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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Cristina Bianca POCOL, Diana Elena DUMITRAȘ

Knowledge about the current consumption patterns of young consumers play an important role in a food chain aimed to improve and maintain healthy lifestyles. In this context, CAP has a vital role to assure a sustainable environment to sustain such practices. Few studies attempted so far to discuss aspects of healthy consumption related to CAP, thus, the current research intends to assess young generations’ habits regarding healthy consumption. Data collected through a questionnaire from 150 students enrolled at UASVM Cluj-Napoca, Romania were analysed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test to test gender differences. Findings indicate that most students adopt mixed diet containing both animal and vegetable products, vegetarian diet being more preferred by female students (p<0.05). No statistically significant differences were found among gender groups with respect to the perception on having a healthy diet (p>0.05), the perception being relatively low (33.33%). Lack of time, high prices and taste of fast-food were reported as motives for adopting a less healthy food diet. Investigating the consumption habits among young people is the starting point for developing public policies that promote sustainable consumption patterns. Future CAP reform should take more into considerations nutrition and health issues.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Liliana MIRON, Aurel LUP

The paper describes the main criteria that were taken into account during the planned agriculture period, the communist period before 1990, compared to the current period under the conditions of the market economy. During the first period, at the beginning of each year, the Law on the socio-economic development of the country was published, in which the parameters which had to be reached by the end of that year were set. In terms of agriculture, the structure of the crops, livestock, plant and animal production, average yields per hectare and per head of livestock were planned. However, the structure of the crops was compulsory. Both the areas of the different crops and the level of yields were established according to the natural favorability of the land, but especially according to the extension of the areas equipped for irrigation. And during the second period, when the irrigated areas were drastically reduced, they were a major criterion for establishing the structure of the crop.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Irina-Adriana CHIURCIU, Elena SOARE, Ionela-Mituko VLAD, Elena TOMA

Located in the South-East of Spain, the province of Almería was considered in the first part of the twentieth century, a poor region. Despite the infertile soil, the limited resources of water and the land not exactly suitable for agriculture, today over 70% of the vegetables exported from Spain are produced here. In the largest greenhouse in the world, as Almería is also called nowadays, are grown tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, with a high yield and a low level of pesticides. The practice of intensive agriculture has led to the growth of the economy of the area, which is mainly based on agriculture and tourism. This paper focuses, especially, on the analysis of relevant indicators for the specific activity of the agri-food cooperatives in Almería. In order to highlight the impact of the economic activity of Almería’s cooperatives on the economy, the paper presents a series of indicators of horticultural production in Spain. The statistical data presented and analysed that formed the basis of this paper were provided by Eurostat, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar.

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

This article addresses the issue of investment attractiveness at the macroeconomic level. Some definitions of this economic category are given. In practical aspect, the author envisages the state of the investment environment in the Republic of Moldova of two three-year periods, covering three years of implementation of the National Strategy to attract investments and promote exports for the period 2016-2020 and three previous years. The structure of investments in long-term tangible assets, in the context of terms of ownership, sources of financing, types of activity is studied in detail. Special influence is given to foreign direct investment, its dynamics for the period of the last three years and in comparison with their values described in the above-mentioned strategy. The investment quote per head of population in the Republic of Moldova and in neighbouring countries Ukraine and Romania is reported. The results of the Doing Business report are presented, showing the place of the Republic of Moldova in the international rating, which includes 190 countries. The most attractive spheres for foreign capital are considered banking system and re-employment industry, as well as the reasons for this interest are indicated. The main problems that limit the inflow of investments into the economy of our state have been identified, the elimination of which would contribute to improving the investment climate in the country and increasing investment attractiveness.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Anatoliy SHVORAK, Dmytro FILIUK, Nataliia KORETSKA, Nataliya VAHNOVSKA, Iryna BRODSKA, Alla TENDYUK

