PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF FARMLAND IN CENEI, TIMIŞ COUNTY

Abstract

The basic problems of Banat agriculture, as well as that of Romania and everywhere else, are related to increasing agricultural production and increasing soil fertility. The maximum utilization of the entire agricultural area of Banat requires a thorough knowledge of the natural conditions and, first of all, of soils, as a means of production in agriculture, which synthesize, through their properties, the influence of all natural and anthropogenic factors.
In this context, I set out to review the main natural factors that contribute to the smooth development of agricultural activities in the southwestern part of Romania, especially plant production, with special reference to the soil, this huge „factory” for transforming energy and substances from the environment into plant biomass.
In the complex of measures aimed at the intensive development of agriculture, an important place belongs to the rational use of land. However, given the limited possibilities for expanding agricultural lands, their prudent use and a permanent increase in soil fertility are required.