THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN ROMANIA

Abstract

The agrarian structure of Romania, to a large extent, is not comparable and compatible with the European agrarian structure, because the strong polarization of the current Romanian agrarian structures is not found in any EU country. In Romania, medium-sized farms (10-100 ha) have the lowest share, while subsistence farms, in terms of number, and large farms, in terms of arable area, dominate the Romanian agricultural landscape, while in the EU the agrarian structure is exactly the opposite: most of the land area belongs to medium-sized private-family farms. In this paper, the authors propose to study the current state of agricultural holdings in Romania. In this sense, the approach is necessary to develop a clear concept and, on this basis, a long-term economic and social strategy regarding the type of agricultural holding to be supported, the size of the holdings, their structure, as well as the financing of expenses for studies and design. Also, the Romanian state has the obligation to support the phenomenon of rural development and planning, as a sure way to recover the rural economy of Romania.