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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1
Written by Lina LAURAITIENĖ, Vlada VITUNSKIENĖ

In recent years, the economic growth has resulted in the depletion of natural resources and degradation of ecosystems. Therefore, the environmentally sustainable growth was accepted, as a new mode for economics, that prevents environmental deterioration and loss of biodiversity. The idea of environmentally sustainable growth has been widely discussed not only by experts in environmental economics, but also in the international and national policy scene. However, the measurement of environmentally sustainable growth still remains a challenge, especially in agriculture. In this paper, available academic literature is reviewed and summarized to provide a theoretical baseline for creating a measure of environmentally sustainable growth of agriculture.

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LAURAITIENĖ L., VITUNSKIENĖ V. 2022, A THEORETICAL APPROACH TO MEASURING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF AGRICULTURE. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 371-378.

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Written by Tetiana SOBCHENKO, Tereza MYKYTSEI, Natalia ZATSEPINA, Alla KRUSHYNSKA, Tetiana SAMARICHEVA

In the article we proved that rural tourism in a market economy is becoming increasingly important, because it helps to solve the problems of rural development, namely: the outflow of young people to cities, declining employment, low incomes of the rural population, and more. The purpose of the article is to study rural agritourism and substantiate the tourist potential of rural areas of Ukraine on the basis of sustainable development. In the process of studying the dynamics of rural green tourism in Ukraine, it was found that the number of farmsteads in Ukraine is increasing and the development of agritourism is intensifying. In the article we found that the saturation of rural tourist farmsteads is unevenly distributed throughout Ukraine, due to natural and climatic conditions, the presence of historical and cultural sites, and the preservation of ethnic traditions. In the article we proved that the development of rural green tourism not only helps to preserve and develop recreational areas in rural areas but also helps to solve socio-economic problems of the village, which reduces rural unemployment by attracting youth and the local population, reproduction of labour potential, slowing down migration processes in villages, increasing the level of infrastructure in the region, replenishing local rural budgets.

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SOBCHENKO T., MYKYTSEI T., ZATSEPINA N., KRUSHYNSKA A., SAMARICHEVA T. 2022, ANALYSIS OF AGRITOURISM AND TOURISM POTENTIAL OF RURAL AREAS IN THE SYSTEM OF THEIR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF UKRAINE. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 603-614.

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Written by Daniela CREȚU, Radu Andrei IOVA, Oana Roberta CREȚU, Elena LASCĂR

The citizen participation in decision-making is a basic democratic process. We live in an open society, where we have the opportunity to participate in the decision-making process and the good developing of the community. Although the process is long, the civil society participation strengthens the democratic system, as the key component of a democracy is public participation, which ensures the transparency of the decision-making process and the efficiency of the governing act. Based on these considerations, we carried out a survey in 24 rural localities in Călărași county to see the respondents satisfaction on the achievements in the commune, assessments on the interest of local elected officials in the development of the commune, economic implications of lack of specialists, active involvement of the inhabitants of the commune in making decisions for the development of the community in which they live. The research was based on the survey method based on questionnaire and the data were processed by the method of analysis and comparison, using also χ2 test. The questionnaire covered a number of 8 items, to which a number of 762 persons answered. The questions were structured on 2 levels, respectively, 4 filter questions and 4 grid questions, with 3 or 4 predefined answers. These questions were analyzed according to 5 criteria, namely: by the locality size according to the number of inhabitants, by the respondents’ age, by the level of education, by gender and by social status. Analyzing the degree of respondents’ satisfaction with the achievements of the commune, it is found that the answers differ significantly depending on the commune size according to the number of inhabitants, age, education, gender, social status. The most satisfied are those in communes with a population of over 6000 inhabitants (86%), men (81.6%), those with higher education (83.1%).

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CRETU D., IOVA R.A., CRETU O.R., LASCAR E. 2022, ANALYSIS OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF RURAL COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEGREE OF STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT. CASE STUDY, CĂLĂRAȘI COUNTY, ROMANIA. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 129-140.

