Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 1
Written by Daniel Valeriu ULIU, Marius VLADU

To implement the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the Member States, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) was created by the European Union. The EAFRD finances the National Rural Development Program (PNDR), which in order to reach the priority objectives of Romania decides the financing lines. The National Program for Rural Development deals with the provision of non-reimbursable funds from the Government of Romania and the European Union for the development of rural areas in Romania. The increase and modernization of the meat processing capacities through the use of the funds offered by NRDP have as an objective the increase of the added value of the agricultural products of animal origin (meat processing). Sub-measure 4.2 ("Support for investment in the processing / marketing and / or development of agricultural products") is concerned with the modernization and creation of processing units and the introduction of new technologies in this field. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the situation of investments in meat processing units in the North-West Development Region of Romania, between 2015-2018, where 9 projects were financed (eligible value of 24,413,529 euros), representing 22% of the total, of 42 projects financed at national level (eligible value of 98,084,071 euros), by sub-measure 4.2, of the National Rural Development Program 2014-2020. From the correlation of the amounts invested (eligible value) from the counties of this area with the value of the total agricultural production (the live weight of the animals destined for slaughter), it follows that the projects were done randomly, independently of the animal agricultural production.

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