. The concept of precision agriculture involves regulating the inputs to the agricultural system (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides) so that they are distributed in precise location, quantity, and time needed. Measuring the various working parameters through sensors and transducers, analyzing the information received through computer systems and specific software, and sending commands to change other parameters on tractors and agricultural machines created the Smart farming system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on tourism in Romania with a focus on the market effects and the impact on tourism operators. The onset of the COVID-19 health crisis in March 2020 led to restrictions on the movement of people, which led to behavioral changes in accommodation as well as in the behavior of tourists (tourism consumers). The objective of this paper is to analyse the changes in the hospitality industry sector, highlighting the changes in the behavior of turism consumers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Planning a community development is a natural approach aimed at increasing the quality of life and improving living conditions of citizens. However, the development of a community cannot be conceived in the absence of a vision on the directions to which the community wants and and is able to go. The National Development Plan (PND) is a concept specific to the European economic and social cohesion policy, meant to provide a coherent and stable conception regarding the development of the member states of the EU. This concept was practically transposed into development priorities, programs and projects, in accordance with the programming principle of structural funds. In this paper, we will present aspects regarding the PND and what this has meant from the point of view of accessing the European funds for the development of rural areas in Romania, and the potential of tourism for development of their economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between March 2017 and April 2017, ICEADR Institute conducted a survey among the Romanian fruit producers, in order to identify the problems they face and to highlight their opinions. The survey's results were used to find solutions for an efficient exploitation of fruits' production. Quantitative research was used as the main method for picking information while the research technique consisted on the structural research (survey). Most farmers are not implied in associative forms and they are not interested in joining one in the nearest future. Small exploitations register small productions which do not permit them to sign selling contracts and consequently their incomings are around 4500 RON each year. Also, the Authorities' implication in supporting small and medium producers is very low. Awareness of the advantages of association / cooperation by facilitating access to private and public resources, promoting practices and technologies that ensure environmental protection, assurance of consultancy, defense of members' interests in their relations with government bodies and state administration, promotion of products on national and international market, ensuring equal rights for all members, improving the information and supply system, developing agro-food markets, correlating the level of production and product quality in line with market requirements, capitalizing on larger quantities of products, reducing tax evasion is the solution to solving problems Romanian grain farmers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the assessment of the economic impact in the vegetable production sector through the support scheme for the Program for tomato grown in protected areas for 2020, focusing on production results, market effects, impact on producers, trade balance. In this context, the study is based on extensive scientific documentation on the impact of funding from the National Budget and support schemes established under European CAP regulations. The outbreak of the COVID-19 health crisis in March 2020 led to restrictions on the movement of people, which led to behavioral changes in tomato producers. The aim of this paper is to reflect changes regarding areas cultivated with tomatoes and overall production of tomatoes, as well as changes that have occurred in producer's strategy in terms of marketing and payment methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]