43 Proc. of the International Conference on Advances in Management, Economics and Social Science - MES 2016 Copyright © Institute of Research Engineers and Doctors. All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-63248-103-0 doi: 10.15224/ 978-1-63248-103-0-76 Increasing the physical and economic size of agricultural holdings - necessity to reduce disparities between Romania and the European Union Adrian Turek Rahoveanu Abstract—After 1990, Romanian agriculture has undergone a long process of transition from command to market economy to adapt to the operation of the common market for integration into European structures and subsequently in 2007 to implement the Common Agricultural Policy. In terms of operational structures Romanian agriculture is uneven, and their dual nature is emphasized to the vast majority of Member States of the European Union. In Romania, the agricultural land fund is strongly affected by the fragmentation into small parcels, which leads in many cases impossible the application of modern agricultural technologies leading agricultural technology, scientifically, to obtain Farmland of stable production both in terms of quantity and quality. Keywords—agrarian structures, farm management, sustainable growth, competitiveness I. Introduction European agriculture is very diverse, both in terms of farm structure and production methods and land use. The diversity of agriculture in the European Union on the one hand reflects the historical development but is mainly dependent on natural conditions: climatic, geographical, geological and socio-economic environment of each State. In Romania agriculture is a very important sector, both by the contribution that has national economy and by its social role. The current state of the Romanian agriculture, the countryside, in large part, is determined by the agrarian structure of Romania - economic and social issues of the utmost importance and actuality for Romania. Agrarian structures necessary basic training and operation of competitive market constitutes a system of interdependent components and flexible in time and space related to: economic organization of farmers into viable forms of exploitation, formation of production structures according to requirements consumer technical and technological modernization of farms to obtain quality products at competitive prices, organizing marketing structures so as to ensure over distribution channels and supply the necessary material and financial flows resuming production training foodservice channels, complex and sustainable rural development [1]. Adrian Turek Rahoveanu University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest Romania With its accession to European Union agricultural policies that have been applied in Romania were the result of interaction between CAP and national agricultural policy measures, which complemented programs. However, the competitiveness of the agricultural sector in Romania, analyzed in terms of performance farms, following the old Member States of the European Union. Increase domestic agricultural production is the main factor that affects food security and agricultural policies of the country. Farm structure adjustment measures are tools that have the potential to bring a lasting solution to the problem of agricultural supply, including by supporting economic growth and physical size of holdings, in line with the developments in technology used in agricultural production. Comparing the economic performance of farms of different sizes between Romania and the EU member countries shows that Romania is only at the beginning of the road to a modern agriculture. II. Materials and Methods This paper aims to present an objective analysis of the agricultural sector in Romania, focusing on the development directions of physical and economic size of farms and the need to introduce measures to strengthen their. The main elements of the work were to evaluate the situation of Romanian agriculture compared to other EU member states, identifying alternative economic efficiency of farms, focusing on increasing the average size of the farm and the necessary changes in the production structure. The data used for analyzes in this paper come from various sources, both national origin (National Institute of Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) and international (Eurostat, European Commission) and generally include: statistics holdings, Economic Accounts for Agriculture, farm structure. III. Results and Discussions Romania to the EU presents significant gaps in productivity of the agricultural sector. Even in the favorable agricultural productivity level is below 50% of the EU average situation showing untapped economic potential of Romanian agriculture and rural areas. This can be explained both by the internal structure of Romanian farms (small size, fragmentation pronounced), inappropriate use of inputs (including human capital) and the existing poor infrastructure [16].