When the results in agriculture come from God

Romania is an agricultural country where 55% of the inhabitans still live in the countryside. No matter the fact that many of the young people have left years ago for a better life abroad, there are old people that have left their land in ruin. Most of them have a cow, a pig and dispersed land where they grow, in the better case, cereales. They are not united and rely on God for rain. And they aren’t few. 3 quarter of the Romanian farms are producing for their own consumption.

What I wonder is, giving the fact that is hasn’t rained in the last months, if instead of looking at the sky the solution isn’t a organisation of producers or maybe leasing the land if you cannot cultivate it.

In some recents talks with producers, some said that the authorities must do something to cure the drought. This reminded me of former ex-minister of Agriculture that responded to a farmer that was angry that it’s bees didn’t produce honey like in the previous year. He said that “what can the minister do, it cannot take the role of the bees and pollinate the flowers”.

I don’t say that the authorities are right, but I think that they could think of their own irrigations systems if they see that the Minister isn’t taking action or propose a common plan. But rely on God and authorities, these two aren’t going to transform our agriculture into a performing one.

I also have an example from my personal experience. In the summer time my parents take care of my grandparents. My dad waters the cucumbers and tomatoes every day. And there isn’t a day passing by that a man in the village isn’t passing by and saying that “why are you doing that, maybe it will rain”.

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