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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 4
Written by Liviu MARCUTA, Agatha POPESCU, Letitia PURDOIU, Serban PURDOIU, Marilena STOIAN, Alina MARCUTA

The food industry today faces many challenges as a result of changes in legislation in this area, due to the use of distribution chains that are increasingly complex or the emergence of no ice ingredients tend to replace traditional products. The success of a food company depends on its ability to provide its customers with safe, quality products that meet their expectations, but also respecting specific legislation. In addition to their role in human nutrition due to their nutritional value and the need to cover energy needs, food must also contribute to ensuring psychosensory satisfaction as a result of consumption, in close connection with the structure of the product, its chemical composition and its properties. The way in which the food products satisfy from the sensory point of view the exigencies of the consumers, represents an important condition in the realization of some salable products and therefore, the producers in the food industry must pay due attention to these aspects. This can be achieved through sensory analysis which is also a component of the concept of quality, being a method of examining food using the basic senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. Through this paper we aimed to analyze consumers' perception of the quality of bakery products using subjective methods, ie assessment methods for consumers and not specialists, namely: the hedonic test and the Likert scale, which were applied to a semi-trained panel of 45 tasters, represented by the students of the Faculty of Management and Rural Development. Based on the study, conclusions were formulated regarding the way in which consumers appreciated the quality of bakery products, resulting in the fact that they orient their purchase of bakery products according to taste and appearance.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 3
Written by Anthony Eghe AGBONGIARHUOYI, Kehinde Adesina THOMAS, Eghosa Osas UWAGBOE, Busayo Solomon FAMUYIWA

The research work investigated farmers’ level of use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in accessing cocoa beans market information in Cross River State, Nigeria. Sixty farmers were selected using random systematic sampling technique. Pertinent information was collected with structured questionnaire. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). Results reveal that 90% of the respondents used mobile phone while 85% used radio to access cocoa beans market information. Frequency of use for mobile phone (75%) and radio (35%) were on weekly basis. The major market information used for ICTs were cocoa beans sales price (88.3%), quality (85%), value addition (78.3%) and certification (75%). Cocoa beans sales price was accessed regularly, while certification of cocoa beans was occasional. Major constraints to the utilization of ICTs were poor electricity supply and internet services. Income (r=0.279, p=0.021), cocoa farm size (r=0.300, p=0.020) and age (r= -0.301, p=0.019) correlated significantly with extent of using ICTs in accessing cocoa market information by farmers. Efforts should be made by internet providers to ensure optimum internet connection for improved ICTs used by farmers in sourcing cocoa market information.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 4
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN, Valentin SERBAN

The research was focused on yields dynamics of the main agricultural crops: wheat, maize, barley, oats, sunflower and rape recorded in Romania and especially in Dobrogea region in =order to identify in what measure they were affected by climate change, mainly by drought in two decades: 2000-2009 and 2010-2019. For this purpose, there were calculated the negative deviations of yield in each year from the average of each decade, and also the differences between the average decade yield in Dobrogea region and at the country level. The results proved substantial negative deviations for almost all the crops compared to the decade averages, and a smaller production performance in Dobrogea region versus yield level in Romania. All these differences were caused by the change in climate factors: the increased air temperature, low of lack of precipitations, low or lack of water resource into the soil, which characterize the severe and strong droughts with which Romania, and mainly Dobrogea region were facing during the last 20 years. In order to reduce the economic, social and environmental impact of droughts, the authorities have to develop sustainable strategies in order to support agriculture with irrigation systems and other measures of protection (financial aid to cover losses, tax exemption, extending the terms of repayment of the debts etc), and farmers have to continue their efforts for adapting the technologies cultivating high production potential varieties and hybrids resistant to drought, diseases and pests, choosing the right moment and depth for sowing, fertilization level and plant protection. Only in this way, farmers could obtain a production performance able to cover costs and assure profitableness of their business.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 4
Written by Adem AKSOY, Haluk Çağlar KAYMAK, Ümit AVCIOĞLU

Turkey is one of the most important walnut producers in the world. Turkey is 4th in the world’s walnut production in 2018. In this study, urkey and the Balkan countries' which have a significant share in the world production of walnut, production, foreign trade, and ompetitiveness have been studied. The data set for the years 2005-2018 was used in the research. The data of this study was provided from nternational Trade Centre (ITC) database. Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCA) and Trade Balance Index (TBI) indices were used in this tudy. Although the walnut production of Turkey was more than the total production of Balkan countries, it was determined that Turkey has not oreign trade competitive advantage. It shows that the most competitive country is Moldavia according to the RCA and TBI scores. These indings demonstrated that Turkey is importer country in with walnut trade. In a conclusion, it can be clearly said that Balkan countries xcept for Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, and Romania are net importers of shelled walnuts in foreign trade.

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