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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Daniela Marilena DOROBANȚU, Alina MĂRCUȚĂ, Liviu MĂRCUȚĂ

In Romania, the afforestation projects of degraded terrains are carried out in accordance with the technical norms issued by the ministry responsible for forest management. According to recent statistics, across the country there is a significant area of different types of degraded lands, more than 0.4 million hectares being affected by wind erosion. The goal of this study was to highlight the best afforestation alternative for the sandy soils across Oltenia and Carei Plains, corresponding to ecological group number 93 of the Technical Norms regarding the compositions, schemes and technologies for forest regeneration and afforestation of degraded lands. The best alternative resulted by using an Analytic Hierarchy Process, that took into account eight criteria. The combination between black locust and bird cherry proved to be the best choice. The significant area of sandy soils across Romania, but especially the lands from Oltenia and Carei Plains should be regarded rather as an opportunity to increase the forest fund through afforestation than a problem for the local communities and national economy.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Olaoluwa Ayodeji ADEBAYO, Olusola Emmanuel ADEDEJI

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 Ismail Bulent GURBUZ, Mike MANAROS

The aim of this study is to examine the situation of rural tourism in Azerbaijan, its impact on rural development and the rural tourism awareness levels among the students. The research was carried out with 418 students in the Agricultural Economics Department of Azerbaijan State Agricultural University in the academic year of 2018-2019. Data were analysed using SPSS 24.0 statistical software. T-test and one-way analysis of variance, Tukey test was used for the analysis of the independent samples. Research determined that there was no statistically significant difference between the age, school level and monthly total household income variables while the rural tourism awareness level of the students differed significantly according to their gender, place of residence, mother and father occupational status. Students' holiday habits were also examined in the second part and their participation in statements related to rural tourism was analysed in the third part of the research. It is concluded that Azerbaijan has rich rural tourism potential and can be an important source of income if used correctly and will increase employment opportunities. However, it has been observed that there were problems with infrastructure, transportation, promotion and financing in rural tourism and that the work of the Ministry of Tourism was insufficient. Communication and cooperation between the institutions affiliated to the Ministry were weak. Rural tourism has been accused of accelerating cultural change and environmental problems.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Alexander B. VOLKOV, Sergei A. SHELKOVNIKOV, Anastasia A. SAMOKHVALOVA, Denis A. DENISOV, Olga G. ANTOSHKINA, Alexey I. GOLIKOV

A universal algorithm of the regulatory and production method of labor incentive based on a systematic approach has been developed. Grade remuneration system has been adapted to the tariff network based on the ranking of inter-qualifying grades, prices for products have been calculated depending on the financial condition of the company, a method has been proposed for determining the regulatory and market payroll fund. The calculation of the coefficient of labor efficiency on the basis of a percentage of revenues revealed the market value of labor — its size is 4.2 times higher than the minimum wage in the Saratov region per month per employee for dairy enterprises in the region.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Vasyl LYPCHUK, Liudmyla HNATYSHYN, Oksana PROKOPYSHYN

The research sets the aim to argue theoretical fundamentals and outline the methods to make diagnostics of the added value of products, produced by farming enterprises. To determine reserves for improvement of competitive advantages of farming enterprises the work proposes to use an analytical instrument, called a “value chain”. The instrument helps to interpret production potential as a basis for the chain of values, which creates the added value. Applying the instrument, the research suggests that the structural indicators of the added value of farming enterprises demonstrate distortions, which are manifested in neutralization of a socially important element, i.e. labor payment, and in prevailing of a commercial constituent, i.e. profit. It is forced by inappropriate branch structure of large agricultural enterprises. Consequently, efficiency of the added value according to its reproductive capacity is higher at large farming enterprises, and according to the social focus – at family farms. It means that large farming enterprises have better reproductive capabilities and higher competitive advantages. At family farming enterprises of Ukraine, the added value can be increased and competitive advantage can be improved by means of valorization of their products basing on innovative activity. Such approach secures production focus on narrow markets and on specific needs of some individuals. It also creates preconditions for modernization, economic growth and improvement of competitive capacity of farming enterprises.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Tarek FOUDA, Asaad DERBALA, Adel HELAL, Ahmed MORSY

