An attempt for analysing the agricultural performance and potential in Romania on NUTS3 county level

Bíborka-Eszter Bíró; Boróka-Júlia Bíró

doi:10.32976/stratfuz.2024.45

Authors

Bíborka-Eszter Bíró Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
Boróka-Júlia Bíró Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32976/stratfuz.2024.45

Keywords:

agricultural potential, agricultural performance, regional analysis

Abstract

Present study proposes to give a snapshot view on the Romanian agriculture regarding its potential and performance. The analysis is made with recent datasets referring to the year 2020. County level (NUTS3) calculations have been made to give a more detailed view of the territorial diversity of the Romanian agriculture. A scoring model had been constructed in order to reflect the agricultural potential and performance level of each Romanian county.

Author Biographies

Bíborka-Eszter Bíró, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Ph.D., University Lecturer, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Boróka-Júlia Bíró, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Ph.D., University Lecturer, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Life Sciences and Sports, Sfântu Gheroghe, Romania

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