Necessary Premises for the Elaboration of a Model for the Management of Sustainable Agricultural Exploitations

The sustainable development concept must take into account the impact of human activity on the natural resources and their conservation. From the point of view of using the earthly surface, at international level agriculture occupies approximately 40% and in Romania circa 62% (INS source), thus emphasizing the role of agricultural activities in the sustainable development of the territory. Sustainable development can be defined as the development which satisfies the needs of today’s generations without reducing the chances of future generations to satisfy their own needs. This is the reason for which the public authority manifests a continuous interest for the concept of sustainable agriculture, which can be seen in the financing of numerous studies on this theme (European Commission, 2001; Esty and others, 2005; McRae, Smith and Gregorich, 2000; Piorr, 2003).