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    TERRITORIAL DIFFERENCES IN ACCESSING RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE MODERNIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN ROMANIA BETWEEN 2000 AND 2020

    Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 2
    Written by Ionuț Cătălin CUREA, Gina FîNTîNERU

    One of the main tools for enhancing the competitiveness of the Romanian agricultural holdings is the measures to address their modernisation. However, up to date, little attention has been paid to the evolution and structure of these support measures in Romania. The article aims to present the configuration of the operation of funds designated for the modernization of the agricultural holdings in all the programming periods since Romania started to receive European funds: 2000-2006, 2007-2013 and 2014-2020. Through the evaluation of the available official data, we will infer the evolution of the funds absorbed by Romania, through NUTS 2 regions (development regions) and by NUTS 3 regions (counties). We have conducted this research using statistical data published on the Agency on Financing Rural Investment platform, Open Data platform from the same agency and Eurostat. During the last three programming periods (2000-2006, 2007-2013 and 2014-2020), the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union has supported the modernization of agricultural holdings in Romania through three specific financing measures, supporting over 8,000 projects

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