The Economic Impact of European Union Accession on the Romanian Agriculture

This paper identifies the transformation that occurred in the Romanian agriculture as a result of the accession in the European Union. On this line, the geographic structure, social and economic effects of agriculture integration and the direction of the Romanian agriculture development have been forecasted through a research conducted at level of the North East Development Region. The research was based on data collected from the village book that includes reference to the village social and economic environment, and on information gathered from statistical surveys. The results allowed the synthesis of the main effects of integration in the European Union on agriculture, with reference to the researched development region of Romania.