Although family farms are found in great numbers all over Romania, they are found in their highest numbers, and in the most typical traditional small-scale farmed landscapes, in the northern and Central parts of Romania. This smallholding-based production has persisted, especially in Romanian mountain and upland regions. However, livestock numbers have fallen since 1990, initially as a result of the dissolution of state and co-operative farms, and later due to rises in input costs and loss of market share, as a result of cheap imports after Romania’s accession to the EU in January 2007.