TULCEA - ROMANIA

Agricultural College „Nicolae Cornăţeanu” is a boarding school from Tulcea country. In this school study and practice over 600 students and 40 teachers.

Our students are  trained to become  mechanics, wine growers, vets, environmental agents, agricultural technicians, tourism agents. Most of our students live in the countryside . They come to this College for learning and practicing skills useful for a future job in agriculture or tourism.

Tulcea • Tulcea is also named "the Gate of the Danube Delta". Here the Danube River divides in three branches creating the magic land of a delta. Tulcea is a port with a long history, built on the ruins of the Roman fortress of Aegisus. • The town borders the right bank of the Danube as an amphitheatre• Tulcea is the head city of the county and therefore its administrative and socio-cultural center. It has a population of almost 100,000 inhabitants The population of the city counts 97.904 inhabitants, from which 90,73 % are Romanians and 9,23 % national minorities (Russians, Ukrainians, Turks, Tartars, Italians, Armenians, Hungarians, Germans, etc.).• Agriculture and fishing are the main occupations - about 48% of the population.

The Danube River

• The Danube River was always the most important European River, providing the basic necessities for human life.

• From its source to mouth the Danube River and its tributaries serve as a resource for different water uses, like drinking water supply, industry and energy production, transport, irrigation in agricultural areas, waste water recipient, etc.

• In addition to that the Danube River and its basin is an area of high biological diversity that is not only important for such activities like tourism, fishery and  forestry, but it is also a home for large amount of animal and plant species.

• For many of the water uses and river functions good water quality is the most important. However many of the economic activities in the Danube region are having negative impact on environment.

• The key sectors influencing the overall environmental quality and in particular water quality are industrial activities, agriculture and municipalities.