CHALLENGE OF COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA

At present, more than four years after the last reform, under the global crisis pressure, CAP is again facing an adjustment process. Almost at the end of the first programming cycle, the agricultural and rural development policy in Romania has to face a significantly changed context and an increased interdependence level. This paper proposes a comparative analysis of the main dimensions of the Romanian rural areas and of the experience gained in the process of accessing dedicated European funds to the level registered in the EU-27, to highlight specific aspects necessary to support Romania’s future decisions in the rural development policy.