In the article it is proved that the current situation in conducting agrarian reform in Ukraine is characterized by the formal completion of the restructuring of collective farms and the conclusion of the final stage of privatization of agricultural land. However, the main feature of this period is that the initiative in the development of reform has shifted from the state to agribusiness. So, if in the process of reform the state initiated the restructuring of collective agricultural enterprises, offered their organizational and legal forms, then in the pre-reform period, this initiative went to agribusiness, the manifestation of which was the emergence of agroholdings. Also the article analyses preventive measures during proceedings of land market in the countries of Europe, Argentine and the existing state of land relations in Ukraine. The study substantiates that in Ukraine emergence of agroholdings it is connected with imperfection and failures in functioning of economy, the lack of necessary institutional and legal conditions for conducting effective business inadequate the policy of the state, in particular lack of the full market of the farmland. In the article we have proved that consolidation of the agricultural land by agroholdings by replacement from the market of land lease of a certain number of the agrarian enterprises and farmers creates a certain negative social and economic situation in the village. It is proved that the introduction of the land market should not be an end in itself, but must obey the purpose of successful development of the agricultural sector on the basis of national SME based on organic farming and will revive the Ukrainian agriculture, to create appropriate social living conditions in rural areas to make the country prosperous.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Ioana-Alexandra TOADER, Dorina Nicoleta MOCUTA

When we think of tourism, one of the economic sectors with the greatest prospects for development, it is inevitable that we do not consider the multitude of risks related to this type of activity. This is why, in order to prevent the catastrophic effects that these risks could generate for both large operators and tourists, it is important to give special importance to risk management. Risk management in this field refers to a complex strategy, aimed at preventing and managing the causes and effects that could generate various crises or imbalances. The aim of this paper is to analyse the main elements that can generate crises or disasters, as well as their effects on the tourist destinations and provide information on the risk management processes for a tourism focused on quality and sustainability.

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

The sustainable development of towns is the most important driver of economic and social development and the continuous increase in the number of vehicles has more and more powerful influences on the environment and on the health status of inhabitants in the urban area, due to the polluting matters emissions, noise and road accidents. The lack of integrated planning of transport systems can lead to disruptions in the urban structure of the communities and to strengthening of social exclusion. Starting from these considerations, we initiated the present study in Călărași municipality by which we surveyed the population's opinion on the general problems related to mobility, using the survey - interview and a questionnaire with a number of 15 items, to which a number of 314 persons answered, obtaining information on the number of travels, the problems perceived by the citizens regarding mobility, optimal solutions for improving the situation, the preferred means of transport, if this option would have a sufficient quality, appreciations on public transport, etc., the conclusion being the preference of the citizens for a transport model in which travel behaviour, travel patterns and demands react in time to all socio-economic changes.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Adina Magdalena IORGA, Paula STOICEA

The measure applicable in the tourism sector in Romania, referring to granting the holiday vouchers to employees of the budgetary sector, it had positive effects in the tourism sector, but also on the Romanian economy in general, firstly by registering record incomes and increasing the tourist flows, but also by removing from the underground economy a significant number of tourist reception structures, considering that the number of applications for their authorization increased in 2018 by 10% compared to 2017. Continuing to apply the measure will bring benefits to tourism in Romania, and increasing their value will respond to tourists’ request to use complex tourism packages included in the offers of tourism operators.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Mykola DZIAMULYCH, Irуna SADOVSKA, Tetiana SHMATKOVSKA, Kateryna NAHIRSKA, Oksana NUZHNA, Olga GAVRYLIUK

The paper investigates the interdependence and interrelation of the value of monetary and non-monetary expenditure incurred for the maintenance of private peasant farms functioning, with other socio-economic factors and differentiation of rural population food consumption in the regional context, namely on the case of the Volyn region of Ukraine. Based on the results of our study, it was found that households in which incapacitated persons predominate directly to provide much more financial, labor and other resources for the functioning of their own peasant households, that is, in such households, the activity on their own peasant households is dominant , the main one. The results of the study give grounds to claim that the peasant farms in Ukraine lose their previously dominant function – self-procuring of foodstuffs for personal consumption, transforming, gradually acquiring a new qualitative value, which in the case of successful economic decisions to further develop this organizational and legal form of management effectively adapt it to new economic conditions.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 2
Written by Nelly BENCHEVA, Teodora STOEVA

The social economy model is one of the key tools for achieving socially significant goals within the frames of a sustainable and including growth. The social entrepreneurship and social economy, as concepts, allow the creation of alternative models for conducting business. They are market-oriented and at the same time integrate all of the free market participants - employees, employers, investors, consumers and others. Social enterprises have a key role in regeneration and economic development and in the promotion of social inclusion. The aim of this article is to explore the training needs in social entrepreneurship: measures and experience of Bulgaria and skills and qualifications of business advisors to provide the necessary consulting services to social intermediaries and social enterprises. The results of a pilot study under the Erasmus+ project "Social enterprise skills for business advisors" are used. The collection of the primary data included a questionnaire survey to collect information and data by using a face-to-face interview. 104 representatives of different types of organizations from the South Central Region, administrative district of Plovdiv were interviewed.

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