Models Underlying the Success Development of Family Farms in Romania

Abstract

A family farm is an important part of the countryside, both economically and especially socially. In recent years, legislative measures have encouraged the development of large farms, ensuring food security while neglecting family farms, which are characterised by a lack of organisation, the absence of proper classification and the absence of measures to encourage their development and protection. In order to identify the premises underlying the development of family farms, and to create a development model for those family farms in a poor economic situation, the BMC method and SWOT analysis of seven family farms considered successful models were used. The development of these types of farms could provide a solution to a major problem facing the Romanian countryside: the depopulation of rural areas. The results of the study show that the development of these types of farms is based on joining an associative form (cooperatives) and/or making investments in the processing/storage line of agricultural products.

Climate Change—Between “Myth and Truth” in Romanian Farmers’ Perception

“…Although events may occur that put the cultivated area at risk (varying), farmers prefer technological work to be done with their own machinery, as this is not based on a calculation of the efficiency of purchasing/maintaining their own machinery versus renting agricultural machinery and equipment (management training and accounting notions). This facility could be obtained by joining an associative form, which is still developing timidly in Romania [7,15] compared to other countries of the European Union, where agricultural activities carried out in common are widespread [31,34,37].…”

“…Although in recent years the number of holdings has decreased considerably, from 4.485 million holdings in 2002 to 2.887 million holdings registered in 2020, agricultural land fragmentation remains a topical problem characterizing Romanian agriculture [26][27][28]. The high number of agricultural holdings is mainly due to land fragmentation, a phenomenon that started immediately after 1990, when property (including agricultural land) was retroceded to living heirs [28][29][30][31].…”

Socio-Economic Structure Consolidation of Rural Areas

“…Today's European agriculture is characterized by technological improvement and globalization. Agricultural markets are also part of the novel technological enhancement and they are directly influencing the amplification of large-scale specialized industrial farms, generating an increase in mechanized labor in agriculture (Micu et al, 2022). The purpose of local economic development in rural areas is to thrust up the economic capability of a community to sustainable improve its social and economic life (Pavel et al, 2018).…”

Labour Implications on Agricultural Production in Romania

“…This is influenced by the decrease in the population employed in agriculture and due to the merger process of farms, as well as to the technological integration process (Figure 10). Psychological expectations for the value of farmland are found to be much lower among men due to their disadvantages in receiving information through policy publici zation and their greater willingness to transition to non-agricultural employment [59] Better educated women farmers and those living in areas with greater economic and socia development expect farmland to be more valuable [60]. Agribusiness is both a complex Psychological expectations for the value of farmland are found to be much lower among men due to their disadvantages in receiving information through policy publi-cization and their greater willingness to transition to non-agricultural employment [59].…”

“…Agribusiness is both a complex Psychological expectations for the value of farmland are found to be much lower among men due to their disadvantages in receiving information through policy publi-cization and their greater willingness to transition to non-agricultural employment [59]. Better educated women farmers and those living in areas with greater economic and social development expect farmland to be more valuable [60]. Agribusiness is both a complex social process and a market structure, consisting of many independent economic entities that generate the demand for labour in the sector.…”