Revitalization Measures of Vegetal Agricultural Production in Galati Agro-economical Area by Attracting European Funds

Abstract

The diagnosis of Romanian rural area indicates the need for sustainable rural development, which means the promotion and implementation of cohesion policy, which can develop in a balanced and efficient way the urban and rural areas in Romania. In the Gala?i agro economical area, in the last decade, due to the negative influence of many external factors, the vegetal production has decreased dramatically and in some years, has been declared a state of natural disaster. For example, in 2007 were affected by extreme drought and high temperatures, the fall crops, spring crops, plantations of vines and fruit trees. Thus, the autumn wheat, 15.3% of cultivated surfaces was full damaged and 57.4% partially. In barley and spring barley, an area of 341 hectares (3%) was full damaged, and 3037 hectares (26.6%) partially, while at the corn for grain, 36.7% of the cultivated surfaces were full damaged and 55.7%, partially, etc. In arid areas, where deficit of water in soil is permanent, it is necessary the crop irrigation and the use of specific technologies. In addition, the soil salt phenomenon affects over 35.4 thousand hectares of agricultural area of Gala?i County, of which 40.4% are in the Gala?i agro economical area. To revitalize the agricultural vegetal production, the authors highlight the main measures to be undertaken which will require a very high volume of investment. To carry out the planned investment, the authors insist on development of viable projects, with the finishing point 2012, based on the internal sources, attracting EU funds, in accordance with the National Plan for Rural Development (PNDR).