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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 3
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Liviu SABAU

The paper aimed to comparatively analyze the economic efficiency of Paulownia Species, Shan Tung variety, grown for producing 10,000 saplings in pots at SC Galya 3000 SRL, Cerneteaz Commune, Timis County, Romania in the year 2016. The research includes three alternatives for producing 10,000 saplings in pots as follows: V1- saplings in pots 7x7x8 cm, V2- saplings in pots of 19 cm, and V3-saplings in pots of 36 cm. In case of V3, the production cost for 8 months to produce saplings of 1-1.5 m height in a pot of 36 cm was Lei 8.95, 2 times higher compared to V2, where the cost per sapling of 50 cm in a pot of 19 cm was Lei 4.06 and 7.16 times higher than in case of V1, where the cost per sapling of 4 cm in a small pot of 8 cm was Lei 1.25. The income is 6 times higher in case of V3 compared to V1 and 2 times higher compared to V2, and as a consequence, the gross profit increases from V1 to V3, while the profit rate decreases from 300.14 % in case of V1 to 235.04 % in case of V3. Therefore, the profit rate is enough high to consider Paulownia growing a real business for all the three variants. As a final conclusion, Paulownia tree growing is a real business for farmers interested to get income and profit in a short period of time varying from1.5 months to 8 months. Also, the plants could be grown in plantations for fuel and furniture wood whose price is much higher if the wood is sold in the international market.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 3
Written by Rehana KHALIQ, Ovidiu TITA, Camelia SAND SAVA

In addition to the medicinal values of selected plants, aim of current study was to estimate the nutrient profile of seeds of selected medicinal plant (sweet basil and psyllium) whether the intake of these seeds is not harmful. In view of proximate composition of seeds of psyllium and sweet basil not only remarkable source of biochemicals and can be used as potent nutrient elements in the diet. The seeds of selected medicinal plants analyzed using the standard methods (AOAC, 2000), findings showed that seeds have adequate amount of nutritional qualities. The seeds of sweet basil have sufficient amount of protein and mineral matter as compared to psyllium seeds. These findings seem to be good for health purposes. Moreover, results of this study indicated that seeds of psyllium are being abundant in energy values whereas excellent source of fiber too as compared to sweet basil. These results are promising to do further investigation in this vast field of research to explore novel sources of nutrient might be used for various purposes in different sector.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 13 ISSUE 2
Written by Krasimir ALEKSANDROV

In recent years, Bulgaria is about to market successfully one of the few competitive advantages that the country has as a tourist destination – the diverse and authentic nature. It is an indisputable fact that tourism in its diversity is closely linked to the choice of destination. Sustainable destination management is critical for tourism development, particularly by having effective spatial planning and land use control and through investment decisions on infrastructure and services. The aim of this paper is to propose a management model of a tourist destination in the context of the ideas and policies for sustainable development. The thesis that is justified is that sustainable tourism destination is the result of a proper use of an appropriate governance model. The development and implementation of specific management model make the destination of an all year-round tourism in its different varieties (recreational, sports, etc.), bearing economic, social and environmental benefits to society.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 3
Written by Yakubu DAUNA, Shuaibu Iliya MSHELIA, Sikiru Adekunle OLAYIWOLA

Many factors such as poor transportation, inadequate capital and credit facilities, problem of supply, the magnitudes and multiplicity of fees arising from market operations and change in climate amounts to price instability which is quite threatening, as participant in rice marketing stand the danger of crashing in their investment if price fall. The study was conducted to predict the future price of paddy rice and described the problems militating against rice marketing. Data were collected from 204 rice marketers using multi stage sampling approach. Markov chain Techniques and simple statistical measures such as tables, means, frequencies and percentages were employed as tools for data analysis. The Markov chain result predicted 2% of the retailers to sell at a price of ≤ N4500, 4% to sell at prices between N4501 to N6500 and 94% to sell at prices above N6500 per 100kg bag in distant future. While, in the wholesale category 20% would sell at ≤ N4500, 60% would sell at prices between N4501 to N6500 and 20% would sell a 100kg bag of paddy rice at prices above N6500. The study recommends the state and non-governmental organizations to establish a broad common base of information for all economic agents involved in rice marketing chain. This will help policy makers to monitor marketing issues which are paramount in evaluating the outcome of agricultural price policies. The state should reconstruct rural roads for easy transfer of agricultural inputs and good. Financial support and formation of unions would enable the marketers benefit from large scale operation. These will stabilize prices and guarantee adequate returns hence, improved standard of living.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 4
Written by Iuliana ANTONIE

The study aimed to idemtify and evaluate the honey species in Sibiu surrounding area, especially in the surroundings of Sălişte. Thus, it is desirable to complete and exploit as efficiently the honey resources in Sibiu County. Among the research methods applied in this study are: the use of bibliographic resources, direct field observations, the collection of plant material in the studied ecosystem, the determination of the botanical material in the laboratory. 23 plant families of 44 species have been identified in the area. Of these, only 28 have a melliferous potential. According to the nature of the feed they provide to the bees, the honey plants have been divided into: nectaropolinifers, nectarifers, polinifers. The honeycomb base includes species belonging to mountain forests, hills and plateaus, grasslands and meadows. From the apiculture point of view of we have identified five groups. The floral potential of the area has encouraged other than sheeping another concern of the inhabitants of this area, namely beekeeping.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 1
Written by Dmitry S. BELAITS, Maxim S. VYSHEGUROV, Anatoly P. BALASHOV, Natalia N. KONOVA, Anastasiia A. SAMOKHVALOVA, Alexey I. GOLIKOV

