ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL EMIGRATION FROM ROMANIAN RURAL AREAS USING A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Keywords:
Common Agricultural Policy, Self-Organizing Maps, rural development, multiple regression modelAbstract
Romania is characterized by lots of small farms with a poor usable agricultural surface which is fewer than 3.5 hectares. The main consequence of this shortage of agrarian capital has been a growth of out emigration from the countryside, aging of entrepreneurs, rural poverty and marginalization of rural space. The purpose of this paper was to investigate, after the breakdown of Berlin’s wall, as a consequence of the entry of Romania into the European Union, the evolution of the rural out emigration using a quantitative approach such as multiple regression model and Self-Organizing Maps. Findings have pointed out as in small villages scattered in rural areas, with a poor agrarian surface size and a significant incidence of agricultural activity in their economic fabric, the diversification of rural activities could have positive effects in terms of farm net income growth reducing partially rural emigration.
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