The purpose of this study is to outline an overview of the market for organic food products, as well as the progress made by Romania in the transition to organic farming as its size and evolution and we draw attention to the current situation of organic farming in the EU, but especially that of Romania. The importance of this paper is highlighted by the role of organic farming in global agriculture sector which is the defining element of improvement and modernization of Romanian agriculture,

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... conversion to organic farming and the adaptation to a new model, widely encountered, that of sustainable development by passing to a model of value added generating development. The working methodology includes the analyses of statistical data regarding surfaces and production of the agrofood organic products and of the operators who are certified in organic farming in Romania, between 2010 and until 2018, the carrying out of a quantitative statistical method for an observation of the evolution in time for organic productions and for the types of operators certified organic. The main outcome reflects the position of organic farming in Romania and in relation to the EU average.