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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1
Written by Koffi Romaric GASSI, Hacer ÇELİK ATEŞ

The objective of this study is to analyze the factors determining wheat producers' adaptation to climate change in the Yalvaç district. Using a stratified random sampling method, 116 farmers were interviewed face-to-face. Binary logistic regression was applied to identify the factors influencing farmers' choices of adaptation measures. The results show that several factors significantly affect producers' adaptation decisions, including access to agricultural credit, the use of non-family labor, receipt of climate alerts, interaction with agricultural authorities, and soil analysis. These factors play a crucial role in the adoption of adaptive practices such as increasing fertilizer doses, crop rotation, and changing wheat varieties. This research provides critical insights for shaping agricultural policies aimed at improving the resilience of producers to climate change and enhancing their adaptive capacity.

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GASSI K.R., CELIK ATES H. 2025, DETERMINANTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: WHEAT PRODUCERS IN YALVAÇ DISTRICT, TURKEY . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 375-386.

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Written by Antoneta Petruta TUREK-RAHOVEANU, Ruxandra-Eugenia POP

Organic farming conversion is one of the main priority and challenges included in The Green Deal (EC, 2020), in order to achieve its mission, that of transforming Europe into the first climate-neutral region. According to the statistical data, Austria and Germany are fully converted to ecological agriculture and the others European states are in the conversion process. Nowadays, Romania’s agricultural organic area measures 1,531,000 ha and 1,331,000 ha still remaining under transition from conventional agriculture to the ecological one. Global and European directives state that to be sustainable, the conventional agriculture sector must be converted to organic and to harm the environment at least at possible. Meanwhile, from the producer’s perspective, practicing the agricultural activity is sustainable depending on the generated incomes level. The present paper aims to study several economic parameters (profit, operating risk rate, security index), both in the conventional and organic system, for cucumbers and zucchini. For the studied crops, the income and expenditure budgets were made differentiated according to the applied technologies, production factors, yields per surface unit cultivated in two cropping systems, conventional and ecological. For the economic analysis of the income and expenses budget, technical-economic indicators such as costs, profitability, costs and prices were used. The technologies were developed based on research within the ICDLF Vidra. The conclusions section reinforce the high importance of conversion from conventional to ecological agriculture system, at the farm level, in order to maintain a high production level on long term, indispensable for generating farmers revenues, but also to ensure the sustainability of natural resource and to facilitate the environment conservation.

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TUREK-RAHOVEANU A.P., POP R.E. 2025, DETERMINING FEASABILITY INDICATORS FOR CUCUMBERS AND ZUCCHINIS CROPS IN ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS. CASE STUDY . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 953-958.

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Written by Tarek FOUDA, Mohamed GHONAME, Shaymaa SALAH, Mohamed ABOEGELAL, Mohamed SOLTAN

The experiments were conducted at Al-Gharbawi Farm in Delingat Center, Beheira Governorate, during 2022 agricultural season. This study aims to develop and evaluate an orchard tree residue shredder to be suitable for shredding large-diameter branches and scattering them between tree rows by doubling the number of knives on the drum shredder, increasing the thickness of the shredder diameter, and adjusting the size of the chairs and ball bearings of the drum shredder. The study was conducted at three forward speeds (1.8 - 3.2 - 4.6 km/h), three levels of moisture content (20 - 30 - 40%), number of knives (16 - 32), and four rotational speeds of the drum shredder (2,000 - 2,200 - 2,400 - 2,600 rpm). The evaluation was carried out in terms of shredder performance, machine productivity (tons/hour), shredding efficiency (%), cutting length ratios (%), machine energy requirements (kW.h/ton), and operating cost (pounds/ton). The results can be summarized as follows: Increasing the cutter head speed from 2,000 to 2,600 rpm increases the cutting length ratio ≤ 3 cm from (55.5 to 61.5%), cutting efficiency from (90.9 to 95.5%), useful power from (25.59 to 22.18 kW) and energy from (9.66 to 9.45 kWh/ton) with the machine before modification at 40.0% moisture content (g weight) and number of cutting knives (original knives). The cutting length ratio ≤ 2 cm increased from (69.5 to 75.3%), cutting efficiency ratio from (87.1 to 95.5%), useful power from (28.12 to 27.18 kW) and energy from (32.7 to 9.43 kWh/ton) with the machine after modification at 40.0% moisture content (g weight) and number of cutting knives (modified knives).

