Rural Development in a Cross-border Context. Case Study: Romania-R. Moldova

Abstract

The impact of agriculture nowadays is increasingly important. Today, modern agriculture no longer has the role of creating food products only. Most of the time Rural is seen as a development promoter socio-sustainable economic growth due to the vision of continuous development of rural areas. This paper treats cross-border cooperation with the challenges and opportunities existing at this level. The efficiency of cross-border cooperation is based, for the most part, on the coordination of all pillars involved in the process. Thus, the failure of one of the levels leads to the reduction of efficiency. The purpose of this work is to analyse the impact of the University "Dunarea de Jos" on the Cahul Rayon within the Republic of Moldova. This paper seeks to point out the elements on which the potential for rural and agricultural development depends. Nowadays, rural development persists in a crisis zone, and the lack of a realistic vision of the future of both the Romanian village and the village beyond the Prut, leading to a Multi-functional rural development is increasingly present.