Land Concentration, Land Grabbing and Sustainable Development of Agriculture in Romania

Land grabbing has become a priority topic in academic research and a political concern, due to interests in the dynamics of the phenomenon and its negative impact on the sustainable development of agriculture in rural areas. This phenomenon generates changes in production systems of agriculture with...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 2137
Main Authors Burja, Vasile, Tamas-Szora, Attila, Dobra, Iulian Bogdan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2020
Subjects
Agricultural development
Agricultural land
Agriculture
Agronomy
Climate change
Common Agricultural Policy
Equal rights
Farmers
Food quality
Food security
Human rights
Land purchases
Objectives
Property rights
Quality of life
Rural areas
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable development
Europe
Romania
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Summary:Land grabbing has become a priority topic in academic research and a political concern, due to interests in the dynamics of the phenomenon and its negative impact on the sustainable development of agriculture in rural areas. This phenomenon generates changes in production systems of agriculture with adverse environmental consequences, adversely affects socio-economic and cultural conditions and leads to lower overall efficiency in agriculture. This article analyses the links between land concentration, land grabbing and sustainable development of agriculture in Romania compared to other old and new EU-28 countries. The results of the research show that the land grabbing in Romania has a significant dimension compared to the other countries analyzed, which has led to an inadequate agrarian structure and adverse effects on the sustainable performance of agricultural holdings and the sustainable development of rural areas.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12052137