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Written by Dorina BONEA

GM maize events are developed for the benefit of the global population but their approval in each country varies according to consumer acceptance, needs and commercial interests. This study analyzed the number of global approvals (by country and type of approval) for GM maize in the period 2014-2018, based on statistical data collected from the ISAAA-GM Approval Database. Descriptive statistics, regression equations and coefficient of determination were used to identify the trends for these indicators. The results showed that a total of 691 applications were approved in 28 countries. In 2016 was registered the highest number of food, feed and cultivation approvals. South Korea, Argentina, Brazil and Taiwan were the top four countries with the most food approvals, Brazil, South Korea, Argentina and Japan were the top four countries with the most feed approvals, and Argentina, Brazil, Japan and Canada were the top four countries that issued the most cultivation approvals. In developing country the rate of acceptance for GM maize was higher compared to developed countries. Europe issued a total of 26 approvals only for food and feed, with most approvals being issued in 2016.

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BONEA D. 2022, ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL TRENDS IN GM MAIZE APPROVALS IN THE PERIOD 2014-2018. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 53-60.

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Written by Angela Ebere OBETTA, Anthonia Ifeyinwa ACHIKE, Nnameka Andegbe CHUKWUONE

Poor market integration affects market liberalization and handling of shocks such as covid-19. This study, therefore, investigates the market integration of tomato and its determinants in Nigeria. Johansen co-integration techniques, autoregressive distributed lag, the error correction model, bootstrapping regression and granger causality test were used to achieve the objectives of the study. The results revealed that most tomato markets in Nigeria were not integrated. This shows that tomato prices in most markets in different regions of Nigeria were not well integrated which could affect the transmission of price. From the Granger causality test results, ten tomato producing states Granger caused the demanding states, while only two demanding states granger caused the producing states. The adjustment term (-0.849924) shows that the reversion to long-run equilibrium is at an adjustment speed of 84.9924%. Distance, population and self-sufficiency had a negative influence on tomato market integration while the telephone had a positive influence on tomato market integration. Thus, the distance between two markets, population and self-sufficiency inhibits the flow and transmission of price information among tomato markets across the country which, in turn, lower market integration. The presence of telephone in Nigerian markets enhanced the flow of price information from one market to others and consequently increase market integration. These findings call for upgrading and investing in infrastructure, such as roads, and regulating information and telephone services by the government.

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OBETTA A.E., ACHIKE A.I., CHUKWUONE N.A. 2022, ANALYSIS OF MARKET INTEGRATION OF NIGERIAN TOMATO MARKETS. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 443-456.

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Written by Dan BODESCU, Radu-Adrian MORARU

A particular importance is given to the local food products (LFP) during the last 20 years, due to the impact they could have on the public health, local economy, community and environment. Our research purpose is to determine: consumption and production, reasons, fidelity, trade mode and place. The research has been carried out: by means of two surveys, addressed to the consumers and producers in the North-East Development Region of Romania; Exploratory Factor Analysis and Cluster TwoStep Analysis. LFP consumers interact face-to-face (70.7%); they prefer the specialised shops (41.5%); have good knowledge about the production process and traceability (37.0% and 41.5%, respectively); consider LFP as being healthy (30.3%); prefer the lower price by 20% versus those in supermarkets (27.8%) and they will buy up to an increase by 30% (44.2%). The reluctance arises sometimes from the lack of quality certification (29.3%). The producers prefer the face-to-face interaction (53.5%); sell mostly on the agri-food market (31.6%); are poor informed about the production process and traceability (31.4% and 39.2%, respectively); they motivate the selling by the supply of healthy products to fellow citizens (19.9%); consider that they sell by 20% cheaper than the supermakets (46.3%), but they will give up if the prices would decrease by 20% (35.8%). The TwoStep Cluster Analysis suggests the following profiles: “elevated consumers” (49.2%) and “pragmatic consumers”, “conservative producers” (61.1%) and “trader-producers”.

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BODESCU D., MORARU R.A. 2022, ANALYSIS OF SOME SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE LOCAL FOOD MARKET IN ROMANIA. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 43-52.

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Written by Luxita Georgiana STAIC, Daniel Valeriu ULIU, Marius VLADU

This article aims to highlight the importance of funding through the M19 LEADER measure on eligible territories from a qualitative perspective through the use of quantitative and qualitative research methods: questionnaire and interview, designed to confirm or deny the importance of LEADER funding on rural development of the LAG territory at the level of the Romanian regions. The analysis was realised in period between 31.10.2020 – 31.05.2021. The data collected come in support of a deeper understanding of the LEADER approach and the way in which it acts in the territory, implicitly of the identification and remedy of deficiencies. Following the analysis, based on a series of questions sent to the representatives of the local action groups, questions related to territorial, financial and social issues were found that: over 70% of LAGs face an aging population and lack of jobs work, over 70% of the eligible territories being inhabited by the population aged between 40 and 50, territories where agriculture is the main income-generating resource (100% of respondents). All respondents consider that LEADER financing is very important but also insufficient for the needs of the territory (over 85% of respondents).

