| By: |
OTIMAN, Paun Ion (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
TODEROIU, Filon (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
FLORIAN, Violeta (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
ALEXANDRI, Cecilia (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
GAVRILESCU, Camelia (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
IONEL, Iuliana (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
GRODEA, Mariana (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
ALBOIU, Cornelia (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
MOLDOVAN, Minodora (Institute of Agricultural Economics);
GOSA, Vasile (Research Center for Sustainable Rural Development in Romania);
NAGY, Andrea (Research Center for Sustainable Rural Development in Romania) |
| Abstract: |
The paper presents the main modalities and solutions by which agriculture and
rural development can represent factors of economic-financial crisis shock
attenuation and resuming economic growth. It is without doubt that the main
modality to increase agriculture contribution to the general economic growth
is the capital injection into economic factors (investments that create jobs,
increase production and productivity on the agricultural holdings, develop
infrastructure in the rural areas), the best use of financial resources by
funding systems adequate to the present situation whose effects should stop
the economic decline and subsequently generate economic growth. Romania, a EU
Member State since 2007, must “get in line” with the funding systems used in
agriculture and rural development in the European Union. However, a main
remark should be made. All the CAP funding systems, adopted by the EU, from
its establishment up to the present moment (except for the first system, in
use in the immediate period after the Common Market was established), have
been funding systems designed and implemented under strong general economic
and agricultural growth conditions, for the equilibration of the agricultural
market (in most cases with surplus of agricultural products), family farm
consolidation and environment and landscape protection conditions, animal
welfare, etc. Taking into consideration the period of generalized economic and
financial crisis, in the paper it is specified that none of the funding
systems of agriculture and rural development in the EU has been designed for
periods of generalized economic-financial crisis or economic recession, so
that certain points of view presented below, with regard to the modalities to
attenuate the crisis in agriculture and to increase this sector contribution
to economic growth relaunching, might be in (relative) disagreement with the
present CAP funding system, adopted by the EU. |