The ramp-up of the agricultural industry output requires the use of new, high-performance machines, whilst the complicated world economic situation has made it difficult to purchase foreign agricultural equipment. All these factors contributed to an increase in the demand for both domestic and Belarusian equipment. Tractors and various attachments are the most popular type of farm machinery with agricultural producers, which is used in almost all farm works. In this regard, there is a significant load being placed on them which leads to frequent breakdowns. At the same time, the age of tractors in farms of the Novosibirsk Region is mostly more than 10 years, which is also one of the reasons for failing. Most farms are simply unable to regularly update their machine and tractor fleet; therefore, during the spring field works or crop harvesting, it often happens that machines break down and wait for repairs for a long time. This results in crop losses and low yields. It is necessary to develop such a mechanism of the material support for agricultural producers which will help to avoid equipment downtime and lead to an increase in the gross collection.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 14 ISSUE 3
Written by Nicoleta MATEOC-SIRB, Teodor MATEOC, Camelia MANESCU, Ada-Flavia CRISTINA, Caius GO.A, Ioan GRAD

The analysis presented in this paper points out the fact that we need to make fundamental improvements in the Western Region if we want to be able to face the future challenges generated by new investments with a view to increase economic activities, to improve institutional activities, and to make short-term specific investments in both human resources and infrastructure. The authors of this paper have reached the conclusion that the Western Region needs investments in the business environment in both developed areas and underdeveloped areas or unfavoured areas.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 2
Written by Agatha POPESCU

The paper analyzed the main indicators of the tourism offer and demand in the county of Sibiu in the period 2007-2016 in order to point out the development of tourist and agro-tourist guesthouses and of their role in the local and national tourism. Fixed basis indices, structural indices, regression models, coefficient of correlations have been the main procedures to process the statistical data supplied by the National Institute of Statistics. The tourism in the county of Sibiu and mainly in the rural tourism had a high dynamics in the analyzed interval. In 2017, in the Sibiu county there were 338 accommodation units, of which 91 tourist guesthouses and 138 agro-tourist guesthouses, whose capacity in terms of places was 10,902 beds at the county level, of which 22.79 % in agro-tourist guesthouses and 18.18 % in tourist guesthouses. In 2016, the Sibiu county registered 503,620 arrivals, of which 75,277 in tourist guesthouses and 54,448 in agro-tourist guesthouses. Of the 830,295 overnight stays in the county, 119,778 were in tourist guesthouses and 92,258 in agro-tourist guesthouses. The number of arrivals and overnight stays in guesthouses, mainly in the agro-tourist guesthouses increased 2 times. The highest average length of stay, 1.99 days was registered in agro-tourist guesthouses, followed by 1.73 days in tourist guesthouses. The rural tourism in the county of Sibiu offers 6% of the guesthouses and 6 % places in the guesthouses of the total existing in Romania. Also, 7.6 % of tourists and 7 % of overnight stays of Romania's tourism are recorded in the guesthouses of the Sibiu area. Tourism demand and offer indicators are closely related in the Sibiu county as proved by the regression models, the high value of the coefficients of determination and the coefficients of correlation. The sustainable development of the rural areas of the county of Sibiu depends on the new investments in infrastructure, the improvement of the managerial skills of the guesthouses' owners, on the promotion of the natural and cultural heritage, traditions, hospitality and high quality of services.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 3
Written by Cristina STANCĂ-MOISE

The presented research developed during the period between the years 2015-2016 in an apple trees orchard in the Sibiel village (Sibiu county). The purpose of the study was the identification of the entomofauna in the studied agroecosystem, the establishing of the pest attack gravity, the estimation of the pest and the suggestion of solutions. They were applied the following research methods: the direct observation on plant, the collecting of the entomological material and the attacked organs of the plants, the using of the entomological glass and the using of the photography. The application of the integrate protection and the using of the measures and means for prevention and curative treatments against the pest, on could help to obtain an important result, that represent the number one technological factor in the fruit-trees growing practice.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 2
Written by Ioana-Alexandra TOADER, Dorina MOCUTA

In the contemporary world economy, services have a distinct role, being a true driver of sustainable development. And in the field of tourism, as in other economic sectors, the quality of services is increasingly emphasized as a defining element for revenue generation. Over time, tourism has been on the rise, becoming according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) "one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world". Tourism in Romania is based on a very generous tourist potential. The patrimony elements, which can attract many Romanian and foreign tourists if properly utilized and promoted, start from the diversity of landscape and continue with the troubled history of the Romanian people, highlighted in numerous material and spiritual testimonies. Thus, one of the forms of tourism that is often promoted in our country is agritourism. In this context, the quality of services in agritourism has special valences, which determine the attractiveness for this sector. In conclusion, in order to be accurately assessed, this type of services requires a combination of social and economic elements.

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