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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Hendronoto A.W. LENGKEY, Andry PRATAMA, Lilis SURYANINGSIH, Jajang GUMILAR, Eka WULANDARI, Wendry Setiadi PUTRANTO, Nanah NANAH, Primiani EDIANINGSIH, Roostita L. BALIA

This study which aimed to determine the physical characteristics of broiler carcasses based on body weight, was done at the Laboratory of Animal Product Processing Technology, Animal Husbandry, Universitas Padjadjaran, using 25 broilers strain Coobb with body weight between 1.3 - 1.7 kg. Analysis equipment used is analytical scales, thermometers and penetrometers to observe the carcass percentage, meat percentage, tenderness, water holding capacity, and cooking losses. This study used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 5 treatments of T-1 (BW 1.3 kg), T-2 (BW 1.4 kg), T-3 (BW 1.5 kg), T-4 (BW 1.6 kg) and T-5 (BW 1.7 kg). Results indicated that the treatment had significant affected (P> 0.05) the carcass percentage, meat percentage, tenderness, water holding capacity, and cooking losses.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Silviu BECIU, Georgiana Armenița ARGHIROIU

This paper aimed to analyse the evolution of the pork sector in Romania which was and is still affected by the African Swine Fever. The research method is based on a quantitative approach, based on national and international time data series for livestock, production and trade and the authors analysed the Romanian pork market evolution in the EU context. The results indicated significant loose of sector power which needs several years to recover from this crisis. Since pork is by far the preferred meat for the Romanian consumer, this will increase the imbalance of the pork trade in the next years, with consequence on the internal market prices and position of the Romanian pork producers within the market.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Elena SOARE, Iuliana DOBRE

This paper analyses the main indicators reflecting the evolution of the peach and nectarine production and marketing sector in Romania for the period 2012-2017. The most important indicators which are analyzed refers are production of peach and nectarine at the national level, but also macroregional and regional, the average level of price for each of them, the value of import and export. From an economic point of view, peach plantations are a particular importance, occupying the third place, after apple and plum. In Romania, the peach occupied significant areas, but after 1990, they have diminished massively. Peach plantations in Romania is more popular compared to nectarine. The data used in the paper was taken from the National Institute of Statistics and specialized international sites. The results of this analysis have been highlighted in relevant tables and graphs.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Daniela PLEȘOIANU, Ștefana VEDEA

The study area is a unique zone called the Danube Delta. The name "delta" derives from the Greek "delta" because of its equilateral triangle shape. Inside this triangle there is a positive relief represented by beams and islands, as well as a negative relief such as canals, marshes, ponds, lakes or Danube arms. The research methods used the statistical data provided by the competent bodies, which were processed and analyzed. It used the computerized processing that generated tables and graphs.The delta hydrography is represented by the Danube's arms, lakes, ponds, marshes, lakes, ponds, canals and sahale. The lakes are distributed throughout the delta, and, as mentioned by P. Gâtestescu in 1969, are concentrated in several lacustral complexes: Sireasa, Storm, Pardina, Matiţa-Merhei, Dranov, Gorgova-Isac and Roşu-Puiu and Zătoanele. The 2005-2010 interval captures the lakes in the Danube Delta in a predominantly good ecological state for almost all chemical compounds, from oxygen, to copper, zinc, iron, nickel.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Alin-Marius NICULA, Katja BUROW, Erika KOTHE, Cristina ROŞU

The present paper is a study of the water quality sampled from Brăteni Lake and the streams near the lake. The analysis targets the microbiology via DNA extraction, PCR and sequencing of DNA fragments and the chemistry through nitrate and ammonium determination. For the quantification of bacteria present in water samples, 3 culture media were used: R2A for oligotrophic microorganisms, Standard I as a complete medium and Burks for nitrogen fixing bacteria enrichment. The identified bacteria included, Pedobacter, Streptomyces, Bacillus, Flavobacterium and Sphingobacterium. Nitrate and ammonium had higher concentrations in one of the streams near the lake. The results highlighted a close link between land use and lake water quality, agricultural activity having a strong influence on water quality.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Ioana PORUMB, Florin RUSU, Ancuța BOANTA, Emanuela FILIP, Nicolae TRITEAN, Cristina STANCĂ-MOISE, Leon MUNTEAN

Ensuring progress in improving barley's production and traits of interest is closely linked to the diversity and performance of the original material that can lead to increased genetic variability and new valuable cultivars. Thus, phenotyping of the genotyping collection is a first step in identifying the most valuable available genres and introducing them into hybridization programs, depending on the complementarity of the traits. The traits that have been quantified and used to determine the cognition degree of the cultivars studied are: plants height, ear length, number of grain / ear, grain weight/ear, TKW, protein and starch content. Genotypes have been identified that can be used in future amelioration works either to increase the fall resistance because plants height value are approximately 81 cm or for qualitative improvement, showing high TKW values (52 g), low content protein (less than 10.5%) and high starch content (approximately 60%).

