A FEW CONSIDERATIONS ON THE UNUTILISED AGRICULTURAL AREAS – EVOLUTION AND INFLUENCE FACTORS

Crina Turtoi () and Camelia Gavrilescu
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Crina Turtoi: Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy, Bucharest

Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2018, vol. 15, issue 1, 29-42

Abstract: The utilisation of land resources has a direct impact on the environmental change, influencing the quality of life, ecosystems and global infrastructure. The paper analyses the changes that took place in the farmland use categories in 2002–2016. The dynamics of the number and size of holdings indicates a significant diminution in the number of farms and utilised agricultural area overall, highlighting the key changes in the structure of its land use categories. The diminution by 10.3% (1.43 million hectares) of the utilised agricultural area in 2016, as compared to 2002, indicates a potential risk of agricultural land abandonment, since these land areas are not included in the structure of any other land use categories.

Keywords: utilised agricultural area; land use categories; agricultural holdings. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q12 Q24 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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