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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN, Valentin ŞERBAN

The paper analyzed the EU's livestock and animal production in the decade 2012-2021 using the Eurostat data which were statistically processed using dynamics and structural indices and regression equations. The results pointed out that the EU livestock declined by about 9%, so that in 2021, it numbered 77.54 million bovines, 142.73 million pigs, 63.23 million sheep and 12.45 million goats. EU had 5.7 million animal holdings in 2016, by -37.6% less than in 2005, representing 54.28% of the total number of the EU farms. The highest number of bovines are reared in France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Poland, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Romania. While their number decreased in France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Romania, in Ireland, Spain, Poland and Italy it increased. Pigs are mainly grown in Spain, Germany, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Belgium and Romania. While in Spain and Denmark it recorded an upward trend, in Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Belgium and Romania pig number declined. Sheep are especially reared in Spain, Greece, Romania, France, and Italy. The sheep number increased by 14% only in Romania, while in the other countries it decreased. Goats number increased in Italy, Romania and France, while in Greece and Spain it registered a downward tendency. Animal output volume and value registered an increasing trend. Milk production increased by +10.3% reaching 160.14 million tonnes in 2020, of which 70% is produced by Germany, France, Poland, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Romania and Austria. Meat production accounted for 43.92 million tonnes in 2021, being by 11.50% higher than in 2012. In its structure, 52.3% is pork, 31% is poultry meat, 15.5% is beef and veal and 1.2 % comes from sheep and goats. France and Germany are the largest meat producing countries. Beef is mainly produced in France, Germany and Spain, poultry in Poland and France, pork in Germany, Spain and France, sheep meat in Spain, France, Ireland and Greece and goat meat in Greece and Spain. In 2021, the animal output value accounted for Euro 162.81 million being by 7.1% higher than in 2012. France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Ireland and Denmark contributes by 70%. In the future it is expected to continue the decline in livestock, the increase of yield and its quality, farmers paying more attention to organic farming, animal health and welfare, food quality and security and also to environment protection and biodiversity conservation.

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POPESCU A., DINU T.A., STOIAN E., SERBAN V. 2022, LIVESTOCK DECLINE AND ANIMAL OUTPUT GROWTH IN THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE PERIOD 2012-2021. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 503-514.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Ugur SAĞLAM, Nizamettin ERBAŞ, I. Hakki İNAN

This study reviews the success status and organizational problems of Agricultural Producer Organizations (POs). The main material of the study consisted of the original data obtained from the surveys carried out with 360 producers determined by the proportional sampling method in the province of Uşak, Turkey. According to the research findings, members/partners found Agricultural Development Cooperatives more successful. Agricultural Development Cooperative, respectively, was followed by Agricultural Credit Cooperative, Stud Breeders Association, Producer Association, Sugar Beet Growers Cooperative, and Chamber of Agriculture. Irrigation Cooperative was the least successful producer organization. It was determined that the most important problem of the POs was the managerial problem, and it was followed by the financial, supervision, education, top organization, and legislation problems. The study is of primary importance in the success of the organization and in the effective use of production resources.

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SAGLAM U., ERBAS N., INAN I.H. 2022, MEASURING SUCCESS LEVELS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS: THE CASE STUDY IN TURKEY. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 599-608.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Maria Luiza PASCAL, Adrian TUREK-RAHOVEANU

The purpose of this article is to provide an insight of a distributed research infrastructure and its roadmap in the pursuit of becoming fully operational. The article presents an overview of the stages in which IBA Bucharest was involved in the creation of METROFOOD-RI. METROFOOD-RI is a distributed pan-European research infrastructure listed in the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap in 2016 as an Emerging Project and subsequently, in ESFRI Roadmap in 2018 as an Active Project, sustained in this way, to make progress in legal, technical and financial terms so that it could reach the maturity level necessary to be implemented. METROFOOD-RI fits perfectly in the ESFRI domain of Health & Food, tackling the pressing societal challenges, especially in the agri-food sector by providing high-quality metrology services in food and nutrition. The document describes the path that METROFOOD-RI had to follow so far, its structure, vision, mission, and objectives, as well as the infrastructure architecture and its role in the research landscape. At present, METROFOOD-RI has completed the Preparatory Phase and its partners are about to submit the 1st application form for becoming a legal entity METROFOOD ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium).

