THE ROMANIAN AGRICULTURE – BETWEEN MYTH AND
                        REALITY


                Cristian - Marian Barbu, „Artifex” University of Bucharest

ABSTRACT: This paper analyses the performance of the Romanian agriculture as against the
EU agriculture from a historic perspective in order to reveal the gaps and to demythologize
the assertion saying that „Romania has been Europe’s most productive cereal-producing
agriculture”. The findings resulted from the survey based on data provided by Eurostat - the
Statistics of the European Commission, by national statistics and various national and
international publications show that the Romanian agriculture has been, in its historical
evolution, in a European marginal zone from the point of view of economic performance and
has not been able to ensure food security and increased export of value added agricultural
products, while the global demand is much higher than the supply and some EU countries
have reached their maximal productivity.

Key words: performance, gaps, trade, most productive cereal-producing agriculture, vegetal
agricultural production

JEL Codes: N50, O13, Q10