Elena Constantin

The Rural Educational Tourism at the Farm

Abstract The consumer of rural and farm tourism has evolved in the direction of being associated with types of fun and educational leisure activities. Tourism consumers search for new types of tourism, such as: farming entertainment. The aim of an educational trip in the rural areas is: to know the life and activity of the farmers, to create a positive image of the agriculture in the eyes of the next generations/ urban resident consumers. The educational rural tourism has various activities, i.e.: basic classes/ full courses/ short term workshops on the school farms. The educational activities for children include: floral arrangements, cooking classes on the farm, preparing natural herbal remedies, demonstrations of traditional ways of obtaining beer and wine, experience historical reconstruction of the traditional villages, etc. The recreational rural tourism includes: art of the plants, agricultural labyrinths, wine tasting tourism, vegetable picking, identification of spontaneous plant and wildlife species, etc. The authors present the steps have to be followed in order to develop new brand tourism products that meet the requirements for consumers education.

Agritourism: An Educational Tool for the Students with Agro-food Profile☆

Abstract Agritourism is an incredible educational tool with varied expected effects on the educational plan. Pupils, students, teenagers and adults understand better: the rural traditional culture, the production and the distribution processes of the agricultural products, the importance of healthy food in peoples lives, the preservation of the environment, etc. Educational agritourism is an alternative form of mass tourism for areas where the latter cannot be organized. The educational agritouristic activities for the students with agricultural major envisage: a thorough understanding of the public function of agriculture, raising awareness for healthy food, developing healthy dietary habits, learning the way in which the agricultural products are produced and marketed, first-hand experience along the whole agricultural year. Furthermore, students can have a better understanding of the life in the rural areas and this can make them want to keep the agriculture culture, perpetuate the traditions. They are given the opportunity to experiment new situations and establish an emotional and direct contact with nature. As for the teaching higher education staff, the benefits will consist in the introduction of the environmentally friendly agricultural products in the faculty, in teaching the theoretical and practical knowledge needed for the new agricultural technology.

Studies on the Production and the Ecological Reconstruction of Landslides

This paper presents theoretical foundations for the approach of studying the mechanism of producing landslides, criteria for estimating production potential of landslides, causes that trigger this process of degradation and enabling factors and recommendations on the elaboration of ecological reconstruction measures of the affected land and soil covering the land. Landslides are the movement of rock masses on slopes due to gravity. They can occur on any land that meets favorable in terms of lithology, moisture content and slope angle and can vary in size from a single block to a fall of rocks, up to million cubic meters of material in an avalanche of debris. Landslides play an important role both in the evolution of landforms and security of the work performed by man by which is subject to potential risks to the population or buildings, and the magnitude of these risks. Landslides can affect mainly: natural slopes, seashore, slopes in the excavation of canals, embankment slopes, dams, earth dams and local materials, docks and retaining walls, molded walls, structures protected by sheet piling (Luca, 2010).

Latest Information on Irrigation Management in Romania

Irrigation works occur radically in the natural ecosystems which they change economically although, biologically, they reduce natural biodiversity. They can have side effects such as water regime change, degradation of soil features etc., if the technical prescriptions concerning the irrigation application and land operation are not observed. The construction and maintenance of these facilities require specialized staff who, besides technical training, should have good agronomic education and to ensure the coordination of water facilities with the agricultural land.

STUDIES ON THE SUBSTANTIATION OF THE PROGRAMS CONCERNING THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURE IN IALOMITA COUNTY

This work presents a synthesis of the environmental production studies for Ialomita County, together with some recommendations concerning a number of programs that may determine a long-term character for the exploitation of the agricultural lands: the technical and the managerial modernization for irrigations and drainage; the proper recovery and exploitation of the works against the floods; the more different assortment of the culture; the extend of the rise culture on the salted soils.

Studies regarding the estimation of the economic potential of the rural areas.

The paper presents a solution for the development of a forecast regarding the annual medium gross income obtained from the use of the rural area – agriculture and forestry – to point out the present limits of the rural economy and the action directions to follow in order to increase the sustainable economic performances.

RESURSE NATURALE ALE JUDEŢULUI PRAHOVA ŞI VALORIFICAREA LOR DURABILĂ

Judeţul Prahova este situat in sudul României, fiind inclus in Regiunea de dezvoltare Sud-Muntenia. Având o suprafaţă de 4694 km2 si un relief cu altitudini variabile intre 2505 m si 68 m, judeţul Prahova are o importanţă economică deosebită, industrială dar si agricolă si silvică. Circa 20% din terenurile agricole si pe circa 1% din suprafaţa ocupată de păduri sunt terenuri degradate prin eroziune, alunecări, excavaţii, poluare chimică si cu petrol, exces de umiditate, sărături etc. Agricultura si silvicultura constiuie cele două componente de bază ale spaţiului rural in judeţul Prahova judeţ inclus in Regiunea de dezvoltare Sud-Muntenia, caracterizată printr-o pondere a populaţiei rurale de 58,4% daţă de 45,4% media pe ţară cu o densitate a populaţiei de 100,6 locuitori/km2 faţă de media pe ţară de 94,1 locuitori/km2.