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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Oksana Ivanivna DREBOT, Mykola Kharitonovich SHERSHUN, Lyudmila Ivanivna SAKHARNATSKA, Mariya Yaroslavivna VYSOCHANSKA

The purpose of the study was to carry out an economic analysis of strawberry production in the Aydın province of Turkey which has a significant potential for strawberry production. The main material of the study was comprised of data acquired via survey method from 59 greenhouse strawberry producers in the Sultanhisar and Köşk districts of the Aydın province. The producers were classified according to their size as Group I (1-10 decares; 17 farms), Group II (11-25 decares; 20 farms), Group III (26-50 decares; 14 farms) and Group IV (>50 decares; 8 farms). Average strawberry land presence in establishments was 27.19 da and the share of strawberry lands in total land presence was calculated as 52.64 %. The ratio of producers using certified seedling was observed to be highest in Group IV (100 %) and lowest in Group I (47.06 %). The strawberry varieties produced most frequently were determined as Rubygem, Fortuna and Festival. Establishment costs per decare according to the total producer average was calculated as 4955.07 TL. Seedling costs (42.86 %) were determined to have the highest share among the establishment costs. Production costs according to all farm groups average was determined as 3101.56 TL/da. It was determined that labor cost is ranked number one among the total production costs (29.91 %). It was determined that the gross, net and relative return per decare according to farm groups increases with increasing farm size. It was observed that larger farms are more advantageous with regard to economic criteria.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Vecdi DEMIRCAN, Fatih YATAGAN, Asli DALGIC

Agricultural science has a large number of completed developments that can significantly improve the efficiency of production and there is a need for mechanisms for their implementation. The purpose of the article is to clarify the methodological provisions of the assessment of scientific and intellectual potential, and identify priorities of such an activity, as well as substantiate scientific and methodological foundations of formation of the mechanism of implementation of the priorities found. The article summarizes the approaches to the assessment of innovations. Key indicators of the knowledge economy are adapted to assess the scientific and intellectual potential of the agri-food complex. In the study, the calculation of specific indicators of efficiency and effectiveness of the scientific and intellectual potential was made, and trends were revealed in the influence of the increase research expenditures on increasing the innovative activity. The analysis of statistical information showed that differentiation of the regions of the Russian Federation in terms of the level and effectiveness of innovative development is increasing, which indicates the need to strengthen the mechanisms of regulation of innovative development. The study discusses the features of the use of interrelated mechanisms of scientific and intellectual potential of the agri-food complex. It is proposed to increase the effectiveness of the institutional environment through the formation of regional centers of forecasting and scientific and technical policy. The directions of transformation of the Russian institutional environment and innovative infrastructure which allow applying the specified mechanisms in agri-food complex at the regional level are offered in the article.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Vecdi DEMIRCAN, Asli DALGIC, Tugba GULSEVER, Bektas KADAKOGLU

The purpose of the study was to carry out an economic analysis of almond production in the province of Muğla which holds an important place in Turkey with regard to almond production. The primary material of the study was comprised of original data acquired from almond producers in the Muğla province via questionnaire method. Neyman Method from among the stratified sampling methods was used for determining the number of producers to take part in the questionnaire. The number of samples to represent the population was determined as 93 according to the Neyman method. The sample farms were classified into three groups and analyses were carried out. These groups were determined according to land size as; Group I (1-10 da; 41 farms), Group II (11-20 da; 24 farms) and Group III (>20 da; 28 farms). It was calculated according to the study results that the average almond land size varies between 3.93 da and 39.06 da subject to farm groups with an average of 17.05 da. The establishment costs for almond production was determined in total as 1,089.20 $/da. Of the establishment costs, variable costs made up 65.57 % and fixed costs made up 34.43 % of the total. It was determined that the total production costs per decare in farms decreases with increasing size. Production costs per decare were calculated as 301.98 $, 260.03 $ and 227.57 $ respectively for Groups I, II and III. It was also determined that the gross profit, net profit and relative return per decare in farm groups increase with increasing farm groups. Indeed, the gross profit values per decare were determined as 319.51 $, 404.33 $ and 455.28$ respectively for Groups I, II and III, whereas the net profit values per decare were determined respectively as 218.51 $/da, 304.55 $/da and 356.45 $/da and relative return values were determined respectively as 1.72, 2.17 and 2.57. It was determined based on these indicators that the producers in the larger group are more profitable in comparison with the producers in the smaller group.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Adrian Ioan TIMOFTE, Cristian Mihai ENESCU

