THE PROVISION OF SERVICES SPECIFIC TO THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN ROMANIA

The paper studied the evolution of agricultural services sector in Romania. The data regarding agricultural services were retrieved from the Tempo online database and the analysis is also based on FADN data. The analyse had some limitations due to the insufficient statistic data in the field because, at national and regional level, the statistical value of agricultural services doesn't reflect the reality in the field. At farm level, due to the fact that he FADN sample design is achieved through a rotating panel technique the data from the analysed period (2010-2020) are not fully comparable. However, our research revealed a positive evolution in the last decades and a continuous development of rural business environment. In 2020, the services provided by third parties ("work carried out by contractors and to the hire of machinery") were much higher in horticulture and mixed farms (TF8), in specialist horticulture and mixed livestock farms (TF14) and in the farms from Bucharest-Ilfov Region. The analyse of the share of these costs in total intermediate consumption puts on the first places the mixed and mixed crops farms and the farms from North-East Region.