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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 14 ISSUE 3
Written by Reta CONDEI, Ioana NICULAE, Petrica STEFAN, Agatha POPESCU

Management ethics, the determination at what means “fair”, ”correct” and “just” in decisions and action that affect the others, passes the simple problems like corruption, steal and swindle. It is focused on human interrelations such as between employers and employees, sellers and clients, shareholders, creditors, distributors, community members. The solving of the ethics dilemmas in management do not represent just a delimitation between good and bad, correct and incorrect, but also it is a complex judgement aiming a balance between economical and social performance of the firm, taking into consideration all what could happened. Solving ethics dilemmas by managers is not easy, and the decision will depend all the time of their personality, experience, education, feelings, attitude and personal values. The communication is part of the organization infrastructure. Any effort for the development of an organization should be considered a priority for the human factor. An efficient communication is the only way in which employees can correlate their efforts, whose quality is leading to the organization success.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 15 ISSUE 4
Written by Liliana CIMPOIES

Direct payments are meant to support EU farmers being the main component of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and receiving special attention during the new 2014-2020 reform. First introduced in 1992 after MacSharry reform and known as coupled payments (payments per hectare and animal head), they were designed to support farmers income. In 2003, the decoupled payments focused at encouraging farmers have been introduced in order to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of the EU agriculture. In Spain, in 2006 the new changes in the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) were introduced, at the beginning according to the regime of partial decoupling. In 2012, the coupled payments were integrated under the SPS or transformed into additional payment. The aim of this paper is to analyze the application of direct payments, as the main support tool for EU farmers based on Spain experience. In this context, the authors have used secondary data provided by the Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund (FEGA) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain (MAGRAMA) concerning the amount of allocated direct payments in Spain, number of beneficiaries and their distribution by territorial aspect. So far, the distribution of direct payments in Spain, similarly to other member states, is unequal, as a result of CAP development, diversity of production and the use of historical references to fix the decoupled payments per farm.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 4
Written by Songül GÜRSOY

Livestock have always been an important part of agricultural production in Turkey. Chores are tedious and time consuming in livestock production. The main chores in livestock production are the preparation of the animal feed, watering, herding, milking, and cleaning of livestock yards. Therefore, mechanization and automation technologies are very important factors in reducing labor and modernizing of livestock production. The aim of this study is to evaluate the current situation of the livestock mechanization in Turkey, main mechanization problems in livestock production and suggestions for development of mechanization. In this purpose, the current data of Turkish Statistical Institute and Republic of Turkey Ministry of Food-Agriculture-Livestock was used to determine the enterprise size according to the number of animals, and the number of machinery per livestock husbandry according to the machinery type commonly used in livestock enterprises. Also, the previous studies carried out on the determination of the mechanization structure of livestock enterprises in different regions of Turkey were evaluated. The results of this study and the previous studies showed that the average size of livestock enterprise is very small in Turkey and the number of machineries per enterprise was very low. The fact that the livestock enterprises was very small prevented the development of mechanization and automation in livestock production and caused costly production. Also, livestock husbandries were not suitable for the development of mechanization. Consequently, it can be said that the Enterprise size according to the number of bovine, sheep and goats and barn construction are very important factors for development of livestock mechanization in Turkey

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 4
Written by Solomon Adedapo ADESOJI, Oluwafunmilola Olawunmi OLAYODE, Aminat Olajumoke OGUNDEJI

