The impact of cuppled support on tomatoes and cucumbers for processing cultivated in fiels

The paper presents the impact of the coupled support on tomatoes and cucumbers cultivated in filed in Romania. In this study a detailed analysis is made regarding the coupled support received in the period 2015-2018 for the following products: field cucumbers and tomatoes for processing The main indicators used refer to the evolution of cultivated areas, both in field and in greenhouses and plastic tunnels, the evolution of productions and yields, of prices and trade balance. The paper also presents an analysis of the evolution of the number of farmers who received coupled support, of the areas entitled to payment and of the coupled support calculated per hectare in territorial profile. The analysis is based on data provided by the Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture and the National Institute of Statistics. The results reveal a low impact of the coupled support on the main analysed indicators, as well as the lack of consistency in the support provided in the investigated period.