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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3
Written by Sami ULLAH, Bernhard BRUMMER, Choudary Ihtasham ALI

Considering the changing milk marketing structure in Pakistan, this study is aimed at investigating the factors influencing the farmers’ choice of milk marketing channels in Punjab, Pakistan. The research has been carried by means of survey for data collection from farmers in upper and south Punjab. We interviewed 341 farmers in total, with 165 farmers from Upper Punjab and 156 farmers from South Punjab. The logit model was employed in this study to estimate the factors influencing the dairy farmers’ decisions to participate in the modern and tradition milk supply channels. The empirical results indicate that the volume of milk sold, improved cattle breeds, milk prices, distance to milk collection unit and payment methods are significant factors that influence the choice of farmers between two market channels. Quantity of milk sold, and improved cattle breeds are important factors to select modern supply channels. However, milk prices, distance to the milk collection unit and long payment periods discourage farmers’ participation in modern channels. The study suggests that provision of advance dairy technology, intuitional support, and investment in infrastructure could enhance farmers’ capabilities of managing resources and hence could shift farmers towards commercialization.

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ULLAH S., BRUMMER B., ALI C.I. 2023, CHOICE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND MODERN MILK SUPPLY CHANNELS BY FARMERS IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN: A LOGIT REGRESSION APPROACH. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 903-914.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3
Written by Elena BONCIU

Many of the higher plants can be genetic models for the detection of environmental mutagens. One of the species often used in monitoring environmental pollution with pesticides is onion (Alium cepa). The Allium assay (Aa) is used with a high frequency in many studies to evaluate the cytotoxic and genotoxicity effects of various chemical substances in agricultural plants. This is based on the fact that compared to using animals for testing the Aa is more cost-effective and provides a large amount of data using a simple cultivation protocol without ethical concerns. In this context, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the clastogenic potential of two pesticides (Rancona fungicide and Mospilan insecticide) in plants through the Allium assay, using onion meristematic roots as biological material. The meristematic roots were exposed for 24 h to three different concentrations of pesticides as follows: 0.5, 1, and 2 μg/mL (Rancona) and 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 μg/mL (Mospilan). The obtained results showed that the tested pesticides induced the decrease, in variable percentages, of the mitotic index (MI %) in the onion meristematic cells, in all tested variants. Thus, compared to the control variant, the values of MI in the variants exposed to the pesticide treatment were between 38-54% (Rancona), respectively 30-48% in the variants treated with Mospilan. At the same time, there was a direct correlation between the pesticides concentration and the clastogenic effect observed in onion cells, through the appearance of several types of chromosomal and nuclear aberrations: sticky, fragments, bridges and chromosomal loss; nuclear dissolution and ring chromosomes. These results suggest caution when using the tested pesticides and mandatory compliance with the concentrations recommended by the producers, to avoid negative impact on plants and environment.

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BONCIU E. 2023, CLASTOGENIC POTENTIAL OF SOME CHEMICALS USED IN AGRICULTURE MONITORED THROUGH THE ALLIUM ASSAY. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 63-68.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Valentin ŞERBAN

The goal of this study is the analysis of the competitiveness of the EU top 10 honey exporting countries. Based on World Bank data for the period 2018-2021, Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA), Trade Balance Index (TBI), Production Mapping (PM) and Comparative Export Performance Index (CEP have been determined. RCA results proved that the comparative advantage is "strong" for Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Greece, "moderate" for Spain, "weak" for Poland and Belgium, while Germany, Italy and France have "no" advantage. The RSCA positive values showed that Spain, Hungary, Poland, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria are advantaged in honey trade, while Germany, Italy and France are disadvantaged. According to TBI results, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Greece and Bulgaria are net exporting countries, while Germany, Poland, Belgium, Italy and France are net importing member states. Romania has a high comparative export performance against France, Italy, Germany and Belgium (CEP>5), a moderate performance against Poland and Spain ( 2

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POPESCU A., SERBAN V. 2023, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN HONEY TRADE AMONG THE EUROPEAN UNION'S TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 704-717.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3
Written by Agatha POPESCU, Toma Adrian DINU, Elena STOIAN, Valentin ŞERBAN

