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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Carlos SABORÍO VÍQUEZ

According to the needs of small farmers and indigenous population in their communities, a study was conducted to determine the best alternative applicable to this people; the study is based on the production of renewable energy in the form of biogas produced by mesophilic biodigesters. They were compared between different types of digesters used throughout the history of the production of biogas and determined to be the best choice in the field of biogas production to the areas mentioned above is that of innovation digesters having a system of manual agitation, which enables durability of the bacterial mass provided by the even greater biomass in a digester without agitation, which in turn increases the service life of the digester, and also takes into account the needs of the population of interest and resources.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Andrei Radu IOVA, Daniela CREŢU

This research has as objective to encourage the contact and cross-border communication and to facilitate the exchange of information and experience in the production and marketing of the ECO products sector in order to improve the economic and social development of the Romania- Bulgaria cross border area. The study was made on a sample of 273 persons, 139 persons in Calarasi county, Romania and 134 persons in Silistra County, Bulgaria, divided into four age groups. As a research method, the quantitative study was made through the questionnaire, applied face to face by interviewers. The questionnaire consists of 13 questions, including: filter questions, consume behaviour, perceived differences between ECO food and regular food, other aspects. The most important criteria used in choosing the food products are according to the results obtained: aspect, price, taste, preserving content and producer. Regarding the ECO food consumption behaviour. It results that 33.63% of the interviewed persons consume ECO products occasionally and 45.13% more times a week. Among the variants of purchase points where the questioned persons consider they can buy ECO food products, the market represents 43,70% of the answers. It is mentioned that the urban areas where the research was made have many sale markets for traditional ecologic products and their selling price is quite affordable. Also, the traders of ecologic products have crossed sale market – the Romanian traders capitalize their products in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian traders capitalize their products in Romania.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Reta CONDEI, Ioan Niculae ALECU, Agatha POPESCU, Horia Nicolae CIOCAN

Rural tourism is one of the most important types of tourism in Romania and have the highest growing potential. For those who live in the rural areas, developing the tourism means improving their social, cultural and economical situation. This research aimed to analyse the evolution of human resources that are involved in the rural tourism activities. The main purpose was to identify and review the main trends and challenges related to human resources involved in rural tourism and agro-tourism. The main source of statistical information used is the INSSE databases related to occupied population in general and rural areas, total employees in hospitality services in rural areas, total tourists accommodation establishments in rural areas and their capacity. The research methods used in this research are documented study, empirical analysis and logical synthesis of information. The last couple of years were the proof that the exploitation of cultural and natural habitats is the best solution to boost the economy, to create new jobs and to help promote Romania abroad, all at the same time. Rural tourism is an alternative to the well known traditional tourism. By spending time in the rural area, people can engage in different sorts of activities such as: hunting, fishing, walking, bird watching and many other enjoyable activities. The main findings revealed an increase of all the statistics indicators that are related to agro-tourism pensions and the human resources involved in the rural tourism. The total number of agro-tourism guesthouses increased by 39% and the number of accommodation places almost doubled. Also, the quality standards of agro-tourism pensions increased significantly. This growth has generated a 65.8% increase of the number of employees involved in hospitality field in rural areas.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Georgiana Melania COSTAICHE, Ioana NICULAE

This study approaches the topic of foreign direct investments in Romania and their role in the sustainable development of the economy. The aim of the paper was to emphasise the role of foreign direct investments on the sustainable development of Romania’s economy and their impact on economic growth and business environment development. The research was based on statistical indicators related to foreign direct investments, published by the National Bank of Romania. The indicators for which we performed a dynamic analysis of the data series were: the FDI per economic activities and the FDI per development regions. The data covered the interval between 2003 and 2014. The results indicated an upward trend in the case of foreign direct investments in Romania. Foreign direct investments had a direct and highly significant correlation with the gross domestic product.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Agnieszka TŁUCZAK

Prices and factors which influence them are measurable thus it is appropriate to apply in this case a method of time series analysis for predicting the pig meat prices in the purchasing centre. In this paper adaptive models, which adjust to the changeable conditions, have been analysed including the changes in the trend level, accidental variations and seasonal variation. On the basis of estimated models the forecast of pig meat prices has been calculated. The ex post measurement of forecasts were used to asses a quality of models.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Daniela CREŢU, Andrei Radu IOVA