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PASCAL M.L., TUREK-RAHOVEANU A. 2022, METROFOOD-RI UNSTOPPABLE IN THE PURSUIT OF BECOMING A FULLY OPERATIONAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ADDRESSING KEY CHALLENGES IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 479-486.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Virgelio C. DARGANTES JR., Milagros C. BALES, Leomarich F. CASINILLO

Participatory Coconut Planting Project (PCPP) is one of the programs implemented by the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) that aims to achieve the increasing productivity and income of coconut farmers. The study was conducted to find out the level of involvement of 145 coconut farmers, from the three selected municipalities of Northwestern Leyte, in the PCPP and determine the factors that influenced their participation. Descriptive statistics like percentages, frequency counts, means, and ranges were employed. Moreover, regression analysis was used to determine the relationship between the socio-demographic/economic characteristics and other factors that influenced farmers' involvement in PCPP. Findings revealed that most of the respondents were middle-aged, males, and married. They had low educational levels and annual income and the majority of them did not attend pieces of training. They were land owners cultivating an average area of 1.5 hectares. Moreover, the majority of the respondents had fully taken part in the overall activities of PCPP which indicates genuine participation. Factors that have a high level of significance to the level of involvement were the following: educational attainment, number of training attended, benefit satisfaction, and perceived satisfaction towards the project. Other significantly related factors were sex, age, benefits awareness, and effectiveness of the Coconut Development Officer (CDO) in the delivery of services. Apparently, the most common problem encountered by the farmers was coconut pest infestation. Hence, regular monitoring from the CDO staff and provision by PCA of sufficient pesticides to control infestations are hoped to prove the productivity of coconut farms.

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DARGANTES JR. V.C., BALES M.C., CASINILLO L.F. 2022, MODELING FARMERS’ INVOLVEMENT IN THE PARTICIPATORY COCONUT PLANTING PROJECT OF THE PHILIPPINE COCONUT AUTHORITY . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 177-186.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Leomarich F. CASINILLO

This research study aimed to elucidate the significant predictors of profitability in rice farming under the implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) in the Philippines. Data from 177 rice farmers in Hilongos, Leyte, Philippines were analyzed using descriptive analysis and econometric modeling. Results showed that the profitability of rice farmers is decreasing since the implementation of RTL in the country. This happens because of a large supply of rice (imported) in the country which resulted in a decrease in farmers' produce rice marketability price. Meanwhile, the agricultural inputs during RTL are also high. The econometric model has revealed that there are only a few significant predictors of profitability in rice farming during the implementation of RTL such as leisure time (p-value=0.076), perception of government (Scale of 1 to 10; p-value<0.001), and farm assets (p-value<0.001). Conclusively, farmers must reduce their allotted time for unnecessary leisure activities and engage more in productive farming activities to increase economic profit amid the promulgated RTL. The results suggested that government support and development program is needed for the poor farmers' sustainability especially in rural areas to continue during the implementation of RTL. The local government must take an initiative to form farmers' associations and cooperatives to provide for farmers' needs and can access credit for farm inputs. Furthermore, the government must provide training and seminars for farmers concerning RTL to become aware and knowledgeable about the pros and cons of the policy.

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CASINILLO L.F. 2022, MODELING PROFITABILITY IN RICE FARMING UNDER PHILIPPINE RICE TARIFFICATION LAW: AN ECONOMETRIC APPROACH . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 123-130.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Mihai Valentin HERBEI, Florin SALA

The study used remote sensing-based techniques to monitor a maize crop, the Pioneer 9911 hybrid, and thus predict the production for crop and farm management. The Sentinel 2 satellite system was used to obtain the satellite scenes. Satellite images were taken at 10 different times, between April 26 and October 3, 2021. Based on spectral information, the NDMI, NDVI, CIG and NBR indices were calculated, and they were used to describe the dynamics of maize crop during the study period and prediction of maize production. The dynamics of maize cultivation was quantified based on NDMI, NDVI and CIG indices in statistical accuracy conditions at the level of R2= 0.943 to R2= 0.976, p <0.001, and based on the NBR index at the level of R2= 0.802, p = 0.0156. The prediction of maize production was possible based on the indices calculated in statistical accuracy conditions (p<0.001, R2>0.990). The errors calculated between predicted production (YP) and real production (YR) varied according to the image capture time and the combination of indices used in the regression analysis.

