ISSN 2284-7995, ISSN Online 2285-3952
 

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Iulia Sorina DAN, Adrian GLIGA, Mignon SANDOR, Mugurel JITEA

The "Farm to Fork" European Union Strategy sets as key strategic objective to reach “at least 25% of the EU's agricultural land under organic farming and significant increase in organic aquaculture by 2030”. The purpose of this paper is to assess the main ongoing trends of the organic farming in Romania. Statistical data was collected from the official website of the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture by studying the conversion and ecological attestation certificates published by the local certification bodies. In Romania there are 11 inspection and certification bodies that have certified 7,977 producers in 2021, mainly having as main activity the vegetable sector. The results reveal that in Romania around 3% of the land is under organic certification that is far below the above-mentioned EU thresholds. In conclusion, Romanian organic agriculture has many farmers who own small plot of land. Although there has been a growing trend of the organic certification over the past few years, the number and area of organic land is largely dependent on the CAP incentives and to a less extent to market opportunities.

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DAN I.S., GLIGA A., SANDOR M., JITEA M. 2022, TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN ROMANIA . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 249-256.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Stela TODOROVA, Aneliya PARZHANOVA

The paper aimed to present some aspects of the evolution the development of spatial model of the national concept. Bulgaria has a convincing historical experience in centralized creation and management of spatial models for development at three levels - municipal, regional and national. With the abolition of centralism, Bulgaria moved to the other pole - complete deregulation of spatial development. Urban and rural areas are two main concepts affecting the balanced spatial development of the country. The choice of a model for spatial development is influenced by a number of factors - social, geopolitical, economic, climatic and others. As a conclusion, the National Concept Programme of Development (NCPD) adopts the approach to rural and cross-border areas of the Territorial Program of the European Union (TA 2020), which to the polycentric spatial and integrated urban development adds concern for the preservation of the vitality of small settlements. The comparative method with its concepts and categories is the main research method in the present work. The spatial model for the development of the national territory is multi-layered and synthesizes different layers with information, functions, processes and priority elements of different hierarchical ranks. In Bulgaria there are visible/intensive processes of spatial polarization and movement towards monocentric models of development.

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TODOROVA S., PARZHANOVA A. 2022, URBAN AND RURAL AREAS: THE SEARCH FOR GREATER HARMONY. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 739-746.

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

Emerging economies tend to be impacted most by fluctuations in the global economy, due to their relatively low degree of economic stability. The actors from within these economies must consider various parameters of the economy and tackle many different aspects regarding inputs, methodologies and economic strategies. Thus, besides the obvious target of economic development, these economies must consider the alignment with the external factors, the social movements regarding workforce and social welfare, as well as the efficient usage of resources for production branches of the economy. The economy can be characterized by both quantitative and qualitative indicators, linked to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but also to enterprise health status, thus related to the turnover, profitability and number of enterprises. The sustainability of a healthy economy is also shown by the concern related to the employment status, human development index (HDI) and the general consumption of the population at a national level. Last, but not least, the economy is durable related to resources issues, the impact of the economic branches on the environment (air, water, soil and biodiversity) being one of the major concerns in the context of a turbulent climate debate. In this paper, we will present the correlations between the economic development, the social climate and the economic environment impact in Romania. After using traditional statistic methods for presenting these correlations, we will create trend predictions using Machine Learning (ML) methods using the traditional ML methodology. The results will be then compared to the usual methods used for prediction in statistics.

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TITA D.V., NIJLOVEANU D., BOLD N., POPESCU D.A. 2022, USING MACHINE LEARNING METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF DURABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: ROMANIA CASE STUDY. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 699-710.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Maria BALA, Adina ANDRAȘ, Florin SALA

The flowering period of the crocus was studied in relation to the planting period and the growing substrate. The "Queen of the Blues" variety was used as biological material. Sand (Gs1), a mixture of sand and compost (Gs2) and garden soil (Gs3) were used as growing substrate. Crocus bulbs were planted on three different dates in 2020: October 20 (PD1), November 3 (PD2), and November 17 (PD3), simultaneously on each of the three types of substrate used. Flowering time (FT) was assessed in the spring of the following year (2021). By planting the bulbs on the three substrates at three different times, the whole experiment recorded flowering in the spring between March 2 and April 1, 2021, but differentiated depending on the planting date and substrate. The earliest flowering (March 2) was recorded in the case of planting on PD1Gs2 conditions. The latest flowering (March 22) was recorded in the case of planting on PD2Gs3 condition. The longest flowering time was recorded in the case of planting on PD1Gs2 condition, with a period of 29 days, between March 2 and March 30. Regression analysis facilitated the obtaining of models that described the variation of FT in relation to the time from the date of planting (PD) to the beginning of flowering (B-Flo), considered as T1, and the time from the date of planting (PD) to at the end of flowering (E-Flo), considered as T2. According to PCA, PC1 explained 81.613% of variance, and PC2 explained 18.387% of variance.

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BALA M., ANDRAS A., SALA F. 2022, VARIATION OF FLOWERING TIME IN CROCUS IN RELATION TO THE PLANTING PERIOD AND THE GROWING SUBSTRATE . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 81-88.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Daniela Nicoleta BĂDAN (VOICILĂ), Gina FÎNTÎNERU

Generational renewal plays an important role in strengthening resilient agriculture at EU level. The low number of young people working in agriculture is, on the one hand, a major concern both in Romania and at EU level, but also the subject of political stimulus measures.The purpose of this study is to analyze the changes that occur at the level of agricultural structure according to the age group of farm managers in Romania between 2005 and 2016. Thus, the analysis carried out assesses the effects of agricultural policies aimed at generational renewal. Although a number of measures to stimulate the young people's entry into agriculture have been introduced in recent years, there is a significant decrease in this category between 2010 and 2016. The ratio between young farmers and farmers aged 65+ indicates that the agricultural community is aging. In order to highlight the significant potential that young farmers have in supporting the sustainable economy, economic growth and competitiveness, a number of key variables were analyzed in relation to the age group, such as: number of holdings, agricultural area, number of livestock farms, standard production (SO), but also the number of farms with self-consumption. The analysis shows that farms run by young farmers are much more profitable compared to older farmers, but the factors that encourage young people to remain in the agricultural sector as farms leaders it does not seem sufficient to enough maintain it in this sector.

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BADAN (VOICILA) D.N., FINTINERU G. 2022, YOUNG FARMERS - A FUNDAMENTAL FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 73-80.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2
Written by Vasiliki A. GKOUNTANI, Giannis T. TSOULFAS, Yannis MOUZAKITIS

The agri-food sector is critical for humanity because it has mutual links to all pillars of sustainable development. Circular economy is an emerging paradigm that aims to change human and organizational behaviour and practice patterns by taking a different approach to production and consumption. A shift to a circular model tries to put a stop to the imprudent use of natural resources and replace it with a philosophy of reusing, repurposing and regenerating. The supply chains of the agri-food system constitute a significant area of intervention in the transition of the sector towards sustainability. In this vein, one may find a growing literature on existing tools, techniques and methods (such as material flow analysis, water footprint, social life cycle analysis, etc.) which can be used for the sustainability assessment of (existing and planned) agri-food networks. This paper adopts a circular economy perspective and discusses the afore-mentioned methods with respect to their potential to depict the transformation of the current inefficient, wasteful, and linear production and consumption model.

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GKOUNTANI V.A., TSOULFAS G.T., MOUZAKITIS Y. 2022, ΜΑPPING SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT METHODS IN AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS: A CIRCULAR ECONOMY PERSPECTIVE. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 2, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 361-368.

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