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We need to think that an ecosystem is working for us all time, proving a constant flow of resources as economical input, sustain life and all necessary condition for the agricultural activity, creating a mechanism that is wider than our comprehension. An agricultural ecosystem is producing food, fuels, non-food products. This activity is depending on the ecosystem service, by water, climate, soil fertility, carbon sequestration, biodiversity as genetic reservoir. Usually the connection between agriculture and ecos...

In a circular economy we have to rethink, redesign, reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover the waste through a circular economy which is generating a valuable chain between raw material producer and consumer. Economic circular models could be shaped into short cycles, long cycles, cascades, pure cycles, dematerialized cycles and production on demands. Using these models and adapt them for agriculture we save a lot of resources, being able to decouple substantially production by resource extraction. An agri-food syste...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze cultivated surfaces and obtained production in Romanian West Region of Development performing after that a SWOT analyze of this sector. Romanian West Region has two areas of major importance in Romania's vineyard production, namely Minis-M?derat and Reca? vineyards, which have a quality recognition through Denominated Origin and Geographically Indication, but also a considerable amount production for export. It is observed that even if the surfaces are not representative the...

The purpose of this paper is to identify consumers' preferences for Geographical Indication wines from the Mini? M?derat vineyard, wines that are traditionally in the area and at the same time are also km 0, favoring a sustainable development of the area. Two wine centers, Mini? and M?derat, although they are close, shows important differences. Mini? climatic conditions and soil conditions favor the production of quality red wines, and at M?derat, located further north, the climate is less generous and soils more ...