Abstract:
Within the orientation of the community agricultural policy towards a
natural, ecological agriculture, where the concept of ecological agriculture
has a well defined place, the intensification of the efforts related to the
promotion of the ecological agriculture praxis and the information process
regarding the role of the ecological technologies is necessary. New
agricultural technologies developed and extended over the past three
decades have contributed to unprecedented growt in world food production.
The sustainable agriculture requires continuing adaptation and change în
practices and strategies.
If in 2003, 90% of the Romanian ecological production was meant to
be exported, a better capitalization on the domestic market (60%) compared
to the export (40%) is foreseen for the year 2007.
The quantitative objective is to expand the cultivated area to 150,000
hectares în 2007 by means of environmentally friendly methods and the
development of a domestic market with ecological products. Due to its 14.8 m
hectares and of its unspoiled soils, Romania can promote and develop the
ecological agriculture to a great extent.
All ecological products present a great importance, because the
number of local firms productive of such products is small. So, over the 95%
of ecological vegetables and grains from Romania are exported, principally
în Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands and Italy. The annual sales on export
are by 10-15 millions euro.
The development of more appropriate and productive agriculture
under diverse and changing circumstances will be more successful to the
extent that rural people are actively involved în structuring and managing
the process.
