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GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL AREAS
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Nowadays there is increased emphasis on reviving the rural areas and the small businesses are considered to be the engine. This study examines how the rural areas entrepreneurship spirit can be stimulated through increasing awareness in regards to the environmental impact of green activities. The aim is to find ways of converting the rural traditional economy into a sustainable one by creating different types of initiatives for the population such as organic farming, renewal energy alternatives, eco-tourism and reducing food waste. The research is based on data extracted from European Union reports, Eurostat Database and National Statistical Institute of Romania, Poland, Spain and Italy. The studies track the number of registered green farmers that operate in the European Union. Even though agriculture is highly unbalanced in Romania and is far behind countries like Spain, Italy and Poland, organic farming and green activities might save and add value to the sector. In the considered period we can notice an increase in the organic farming in Italy and Spain and a decrease in Poland and Romania. The decrease is caused by the fact that, in the past few years, due to the low price of agricultural land, small farms were bought by the larger ones. These practice industrial farming due to the high efficiency and by default high profits. As the environment is the base for all the economic activities we must find ways of achieving a balance between the economic well-being and environmental protection for a sustainable development.
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