Organic agriculture is widely considered an agricultural method that aims to produce food products by turning to natural processes and substances, limiting, at the same time, the impact on the environment. In the last period, there has been an evident growing trend in consumers’ preference for organic food products, which determines the agricultural producers and systems to adapt to this demand, by turning to organic agricultural practices.
In this context, there was research to analyze the evolution of Romanian organic agriculture over 12 years, between 2010-2021, especially regarding the organic cultivated area and crop structure, having also in view the global context of the agricultural organic sector. The analysis highlighted an important development of the organic area during this timeframe, based, mainly, on permanent grassland, cereals, industrial crops, and “other crops”, at the end of the interval Romania was among the countries with the highest contribution to the increase of the European organic land area.
The research is made in the Agri-Economy Systems Research Laboratory, on the RoRuralia Living & Policy Lab, within the RURALITIES project financed by the European Union, Horizon Europe Programme.
- Scientific Article: The Evolution of the Romanian Organic Agriculture in a Global Context, Ioan Sebastian Brumă, Mihai Alexandru Chițea, Alexandra Raluca Jelea1, Lorena Florentina Chițea, Roxana Nicoleta Rațu, Mihaela Popa – ROMANIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 2023 December
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