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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Liviu MARCUTA, Cristina TINDECHE, Alina MARCUTA, Daniela Marilena DOROBANTU

The paper analyzed the ewes and goats contribution to the amount of raw milk marketed to milk processing industry in the period 2009-2018 and set up the forecast for the 2019-2023 horizon, using the empirical data provided by the National Institute of Statistics and using the fixed basis index, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients and T test of significance, linear regressions, determination coefficient and average annual gain. An increased number of ewes and goats by 9.9% and, respectively by 60.7% was achieved in 2018 versus 2009. This led to a higher contribution of these categories of animals, 2.17 % in case of ewes and 1.39% in case of goats in raw milk amount sold to dairies in 2018. A string and positive relationship was found between the number of ewes and goats and the amount of raw marketed milk, r = = 0.856 and, respectively, r = 0.771. This was also attested by the regression models which reflected that the increase by one unit of the ewes' number will led to a surplus of 14.344 raw milk, and by an increase with one unit of the goats' number will result 38.698 gain collected milk. In 2023, it is estimated that raw milk delivered from ewes will reach 31,016.5 tons, and raw goat milk sold will accounts for 20,200 tons. To increase their incomes from delivered milk, sheep and goat farmers have to grow the female livestock by improving breed structure, reproduction performance, feeding and milk quality.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Marianna VASILCHENKO, Elena DERUNOVA

In modern conditions, investment activity is a non-alternative option for increasing the competitiveness of agricultural production and a driver for increasing the country's export potential. The aim of the work is the development of methodological approaches to assessing the investment attractiveness of agriculture and the study of factors influencing it, as well as the rationale for practical recommendations to increase it. An author's methodological approach to assessing the investment attractiveness of agriculture has been developed, the essence of which is to build an integrated indicator based on the synergy of assessment indicators of innovative, scientific, intellectual, production and technological potential, natural resources, as well as taking into account the risks of financial and economic activity. The study identified constraining and accelerating factors of investment attractiveness of agriculture at the macro, meso and micro levels. Based on the correlation and regression analysis, a model of the dynamics of innovative development in accordance with investment investments is built. The empirical analysis revealed significant imbalances in the investment policy of agriculture. To eliminate them, innovative sources of financing investment in agriculture are proposed. The study developed a mechanism for managing investment attractiveness in agriculture, a feature of which is the stimulation of innovative susceptibility to the introduction of innovations at all stages of the innovation process. The practical significance of the results of the study is to increase the efficiency of agricultural production by improving the forms and mechanisms of attracting investment resources to the innovative development of the industry.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Silviu Ionuţ BEIA, Mariana BRAN, Irina PETRESCU, Violeta Elena BEIA, Mihai DINU

Food fraud remains an ever-existing issue, and especially in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis. Along with the recession that followed this pandemics, as well as lacking food supplies in some regions, criminal organizations around the world are trying to further expand their financial gains by means of various forms of food fraud, either counterfeiting, labeling or lack of adequate documentation. The present paper begins with a short theorization on food fraud and finishes with an analysis of the latest Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed report, in order to capture the essence of food fraud incidents that have occurred since May 2019 until present: the most frequent subject of incidents and degree of impact, their nature, along with the products mostly affected. Our results show that food fraud incidents consisted mostly of lacking documentation pertaining to each food product. While animal hides and certain poisonous substances have been detected only in certain cases, their importance is not be ignored in terms of public health.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Olga STOLYAROVA, Natalya SOLOGUB, Olga ULANOVA, Julia RESHETKINA

The aim of the article is to identify the most important areas of ensuring food security in foreign countries and Russia based on the development of the milk and dairy products market. The main organization performing the task of providing the population with high-quality products is the Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations - FAO. The authors analyze the production and processing of milk, the productivity and number of cows, and the condition of the feed base. An analysis of the development of the feed base indicates that the specific feed intake in Russia is 1.4-1.5 times higher than in developed countries. This problem can be solved through the intensification of field fodder production and the radical improvement of natural forage lands. To increase the efficiency of the industry and develop the market for milk and dairy products, the authors consider it appropriate to implement a set of measures, such as state interest, development of feed production, re-equipment of processing enterprises and the creation of new high-quality products, equalization of per capita incomes.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Iuliana CETINA, Violeta RADULESCU, Dumitru GOLDBACH

Management and marketing strategies for agrofood production and European distribution policies for agriculture are centered on production. EU and Romania pay huge subsidies to farmers. However, all this policies concern the first link in the chain of food production and distribution. The Romanian small farmer is stimulated to produce raw materials then to sell them at a very low price in the absence of adequate storage spaces. This can increase the value added by selling finished products. Even if it produces finished products, the small producer does not reach the consumer but an intermediary, a link in the distribution chain, as in vegetables and fruits production. In this article we propose a model to shorten and streamline the distribution chain from producer to consumer. The first strategy is to create an associative form that establishes policies regarding the production, what to produce and in what quantities, depending on the demand on the market, whether to sell unprocessed products or to make some small canned goods. The second is the realization of a price strategy, which will be realized after a research among the consumers. The third policy is to determine how the products are distributed and exactly where. The last strategy, but not least, is to create a local brand and promote it among consumers. There will also be small processing units for finished products. All decisions will be made after conducting a research among consumers, the necessary research to find out the consumers preferences regarding the price, brand and other aspects that will be the basis for realizing the policies of the associative form. One of the biggest challenges will be to convince the small Romanian producers to associate, being very well known that they do not want to associate unless they have a real motivation, which is most often financial or the safety of selling of their products. We choose an interdisciplinary approach, using both management and marketing tools due to the complexity of the studied problem, both upstream, that is production, and downstream, distribution.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Daniela CREȚU, Radu Andrei IOVA, Mariana NĂSTASE

