DYNAMICS OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN ROMANIA - COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS FOR 2010-2022 PERIOD

Jurjescu Lidia Andreea, Florin Sala

Abstract


The study analyzed the dynamics of economic operators and the areas cultivated in ecological systems in Romania, in the 2010–2022 period. For the analysis, data from the MADR records were considered. For the analysis, data from the MADR records were considered. The total crops area in the ecological system registered an increasing trend, with some inflections and linear growth in the period 2016-2022. Within the total crops area, the area of grain, pasture and hay crops showed a similar pattern of variation. The leguminous and protein crops showed a fluctuating variation of the surfaces, with a maximum in 2018. Tuberculiferous and root crops recorded the maximum value of the cultivated area in 2012, followed by a decreasing trend. Industrial crops registered an increasing trend throughout the study period. Permanent crops (orchards, vines, fruit trees, nuts) recorded a growth rate in the period 2010-2019, with a stabilization of the surfaces in the period 2019-2022. Different models were obtained to describe the variation of the elements analyzed during the study period.

Keywords


crops dynamics; ecological farming; economic operators; factors; variation patterns

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