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FOUDA T., GHONAME M., SALAH S., ABOEGELAL M., SOLTAN M. 2025, DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE CHOPPING THE ORCHARD TREE REMNANTS, AS A SOLUTION FOR SUSTAINING CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN HORTICULTURE . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 357-366.

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Written by Elena DERUNOVA, Marianna VASILCHENKO

Sustainable development of agriculture is a prerequisite for increasing food volumes and implementing technological transformations. The paper presents an assessment of various concepts and mechanisms for managing sustainability in agriculture in developed countries. The purpose of the work is to study foreign experience in managing sustainable agricultural development and to develop directions for transferring positive experience to the agricultural sector of the Russian economy. The important role of digital technologies in agriculture is confirmed and the need to stimulate their implementation in various sub-sectors is substantiated. The main options, models and technologies for achieving sustainable development of agriculture in advanced countries are studied. The need to apply a multi-level strategy for managing sustainable development of agriculture in Russia is substantiated. The foreign experience of sustainable development of the agro-food complex is generalized and systematized, the author's models are presented: European, American, Latin and Japanese. Based on these models, directions for transferring positive foreign experience of sustainable development of the agro-food complex to the Russian economy are proposed. The practical value of the results obtained lies in the possibility of their use in the development of programs, strategies and mechanisms for the sustainable development of the agro-food complex of the country and regions to increase food production and introduce advanced technologies.

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DERUNOVA E., VASILCHENKO M. 2025, DIRECTIONS FOR TRANSFERRING FOREIGN EXPERIENCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRO-FOOD COMPLEX TO THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 255-262.

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Written by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN, Valentin ŞERBAN, Adelaida HONTUS, Carmen ANGELESCU

The research aimed to assess the discrepancies exiting among Romania's NUTS-2 microregions of development using a large number of indicators reflecting the status of agriculture in the year 2020, 2022 and 2023, using as information source Eurostat database for which the data were available in March 2025. The research methods utilized in this study refer to: structural index, showing the share of each region in the total level or value of the studied indicator, rank-order method to identify the hierarchy of the regions, comparison method, Herfindahl-Hirschman Index(HHI) to evaluate the competitiveness/concentration among regions for each indicator. The results confirmed that in Romania there are still discrepancies among regions in the development of agriculture. The hierarchy of the regions based on the number of points accumulated for 14 main indicators is the following: Rank 1- 63 points, South Muntenia, Rank 2-66 points, North East region, Rank 3-85 points South East region, Rank 4-93 points North West region, Rank 5-117 points South West Oltenia, Rank 6-118 points Central region, Rank 7-139 points West region and Rank 8-165 points Bucharest Ilfov. HHI below 0.15 reflected a competition or lack of concentration among regions for population, labour force, intermediary consumption, factor income, entrepreneurial income; HHI between 0.15-0.25 showed a moderate competition/concentration among regions for area in organic farming, number of farms, crop and animal output, gross value added and gross capital formation. HHI greater than 0.25 reflected a high competition for GDP. Therefore, the disparities among regions still exist and leave "an empty box" for looking for solutions to create a balanced and convergent economic and social development in Romania.

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POPESCU A., DINU T.A., STOIAN E., SERBAN V., HONTUS A., ANGELESCU C. 2025, DISPARITIES IN ROMANIA'S AGRICULTURE AMONG THE REGIONS OF DEVELOPMENT . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 769-782.

