STUDIES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY

Abstract

Agriculture was and remains the mainstay of human existence, representing the backbone of the Romanian rural economy. The authors of the paper propose an analysis of the main factors involved in the development of agriculture in Romania: the share of agriculture in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the land base, the agricultural labour force, the development of agricultural holdings, the structure of agricultural production, the level of agricultural machinery and equipment and the use of chemical fertilisers in agriculture.  The methodology used in the research consists of collecting statistical data, processing them, interpreting them graphically, and analysing and synthesising information on the evolution of agriculture from the literature in the field. At the end of the paper, the authors highlight the primary function of agriculture in ensuring the population's food security, thus underlining the need for farm consolidation, modernisation of technologies, and general improvement of farmers' activity.