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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Ecaterina Milica DOBROTĂ, Alina-Florentina SĂRACU

Annually, the state allocates significant amounts of money for the carrying out of public procurement contracts concerned with the supply of food products. Rural areas, due to their natural potential, but also to their existing human resource, can further develop through the implementation of projects concerned with circular economy and a sustainable food chain. The implementation of Green Deal policies, the integration of appropriate sustainable development strategies will allow the economic growth of rural areas. In the making of this article, information published in the Electronic Public Procurement System (EPPS), during the 2018-2021 period was collected, concerning contracts for the supply of various food products. The novelty of this article consists in the analysis carried out on food related public procurement, by product categories and institutions. Based on the results of this research, there are suggestions for opportunities of development in rural areas, issues related to the sustainability of the food chain which should be integrated in sustainable public procurement procedures.

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DOBROTA E.M., SARACU A.F. 2022, PUBLIC FOOD PROCUREMENT - A TOOL FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL AREAS . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 301-310.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Iulia-Oana ȘTEFAN, Victor TIȚA, Daniel NIJLOVEANU, Nicolae BOLD

Many factors influence the performance of the agricultural activity within a farm. From this multitude of factors, one of the most important and taken into consideration are the climatic condition and the fertilization plan projected and implemented by the managerial team of the farm. In this matter, this paper presents the experimental results of these factors on the performance of the agricultural output on a specific geographic area in Boureni-Bailesti area in Southern Romania. The experiment has researched the influence of the climatic condition and the fertilizers on the level and the quality of the yields. In this manner, the grain yields have ranged between 8,040 and 10,260 kg/ha, the grain output for 1 kg of fertilizer being between 10.7 and 16.8 kg and the protein content in function of the fertilization was 12.4-12.7%.

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STEFAN I.O., TITA V., NIJLOVEANU D., BOLD N. 2022, RESEARCH ON THE BEHAVIOR OF CORN CULTIVATED ON A CHERNOZEM TYPE SOIL FROM BOURENI-BAILESTI AREA- DOLJ COUNTY, ROMANIA, DEPENDING ON AGROFUND . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 655-658.

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Written by Gabriela Florentina GIMBĂȘANU, Ruxandra Ana MICU, Alexandru FÎNTÎNERU, Mariana POSTAMENTEL, Valentina Constanța TUDOR

Perhaps one of the most difficult stages in the entire production process is the sale of vegetable production at a price high enough to cover production costs, and especially profitability which is a key factor contributing to the continuation of the activity. In this sense, the present study aims to identify the main ways to capitalize vegetable production of agricultural holdings in Romania. In order to identify the ways of capitalizing the production, a questionnaire was applied to 180 respondents, represented by the managers of some agricultural farms from all over the country. The purpose of the application of this questionnaire was to identify the aspects that hinder the capitalization of vegetable production. According to the study, the majority of farms in Romania are still run or managed by mostly men. At the same time, according to the analyzed sample, young people have the highest share of total respondents, so that the measures pursued through the two Rural Development Programs, namely to rejuvenate generations of farmers, we can say that they have achieved the goal.

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GIMBASANU G.F., MICU R.A., FINTINERU A., POSTAMENTEL M., TUDOR V.C. 2022, RESEARCH REGARDING THE METHODS OF VALORIZATION OF VEGETABLE PRODUCTION AT THE LEVEL OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN ROMANIA. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 353-360.

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Written by Sorina NIȚU (NASTASE), Emilia CONSTANTINESCU

The oldest form of treatment, over time, was phytotherapy, which was probably born with human being. Popular medicine has developed on an empirical basis in the context of a magical world where analogy and coincidence have played an important role in choosing remedy plants. Regarding the multiple biological effects of Primula officinalis Hill., the scientific literature highlighted anti-asthmatic, anti-inflammatory and strong antiviral properties. Glycosides contained in this plant have a role in the treatment of kidney and biliary disorders, bronchitis and some gastrointestinal diseases. Primrose is an endangered plant in many Western European countries. In Romania, the plant is found in hills, pastures and alpine meadows up to about 2300-2400 m altitude. Research regarding introduction to culture are ongoing at National Institute of Research and Development for Potato and Sugar Beet Braşov. This paper presents the results obtained regarding the cultivation technology and the establishment of the possibility for introduction into culture. To establish these experiences, the plants were harvested from the spontaneous flora in 2016 and then acclimated to the greenhouses in the Technology Department, Laboratory of medicinal and aromatic plants. In the second experimental year, during the vegetation, observations and measurements were made in dynamics on each experimental variant to highlight the phenological stages regarding the formation of vegetative and generative organs in Primula officinalis (the emergence, the development of the foliar apparatus, the initiation of the floral buttons, the appearance of flowering stems, flowering, capsule and seed formation).