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STAIC L.G., ULIU D.V., VLADU M. 2022, ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF FINANCING ON THE SUSTAINABLE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL TERRITORIES, PART OF THE LAGS, THROUGH THE LEADER METHOD. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 615-624.

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Written by Mirela PARASCHIVU, Otilia COTUNA, Gheorghe MATEI, Veronica SĂRĂȚEANU

Food loss and waste is a global issue worldwide, posing a real challenge to both food security and sustainability. The productivity of our food system is reduced by food loss and waste, which can result in lower incomes for farmers and higher costs for food consumers. Food loss and waste occur at different levels along the food chain supply in production, postproduction procedures, processing, distribution and consumption. Concrete targets to reduce food loss and waste are necessary to be set at country levels focused on specific particularities. Thus, for developed countries the focus should be on waste, while for developing countries the focus should be on food loss, but also considering best solutions for reducing food waste in the future. The present review considers the most important data and relevant literature on this topic in order to offer significant insights and to identify knowledge gaps within literature. The present research should increase the interest for multifaced solutions to reduce food loss and waste in order to increase food security. Thus, short and long term solutions refer to proper identification of food loss and waste gaps along food chain supply, e-commerce platforms for products marketing, rethinking standards on aesthetic requirements for fruits and vegetables, shorter value chain in order to put the farmers in direct contact with markets and consumers, improved packaging during transport of fresh products, investing in agtech, biotechnology, smart packaging and consumers’ education in using food and food-related resources more efficiently.

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PARASCHIVU M., COTUNA O., MATEI G., SARATEANU V. 2022, ARE FOOD WASTE AND FOOD LOSS A REAL THREAT FOR FOOD SECURITY?. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 479-484.

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Written by Casiana MIHUȚ, Nicoleta MATEOC-SÎRB, Anișoara DUMA COPCEA, Lucian NIȚĂ, Valeria CIOLAC, Adalbert OKROS A., Daniel POPA

The paper aims, as the main purpose, at assessing the limiting factors of the soil quality in the perimeter of the Commune of Secaş, Timiş County, Romania. To achieve the aim pursued, we identified the main limitative factors of agricultural productivity and soil degradation processes. These were introduced in the database using modern methods, namely the GIS technique, for each soil unit, with “space” representations thereof. The soil surfaces on which each factor and/or degradation process is manifested and which is of particular practical importance in assessing soil quality were calculated automatically. The method used allows one to highlight the soils identified by various maps and cartographic representations. Most of the results were obtained from field work and calculations in the office and laboratory, supplemented by those from O.S.P.A. Timisoara and from literature. The importance of this study materialized in a complex database comprising all soil units in the studied perimeter, limiting factors specific to this area and degradation processes, as well as the establishment of fertility classes, i.e., the quality of existing soils in the studied area. The study highlights that the soils of the Commune of Secaş falls into grade III and IV fertility (quality).

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MIHUT C., MATEOC-SIRB N., DUMA COPCEA A., NITA L., CIOLAC V., OKROS A.A., POPA D. 2022, ASSESSMENT OF SOIL QUALITY LIMITATIVE FACTORS. A CASE STUDY: SECAŞ, TIMIŞ COUNTY, ROMANIA. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 413-420.

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Written by Kristina TODOROVA

With the growing needs of society for food safety and quality, as well as habitat protection, soil and water quality improvement, the role of eco-innovations in agriculture can be considered to provide ecosystem services and environmental protection. The attention paid by institutions to food safety and quality encourages innovative solutions. The aim of this paper is to present the attitudes of farmers to implement eco-innovative solutions such as organic farming and agri-environmental practices. A survey was conducted among 64 organic farmers dealing with perennial crops, pastures, and beekeeping in Bulgaria. The data from the survey was used to build logistic regression to analyze the factors affecting the decisions to implement eco-innovative solutions. The results reveal that three most important factors affect willingness to adopt eco-innovations are: positive perception of the impact of eco-innovation on environment quality, positive change in income as a result of organic farming, and adequate state policy and regulation of the agricultural sector.

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TODOROVA K. 2022, ATTITUDES OF BULGARIAN FARMERS FOR ADOPTING ECO-INNOVATIONS. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 1, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 663-668.

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