The paper aimed to analyze the competitiveness of top 16 honey exporting countries in the world in the period 2018-2021 using World Bank data, based on the specific indicators Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA), Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA), Comparative Export Performance Index (CEP) and Trade Balance Index (TBI). The results showed that in 2021, New Zealand, Argentina, Ukraine, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Brazil, India, Spain, Vietnam, Poland and Mexico had a comparative advantage, while EU, China and Germany have a comparative disadvantage in the international honey market. A strong comparative advantage belongs to New Zealand, Argentina, Ukraine, Hungary and Romania, and partially to Greece, a moderate comparative advantage belongs to Brazil, India, Spain, Mexico, Vietnam and Greece in specific years, a weak comparative advantage belongs to Poland, Vietnam, China and Spain in specific years, and finally, China, EU and Germany are disadvantaged. The highest RSCA is characteristic to New Zealand, Argentina, Ukraine, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Brazil. New Zealand has the highest CEP against EU, China, Germany, and the smallest CEP versus Brazil, Romania, Hungary, Greece and mainly Ukraine. New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Ukraine, Hungary, Mexico, followed by India and Vietnam have a high TBI being net exporting countries. EU, Germany, Poland had a negative TBI, reflecting that they are net importers and also Greece in 2018. As any country desires to be more competitive, exports and imports have to be kept under control, larger amounts to be available to be sold at the best price and the geographic area of influence to be extended looking for new trade partners.

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POPESCU A., DINU T.A., STOIAN E., SERBAN V. 2023, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN HONEY TRADE AMONG THE TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 690-703.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3
Written by Romeo Cătălin CREȚU, Silviu Ionuț BEIA, Ioan Iulian ALECU, Petrică ȘTEFAN

Dark tourism (or black tourism, or grief tourism), is the tourism associated with death or tragedy. Well known dark tourism attractions are: Auschwitz, Ground Zero or Chernobyl. Dark tourism is controversial with some viewing it as an act of respect and others as unethical practice. This study was carried out during February 24-25, 2023, on the occasion of the Romanian Tourism Fair. We wanted to make a comparative analysis regarding the popularity of black tourism in the world; the opinion of Romanian tourism consumers is presented. For the external part of the research, we used the data provided by Passport Photo Online, a specialized company from the United States. For Romania, the authors of the article, together with master's students from the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine - Bucharest, Faculty of M.R.D., specialization in Management in agritourism and public catering, applied 1121 questionnaires to possible tourists who visited the fair. The questionnaire purpose was to find out the opinion of the visitors regarding black tourism, if this form of tourism is popular and which are the tourist areas in Romania where this tourism is practiced. The answers were analysed and interpreted, the conclusions being very interesting and useful for the new National Strategy of Romania for the development of tourism, which is under public debate.

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CRETU R.C., BEIA S.I., ALECU I.I., STEFAN P. 2023, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BLACK TOURISM IN ROMANIA AND WORLDWIDE. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 221-226.

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Written by Ruxandra-Eugenia POP, Ancuta MARIN

The present paper presents a statistical analysis of the Gross Domestic Product/person, at the national level, in relation to the member countries of the European Union, using statistical data published by Eurostat, Naational Institute of Statistics (INSSE), FAOSTAT and the World Bank. Based on the data centralization, calculations were made to determine some absolute and relative statistical indicators, such as the absolute change, the dynamic index or the dynamic rate. The purpose of this paper is to analyze and observe GDP per inhabitant evolution, in the period 2017 - 2022, as well as the hierarchy of European member countries, according to this macroeconomic indicator. Going through the work, it can be observed that the order of each member state in different hierarchies based on the GDP level, nominal or real, differs, depending on the perspective from which the data is analyzed. Not always a country with a high level of GDP is characterized by a higher level of well-being of the population. Also, a country that has not yet reached economic maturity in terms of GDP level, may have advantages over the already mature European economic markets over a longer period of time.

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POP R.E., MARIN A. 2023, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE GDP OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN THE PERIOD 2017-2022 . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 682-689.

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Written by Chima Innocent EZEH, Onwuchekwa OJIMGBA, Justin Kelechi NMERENGWA

