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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Raphael Ndubuisi ECHEBIRI, Daniel Chinedu NWAOGU

This study analyzed the relationship between farmers’ health status and their productivity levels in Abia state. A multi-stage sampling technique was adopted in collecting data for this research, thus, a total of 1080 farmers were selected. Simple descriptive statistics, the total factor productivity and ordinary least squares methods were employed in the data analysis. A mean productivity value of 1.895 implies that an average farmer made about 89 kobo for every one naira invested. Healthy farmers had a higher mean productivity (2.1246) than non-healthy farmers (1.9018). The regression model gave an R2 of 0.594, 0.458 and 0.892 implying that 59.4%, 45.8% and 89.2% changes in the productivity of the three groups (pooled, healthy and non-healthy farmers) were accounted for by changes in the explanatory variables included in the model. The study showed that healthy farmers with access to appropriate inputs (including knowledge, land, tools, fertilizer, and seeds) had higher productivity and earned good incomes than non-healthy farmers, thus health improvement strategies granted to the farmers by government will allow them to thrive nutritionally, acquire more assets (including health), and become more resilient. It is also recommended that that land be made available to smaller farms to enhance increased overall production.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Andrei ZBANCĂ, Sergiu PANUȚA, Virgiliu MOREI, Grigore BALTAG

The objective of Moldova’s integration into the international economic system requires a qualitative change of the current situation in the food sector. The globalization of the world economy and the technical – scientific progress provides new opportunities for increasing efficiency and upgrading production technologies for agricultural production. In Moldova this task can be achieved by targeting entrepreneurs towards crop diversification and export of agricultural products with high added value, for which there are profitable and modern markets. Currently, entrepreneurs focus on development of high-value agricultural sector, which provides the greatest profits and, due to this fact, could become an important source of increasing income in the rural sector. The aim of the research is a comparative analysis of cultivation of high value crops, and the result is to create an informational support that enables local entrepreneurs to select the correct crops based on the economic indicators and financial resources to invest argued. Information and research results were made under the Agricultural Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (ACED). The authors have developed annual financial models for each crop and perennial plantations were developed additional investment budgets. High value production (particularly fruit and vegetables) offers the highest profits and it has great to increase farmers’ incomes. For small and medium farms practicing commercial agriculture (HVA) is the solution for developing efficient and sustainable business in market economy.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Marian CONSTANTIN, Andreea Raluca CONSTANTIN, Raluca NECULA, Mihai-Radu COSTESCU

The topic and structure of this paper is focused on investigating a current problem of the honey market in Romania, with references to the level and the purchase volume. The analysis of the quantities of purchased honey, carried out through the calculation and interpretation of the markers during the annual dynamics of the period 2003-2014, demonstrates an increasing trend. Knowing the prospects of the purchases of honey, according to the influence factors framed within the regression equations, is interpreted in a two-dimensional form: a rise in purchases by means of a successive increase of the influence factors; a decrease of purchases when these factors diminish. Simultaneously, irrespective of the alteration (±x) of the purchase price, of the earnings, or of the expenses, the trend of honey purchase is maintained (y). At the same time, one can remark differentiated rates that result into a high level of association of the factors that influence the purchase of the product honey. In the analyses that were made, the error deviations are within normal limits, and the values of the correlation coefficient express a high level of association of the factors that influence the purchase of the product honey.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Lorena CHIȚEA

Romanian rural area is stimulated by the activities of rural households as the main demographic, social, economic and cultural resources holder. The households are able to dispose of these resources as they see, based on the the conditions generated by social-economic-cultural environment of the community to which they belong. For an overview of the socio-economic development level at national and regional level, composite indicators are useful, without omitting, thou, individual indicators. This territorial profile analysis can highlight the particularities of each area.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Liudmila TODOROVA

Acceleration of innovation activities is the basis of both economic growth and social development at the present stage of the economic process development. In order to stimulate innovation activities one needs to study the methodology of developing the country’s innovation rankings. A number of indicators and indices, published during certain periods, are used in the study that evaluates innovation activities. We believe that it is necessary to develop an approach, which can serve as an impulse to make decisions and rationally use available economic resources in order to motivate people for intellectual work, train scientific researchers and establish national innovation "laboratories". For the management of innovative activity an important role is played by the expansion of the circle and improving the quality of information, on the basis of which the corresponding solutions are accepted. It is necessary along with private indicators of innovation to use in the analysis and management some consolidated, integrated, synthetic and generalizing indicators. It should be noted that the development of various types of integrated indicators and their characteristics is an extremely difficult task.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Marat SATAYEV, Zhanar KAIPOVA, Aigul JANMULDAEVA

