THE COMPETITION ON THE VEGETABLES AND FRUIT MARKET IN ROMANIA

Abstract

Vegetables and fruit have a significant share in agricultural food production. In our country, several important and very interesting horticultural basins have been developed, both for the national economy and for the respective micro-regions. They made available to the population a very rich assortment of vegetables and fruit, fresh or preserved. Due to the particularly favorable pedoclimatic factors, as well as the less intensive cultivation system, local vegetables and fruit have the advantage of being particularly tasty, a performance that other countries achieve through the use of additives, which negatively influence the biochemical composition and the cost of the products. The huge energy costs, rising prices of pesticides, fertilizers and seeds are forcing farmers to grow less, in order to cover the expenses. This paper is an analysis of the current competition on the market of vegetables and fruit in Romania, taking into account the dumping prices of imported agricultural products.