The objective of the paper is to evaluate the impact of accessing the European funds on the economic and social development of Călărași county. The present analysis aims to highlight the particular aspects regarding the report between the degree of involvement in the process of accessing the European funds and the impact of this approach on the economic and social development of Călărași county. Starting from the premise that in the current programming period 2014-2020 Romania established through the Partnership Agreement assumed with the European Union, the Specific Objectives, the Priorities and the Financing Measures and related to the development needs of the communities in the county, all related to the Specific Objectives, Priorities and financing measures adopted, Călărași County Council drafted its project portfolio and priorities in accessing the European funds for the above-mentioned period. Following the evaluation of the project portfolio of Călărași County Council, it is worth noting that the institution understood that a community can develop itself much more efficiently and quickly by accessing non-reimbursable European funds, than in the absence of them. Călăraşi County Council put its imprint, through its projects, implemented or under implementation, on the promotion of the cultural and natural heritage and the development of the tourism infrastructure.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Ivanka LULCHEVA, Georgi KOMITOV

In the age of the new computer world, the topic related to individual tourist trips is quite relevant. However, the question arises with the language barrier when considering tourist sites, getting timely information about the site using intelligible (native) language. This methodology examines the possibility of applying the modern achievements of technology in the tourism industry. The essence is to use an individual self-propelled robot that moves along a given route chosen by the tourist. The verification methodology is based on two fundamentally different recognition methods embedded in a robot developed by us. The robot's movement can also be controlled in automatic or manual mode. By applying Industry 4.0, it stops at every object and senses it using sensors. The robot, in turn, introduces the tourist to the features of the object in a language understandable to him. The present development aims to demonstrate the offering of an innovative tourism service which bypasses the linguistic peculiarities of the different languages, obtains better tourist services and achieves greater satisfaction with the tourist.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE

The paper resumes research on the current dimensions and implications of a sustainable development. Taking in consideration some of the latest theoretical insights and strategic approaches of the European Union for progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), a few trends and issues are analysed, also in the particular case of Romania. The close inter-correlation between most of the SDGs is highlighted, since they cannot be all reviewed here. For a more practical purpose, there will be analyses on the required and actual evolution in reducing the Romanian gap of some SDG progress indicators. Monitoring SDG 12 in an EU context focuses on progress made in decoupling environmental impacts from economic growth, in decreasing energy consumption and in tackling waste generation and management. The conclusions refer to conceptual or applied sustainable development insights and policy recommendation for promoting a more sustainable production and consumption pattern in a circular economy.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Elena DERUNOVA

The scientific and intellectual potential of the agri-food complex is a driver for ensuring food security and the independence of countries. The work aims to study long-term trends in the quantitative and qualitative development of scientific and intellectual potential, as well as the development of measures to increase the competitiveness of national agriculture. The article discusses indicators of state regulation of scientific and technological development of the agro-industrial complex. Theoretical and methodological aspects of the concept of developing the scientific and intellectual potential of the agri-food complex based on the synthesis of a pool of theories: knowledge economics, theories of innovative development, theories of economic growth are developed in the article. Disproportions in the functioning of the scientific and intellectual potential and its structure are revealed by the results of the analysis. It is substantiated that the level of scientific support of agrarian science in Russia is characterized by a tendency to increase the share of costs per unit of result compared with international best practices. Measures are proposed to develop employee competency standards in the context of the structural transformation of the agricultural economy. The study formulated organizational, legal, economic, and social measures to stimulate the influence of scientific support of the agri-food complex on improving the efficiency of agricultural production in the context of the transition to an export-oriented model of the agricultural economy.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Oleksandr BOCHKO , Ivan RIY

The purpose of this research is to study the market mechanisms of spatial organization of land resources on the basis of the development and implementation of a system of crop rotation on arable land, and ways of forming plant communities on forage lands.The systematic approach to sustainable development is the leading methodology of territorial organization of land use and environmental protection. The technique of creating a sustainable agro-landscape through the formation of an ecologically adapted organization of agricultural land is proposed. The mechanism of spatial organization of land resources is carried out in accordance with the pro-posed methodologies: the composition of crop rotations and grass mixtures is correlated with the corresponding agro-economic group. The technique was tested on the territory of Chernivtsi district of Vinnytsia region. The article provides an overview of the historical development and state of implementation of concepts and tools for land-use planning and land-use management for land resources and landscapes, and pro-vides recommendations for future action. These issues are especially relevant for agricultural land, as well as for other categories of land subject to anthropogenic loading in the conditions of agrarian production extensification and modern globalization challenges. It is proposed to define the spatial system of organization of land resources as a functional, structural transformation, which implies a certain placement of components of the natural, social and economic environment in space and its spatial indivisibility. In this case, the main role is given to land resources, namely agricultural land. It has been proven that agricultural land use planning and, more broadly, land planning are tools for achieving sustainable and efficient use of resources, taking into account biophysical and socio-economic dimensions. In order to solve this problem, mechanisms of spatial organization of land resources have been developed using the example of Chernivtsi district. The ecologically adapted area of crops’sowing of Chernivtsi district, Vinnitsa region is calculated.

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