Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Marius MILUȚ, Ion STAN, Jenica CĂLINA, Aurel CĂLINA, Alin CROITORU, Dragoș MEDELETE, Gabriel BĂDESCU, Cristian IONICĂ
The paper presents the evolution of the areas of agricultural land in Romania, by categories of use, after the '90s. According to the Law of the land fund 18/1991 "the lands of any kind, regardless of destination, title on the basis of which they are owned or by the public or private domain of which they are part, constitute the land fund of Romania". If before 1989 there was a tendency to increase the areas destined for agriculture, especially of arable land, after the revolution, with the restoration of land rights, there was an oscillating evolution of agricultural areas, with a decreasing tendency. The study is based on data provided by the National Institute of Statistics. The year 1990 is taken as a reference, and for an overview, are presented the values of the surfaces for each category of agricultural use from 5 to 5 years. The surface of the Romanian land fund is 23,839,100 ha, being made up of agricultural and non-agricultural areas. These surfaces had certain variations throughout the period studied. The area of arable land had a maximum in 1990 when there were 9.45 million ha and a minimum in 1995 with only 9.33 million ha. The value closest to the maximum was recorded in 2005 (9.42 million ha).
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