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HERBEI M.V., SALA F. 2022, MODELS FOR EVALUATING THE DYNAMICS OF MAIZE CROP AND ESTIMATING PRODUCTION BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGES. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 289-298.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Givi BEDIANASHVILI, Hanna ZHOSAN, Sergiy LAVRENKO

In today's turbulent and unstable environment, international companies, including Ukraine and Georgia, are forced to move to technologies they did not plan to implement for some time and reconsider their strategic priorities. "Become digital or die" is the reality of the COVID-19 epidemic. Companies that will survive in the long run - those that have the best tools that allow them to be flexible, agile, agile; those who are better than others will be able to respond to changes in the product range, control and monitor their factories, regulate supply chains and will be able to use their workforce really anywhere. Mixed research methods were used to analyse the data. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study were the dialectical method of cognition, a systematic approach to the use of general provisions of economic theory. According to the research results, despite the serious positive transformations in the field of digitalization, there are a number of current and significant unresolved issues in the industry. It is established that the digital economy in Ukraine and Georgia, despite a number of existing problems, is developing dynamically. Organizations in various sectors of the economy are beginning to actively implement digital solutions, taking into account the specifics of their activities. Innovation is the engine of economic development, so attempts are made to find and create the most appropriate forms of organizational associations of innovative enterprises, alliances, within which strong cooperative ties can be established. The need for large-scale cooperation and coordination in the form of networking of participants in the innovation process becomes quite obvious, which provides them with a beneficial effect and corresponding competitive advantages.

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BEDIANASHVILI G., ZHOSAN H., LAVRENKO S. 2022, MODERN DIGITALIZATION TRENDS OF GEORGIA AND UKRAINE. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 57-74.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Elena BONCIU, Elena ROȘCULETE, Cătălin Aurelian ROȘCULETE, Aurel Liviu OLARU

Among all the environmental factors, soil is the most stable component, due to its solid physical state. Soil is the basis of all food chains and terrestrial biodiversity. Therefore, a clean, unpolluted soil means reversing the decline of biodiversity, providing healthy agricultural raw materials, protecting human and animal health, etc. Pesticides are a broad group of chemicals commonly used in agriculture. Even though the impact on crop production is obviously profitable, pesticide residues are a common cause of soil pollution, especially in developing countries. Higher plants are recognized as excellent genetic models to detect environmental mutagens and are frequently used in environmental pollution monitoring studies. The objective of this paper was to determine the potential of the species Allium cepa to be used in biological tests for monitoring environmental pollution with herbicides. For this purpose, the biological material consisting of meristematic roots of A. cepa was exposed for 24 hours to the treatment with different doses of two types of herbicides, namely: 0.125, 0.200, 0.250 g/L for Pendimethalin and 0.225, 0.250 and 0,300 g/L for Aclonifen respectively. The obtained results show the sensitivity of the species A. cepa to the tested herbicides by the drastic reduction of the mitotic activity in the cell cycle and by the appearance of a large number of chromosomal aberrations in the mitotic cells. From this point of view, the use of the Allium biological test can contribute to optimization of the methods of monitoring the chemical pollution of soil with herbicides.

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BONCIU E., ROSCULETE E., ROSCULETE C.A., OLARU A.L. 2022, OPTIMIZATION OF SOIL POLLUTION MONITORING METHODS BY USE OF BIOLOGICAL TESTS. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 75-80.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Ruslana TARATULA, Mariya MARYNOVYCH

This article outlines the main issues of the creation and functioning of an accessible land market nowadays. One has shown the background of pan-European land management experience. One has proved that comparing the experience of carrying out land reform is a useful and effective tool for the correct interpretation of Ukrainian ideas if one does not take into accounts the characteristics and features of different states. Considering the essence of land resources management, the concept of “land turnover” is of vital importance. The principal conditions for the formation and functioning of agricultural land turnover have been established. One has substantiated the necessity of complex management of land resources, which presupposes the complete determination of directed efforts, the correct choice of ownership of land plots, as well as the proper foundation of its use.

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TARATULA R., MARYNOVYCH M. 2022, ORGANIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE AGRICULTURAL LAND MARKET IN UKRAINE. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 753-758.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3
Written by Emmy SRI MAHREDA, Rina MUSTIKA

Catfish is a fish that is increasingly in need in Indonesia and is one of the mainstays in increasing aquaculture productivity. This study aims to analyze the production performance and financial feasibility of catfish culture using pond media and analyze the marketing performance of catfish. This study uses a survey method. The research location was determined purposively in Banjar Regency; the research respondents were catfish cultivators in ponds, collectors, retailers, and catfish consumers. The data collected were analyzed descriptively; financial analysis, marketing margin analysis, and farmer share analysis were also used. The results showed that catfish cultivators had implemented good and correct technical cultivation activities, farming in ponds was financially feasible, and the catfish marketing system was running efficiently.

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SRI MAHREDA E., MUSTIKA R. 2022, PERFORMANCE OF CATFISH (PANGASIUS SP.) CULTIVATION WITH POND MEDIA: CASE STUDY IN BANJAR REGENCY, SOUTH KALIMANTAN PROVINCE, INDONESIA. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 689-698.

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