Financing the Agri-Environmental Policy: Consequences on the Economic Growth and Environmental Quality in Romania

Nicoleta Mihaela Doran, Roxana Maria Bădîrcea () and Marius Dalian Doran
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Nicoleta Mihaela Doran: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza, 200585 Craiova, Romania
Roxana Maria Bădîrcea: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 A.I. Cuza, 200585 Craiova, Romania
Marius Dalian Doran: Doctoral School of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, 300223 Timisoara, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: The aim of this research is to point out the impact that the application of the agri-environmental policy has on the economic growth and on the quality of the environment, these being the main aspects targeted by the practice of a sustainable agriculture. The research is conducted based on the agri-environment indicators for Romania for the period of time between 1997 and 2019. In order to answer the objectives of this whole research, we performed stationarity tests, a cointegration test and used the Fully Modified Least Squares (FMOLS) method to estimate the relationships between the variables included in the three proposed models. The obtained results highlighted the positive influence exerted by the area that was arranged for irrigation and the agricultural area that was arranged with drainage works on the GDP, but also the negative influence of the amount of natural fertilizers used in agriculture. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides generates an increase in environmental degradation, meaning CO 2 emissions, while an increase in the agricultural area arranged with erosion control and land improvement works, leads to reducing environmental degradations. The limitations of this research lie in the fact that the agri-environmental indicators are specific to each country in the European Union and, therefore, it is difficult to make comparisons with other member states or to apply the measures recommended for Romania to other states with similar agricultural and economic systems.

Keywords: CO 2 emissions; irrigation arrangements; drainage arrangements; chemical fertilizers used in agriculture; improving and combating soil erosion; natural fertilizers used in agriculture; pesticides used in agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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