Agricultural Production of Galati County. Aspects Related to Grain Crops

Abstract

https://doi.org/10.35219/jards.2024.1.05

Agriculture represents an important economic sector, which provides food for human society. Galați is a county with high agricultural potential, due to its valuable natural resources, tradition, specialized workforce, and agricultural education provided by educational institutions in the region. The research carried out forwards an analysis of vegetable crops, with an emphasis on cereal crops. The bibliographic documentation was carried out using institutional access to scientific articles in the Clarivate, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate databases. For the applied part we used official information provided by the National Institute of Statistics, the Directorate for Agriculture of Galati County, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The data collected were processed, graphed, and commented on. The results of the research highlighted important progress in the quantities of harvested grains, based in particular on the increase in crop productivity, but also a strong dependence on weather conditions, especially rainfall. The agriculture of Galati County requires important investments in the agricultural field, especially in mechanization and irrigation system development.