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Valerii KOLIADA, Olga KOLIADA, Serhii CHUHAIEV, Liubov KORCHASHKINA

Presented prospects about restoration of sod-podsolic and sod-carbonate soils possessing light granulometric composition (texture) regarding local processes of wind erosion. Agricultural efficiency of crops growing in conditions of Polissya (West forest zone) has been determined. It has been investigated that growing of red clover («Trifolium pratense» Lat.) on such territories in spite of fertilizers input creates stable crops cover, decreases the deflation processes spread and results in obtaining seeds and harvesting green biomass in nearest future. It has been found that after 5 years of perennial growing these territories regain profitable qualities. Comparing different plans of agro technical activities on such areas showed that one of the most viable and practically proved variants is to harvest crop together with mineral and organic fertilizers input in first years of restoration. As the particular example the components of farming practices in the form of mineral fertilizer input and overseeding grasses payback are used to obtain both the environmental and economic benefits of applied operations.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Daniela PLESOIANU

The paper has comparatively analyzed the role of tourism in the economic growth of Bulgaria and Romania, using the specific system of indicators: GDP, employment, multiplicator effect, efficiency, investments, visitor exports, and competitiveness. The methodology was based on the formulas provided by literature at present and the data were collected from UNWTO Data Base. Bulgaria and Romania are important tourism destinations grace to their rich cultural and historical heritage, beautiful landscapes, landmarks, tourism forms, service quality and hospitality. Bulgaria has more visitors and receipts than Romania, but in absolute value, tourism has a higher contribution to GDP in Romania, while in relative value, 11.5 % of GDP is produced by tourism and in Romania just 5.3 %. Tourism supports employment 3.7 times better in Romania than in Bulgaria regarding the number of jobs. The multiplicator effect is almost similar in the both countries, proving that tourism growth stimulated the development of other economic sectors. Tourism increases labor productivity in the economy of the both countries, but 1.4 times more in Bulgaria. Visitor exports in Bulgaria are higher than in Romania, while investments in tourism are 4.5 higher in Romania than in Bulgaria. Tourism competitiveness is low in the both countries, but Bulgaria comes on a lower position than Romania in the international market. As a conclusion, both Bulgaria and Romania has to intensify the efforts to sustain tourism growth, its contribution to the development of the economy and become a more competitive sector. Bulgaria and Romania have to better evaluate all their resources, to diversify their offers, to improve service quality and increase tourism performance. Only in this way, a new tourism strategy could attract more visitors and increase the role of tourism in the economy and improve the image of each country in Europe and in the world.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Ion GURESOAIE

The paper analyzed consumer behavior regarding honey purchase on a sample of 196 individuals at randomly selected from the visitors of the National Honey Fair held on September 14, 2018 in Bucharest. The responds to the 9 questions included in a structured questionnaire used in a face-to-face interview were statistically processed regarding frequency, percentages, average and standard deviation, and also Chi-squared test, Pearson and Cramer's correlation coefficients were used to establish the independence/dependence between age, education level and monthly income and honey purchase decision. Honey is bought in a higher proportion by people older than 45 years, married persons, high school leavers and university graduates, by people with a monthly income over Lei 3,000. The most preferred honey is polyfloral and acacia. Honey is purchased to be consumed at breakfast, next to a cup of coffee and tea or as a medicine, less as sweetener in the kitchen and for cosmetic goals. Honey is bought mainly several times a year and twice a year. Honey is bought mainly directly from beekeepers and honey fairs, less from agro-markets and supermarkets. The amount of 1-2 and 2-3 kg honey is frequently bought mainly by people of 36-50 years old, by the ones who have a higher education level and income level over Lei 3,000 per month. Between age, education level and income and honey type and amount of bought honey there is no relationship, but between the purchased amount and income level is a dependence link. Honey price, type, packaging and color are the significant criteria influencing purchasing decision. Beekeepers and honey fairs are the main information sources for buyers. As a final conclusion, beekeepers should improve their marketing strategies to better satisfy consumers' needs and increase, their sales and profit, and honey consumption per capita as Romania produces a high production of high quality honey.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Zeshan ANWAR, Bilal AZIZ, Kausar ABBAS

The objective of this research is to determine the relationship between corporate governance practices and firm profitability for the companies in agricultural sector of Asian countries for the period of 2008 to 2017 as agriculture is one of the most important sectors in these economies. The results demonstrate that the variables of board independence, ownership concentration, audit committee independence, leverage and sales growth have significant positive relationship with return on assets (ROA), whereas, the variables of quality of corporate governance, board size, CEO duality and firm size have significant negative association with return on assets (ROA). Moreover, the endogeneity of the board structure variable was investigated by applying the Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) regression model. The results of the 2SLS regression model depicts that variables of board independence, audit committee independence and sales growth have significant positive association with return on assets (ROA), whereas, the variables of quality of corporate governance, leverage and firm size have significant negative relationship with return on assets (ROA).

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