In the paper, starting from the more common examples of companies supporting social activities of the communities, we proposed a study of the impact of these activities on the main categories of beneficiaries. As a research method, the quantitative study was used by means of the questionnaire, applied face to face by the interviewers, on a sample of 301 persons, in the period October - December 2015, in the South Muntenia Development Region, from Romania. The responsibility to the society can be a very powerful differentiate element for the companies, as the consumers begin to be more receptive to the messages of those who aim the sustainable development of society than of those who are passive on this aspect and are perceived as having the profit as the sole aim. In Romania, researches were not made on the consumers’ attitude towards the social responsibility of the companies, interviewed persons, they had to be explained the concept in order to participate in the enquiry. Among the responses of the interviewed persons, 82 percent, consider that the companies assume a series of social responsibilities, to the extent that the effects are beneficial for their profit. In conclusion, we can say that the investigated population perceives the organizations as being in the early stage of implementing social responsibility initiatives.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Agatha POPESCU

The paper aimed to determine the concentration and competition degree in Romania's milk market using a sample of the top 10 dairies, their market share in terms of turnover, and Herfindhal-Hirschman Index highest and lowest thresholds and concentration rate. The Herfindhal-Hirschman Index had a low value varying between 597.68 and 484.2602, therefore lower than 1,000, meaning a low concentration degree and a high competition among the companies operating in milk processing industry. As a conclusion, a higher competition among the dairies on this market could be an incentive to find solutions to reduce production and marketing costs by improving the distribution channels.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Al Mohammad JEGHAYEF, Raluca NECULA, Manea DRAGHICI

The purpose of this study is to capture the rural development programmes of the Governments that have succeeded in conquering Syria's independence so far. The paper analyzes the laws and decrees that have endorsed the reforms in agriculture, difficulties in the application thereof. Research on the way in which they have carried out agrarian reforms in Syria are numerous and are contained in the Reports of the economic and agronomic studies published by the universities and international organizations (ONU and FAO, mainly), and studies of the diplomatic service of the United States, France and the United Kingdom. All these are valuable sources for understanding the major problems modernization of the Syrian agriculture. Are highlighted the main achievements, failures and some aspects of the current state of crisis, in which is the Arab Republic of Syria. For a more systematic study, the entire period of time analyzed has been divided into three parts: the first period from the conquest of independence until the year 2000; the second period from the year 2000, the year of the start of economic reforms until year 2010, and the third period from the year 2011, the year of the crisis start until present.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE

In this paper we aim to emphasize and to analyse the importance of resource decoupling for securing a sustainable production and economic growth in Romania. Increasing the resource-efficiency is a strategic objective which should be seen in the context of the European Sustainable Development Strategy and global efforts to achieve a transition towards a resource-efficient, circular and green economy, by decoupling growth from resource use. Some theoretical and methodological background issues are introduced for a deeper understanding of the most important concepts which underpin the current objectives and trends of sustainable economic growth: resource efficiency, resource productivity, resource decoupling. We outline the role of the resource productivity indicator in assessing progress towards the most important objectives of relevant strategic documents for sustainable and resource-efficient economic development in the European Union and Romania. In the tables and graphs presented in the paper, we shall try to compare the level and evolution of key statistical indicators, in Romania and in EU-27, to check the main trends in resource decoupling, the impact of the economic crisis as well as whether these trends may be consistent with the principles of a sustainable consumption and production. The conclusions and recommendations are based on the finding that, in the analysed period 2002-2013, the decoupling of economic growth from the resource use was achieved in Romania due to the economic crisis time (2008-2010).

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 2
Written by Aurelia LITVIN, Ludmila DOBROVOLSCHI, Corneliu COȘER

Quality food products require efforts across the whole sector, whether it is fruit, dairy or bakery. Policies addressed are the more prominent with every actor in the sector, as for food products, recognizes that the quality is more important factor in entrepreneurial decisions. In this context, the paper aimed to analyze the role and the effects of the quality assurance system in obtaining competitive food products using monographic method, analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, comparison method. As a conclusion, in our opinion, taking over best European practices in policies to increase the role of quality systems is the best choice, because: they are performing, we benefit from EU funds in programs that fit these measures and in addition, we can borrow the experience of the states which had similar deficiencies, such as Romania or Lithuania, for example.

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