THE EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN MACROREGION FOUR (SOUTH WEST-OLTENIA) AFTER ROMANIA'S INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION.

The year 2007, the moment of Romania's integration into the European Union, was the beginning of a new era of the agriculture economy of our country. In this framework, the Romanian agriculture must quickly conform and to adopt to the European Union's agricultural measures and political (Common Agricultural Policy). The present study describes the evolution of agricultural holdings since 2007 after integration into the European Union, till present because the integration was and still is a powerful pressure factor for the rapid reform of the Romanian agriculture. Oltenia region is a significant agricultural region in Romania and is one of the most sensitive regions of the country in terms of extreme weather combined with the natural and socio-economic conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]