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NITU (NASTASE) S., CONSTANTINESCU E. 2022, RESULTS REGARDING PRIMULA OFFICINALIS HILL. TECHNOLOGY AND POSIBILITY FOR INTRODUCTION INTO CULTURE. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 551-558.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN, Valentin ŞERBAN

The paper analyzed Romania's agro-food export, import and trade balance with the EU-27 countries in the period 2013-2021 using the empirical evidence from National Institute of Statistics. Fixed basis and structural indices, as well as Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), Gini-Struck Index (GSI) and the Coefficient of Concentration (CC) were used to characterize the concentration degree of the agri-food trade. In 2021, export value accounted for Euro 5,471.8 Million, import value for Euro 8,459.7 Million and the trade balance registered a deficit of Euro -2,987.9 Million. The figures reflect an increase both in export and import, but import exceeded the export reflecting that Romania is a net importer of agro-food products. The highest market share in Romania's export is kept by Italy, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Hungary, France, Greece, Belgium and Poland, while the main import partners are Germany, Hungary, Poland, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, France, Greece and Belgium. The concentration degree both in case of export and import is small as proved by the values of HHI, ranging between 0.0845 and 0.0996 for export and between 0.1065 and 0.1106 for import. GSI values ranged between 0.2220 and 0.2406 for export and between 0.2687 and 0.2764 for import. CC values were below 0.5 also reflecting a competitive market. To diminish the dependence of imports, agro-food export has to be stimulated by the increase of agricultural production which has to provide more products with high value added and of a higher quality to enhance competitiveness, and also imports have to be revised and a better resource allocation is needed to strengthen internal production and cover better domestic consumption.

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POPESCU A., DINU T.A., STOIAN E., SERBAN V. 2022, ROMANIA'S AGRO-FOOD FOREIGN TRADE CONCENTRATION WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES, 2013-2021. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 565-578.

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Written by Agatha POPESCU, Cristiana TINDECHE, Alina MĂRCUȚĂ, Liviu MĂRCUȚĂ, Adelaida HONȚUȘ, Mirela STANCIU

The goal of the study is to analyze Romania's tourism in the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 and 2021, in order to quantify the gaps compared to the highest performance achieved in 2019 and in what measure tourism started to recover. Offer in terms of units with function for tourists' accommodation, their number, structure and evolution, number of places and their dynamics by accommodation type, and demand in terms of arrivals, overnight stays both at national level and in rural tourism, index of net use of accommodation capacity, incoming and outgoing tourism were the main studied indicators using fixed basis and structural indices and comparison method. Compared to 2019, in 2021 the number of accommodation units reached 9,146, being by +8.8% higher and the number of places accounted for 364.5 thousand (+2.2%). In 2020, tourist arrivals represented 47.8% and in 2021 accounted for 69.3% of the 2019 level, and the overnight stays followed a similar situation. The main destinations were the seashore, mountain and spa resorts, Romanian tourists having about 90% share in total arrivals. The pandemic was an incentive for Romanians to "Rediscover Romania" and the holiday vouchers were of much help. In a low measure, mainly in 2021, outgoing tourism to Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Maldive, Egypt exceeded the incoming tourism. The year 2021 was better than 2020, as the relaxed measures started earlier than in 2020 and tourism managers adopted flexible offers, personalized packages, last minute, early booking, free cancelation, lower tariffs, bonuses etc. The increasing trend is a hope that in 2022 tourism will have a much better dynamics and there are chances to recover!

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POPESCU A., TINDECHE C., MARCUTA A., MARCUTA L., HONTUS A., STANCIU M. 2022, ROMANIA'S TOURISM OFFER AND DEMAND IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC OF 2020 AND 2021 COMPARED TO 2019. A STATISTICAL OVERVIEW . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 579-590.

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Written by Arina Oana ANTOCE, Elvis Ovidiu LOGIGAN

With 190,000 ha of vineyards and ranking 13th in the world for wine production and 14th for wine consumption, Romania has a high potential for oenotourism, which has been underexploited for years. In order to find solutions to encourage oenotourism, Romanian consumers were questioned regarding their preferences for winery visit experience such as: the distance which they would have to travel, the number of days and the amount of money they would be willing to spend and their expectations from a visit to a winery. To improve the offer and to make the information easily available to the interested wine tourists the survey included also questions regarding the approaches for obtaining information and recommendations, as well as the frequency of social media usage. The main results pointed out that Romanian wine consumers would prefer to go on trips to wineries recommended by friends rather than travel agencies, with a group of friends, for 2 or 3 days, especially in autumn, expecting to pay between 750-1,200 RON. Romanians would mostly go anywhere in Romania rather than abroad, men especially preferring to go to places reachable within 3 hours drive from their residence. The second most important information source, after the recommendation from friends, is the social media, showing the importance of advertising more on such media.