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Written by Maria Magdalena TUREK RAHOVEANU, Adrian TUREK RAHOVEANU, Adrian Gh. ZUGRAVU, Laura Constanța ZUGRAVU

The study aims to analyze the implementation of environmental policies in Romania’s Southeast Region, taking into account the variations between counties that impact both the development and application of these policies, each component is evaluated through several environmental indicators at the level of all counties, by using Tempo online database. The analysis is structured around six key indicators, which have been ranked and prioritized. Throughout the research process, several secondary objectives were achieved, and initial hypotheses were formulated, which are later tested and validated in the concluding section of the article. The objective of the research falls within the current guidelines of PAM 8, which aims to analyze the performance of environmental policies in the region. In the analyzed period 2003-2023, the counties of the Southeast Region are ranked, based on the indicators environment, using the Spearman correlation coefficient. The results suggest the environmental performances achieved by each county, as well as the proposed measures for environmental management in the coming period.

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TUREK RAHOVEANU M.M., TUREK RAHOVEANU A., ZUGRAVU A.G., ZUGRAVU L.C. 2025, DYNAMICS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ITS EFFECTS ON EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH EAST REGION, ROMANIA . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 945-952.

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Written by Cristian STANCIU, Ioan HĂȘMĂȘAN, Iulian STOIAN, Puiu Marcel POMOHACI, Virgil ENE-VOICULESCU

This paper provides an overview of the physical activity (PA) and dietary behaviour of college students, emphasizing the need for long-term education to lead a healthy life. Four research objectives were set, and an online study was carried out (N = 365, 65.21% women, 65.21% urban residence), using a self-administered questionnaire. The average age of the respondents was 20.34 years. The collected data was analysed, processed and interpreted accordingly with the help of tables and figures. The main results: in the families of 84.11% of those surveyed, a part of the necessary food needed is produced in the household. The main source of food supply is the hypermarket, the proportion with which the food is purchased from here varies depending on the product category: 65.48% other food products; 60.55% milk and dairy products; 46.58% meat and fish products; 46.03% bread and bakery products; 44.93 % fruits; 43.01% vegetables. The dietary habits indicate that 91.33% of young people include all food categories in their diet. Approx. 19% of the young adults have a hyperprotein diet, and 13.97%, a hypocaloric one. More than 90% of the subjects recognize the importance of physical education for human health, approximately 92% of them engage in walking as a form of PA, 41% work out in the gym, and 53.15% stated that they allocate between 1 and 5 hours for PA/week. The main motivation to practice different sports is the desire to stay healthy (score of 4.17), and the main benefit identified for their own health refers to the way they feel, full of energy (score 4.03). More than 70% of young people use digital applications to monitor the number of steps taken and PA. More than 2/3 of the study participants believe that it is important for physical education to be part of students' daily routine. Universities can generate societal change, giving young people the opportunity to adopt healthy eating habits and understand the importance of PA for both human and planetary well-being.

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STANCIU C., HASMASAN I., STOIAN I., POMOHACI P.M., ENE-VOICULESCU V. 2025, EATING HABITS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT- COMPONENTS OF YOUTH HEALTH EDUCATION . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 853-864.

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Written by Mykola GRABOVSKYI, Olena MOSTIPAN, Mykola LOZINSKYI, Leonid KOZAK, Eduard FEDORENKO, Mykhailo OSTRENKO, Oleksandr GORODETSKYI, Lesya KACHAN, Denys KOVALOV

The article presents calculations of the economic and energy efficiency of herbicide and fungicide application in soybean crops in the Ukrainian Forest Steppe. In the first experiment the soybean varieties Aurelina, EС Commander and EС Navigator and five variants of herbicide protection were studied. In the second experiment, the soybean varieties Amadea and Aurelina and ten fungicide protection variants were tested. It was found that the highest indicators of conditional net income, profitability and coefficient energy efficiency in the soybean varieties Aurelina, EС Commander and EС Navigator were obtained by using post-emergence herbicides with the active ingredient Bentazon, Imazamox (2 l/ha) + Chisalofop-P-Ethyl (2 l/ha) – 525.1, 437.6 and 558.9 EUR/ha; 87.1, 73.6 and 92.0 %; 1.83, 1.70 and 1.90. The maximum conditional net profit, profitability level and coefficient energy efficiency of the soybean varieties Amadea and Aurelina were in the variant with pre-sowing seed treatment with fungicide with the active ingredient Fipronil, Thiophanate-methyl, Pyraclostrobin (2 l/t) and the use of the active ingredient Pyraclostrobin, Epoxiconazole during the growing season – 509.0 and 421.3 EUR/ha; 76.4 and 63.1%; 2.14 and 2.02.

