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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, Elena ANGEL

The paper presents cow raw milk quality and its influence factors in connection with milk price based on a proper approach of the topic using analysis, synthesis, deduction which helped to establish "the state-of art" in the field of the authors' expertise, emphasizing on the particular factors which contribute to the improvement of milk quality which influence milk price in the EU, USA and other countries. Milk quality is determined by milk composition especially by fat and protein percentages, by the sensory, physical and chemical characteristics. Milk quality is assessed from a hygienic point of view in terms of Total Bacteria Counts (TBC) and Bulk Tank Somatic Cells Counts (BTSCC) whose level should be lower than the maximum thresholds mentioned by EU and USA standards in force, as well as regarding the aflatoxins and antibiotics content. The payment system for the quality of milk and the competition between suppliers and processors for milk supply encourages dairy farmers to produce more milk and of high quality. In this purpose, they have to improve breeding, feeding, hygiene and keep under control mastitis, treatments with antibiotics and other medicines and to produce high quality forages without aflatoxins. The reduction of TBC and BTSCC in raw milk will assure food safety and will increase shelf life of milk and dairy products. Business development in dairy farming has to keep pace with the changes in the internal and international markets. Farmers should become aware that they play an important role in raising milk demand and offer of high quality milk and dairy products.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Cristian Mihai ENESCU, Andrei APĂFĂIAN, Aureliu Florin HĂLĂLIȘAN, Dan Răzvan Eugen PUICEA

PEFC is one of the most common certification schemes in forestry worldwide. The aim of this paper was to highlight the profile of the PEFC Chain of Custody certified companies from Romania. Data available in December 2018 on the official website of PEFC were taken into consideration. Until present, 43 PEFC CoC certified companies were recorded in Romania, more than half holding an individual certificate. The certified companies are located in fifteen counties plus Bucharest, one quarter of them being based in the capital city. 60% of the valid CoC certificates in Romania were issued only by two certification bodies. As regards the product category, the number of the companies involved in paper-related activities is almost equal with the companies acting in wood industry. Even though Romania is a country well known for its forest resources and its wood industry, PEFC certification is not very well represented. But, by taking into account that PEFC national certification system was endorsed in mid-summer 2018, it might happen very soon that PEFC (both FM and CoC) will gain more interest in Romania.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Ivan Mikhailovich KULIKOV, Ivan Alekseevich MINAKOV

Achieving a successful resolution to a nation’s food problem is largely dependent on the development of cooperation. As an organizational-legal form of business in the agro-industrial complex, cooperation is represented by agricultural production cooperatives. Most of the world is currently dominated by consumer cooperatives, while Russia – by production ones. Over the last ten years, the number of production cooperatives in Russia has declined. The primary reason behind this is their low investment attractiveness. The paper examines the role of cooperation in driving sustainable development in rural areas, makes a case for the efficiency of production cooperatives as opposed to other forms of business, and reiterates the need for further development of cooperation in the country. A cooperative is not just a for-profit organization but a socio-labor form of business as well. The current level of profitability of agricultural production in cooperatives does not allow them to implement reproduction on an enlarged scale at this time. The authors explore a set of primary areas for the development of agricultural production cooperation in the country and examine a set of key measures of government support for it.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Evgeny V. DYADICHKO, Anatoly T. STADNIK, Sergei A. SHELKOVNIKOV, Kilill I. LUKYANOV, Anastasia A. SAMOKHVALOVA, Alexey I. GOLIKOV

The implementation of state programs for agricultural support provides for the development of agricultural cooperation in the regions as the basis for the rural territory development. Taking the latest global trends into account, only organizations that produce high-quality, organic food can become the basis of agricultural cooperation capable of giving an efficient impetus to the territory development – not single organizations, but rather a system of agricultural consumer cooperatives (ACCs) that provide storage, processing and marketing of finished products in cooperation with the small-scale agricultural sector (private subsidiary farming (PSF) and family (farm) enterprises F(F)E), as well as agricultural organizations that are the main producers of raw materials with modern qualified management, the support of local authorities, regional and federal authorities. In reality, most of the rural population, small and medium-sized organizations are not ready for new investments because they have no own funds but only old loans. Beginning farmers also lack sufficient funds for their further development, even with the help of a selective state support represented as Novice Farmers and Family Farms grants, as well as subsidies for technical equipment. This requires new mechanisms and methods of the state support for the creation and operation of ACCs, as well as intensive involvement of non-agricultural businesses with competences in commerce, logistics, marketing and other skills not typical for agricultural producers in the agricultural cooperation system on the basis of grant support for investment projects.

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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 aimed to analyze the demand/offer ratio in the seaside tourism of Romania in the period 2007-2017 based on the official data provided by the National Institute of Statistics. The main indicators taken into account have been: number of units with function for tourist accommodation, number of places (beds), number of beds-days, number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays. The index method, structure index, correlation coefficient and regression analysis allowed to analyze the dynamics of these indicators and the relationships existing among them. The results pointed out an increase by 31.8 % of the arrivals, by 6.4 % of the overnight stays, but also a decrease by 16.7 % of the accommodation units and by 31.7 % of the number of beds. This unbalanced demand/offer ratio was confirmed by the weak correlation and regression analysis as well. The seaside tourism represents 9.8 % in the total accommodation tourism structures, 23.4% in the total number of places and 10.5 % in the total beds-days in Romania's tourism. About 77.7 % of tourism accommodation units and number of beds is represented by hotels, bungalows and tourist villas in Romania's tourism. For balancing the demand/offer ratio in the seaside area, the tourism strategy should be focused on investments in new accommodation units, creating jobs, increasing labour productivity, service quality, the comfort degree, diversifying the leisure and entertainment activities, managing the beaches, means of conveyance, parking places and access roads, and green spaces. In this way, the development of the tourism infrastructure and service quality could become important factors for increasing tourist arrivals and receipts on the Romanian seaside.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Deiva MIKELIONYTĖ, Ovidija EIČAITĖ