Research has shown that activated carbon can increase the production of biogas and methane from anaerobic digestion, thereby reducing the startup time. Activated carbon has raised the possibility of microbial resistance to the organic load. A more developed structure of mesoporous the activated carbon was favorable for the colonization of specific bacteria, which leads to increased syntrophic associations between bacteria and methane producers. Thus, the anaerobic reactor complemented with activated carbon would be economically efficient for the production of biogas.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Lawrence Olusola OPARINDE, Taiwo Timothy AMOS, Michael ADESELUKA

Access to credit has been identified as a crucial tool in increasing fish production in the developing countries like Nigeria. ACGSF was established for the purpose of boosting agricultural production (fish production inclusive). It is, therefore, imperative to study the Influence of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund on fishery development in Nigeria. Annual time-series data between 1981 and 2012 were collected on relevant variables and analysed using Descriptive Statistics, Growth Function and Autoregressive Distributed Lag. The results of the analysis showed that fishery sub-sector was the least financed in the agricultural sector of the economy. This is reflected in low contribution of fishery sub-sector to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) due to the fact that the required importance is not given to the sub-sector as it is poorly financed by ACGSF. Also, growth rate of fishery contribution to GDP was 10.63% and the proportion of GDP from fishery to total GDP from Agriculture was 0.005%. In the long run, volume of loan to agriculture and fishery had positive and negative relationship respectively with GDP from fishery. The short run dynamics adjusts to the long run equilibrium at the rate of 34% per annum. In conclusion, fishery sub-sector has been experiencing poor finance from Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund. Therefore, the study recommended that volume of ACGSF credit devoted to fishery sub-sector should be significantly increased if sustainable development will be recorded in the sub-sector. Also, credit given to the sub-sector should be monitored in order to prevent diversion and poor management.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Raphael Ndubuisi ECHEBIRI, Oscar Igwe OBASI, Daniel Chinedu NWAOGU

This study examined the major diseases affecting agricultural production in Abia state in line with the various time allocation and labour-use patterns in the study area. The Body Mass Index (BMI) was used as a classification criterion to categorize farmers as healthy and non-healthy. 1080 farming households were selected from Abia state through a multi-stage sampling technique. The anthropometric result (using BMI) showed that only about 44% of the farmers were healthy. There was a marked difference for labour and time-use patterns (considering the energy demands of the various activities) for both healthy and non-healthy farmers. Healthy households utilized family labour as their main source of labour while hired labour was mainly used by non-healthy households. Arthritis, rheumatism, malaria/typhoid and asthma were the major diseases that affected the farmers during different cultural activities. These farm activities are usually energy-sapping and have the tendency to increase the likelihood event for farmers to take ill. The study recommends that effective extension services geared towards educating farmers on preventive measures to avoid undue exposure to harsh environmental conditions so as to improve agricultural productivity. The operation of action programs to combat these health challenges by all stakeholders as well as the availability of inputs at subsidized prices will provide a pathway for improved healthiness and welfare by reducing the financial burdens faced by these poor, sick households.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Udegbunam Edwin CHINONSO, Onu Inyanda JUSTICE

The study of local level institutions (LLIs) and socio-economic activities of the rural farm households in Girei and Yola South Local Government Areas of Adamawa state, Nigeria. Multistage random sampling was used in selecting one hundred and twenty (120) rural farm households’ member of the local level institution and data were collected through questionnaire administration. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics to determine socio-economic characteristics and effect of microcredit to the rural community while analytical statistics like multiple regression was used the analyse the effect LLIs microcredit facilities delivery on the socio-economic activities of the rural farm households. The study revealed that the mean monthly cash contribution (Adashe) to the institution by the members was N8,216.67 and mean annul cash (Adashe) disbursement to the members by the institution was N91,000.00. Government and LLIs jointly put the basic amenities in some communities while they jointly sustain them in all the communities. The multiple regression model showed that LLIs’ microcredit delivery had positive coefficients and greater than zero as expected but fall to predict the socio-economic activities of the rural farm households. Therefore, the study recommended that government to formulate policies that will include the LLIs into the current food security programs and poverty alleviation programs and make it a channel for loan delivery. The policies will be targeted at improving the welfare of the rural farm households, their source of livelihood, a typical income inequality and gender inequality in agriculture.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 1
Written by Elena SOARE, Irina-Adriana CHIURCIU

The paper presents and analyzes the main trends on the labour market manifested in the Central Region. The period on which this analysis is focused is 2010-2015. To capture a more realistic development of the employment in the Central Region were analyzed several indicators, such as labour resources; civilian labour force; activity rate of labour resources; employed civilian population; average number of employees; the number of unemployed and the unemployment rate. The analysis of specific indicators of the labour market recorded oscillations from year to year. It is noted that, in 2015, both nationally and at Central Region level resources have declined compared to 2010, with over 11%. A positive aspect is the unemployment rate decreased in 2015 compared to 2010. The statistical data which led to the realization of this study were taken from the national websites.

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