"Determinants Of The Agricultural Productivity Growth Among Romanian Regions "

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. Introduction In Romanian economy, agriculture plays an important role and has profound implications in ensuring quality of life and sustainable development of the rural area. Through a process of continuous assessment of local agriculture, we can identify directions of development that will increase the contribution of this activity to the economic and social expansion of the area on principles of sustainable development. Romanian agriculture is characterized by a large number of people employed in the sector. Their income and the living standards depend on labour productivity. Therefore, knowing labour productivity and the influence factors is a basic requirement for defining a realistic agricultural policy, which will reduce the gaps in this sector compared to the agricultural performances of other EU members. Assessing the efficiency of agricultural systems can be performed through various methods: statistical, econometric, mathematical, techniques of financial analysis, etc. Among these, a useful tool is the Data Envelopment Analysis method, which is part of the nonparametric methods for linear programming. The main objectives of the paper aim the analysis of agricultural productivity and the identification of the influence factors that determine the variation in time and space of this indicator. The analysis was performed by comparing the development regions of Romania. The analysis of labour productivity used the method of comparing indicators and the method of relational modelling of influence factors, which allowed the characterization of the productivity dynamic calculated as Farm net value added on labour time unit. The variation of this indicator is caused by the impact exercised by various influence factors specific to the phenomenon, such as: technical endowment of labour, the weight and efficiency of the used technical and productive capital. The evaluation of agricultural performance on development regions was performed with the help of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). By using the indicators Farm net value added, Average farm capital and Farm labour, we obtain the general scores of efficiency for the analyzed regions, which ensures the assessment of regional agricultural performance and the differences in competitiveness between regions. At the same time, it also suggests the necessary adjustments for