This study was embarked upon to evaluate the performance of micro broiler businesses in Calabar metropolis. The objectives of the study included; to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of broiler business owners, to analyse the effects of selected socio-economic characteristics of micro broiler business owners on the survival of micro broiler businesses in Calabar metropolis, and to analyze the marketing mix and managerial practices of business owners in Calabar metropolis. It made use of primary data obtained from a random sample of 112 micro broiler operators. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and Ordinary Least Square Multiple regression approach. The result of analysis revealed that micro broiler business ownership is almost evenly distributed among males 47.32 percent and females 52.68 percent; and that more than half (56.25 percent) of the respondents are within the age brackets of 36-45 years. The study also revealed that respondents had one form of formal education or the other with tertiary education accounting for 75.89 percent. On the survival/competitive advantage of micro broiler firms in the study area, the result of Ordinary Least Square analysis showed that output of broiler, flock size, business experience, mortality and extension contact significantly contributed to a firm survival in broiler business. The study revealed that firms applied some management practices and marketing mix activities in operating their businesses. The managerial practices adopted and their mean weights included; planning (M = 3.80), organizing (M = 3.47), directing (M = 3.80), coordinating (M = 3.63) and controlling (M = 3.91). Also, the analysis showed that the marketing mix practices adopted and their mean values were; product (M = 3.23), price (M = 3.04), place (M = 3.77) and promotion (M = 2.26). The study shows that micro broiler operators showed positive attitude to all the management function and marketing mix practices. The study recommended that micro broiler operators should organize themselves into cooperative societies to enable them enjoy the benefits of economies of size and credit facilities from lending agencies. It was also recommended that relevant extension services should be made available to broiler operators to improve their skills and knowledge in broiler business operations. Policy action of government should be directed towards capacity utilization of operators. Also, subsidies should be provided for cost of feeds and day old chicks as well as instituting a flexible credit policy to reduce cost of production.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Alozie ANYIM,Victor Munachimso UKONU, Christopher Ogbonna EMEROLE

The high price of feed/ration is the biggest problem for farmers, so it requires a way to find quality but cheap feed ingredients, for example using brangkasan/stucker, which are sweet potato leaves and twigs and tubers as feed ingredients substitution for pigs, the protein and energy content is still quite high, but the economic value has not been realized by the farmers. This study aims to determine the effect of some percentage tubers and sweet potato brangkasan/stucker to substitute the concentrate, on the performance of landrace Bali pigs. The study used a Completely Randomized Design method (CRD) with 4 treatments consisting of : T-1 30% concentrate + 60% pollard + 10% sweet potato brangkasan/stucker as control, T-2: 10% concentrate + 60% pollard + 20% sweet potato tuber + 10% sweet potato leaves brangkasan/stucker, T-3:10% concentrate + 50% pollard + 30% sweet potato tuber + 10% sweet potato leaves brangkasan/stucker and T-4:10% concentrate + 40% pollard + 40% tuber +10% sweet potato leaves brangkasan/stucker, which are repeated 5 times. Based on the results of the study, T-2 (giving 10% concentrate + 60% pollard + 20% sweet potato tuber + 10% sweet potato leaves brangkasan/stucker) causing an increase in body weight gain, final body weight and feed consumption, but decrease the feed conversion. Thus, it can be concluded that the substitution of sweet potato tubers and leaves brangkasan/stucker can be used as feed for growth phase landrace Bali pig.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Halyna HRESHCHUK

The study assessed the level of accessibility of inputs through GESS and analyzed the structure and operations of the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) on input supply to small-scale farmers in Southwestern Nigeria so as to examine the effectiveness of GESS in Southwestern Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was employed in selecting 420 GESS farmers from three states in the southwestern zone namely: Osun, Ondo and Ogun. Validated and pretested interview schedule was used to collect quantitative data from the small-scale farmers. Data collected were described with frequency counts, percentages, mean scores and standard deviation. Chi-square and Correlation analyses were used to draw inferences from the hypotheses. Results showed that the mean age of the small-scale farmers was 49.57±10.49 years and a high level, 75.70 percent were males. All the respondents (100.00%) showed low level of access to inputs. Analysis of the structure and operations of GESS on input supply showed that GESS was structured and operated by the government among the various stakeholders using the topdown approach. Out of the nineteen GESS effectiveness indicators, none was effective at solving the problems of inputs delivery to the respondents. Chi-square analysis showed a significant association between the effectiveness of GESS and respondents’ sex (X2=46.159; p≤ 0.01). Correlation analysis also showed a positive and significant relationship between effectiveness of GESS and accessibility of farm inputs (r=0.222; p≤ 0.01). It was concluded that GESS recorded a low level of effectiveness of GESS in the study area as a result of low level of accessibility of agricultural inputs through GESS. The study therefore recommends that quantity of input supply be increased and that more inclusive participatory approach instead of top-down approach should be adopted for planning, execution and evaluation of the GESS programme.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN

