Analysis regarding the fleet and the farm equipment in Romania compared to the European Union

Bădan, Daniela-Nicoleta (2017): Analysis regarding the fleet and the farm equipment in Romania compared to the European Union. Published in: "Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania" , Vol. 8, No. ISSN 2285-6803, ISSN-L 2285-6803 (16 November 2017): pp. 69-73.

Abstract

Taking under consideration the fact that the main factor of increasing work productivity, and increasing agricultural production is mechanization, in the present work, I want to analyze the evolution of the farm equipment fleet in Romania and the E.U. during 2010-2016, highlighting the upgrading trend of this sector compared to the demands from the Romanian farmers who buy these equipments from abroad. There are discussions regarding the decreasing of the number of workers in the agricultural sector due to the modernization and the invasion of the market with new models of tractors and equipments that ease the farmer’s work by reducing the work hours by half for the same surface compared to the European average.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: farm equipments, agricultural flee, share, arable
• Subjects: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q16 - R&D ; Agricultural Technology ; Biofuels ; Agricultural Extension Services

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