THE STATISTICAL SITUATION OF EAFRD INVESTMENTS IN THE SW OLTENIA REGION, THROUGH SUBMEASURE 4.1. - INVESTMENTS IN FRUIT-GROWING HOLDINGS – DURING THE 2014-2020 PERIOD

The present statistical analysis was carried out from the database of the Agency for Financing Rural Investments, based on the evaluation reports, in order to highlight the investments made under sub-measure 4.1.a of the NRDP in the period 2014-2020, in the SW Oltenia region. According to reports, at the level of the SW Oltenia Region (with 5 counties), a number of 34 projects were accessed, distributed by county as follows: 12 in Dolj county (35% of the total number of projects), 5 each in Gorj and Mehedinți counties, 9 in Olt county (26% of the total number of projects) and 3 in Vâlcea county. From the total number of projects accessed, a number of 28 projects represented the establishment of new plantations and 6 projects aimed at modernization of holdings, i.e., a percentage of 82.3% is represented by new plantations. It is found that, at the level of the SW Oltenia Region, the fruit-growing areas have increased, which leads to the idea that from this point of view, the impact of the non-reimbursable funds was significant. The existence of future European programmes for the fruit-growing sector will allow the competitiveness of fruit-growing holdings to increase.