The spread of antibiotic resistance microorganisms is currently one of the most important safety issues including raw milk and milk products. Contamination of microbes occurs during milking, shortly after milking until the milk is consumed. Contamination could come from the environment, workers, equipment, cages, animals, feed and water. To reduce the risk of microbial contamination application of Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure (SSOP) during milking process is absolutely necessary. The aims of this study were to determine antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Salmonella isolated from raw milk and the implementation of SSOP during milking process. The results showed that with the average level of SSOP implementation in milking process of 61.85% or 20 SSOP, the antimicrobial resistance qualitative examination were found that the milk samples consisted of E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella. The antibiotic resistance profiles were tested to 3 antibiotics. It showed that 44.44% E. coli, 22.22% Staphylococcus aureus, and 11.11% Salmonella were resistance to chloramphenicol, where as all bacteria (100%) were resistance to trimethoprim and 11.11% E. coli were resistance to ampicillin.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Sinasi AKDEMİR, Gursel KUSEK, H. Huseyin OZTURK

The implementation of the EU Cohesion Policy has contributed to numerous improvements and positive effects on local economies. However, it has not entirely succeeded in overcoming the economic and social disparities across territories. The article reviews the practical aspects of the implementation of the LEADER and Common local led development (CLLD) approaches in Bulgaria. It also provides a comparative analysis of both Integrated Territorial Investments (ITIs) and CLLD. The objective is to show the impact of CLLD on decreasing the economic divergence between urban and rural municipalities and to identify the main difficulties in CLLD implementation that need further improvement.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Sinasi AKDEMİR, Gursel KUSEK, H. Huseyin OZTURK

This study investigates the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from fertilizer use for corn, cotton and soybean production in Turkey. For corn and cotton cultivation 403.33 kg NPK is applied before planting per hectare, 238.33 kg AN and 238.33 kg urea after planting. For soybean production 201.66 kg DAP before planting per hectare, 135.83 kg AN and 135.83 kg urea after planting are applied. For corn cultivation, 11,991.65 MJ fertilizer energy is consumed per hectare in Turkey. However 8973.56 MJ and 6,452.94 MJ fertilizer energy is consumed per hectares in cotton and soybean production, respectively. The total GHG emissions from fertilizer application are 2,603.7 kg CO2-eq, 1,949.13 kg CO2-eq and 1,523.22 kg CO2-eq per hectares, respectively.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Ana Maria IFRIM, Ionica ONCIOIU, Marius Mihai MICU, Catalin PETCU

The complex nature of agrotourism as an economic phenomenon has a major impact on the social cultural development of Romania in all the geographical areas in which it manifests itself. The study of agrotourism development begins by identifying the geographic space in which it occurs. Agrotourism is known to spread along the borders of some counties and localities that are concentrated in the Carpathian Areas, in the Colinar Depression area of Transylvania, to which are added the Danube Delta, Mehedinti Plateau and Suceava Plateau. Due to its development, agritourism has become an important means of tourism attraction, being represented by a wide range of specific attributes. The main types of ethno-folkloric villages considered to be representative of rural areas in Romania have led to the expansion of agrotourism practice due to a set of essential attributes related to house architecture, folk port, music and specific choreography. All these require the provision of tourist-specific services, equipment and an appropriate decoration along with the serving of traditional gourmet menus. As a research method, we chose the creation of a studio based on the statute data published by INSSE regarding the dynamics of the agro-tourism pensions at the national level for the last 5 years. The main indicators analyzed relate to: Existing tourism accommodation capacity, tourist accommodation capacity in operation, arrivals, overnight stays and net use index of tourist accommodation capacity in operation.

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