RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURE IN THE APUSENI MOUNTAINS
MAGDALENA DRĂGAN1, GABRIELA COCEAN2
1 Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch, Geography Section, magdalenadragan@yahoo.com
2 Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch, Geography Section,
gabri.cocean@gmail.com
Abstract: - Recent developments in agriculture in the Apuseni
Mountains. In our study area, the recent developments in agriculture have
followed two divergent courses: a reduction in the intensity of agricultural
activities on the one hand and the concentration, amplifi cation and
specialization of production on the other. The fi rst phenomenon, that is also
the most widespread, was manifested in the decrease of land use and livestock.
The demographic decline and ageing population is one determinant factor of this
evolution, especially in a context in which subsistence agriculture is
generalized in the entire mountain area. The intensifi cation of agricultural
activity through orientation of production towards the market is the second
identifi ed phenomenon. It had a lower impact so far and has mainly manifested
in two different ways: through the development of agribusinesses (companies that
concentrate and intensify production by increasing the size of farms) and
through the small-scale producers that focus on organic farming and traditional
agricultural products.
Key-Words: subsistence agriculture, agricultural land use, livestock,
mountains
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