Production, Economic and Financial Results in Vaslui County Agriculture (Case Study at S.A. Agroind Berezeni, Vaslui County, after 20 Years of Activity)

Abstract

S.A. Agroind Berezeni, Vaslui County was established under the Low nr. 36/1991,according with the Court decision No. 2 from 04.11.1991. Administrative, the company is fromBerezeni Commune located just 5 km from the river Prut, border with Moldova Republic. It was thefirst agricultural unit from Vaslui County with private capital (4.3 billion lei) and second in Moldova,with the activity object: crop production, animal husbandry, processing and capitalization of agrozootechnicalproducts. Based on a good management, the main goal of the company was to design aproduction structures unit that meet the requirements of market economy, aiming to exploit theagricultural potential of the area, both by developing vegetable farms, and those of breeding, puttingemphasis on cattle and sheep for milk and meat. S.A. Agroind Berezeni belonging to the Associationof Cattle Breeders Association Birlad and Husi Eastern Group Association, which unites over 50companies in the agriculture of the county of Vaslui. The unit has a total of 686 associates and has anagricultural area of 3727 hectares, of which arable land 3250. The strategy of development andefficiency of the unit was based on the integration process, by increasing investment both from ownsources and from other sources (loans and attracting European funding by projects), so that currently,is technical and material developed and modernized, appearing new sectors such as: irrigation sector,processing sector for wheat and corn (corn and wheat mill, bakery), milk processing sector, drying andstoring grain sector, dairy sector farm and mechanization modernization, etc. Based on this case study,the authors have proposed to highlight the development opportunities and improvement of agriculturalunits, based on practice an advanced management and marketing, leading to performance andefficiency.