RESEARCH ON ACCESSING EUROPEAN FUNDS FOR YOUNG FARMERS IN ROMANIA UNDER THE TWO NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

The attention to be given to young farmers will need to be more and more concentrated in order to be able to solve their future problems. The paper aims to highlight the significant impact that measures for young farmers have had, as well as what needs to be taken into account in the future to meet the future needs of this extremely important and vulnerable group of farmers. By analyzing the quantitative and qualitative data it could identify a number of relevant aspects regarding the impact of the measures on the Romanian farmers and agriculture. The two measures have had positive effects, but at country level, a single program addressed to young farmers is insufficient to revitalize rural areas where young people are almost absent. Accessing European funds for agriculture has played and continues to play an extremely important role in the development of agricultural holdings and rural areas. One of the measures highly appreciated by farmers was represented by the young farmers, whose financing was a useful one in the context of their cash availability being reduced relative to the investments that can be made in agriculture so that the farm either cost-effective. In Romania and the European Union, the number of young people working in agriculture is quite low as this branch needs to operate continuously to ensure a flow of food for the population so that young farmers have to integrate into this activity for you replace the elderly. Although there are 3 years until the NRDP 2014-2020, the SubMeasure 6.1. shows an average of those who accessed it higher than in the case of Measure 112 of the NRDP 2007-2013 with about 15% influenced by a number of factors that have facilitated access to these funds, which should also be taken into account in the coming period.