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ANTOCE A.O., LOGIGAN E.O. 2022, ROMANIAN CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR OENOTOURISM IN 2021. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 57-64.

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Written by Arina Oana ANTOCE, Elvis Ovidiu LOGIGAN

The paper analyses the Romanian wine consumer behaviour and expectations in 2021, based on a questionnaire administered online to a representative number of people, including 166 men and 97 women. The analysis is taking into account the gender, age groups and income groups, to point out the segments of consumers who are more interested in wine consumption and to find the most appropriate ways to stay informed and engaged, as well as offer some additional informal education. Evaluated aspects included the wine consumption frequency as a part of the diet, the preference for certain types of wines, the self-assessment of the level of basic knowledge of viticulture and winemaking and the interest to participate to organized wine events. The main findings show that 40.6% of the men and 18.6% of the women drink wine several times a week, most of those drinking wine several times a week being men in the age group of 40-49 years old (23.5%) and with a monthly income of over 5,000 RON. Also, it was observed that men tend to prefer dry red wines, dry white wines, semi-dry whites and semi-dry reds, while the women tend to favour sparkling wines, semi-dry rose wines, semi-dry aromatic wines, dry red wines and sweet white wines. Compared to women, men tend to be more confident around wine, especially those having faculty or master degrees declaring that they have average to above average knowledge on viticultural and winemaking practices. People interested and very willing to participate at wine events are men aged 40-49 and women aged 30-49. The study shows the particularities of the Romanian wine consumers, with implications for the wine market and event organisation.

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ANTOCE A.O., LOGIGAN E.O. 2022, ROMANIAN WINE CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR ANALYSED IN 2021: PARTICULARITIES OF GENDER, AGE GROUPS AND INCOME GROUPS. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 49-56.

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Written by Raluca Beatrice COSTEA (VOINEA), Silvius STANCIU

Romania and Moldova are committed to encouraging the mutual exchange of data and information in the field of tourism, as well as the exchange of experience in organizing and developing touristic activities. Specialized articles, open access from Clarivate Analytics and Research Gate were used for documentation. The data necessary for the research were collected from the information of the National Institute of Statistics of Romania, respectively of the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. The research results showed that Romania is the third country as a tourist destination in the preferences of Moldovan tourists, while Romanian tourists are the main category of visitors to the neighboring country. Wine tourism and tourist attractions in the Lower Prut Meadow are the main attractions for Romanian visitors, while Moldovan tourists are attracted by the ski resorts and the Black Sea beach of Romania. The results of the study may be useful for tour operators, officials with responsibilities in this economic sector and for the development of more in-depth research in doctoral studies.

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COSTEA (VOINEA) R.B., STANCIU S. 2022, ROMANIAN-MOLDAVIAN TOURISM ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 231-238.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Veselka VLAHOVA

Saffron (Crocus sativus) is a bulbous perennial of the iris family Iridaceae. The plant of C. sativus is generally planted for the production of the most valuable part in its flower the stigmas, the commercial name of the dried stigmas being saffron. Crocus plant was considered as 'red gold’ and the most expensive spice in the world. This paper aims to pay attention to the world distribution of saffron, its application in various fields and the possibility for its cultivation as an alternative crop in sustainable agricultural systems. The materials used in the research paper cover a wide range of information that credibly cites the authors who reported or referenced the important information about saffron. Available scientific literature enriching information on saffron was used. The collected scientific material is analyzed theoretically, as the article is a review. From antiquity, saffron was widely used as a spice for culinary purposes and food colorant, as well as a dye, preparation of perfumes, preparing tea. In particular, saffron is gaining increasing attention as an alternative crop in sustainable agricultural systems due to its unique biological, physiological, and agronomic traits, such as the capability to exploit marginal land. From an agronomic point of view, saffron is well adapted to different environmental conditions and in recent years a growing interest has been reported in growing saffron in low-cost systems, for example in mountainous regions.

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VLAHOVA V. 2022, SAFFRON (CROCUS SATIVUS) AS AN ALTERNATIVE CROP IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS. A REVIEW. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 775-784.

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