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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Dumitru Florin FRONE, Simona FRONE, Victor PLATON, Andreea CONSTANTINESCU

This article analyses the concept, evolution and current situation of climate vulnerability in the European Union and highlights the needs for future developments in this sector, in the context of sustainable development and green recovery. The analysis of the current situation reflects some issues of the climate vulnerability in Romania compared with some other Member States, as well as within the development regions of Romania. There are also approached and highlighted some aspects regarding domains with higher vulnerability to climate change and the impact on the agriculture in Romania. The analysis of Romania's vulnerability to climate change was performed based on calculations present in global analyses, which followed the evolution of several composite indicators. The results place Romania in a relatively good position at global level, due mainly to the low exposure to sea level rise. On the other hand, the agricultural climate vulnerability is high due to droughts and floods, as manifestations of extreme weather events in Romania seriously exposed to damage in agriculture. The conclusions reflect the need for further analysis in this area and also provide some recommendations for improving further policy at national level.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Cristiana TINDECHE, Alina MĂRCUȚĂ, Liviu MĂRCUȚĂ, Adelaida HONȚUȘ

The paper analyzed labor productivity in Romania's agriculture in the period 2011-2020 and established the forecast for 2021-2025 horizon using the Eurostat data. The processing procedures included fixed basis index, average growth rate, average annual growth, regression models, determination coefficient, descriptive statistics (mean standard deviation and variation coefficient), comparison methods and forecast modeling. The results proved that agriculture productivity is increasing with a lower growth rate, being deeply influenced on output value, gross value added and labour input. Per 1,000 AWU, agricultural output value decreased by 6.77%, gross value added increased by 12.47% and factor income raised by 20.65%. However, for its level of output value and GVA, Romania comes on the last position and for factor income level it comes on the 15th position in the EU. For agriculture development, labour productivity must be increased paying attention to the key determinants: farm structure and size, labour input, technical endowment, and investment.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Alecsandra RUSU, Monica Elena CRUNȚEANU

The paper presents an analysis of the situation of social services in rural areas, as well as the physical infrastructure - in which they take place. Given the degree of poverty and vulnerability of the population in rural areas, integrated interventions through LEADER come in response to local needs. LAGs participate in developing and strengthening the role of local governance by involving public authorities, the private sector and civil society in community-based decision-making. Some of these decisions are aimed at solving social problems at the local level. Through LEADER, the LAG is a facilitator for the implementation of intervention and social assistance programs, as well as other community services. The situation of the distribution of LEADER interventions by regions is presented, detailing the number and value of projects financed by EAFRD and those financed by ESF.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Mathias Ofonedu UMUNNA, Azeez Olalekan IBRAHIM, Oluwasegun Mobolaji SODIYA, Emmanuel Olushola ADEDEJI, Olorunfemi Boye OYEDIRAN

The paper considered the livestock production contributions to rural households’ livelihood and its constraints in Niger State, Nigeria. The data used were primary while the interview schedule was used to collect data from the 120 households. The paper engaged a quantifiable analysis using the descriptive and inferential statistics. The analysis revealed that households’ socio-economic characteristics such as sex (χ2 =9.362; p<0.05), marital status (χ2=56.06; p<0.05), educational level (χ2=18.367; p<0.05) and the constraints of livestock production (χ2= 9.362; p<0.05) among the households are associated factors to the contributions of livestock production the households. These circumstances led to the age (r = 0.267; p<0.05), household size (r =-0.053; p<0.05), years of experience in livestock production (r = 0.204; p<0.05) and monthly income generated (r =0.080; p<0.05) having a significant relationship with the contributions of livestock production to the respondents’ households. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that households should be encouraged in livestock production through provision of credit facilities, veterinary services and extension in order to contribute to the livelihoods of the households.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Mariyana SHISHKOVA

Over the last decade, local action groups (LAGs) in Bulgaria have become key organizations supporting the implementation of projects important for rural development. Prerequisites for this are the unique characteristics of the LEADER/CLLD approach, which allow empowerment of the population, capacity building combined with providing access to financial resources, as well as building trust and accumulation of social capital. Since the beginning of the application of the approach in the country, LAGs have been facing some difficulties, but at the same time the opportunities for attracting funds to support a wide range of initiatives at the local level are expanding. In this regard, the aim of this study is based on the analyses of the activities of LAGs in the country, to outline the challenges facing these organizations and to reveal their potential for sustainable development of rural areas. The case study method is applied. The results of the study show a significant potential of LAGs to accelerate the socio-economic processes in rural areas.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Mihaela Felicia FLORESCU (STANCIU), Adrian TUREK RAHOVEANU

Over time, the LEADER Program has brought a number of positive changes to rural areas and has played an innovative role in addressing many of the problems facing the rural environment. Since its launch in 1991, the LEADER axis has sought to provide rural communities in the European Union with an effective method of involving local partners in guiding and managing the future development of the area covered by LAGs. The main aim of the paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of Local Action Groups at regional level for the sustainable development of rural areas through its actors: local communities, existing economic agents in the LAG, local public administrations or constituent members of the LAG, public and private. A series of methods were used such as: comparative analysis, both in terms of quantity and quality, as well as the method of the questionnaire applied to a number of 340 inhabitants in the LAG area "Vedea - Găvanu - Burdea". The implementation of the questionnaires resulted in a series of conclusions and recommendations aimed at increasing the income of the inhabitants of the LAG territory, as well as improving the quality of life, stabilizing it, as well as ways to make better use of local agricultural products. In the opinion of local actors, the LAG must continue to maintain the current line of evolution and capitalize on the rural, natural and ethno-cultural potential of the area, by developing and increasing added value, by innovative approach to tourism, agriculture, food industry and diversification. rural economies. Public administrations in the region covered by the LAG are of the opinion that the directions in which investments should be directed are public utility infrastructure. Another recommendation is to simplify bureaucracy, for most respondents the main obstacle to accessing European funds is bureaucracy.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Volodymyr KOLODIICHUK, Volodymyr STANKO, Oleksandr AVERCHEV, Svitlana STANKO

