Published in Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. IV
Written by Maria Claudia PREDA
Of the total population of Romania, about 45%, according to INS, are living in rural areas, and in terms of area, of the23.84 mil. ha, approximately 14.7 mil. ha, or 62%, is arable land. Of these 14.7 mil., only 1.7 mil. ha are irrigated.Given that agriculture is one of the main branches of the Romanian economy, being considered by the publicauthorities, the locomotive that will restart the economy.Why are speaking in future tense? Because, as it’s said in the structural documents of Romania, the Romanianagriculture has a great potential to develop, potential that comes from the state of significant degradation of irrigationsystems, machine wear and lack of new techniques of culture, so that production yields are approximately 40% of theaverage European countries.The emphasis in the 2014-2020 programming period is the development of rural areas, in this context we cannot forgetthe development of the irrigation system, especially if we look in the past, during the communist period, when irrigationsystems proved their worth.Today, the desire for economic alignment with the EU, in the context of a country with agricultural profile, obliges us toemphasize that in the development of infrastructure and agricultural services, the irrigation systems represent a lastinginvestment in rural development.
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