An Analysis of the Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Semi-Subsistence Farms that Applied for Non-Refundable EU Funds in the North-Western Romania

Autor:	Valentin Mihai, Diana E. Dumitras, Manuela Simu, Ionel Mugurel Jitea
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	business.industry General Engineering Market access Subsistence agriculture Agriculture Order (exchange) Sustainable agriculture media_common.cataloged_instance Agricultural policy European union business Socioeconomics Common Agricultural Policy media_common
Zdroj:	Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Horticulture. 72
ISSN:	1843-5394 1843-5254
DOI:	10.15835/buasvmcn-hort:11702
Popis:	Romania joined the European Union (EU) with a farming structure dominated in terms of numbers by small subsistence and semi-subsistence farms (2007). Through the second Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) pillar they were supported by a special programme to become more economic resilient. In order to see the potential outcome of that program, 202 farms from North-West Romanian development region were investigated by face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. Results show that more than 60 per cent have farm managers bellow 50 years old with good technical educational background. Their future-self assessment looks optimistic because more than 64% want to invest using EU funds in the future (in the period 2014 and 2020). Farmers who want to quit farming perceive market access and their age as being the main limitative factors.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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