Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 2
Written by Dana Maria (OPREA) CONSTANTIN, Elena GRIGORE, Florina TATU, Nicoleta IONAC, Maria-Gabriela RADU, Giorgiana LÜFTNER, Raul Gabriel ILEA

The study aimed to analyze the production performance of sunflower in terms of yield in the Dobrogea Region, where climate change has a deep impact in Romania's agriculture. For this purpose, the data on sunflower yield were collected from the National Institute of Statistics and the data on air temperature and precipitation regime were provided by the National Meteorological Administration for the period 1991 – 2020. The results proved the influence of monthly average temperature and precipitations along the vegetation period which have had a deep impact on sunflower production per surface unit. The yield performance varied between 470 kg/ha in the year 2001 and 3,583 kg/ha in the year 2018. Under variability of thermal and hydric resources, it is recommended that farmers adapt sunflower technology to local climate conditions regarding: the use of the sunflower varieties resistant to drought, choosing the best moments for sowing, applying the fertilizers and treatments and also the use of the irrigations systems for meeting the water requirements of the croping order to enable it to reach the planned production whose sale to cover the production costs.

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