Considerable efforts to create a professional and effective rural extension service in the Republic of Moldova have been made in the last decade. Unfortunately, there are currently limited institutional connections between the components of knowledge in agriculture in Moldova and information system, for example, between institutions of agricultural research, extension and education/ training. These three components work independently, while collaboration is limited to involvement of researchers and professors as consultants in short-term projects of the extension service. Therefore, the Republic of Moldova lacks a permanent platform for communication and cooperation, aimed at serving the common needs of the private sector. Agricultural science and innovative policy development should stimulate obtaining new knowledge, highly productive biological material, intensify innovation activities in agro-industrial sector, while creating conditions for absorbing local and foreign innovations through the range of measures, such as: research, development and innovation (RDI) activities focused on priority directions of the sector development; stimulating innovative scientific activities in order to create new varieties and hybrids of plants and highly productive breeds of animals, applying advanced farming and processing of raw materials; promotin the creation and implementation of a system of economic incentives for attracting and absorbing innovations in the sector; deepening economic research to ensure scientific support for the sustainable development of the agribusiness sector; modernizing the training and retraining of the staff from the agricultural education sector and adjustment of the quality of education to market requirements; supporting the development of technological transfer and extension network in agro-industrial sector (Government of the Republic of Moldova, 2008).

The present volume is the collection of the conference papers presented on The 2nd International Symposium Agricultural economics and rural development. Realities and perspectives for Romania, organized by The Research Institute for Agrarian Economy and Rural Development during 8-9 of September, in Bucharest, Romania. The main aim of this symposium was both to present the newest research results and findings in field of agricultural and rural development research and, also to encourage the direct implementation of these results in practice by creating a strong cooperation between academicians and researchers with the field experts and investors. The symposium proceedings is structured in 2 specialized sections and the plenary one, where the read my find interesting argues regarding this research field.

The volume contains the papers accepted and published in the proceedings of the 6th International symposium entitled: Agrarian Economy and Rural Development -- Realities and Perspectives for Romania', organized by the Institute of Research for Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Bucharest in cooperation with, The Institute for Agrarian Economy Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade -- Serbia, Institute for Economy, Finance and Statistics, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, University of Agrarian Sciences and Veterinary Medicine -- The Faculty Of Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, Bucharest, Romania, Academy of Economic Studies -- The Faculty Of Agro-Food And Environment Economy, Bucharest, Romania, under the high scientific patronage of Academy of Agriculture and Forest Sciences "Gheorghe Ionescu Sisesti", held in Bucharest, Romania, November 20, 2015. The proceedings are structured in accordance with the sessions of the conference and it includes papers and relevant contributions on plenary speakers, Economy, management and agricultural marketing and Rural development and agricultural policies. Publishing this volume represents a term of the interest expressed by the highest academic and research groups in Romania and EU with interests in the agricultural sector. In the symposium proceedings are shared knowledge, experience and the newest results of your research in the agrarian economy and rural development domain related to the agro-food quality and safety, sustainability, innovation and fight against climate change, biodiversity preservation, economic efficiency of farms in terms of increasing the environmental performances, efficient use of resources and supporting the shift towards a low carbon economy and resilient to climate change in agriculture and food; social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas etc.The symposium proceedings is structured in 4 specialized sections, where the read my find interesting argues regarding this research field.