DETERMINANTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
           GROWTH AMONG ROMANIAN REGIONS


            Camelia Burja, “1 Decembrie 1918” University, Alba Iulia, Romania

ABSTRACT: Productivity is the synthetic expression of the efficiency with which production
factors are being used and mattes the competitiveness of economic systems. This study aims to
analyze agricultural productivity growth among Romanian regions. To identify the factors
that influenced agricultural labour productivity in terms of the territorial profile, we used a
factor analysis model for the Farm net value added indicator on labour time unit. The
evaluation of total agricultural productivity was performed by using efficiency scores
determined with the Data Envelopment Analysis method. The results highlight the
determinants of productivity variations in dynamic and territory.

Key words: agricultural performance, regions, productivity, Data Envelopment Analysis

JEL codes: O11, D24, Q12