This study analyzed the consequences of land degradation on livelihood and food security of rural farmers in South-East, Nigeria. The study adopted purposive and stratified sampling techniques in the selection of locations and 900 respondents (450 farmers farming on water degraded farm lands and 450 farmers farming on non-degraded water erosion farm lands). The data collected were analyzed using mean, frequencies, percentages mean score and z-test. The result showed that the mean annual food expenditure of the rural farmers in degraded and non-degraded farm lands were N273264.22 and N290,592.67 respectively with mean annual farm incomes of N122,024.55 and N172,737.72 respectively. The perceived socio-economic consequences of water erosion degradation on farm lands were: decreased farm income ( X̄ = 4.70), destruction of crops (X̄ = 4.62), reduction in soil nutrient/organic matter (X̄ = 4.59), increase in cost of production due to additional money spent in controlling/maintain degraded farm lands (X̄ = 4.42), threat to food security (X̄ = 4.47), decrease in farm land available for cultivation (X̄ = 4.34), reduction in farm yields (output) (X̄ = 4.44), laborious agricultural activities (X̄ = 3.96) and destroyed properties and infrastructure (X̄ = 3.87). The result showed that 56.67% and 60.44% of rural farmers on water degraded and non-water degraded farm lands respectively were food secured. The z-test showed significant differences in incomes and food security status of the two groups of farmers at varying alpha levels. The study recommended that government should ensure that farmers have access to affordable credit and land to increase their ability and flexibility to change production strategies in response to environmental degradation.

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EZEH C.I., OJIMGBA O., NMERENGWA J.K. 2023, CONSEQUENCES OF LAND DEGRADATION ON LIVELIHOOD AND FOOD SECURITY OF RURAL FARMERS IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 289-298.

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Written by Gulay OZKAN, Ismail Bulent GURBUZ

Open milk is subject to adulteration and threatens public health. Despite the health experts' warnings, many consumers in Turkey still prefer milk sold by street vendors. This study investigated families' open milk (street milk) and packaged milk consumption habits and the reasons for consuming open or packaged milk in Bursa, Turkey. The data were obtained through a face-to-face survey of 478 families. Research revealed that 34.6% of adults and 66% of children regularly consume milk. Participants who consumed milk consumed it for bone development (38.1%) and a rich protein source (22.7%). Half of those (45%) who did not drink milk were not accustomed to drinking milk. %13.8 did not like the taste, and %13.5 is allergic to dairy products. People primarily bought milk from markets (41.1%) and street vendors (21.1%). They preferred whole milk (29.7%) and semi-skimmed milk (29.%). Reasons for purchasing open milk were freshness (31.1%) and no additives (24.0%). Reasons for not buying open milk were unhygienic (40.7%) and not being subject to quality control (41.7%). Although its sales are decreasing, open milk purchases continue. Open milk sales should be restricted, and packaged milk options offered to consumers should be increased.

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OZKAN G., GURBUZ I.B. 2023, CONSUMER ATTITUDES, PERCEPTIONS AND MOTIVATIONS TOWARDS BUYING OPEN MILK IN TURKEY. Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 655-666.

Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3
Written by Isaac Oyekunle OYEWO, Job Olatunji OLADEEBO

Using primary data, the study analyzes the factors that affect cassava farmers' production in Oyo state, Nigeria, using cross-sectional data obtained from 330 cassava farmers through a multistage sample and a well-structured questionnaire. Data collected was analyzed using inferential statistics (Cobb Douglas production model analysis) using software for statistical analysis (STATA). The empirical results of the analysis revealed that farming experience was positively significant at (β= 0.220, p<0.01), farm size (β= 0.504, p<0.01), age of respondents (β= 0.188, p<0.01), credit (β = 0.182, p<0.01), mode of cultivation (β = 0.05, p<0.01), cassava stem used (β = 0.069, p<0.01) respectively, except land used duration which was negatively signed and significant (β = -0.164, p<0.01) to cassava productivity. The F Statistics was 71.420 and R2 of 0.781 obtained indicated that the explanatory variables explained 78% level of variation in cassava output. The study therefore confirmed that all the significant variables were the major determinant of cassava farmers’ productivity in the study area.

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OYEWO I.O., OLADEEBO J.O. 2023, DETERMINANTS OF CASSAVA FARMERS PRODUCTIVITY IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 649-654.

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Written by Samir BEN ALI

This study examines the determining factors of the technical efficiency of dairy farms in Tunisia. A stochastic production frontier and a two-limit Tobit models were used to analyze technical efficiency (TE) for a sample of 108 Tunisian cattle breeders. The empirical results suggest that TE ranges from 45% to 96% and that a purebred herd composition and a favorable location for breeding system including pasture and grazed grass lead to greater efficiency. In addition, we found that dairy farmers could increase their performance by joining a professional organization. The implications of these finding for development strategies of the Tunisian dairy sector were examined.

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BEN ALI S. 2023, DETERMINANTS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY AMONG DAIRY FARMS IN TUNISIA . Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 3, PRINT ISSN 2284-7995, 47-52.

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