Scientific Papers Animal Science and Biotechnologies (Nov 2023)
THE ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE – A MODEL OF DURABLE AGRICULTURE
Abstract
In the context of the community agriculture politics orientation toward a natural agriculture, where the concept of ecological agriculture has a very well defined place, it is necessary to intensify the efforts to promote the ecological agriculture practices and to inform the farmers about the importance and the role of the ecological technologies and, last but not least, the economical advantages and also the advantages to improve the environment. The ecological agriculture (similar term for organic or biological agriculture) is a “modern” method to grow plants, to breed animals and to produce food, which is totally different from the conventional agriculture. The ecological agriculture contributes to the increase of the economical activities with a high added value and has a major contribution to increase the interest for the rural space. Romania has appropriate conditions to develop the ecological agriculture and, now when Romania joined the EU, this is an advantage. Another advantage could be that the ecological products can be valuated at higher prices, an average of 20 – 40% higher than the conventional products; the production costs are higher only for the animal production. The large surfaces which were not fertilized with chemical fertilizers in the last few years because of the lack of financial means, the productive soils and the possibility for delimitation of some ecological areas are only some of the Romania’s advantages for obtaining ecological products.