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GRABOVSKYI M., MOSTIPAN O., LOZINSKYI M., KOZAK L., FEDORENKO E., OSTRENKO M., GORODETSKYI O., KACHAN L., KOVALOV D. 2025, ECONOMIC AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF FUNGICIDES AND HERBICIDES IN SOYBEAN CROPS . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 445-454.

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Written by Maroš VALACH

The aim of the paper is to analyse selected economic and social aspects of the agri-food sector in the Slovak Republic. The source of data was the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic as well as the National Agricultural and Food Centre Branch: Research Institute of Agriculture and Food Economics. A typical feature of Slovakia is that its territory is mainly dominated by rural areas, of which agriculture is an integral part, fulfilling not only an economic but also a social role. According to the latest Structural Farm Survey, there are 25658 farms in Slovakia, owned by legal and natural persons, which manage 1,889,819 ha of utilised agricultural land. The largest group is made up of registered and unregistered natural persons (87.8 %) and the smallest group is made up of legal persons (12.2 %). The situation is reversed in terms of the size of the land farmed, with legal persons farming 80.0 % of the agricultural land and natural persons farming only about 20 %. The number of persons employed in agriculture is 46.46 thousand and the remuneration of employees is lower than in other sectors of the national economy. In terms of status, employees account for 87.4% and entrepreneurs 12.6%.

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VALACH M. 2025, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF AGRI-FOOD SECTOR IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 959-970.

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Written by Zorica SREDOJEVIĆ, Biljana VELJKOVIĆ, Snežana JOVANOVIĆ, Predrag PERIŠIĆ, Marija GAVRILOVIĆ, Robert RADIŠIĆ

The subject of research in this paper is the production of cow's milk on family holdings in Serbia, on the example of the region Shumadiya and Western Serbia. By identifying the different sizes of dairy cow holdings in practice and based on the analysis of the data collected by the field survey, the most important economic features of milk production were determined, which is the main goal of this research. By applying descriptive statistics methods, it was determined that the largest share in the samples is made up of cow holdings with a size of 9 to 14 head. In the ration structure of all sizes of holdings in both samples, coarse feed makes up from 36% to 45%, and concentrated feed from 55% to 64%, which depends on the sample and therefore on the feeding season of the cows. In the total amount of milk per head of a dairy cow, the first class of milk makes up from 31% to 36%, the second class from 28% to 30%, the third class from 18% to 19% and milk outside the class from 18% to 20% according to the samples, with the more favorable structure in the first sample. According to economic indicators, the most successful is the third group of holdings with a size of 15 to 20 dairy cows in the second sample. According to the ranked seven economic indicators, this group of holdings is in first place based on three indicators, and based on the remaining four, it is ranked second. In second and third place are the groups of the largest holdings in the second and first sample, respectively. The fourth place belongs to another group of cow holdings with a size of 9 to 14 heads, also in the second sample. The rationalization of milk production costs is recommended, which is based on proper planning of the quantity, quality, structure and price of animal feed. The structure of the meal should be improved, i.e. that it contains all substances by type, quantity and quality that the throat needs according to age, production characteristics and other characteristics, as well as that the meal is financially favorable so that the holding is economically profitable and enables the economic sustainability of the holding.

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SREDOJEVIC Z., VELJKOVIC B., JOVANOVIC S., PERIŠIC P., GAVRILOVIC M., RADIŠIC R. 2025, ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF COW'S MILK PRODUCTION ON FAMILY HOLDINGS IN SHUMADIYA AND WESTERN SERBIA. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 841-852.

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