RESEARCH REGARDING OIL SEEDS CROPS DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA IN THE EU CONTEXT

Agatha Popescu

Economics of Agriculture, 2012, vol. 59, issue 01, 9

Abstract: The paper aimed to present the dynamics of sunflower, soybean and rape cultivated area, yield and production in Romania in the period 1990-2009 and established the 2012-2015 forecast. In this respect, the statistical data have been processed based on fixed indices and average annual growth rate. Romania is an important oilseed producer contributing by 8.22% to the EU-27 production. In 2009, Romania oilseed production counted for 1,764 thou tons of which sunflower seeds 62.24 %, rapeseed 32.29 % and 5.47 % soy beans. In 2015, it is forecast as oilseed production to reach 7,850 thou tons, of which 73.84 % sunflower seeds and 25.26 % rapeseed.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.123964

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