§07§The recent transformations of the national agricultural economics prove more than ever the need for optimization of the agricultural production structures. The book presents five alternatives in valuing the agricultural potential by designing farming production modules with different production surface from 60 ha to 800 ha. §16§Agriculture represents a basic economic sector for Romanian economy with major implication on a large part of inland population. The accession to the EU has imposed major changes to the Romanian agricultural sector to achieve better outcomes and to adapt to the new economic performance criteria. The book represents a pertinent analysis regarding the evolution of the Romanian agricultural sector and emphasis the need for optimization of the agricultural production structures. Valuing the inland agricultural potential involves designing well competitive production structures which should better combining all the productions factors existing in the rural areas and communities. The book contains five alternatives in designing the agricultural production structures. §04§Contents: Importance of agriculture in romanian economy - Literature review and model settings research - Alternatives in valuing the agricultural potential - Conclusions - Bibliography - Appendixes. §02§Jean Vasile Andrei is Teaching Assistant at Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti (Romania), Department of Business Administration and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management (USA) and Associate Editor of Economics of Agriculture (Ekonomika poljoprivrede). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics defended at the National Institute of Economics Research - Romanian Academy of Sciences. Particularly issues like business investments process, economic efficiency and valuing economic and natural potential are among his research and scientific interests.§ Gheorghe H. Popescu is full Professor at Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University, Bucharest (Romania). He is the Editor-in-Chief for three international peer reviewed journals as: Economics, Management, and Financial Markets, Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics, and American Journal of Medical Research. Since 2012, he has been a senior research fellow at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies §02§in Humanities and Social Sciences, New York.