The article considers the types and functions of outsourcing of logistics services in the agro-industrial complex and the content of each level of the logistics concept of PL based on the International Classification. The article assesses the state and directions of attracting PL operators in the outsourcing services market in international and domestic practice, and systematizes the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing for agro-industrial enterprises. It is proved that the degree of involvement of PL operators by enterprises depends on the level of development of the external logistics environment. It is proposed to use the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) to assess the level and prospects for the development of the outsourcing services market in the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine. The relationship between the quality of outsourcing services and the estimated indicators of LPI – “Customs”, “Infrastructure”, “International ships”, “Logistics competence”, “Tracking & tracing”, “Timeliness” - is established. The identified problems of outsourcing logistics services in the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine and the reasons for their occurrence made it possible to structure the directions for improving all LPI components in the context of the prospects for delegating logistics functions to industry intermediaries.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Reta DRĂGHICI, Iulian DRĂGHICI, Milica DIMA, Mihaela CROITORU, Alina PARASCHIV, Maria BĂJENARU, Gheorghe MATEI, Georgeta CIURESCU

The researches were carried out in the period 2020-2021 on the cowpea crop, located in irrigated conditions, on a sandy soil with low natural fertility, in the southern area of Oltenia, and aimed at reducing the effects of abiotic stress and increasing production, through management fertilizing the crop with environmentally friendly products. Five variants of foliar fertilization were experimented (non-fertilized foliar, Basfoliar 36 Extra, in a dose of 3 l / ha; Maturevo 3.35.35 + ME, in a dose of 3 kg/ha; liquid Biohumussol in a concentration of 1 %; Polyactiv Mn, at a dose of 1.5 l/ha), on two agrofunds of root fertilization (N30P30K30; N60P60K60). The obtained results showed that ensuring a rational fertilization of cowpea, in relation to the requirements of the plant and the state of soil fertility can regulate the mechanisms of plant protection against stressors on sandy soils. The foliar fertilization with environmentally friendly products has positively influenced the percentage of dry matter, bound water and the concentration of vacuolar juice in cowpea leaves, increasing the plant's resistance to thermohydric stress. Through the foliar fertilization of the cowpea crop, there were increases of production between 30-47.5%, on the agrofound of N30P30K30 and of 15.8-22.1% on the agrofund of N60P60K60. The cowpea registered a maximum production (2,983.4 kg/ha), at the fertilization with Maturevo 3.35.35 + ME, in a dose of 3 kg/ha, on the agrofund of N60P60K60, with the significant difference (p>0.05), compared to unfertilized foliar. There was a positive correlation, distinctly significant, between between the leaf area index and cowpea grain production (r = 0.882 **).

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Mirela PARASCHIVU, Otilia COTUNA, Veronica SĂRĂȚEANU, Carmen Claudia DURĂU, Ramona Aida PĂUNESCU

The recent statistical data and market studies have shown that the microgreens market is on a continuously upward trend in Europe and globally due to their healthier and nutritious qualities and for fast adoption of indoor and vertical farming especially in the cities. Worldwide the microgreens become of great interest due to their benefits for people's health and beauty, being 40 times more nutritious than mature vegetables, increasing also the amount of available space that might be put into food production, with environmental benefits and economic profitability. The evolution of microgreens market to its real development potential depends of consumers behaviour and income level. Microgreens are considered 'desert food’ by their huge potential to provide food in marginal areas affected by climate change becoming a part of sustainable farming. The present study pursued the evaluation of microgreens global market trends and forward statements in order to identify them as a potential profitable business in the era of Covid 19 pandemic when farmers should adapt food production to the new economic and social contexts. The study showed an increased consumer interest for “healthy” products, so that the change according to their behaviour shall generate an increase in the microgreens market worldwide.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 21 ISSUE 3
Written by Maria BĂLA, Florin SALA

The study evaluated the vegetation and quality parameters associated with chrysanthemum flowers. Four cultivars of chrysanthemums were studied, cultivated in protected conditions: 'Yellow Snowdon', 'Tom Pearce', 'Palisade' si 'Avignon'. Shoots height (SH) and shoots number (SN) were evaluated as vegetative parameters that express the vegetation state of the plants; the determinations were made at the beginning of August - T1 and at the beginning of September - T2. Flowers diameter (FD) and flowering time (FT) were also evaluated as floral quality indices. The 'Yellow Snowdon' and 'Palisade' cultivars had high shoot height, with significant differences (LSD5%, LSD1%). Regarding the number of shoots, significant differences were registered for the cultivars 'Tom Pearce', 'Palisade', 'Avignon' (LSD5%, LSD1%). Flowers dimension (FD), as a quality parameter, showed significant differences for the cultivars 'Palisade' (LSD0.1%), 'Yellow Snowdon' and 'Tom Pearce' (LSD1%, LSD5%). Longer flowering time was recorded for the 'Avignon' cultivar (58 days) and shorter for the 'Yellow Snowdon' cultivar (52 days). The regression analysis facilitated the obtaining of some equations, as models that described the variation of FD and FT in relation to vegetative parameters (SH and SN), in statistical safety conditions (p <0.001). It was found that a number of 2.223 shoots (SN-T1), respectively 2.765 shoots (SN-T2), provided large flowers. The height of the shoots of 27.191 cm (SH-T1) and 91.816 cm (SH-T2) showed optimal values in relation to the flowering time (FT).

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