This study aims at evaluating the developments in the distribution of the retail prices of dairy products among supply chain participants in Lithuania over the period of 2008 to 2017 and at revealing the main factors that determine this distribution. In order to achieve this aim, the structure of the Lithuanian dairy supply chain has been examined and the shares of milk producers, dairy processors, retailers and state (VAT) in the retail prices of dairy products (drinking milk and Tilsit cheese) have been calculated. The structure of the Lithuanian dairy supply chain indicates that milk producers, a large majority of which are small-scale dairy farmers, are fragmented and less organized, while the dairy processing industry and retail trade can be considered as heavily concentrated. Over the past ten years, the shares of retailers in the retail prices of dairy products have shown an increase, while the shares of milk producers in these prices have decreased. Horizontal concentration and vertical integration are the main instruments that could help to increase the market power of milk producers. Furthermore, milk producers should be opened to entering direct sales marketing, or short food supply chains.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Carmen Andreea ROBA, Ioana Cristina PIŞTEA, Emanuela NEAGOE2 Alexandra Oana MATEI, Cristina ROŞU

A total of 80 water samples were collected from several private wells (Sita Buzăului village – Covasna County) and public springs (Vatra Dornei area – Suceava County), during five sampling campaigns (November 2016, January –April 2017). The wells had a higher content of dissolved ions than the springs, while nickel was slightly higher in springs than in wells, due to the more acidic pH. The levels of the analyzed parameters were lower during January and February 2017 than in March 2017. Based on the water quality index, 75% of the investigated water sources can be classified as excellent quality status, 19% correspond to good status, while 6% have a poor 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 Orest FURDYCHKO, Roman HULINCHUK, Iryna SAMOILOVA

Improved methodological approach to the environmental and economic assessment of the potential of agricultural land which is based on the use of an integral index, which sufficiently characterizes the properties, functions and possibilities of using land resources in agricultural production. The integral index of the potential of agricultural land was proposed to be calculated as the average value of the normalized indicators of agroclimatic potential, soil bonitet and regulatory and monetary assessment of land. This approach allows us to determine in the future the objective level and efficiency of using the potential of agricultural land both at the level of territories and economic entities. An environmental-economic assessment of the potential of agricultural land in the Kiev region. On the basis of theoretical and methodological approaches, an assessment was made of the effectiveness of the use of the potential of agricultural land in the districts of the Kiev region. The proposed approach provided for comparing the cost estimates of the theoretical and actual productivity of land resources in agriculture, calculated on an integral score of the potential of agricultural land. The evaluation results indicate that the level of use of the potential of agricultural land varies from 31.8 to 293.8 %. It was found that eight districts of the region use the potential of agricultural land at a low level, and in most areas the actual figures exceed the theoretical one by 1-2 times.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Toyin Femi OJO, Blessing Anenechukwu ISAAC, Akinloye Jimoh FARINDE

Community-Based Natural Resources Management Programme (CBNRMP) is a development effort that uses different adaptable communication methods to empowering the local people in deriving their livelihood from natural resources in a sustainable way. How effective these communication methods remain unanswered? This study examined the effectiveness of communication methods used by Community - Based Natural Resources Management Programme (CBNRMP) in Ondo State, Nigeria. A total of 216 respondents were selected for the study using multistage sampling technique. Data were analysed with frequency count, percentages, mean, and standard deviation while inferences were made with correlation analysis. The results showed that 88.4 percent of the respondents were married with the mean age of 32.52 ± 12.93 years and mean household size was 7.44 ± 2.05 persons. Friends and neighbour (mean = 3.59), contact farmers (mean = 3.42) and Group meetings (mean = 3.07) were the most available communication methods to the respondents while Group meetings (mean = 3.63) and friends and neighbour (mean = 3.46) were the most accessible communication methods to the respondents. Group meetings scored highest (3.50) in facilitating feedback and were found to be the most effective methods used in the programme in disseminating agricultural information. Correlation analysis shows that at p ≤ 0.01, there were significant relationship between effectiveness of communication methods and availability (r = 0.337) and accessibility (r = 0.196). The study concluded that the most effective communication method was group meeting. It is therefore recommended that relevant stakeholders who desire to convey a development service delivery in rural areas should ensure use of group meetings based on it characteristics of availability, accessibility and feedback mechanism.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 1
Written by Ismail Bulent GURBUZ, Modassir MACABANGIN

Study of consumer’s behaviour is important in developing marketing strategy. Consumer behaviour refers to the attitude that the consumer shows during the search, purchase and consumption of a certain product. According to literatures, correlated factors such as; economic, cultural, and psychological factors mostly affect the decision of the consumers whether to accept or reject a food product in the market. The purpose of this paper is to identify the main factors that affect consumer behaviour during the purchase and consumption of an existing food product in the market. The recent study shows many significant differences of the purchasing and consumption attitude between undergraduate and foundation degree students. Consumers have become more dependent on their own preferences by observing sensual attributes of the foodstuffs. Moreover, complete understanding of these identified factors is essential in order to develop an effective marketing strategy.

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