Sustainable Agriculture - Mandatory Approach for Regional and National Economic Development. Case Study: Tecuci Plain

Romania has a considerable agricultural potential, Tecuci Plain being one of the national agricultural regions with high potential, which can generate economic growth at regional and also national level. The study main objective is to analyze the dynamics of the main crops, livestock and crop production in the region, for each administrative unit, between 1970-2011 trying to determine the major trends and patterns, identifying the favorable and restriction factors and also the possibilities of the development of primary economic activities by practicing a sustainable agriculture. The research used the data obtained from the Bucharest National Institute of Statistics, but also from local institutions (Galati&Vaslui County Department of Statistics and Galati &Vaslui Department for Agriculture and Rural Development). We also used the cartographic method in order to highlight the dynamics of the agricultural activities which can be anytime analyzed by the local authorities directly responsible for the evolution of the region's agriculture in the last two decades. The results reflected significant agricultural disparities between the rural administrative units from the centre of the region (near Tecuci City) and the ones from north and south, disparities which we believe are closely related to the implementation of sustainable agriculture.