The experimental work was carried out through 2018 at laboratory of agriculture engineering department, faculty of agriculture Tanta University, Egypt to investigate physical properties of the American soybean seeds and Ambrosia weed were imported to Egypt. These properties can be used in design and development of handling, transporting storage and separating equipment. The seeds dimensions tested under four different moisture content 10, 12, 14, and 16% (wet basis). The results showed, the change in moisture content from 10 to 16% the average dimensions of soybean seeds were changed respectively, the length from 5.60 to 6.57 mm, width from 4.91 to 5.73 mm, thickness changed from 4.11 to 4.73 mm, volume from 62.13 to 96.13 mm3, geometric mean diameter from 4.83, to 5.62 mm and the arithmetic mean diameter changed from 4.9 to 5.7mm. The differences on sphericity altered from 86.27 to 85.12%. Similarly surface area changed from 21.99 to 29.95 mm2. Also, the average dimensions of ambrosia weed ranged according imported place the length ranged from 5.20 to 7.53mm, width from 2.46 to 4.00 mm, thickness from 1.57 to 2.97 mm, volume from 11.05 to 41.72 mm3, geometric mean diameter from 3.10 to 4.70 mm, the arithmetic mean diameter from 3.10 to 4.70 mm, and sphericity from 50.16 to 70.14 %. Also, surface area ranged from 23.9 to 57.99 mm2. This results revealed the dissimilarities between soybean and ambrosia physical properties that appear in length, width and thickness, this case lead to obstructing separation processes.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Elena DERUNOVA, Natal’ya KIREEVA, Olesya PRUSCHAK

The article discusses the methodological approaches to the analysis and evaluation of the competitiveness of agrifood enterprises and innovative products produced in it. Systematic and classified external and internal factors affecting competitiveness, conducted and their ranking.The presented factors are divided into internal and external. The dynamics of changes in the ratio of the influence of factors in each group using exponential weights is shown. A methodology has been developed for assessing the competitiveness of innovative products of the agri-food complex, developed using the balanced scorecard, which makes it possible to clarify the strategy for the further development of enterprises, detailing the necessary measures for its optimization. The proposed approach to assessing the competitiveness of both enterprises of the agri-food complex and products allows us to ensure internal consistency in the functioning of all actors and participants in the innovation process. The developed approaches will allow to increase the efficiency of managing the production of the demanded products and optimize the distribution of costs for the introduction of the most promising innovations of the agri-food complex in the sectoral and regional sections in accordance with the obtained results of the expert assessment.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Nicoleta OLTENACU, Mariana BURCEA, Valentina GAVRILA

Soil quality assessment is imperative in determining the level of soil potential in order to ensure sustainable land use practices. The determination of the soil quality of Sabongida Takai Northeast Nigeria is essential hence it is an agrarian area. A free survey technique was used to cite profile pit on each of the four land use types selected for the study. The profile pits were sampled base on horizon differentiation and the samples were subjected to routine and special laboratory analyses. Generated data were statistically analyzed using one-way analyses of variance. Soil qualities were determined using Amacher soil quality index. The result indicated that sand fraction had the mean of 80.40 %, 79.55 %, 77.47 % and 56.80 % for the soil under dump site, farm site, residential site, and wetland site. The pH was high while total nitrogen, Mg, Na, K, total exchangeable acidity, Pb, and Cd were low according to the ratings of USDA NRSC soil quality index. The organic carbon was moderate at the dump site and farm site while it was low at the residential site and wetland site. Hence, the need to embark in soil management practices that will sustain the soil quality is imperative.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Alexey V. RODIONOV, Mikhail N. KOZIN, Vladimir Y. PRIPOTEN

To understand the agri-food marketing landscape, in terms of associated factors influencing the future development from the local level it is essential among others to evaluate consumers as customers of agri-food markets. It is relevant to understand their choices on what values are based on and why they became customers of agri-food markets in Sibiu city. This is only one relevant end part of the food chain aside industry and hospitality areas. Their daily philosophy of ensuring agri-food products can support in the end the cost-efficient conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture required for long-term maintenance food security. The scope of this article is to evaluate the orientation of Sibiu’s consumers as customers of agri-food markets in order to understand if they are or not aware about the value of local food. These results may further support the development of public policies related to gastronomic tourism based on local products. The analysis of these results is proving that the customers of agri-food markets are aware about the value of local food and they are mostly oriented to buy them directly from producers, bypassing agri-food markets. The need to develop an appropriate infrastructure dedicated to the preservation of agri-food products appear to be one of the major barriers against trading local products, a major gap in the support of rural area development.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 19 ISSUE 3
Written by Ibidun Olatohun IBITUNDE, Francis Oke ADERETI, Akinloye Jimoh FARINDE

According to the data regarding the economic accounts for agriculture published on 16 November 2018 by Eurostat, (the Statistics Office of the European Union), the total agricultural production obtained in the European Union in 2017 was 6.2% higher than in 2016, amounting to 432.6 billion euro at basic prices.. In 2017, the equivalent of 56% of the value of the agricultural production generated was used for intermediary consumption, while the gross added value represented 44%. The present paper is looking at how a mathematical algorithm used to study the impact of the agricultural production on the GDP can represent a tool for analysing and assessing the evolution of the GDP..The conclusion of the article is that the current fluctuations of the agricultural production trigger variations of the GDP, which means that agriculture is maintaining its impact on the GDP.

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