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REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF POTATOS PRODUCTION IN ROMANIA (2014-2016)

R. L. PANZARU, D. M. MEDELETE, M. VLADU, G. MATEI

Abstract

For Romania, potato is a culture of particular importance. Potato has a fairly important cultivation area, with early crops and autumn-winter crops. Potato is distinguished by its multifaceted importance (food, industrial raw material, agro-technical technology, fodder consumption, source of profit for farmers). The study covers the period 2014-2016. The applied analysis method is the comparison, made in time and space using structural and dynamic indices. Macro Region 1 cultivates the largest national potato area (44.64%), followed by Macro region 2 (30.09%), Macro region 4 (15.95%), and Macro region 3 (9.37%). Among the development regions are: North-East (26.15%), Center (23.22%) and North-West (21.42%). Total production is dominated, in structure, by Macro region 1, followed by Macro region 2, Macro region 4 and Macro region 3 (50.76, 26.65, 12.65 and 9.94% respectively), a situation similar to that found for the cultivated area. In the case of medium production, compared to the national level, it is positioned over Macro regions 1 and 3, Centru Region and South-Muntenia Region (+13.72, +6.05, +33.13 and +7.44%, respectively), while at the level of the remainder administrative territorial units have registered sub unitary levels.

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