The study assessed the level of awareness and determined the level of participation of fish farmers in Agricultural Insurance Scheme (AIS) with a view to improving on the level of awareness and consequently participation. The study adopted the survey method of research. The study population comprised all the 1,728 registered fish farmers in Ondo State. Only 295 respondents were sampled from the population using the Raosoft sample size calculator. Multi-stage sampling procedure was adopted to distribute the sample population among the Local Government Areas (LGAs). Two Local Governments Areas (LGAs) were purposively selected from each of the four zones based on the prominence in fish farming. Second stage involved random selection of two communities each from the selected LGAs. At the last stage, fish farmers register was used to proportionately distribute the farmers to LGAs. The results showed the mean age of fish farmers to be 44.6±10.1years and majority (83.4) were married. The mean household size was 5±2 and about 96% was able to read and write. The mean years of fish farming experience was 13.54±11.9 and all of them were smallholders. About 70.5% were aware of AIS but only 15% were under fish policy cover for the last five years. Majority (82.3%) had moderate participation level with only 4.4% with high level of participation. There was strong correlation (R = 0.759) between the variables investigated and level of participation. Also three variables age, contact with extension and awareness regressed positively while number of information sources and household size regressed negatively with level of participation. It was concluded that despite the high level of awareness, level of participation was low

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 15 ISSUE 4
Written by Larisa CREMENEAC, Tatiana BOCLACI

The purpose of work consisted in the evaluation of the role of liquid organic fertilizer obtained from crude worm compost and drinking water in a ratio of 1: 100, on the process of emergence, physiological development and maize productivity. The experiment was conducted in the field conditions of Technological and Experimental Station "Maximovca". As a material for research was used a variety of maize M-450 and liquid organic fertilizer obtained from worm compost. In the experiment were included three lots: one control (with natural background) and two experimental: experimental I - maize seeds were macerated and fertilized, in three rounds, with liquid organic fertilizer (from considerations 4t / ha); experimental II - the seeds macerated in the same fertilizer without additional fertilization. It was found that macerating of seeds in extract obtained from crude worm compost and water and its administration as additional food, in triplicate, accelerated the emergence of maize, had improved physiological development and increased maize harvest with 18.26%. On the lot where were used only macerated seeds but not performed the supplementary feeding the maize harvest surpassed that of the control lot with 10.72%. So, it was found the beneficial influence of liquid organic fertilizer obtained from crude worm compost on the process of maize development.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 1
Written by Nuria Chinonyerem AMEACHI, Chinemerem Linda CHIJIOKE

Pseudarenthemum tunicatum belongs to the Acanthaceae family and an aqueous infusion of it is taken as a hematinic and for other medicinal purposes. This work was aimed at identifying compounds in dichloromethane/ methanol (1:1v) and methanol extracts of P. tunicatum leaves using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry analysis. Thirty compounds were identified in dichloromethane/methanol extract while thirty five compounds were identified in the methanol extract. The most abundant compounds in the dichloromethane/methanol extract 21-methyl-17-isocholestane-16-[2- [formylthio]ethyl],methyl-5,9,21-octacosatrienoate, 9,19-Cyclolanostan-3-ol, 24-methylene-, (3β.)and n-Hexadecanoic acid which had relative abundance of 13.51%, 12.72%, 10.66% and 10.20% respectively. The most abundant compounds in the methanol extract were 2,5-Furandione- 3-methyl, 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural, 9-Octadecenoic acid, (E) and n-Hexadecanoic acid which had relative abundance of 14.01%, 13.27%, 12.25% and 11.87% respectively. Tetradecanoic acid (i.e myristic acid) and n-Hexadecanoic acid were the only compounds identified in both extracts. Results indicated that polarity of the solvents used in extraction influenced the relative abundance and type of compound extracted. Dichloromethane/ methanol extracted more of the triterpenoids and sterols while methanol extracted more of the flavonoids, fatty acids and fatty acid esters. Various compounds identified are known to have varying bioactivities such as antimicrobial, anticancer, antioxidant and antisickling. As such, P. tunicatum leaves could be useful in the preparation of neutraceuticals.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 1
Written by Larisa CREMENEAC, Tatiana BOCLACI

In order to evaluate the influence of the worm compost on the physiological development of the peas, depending on the phenological phases, the researches were carried out during the first year of action of two types of worm compost: worm compost I - obtained using as the bio transformer of the Red Hybrid of California and worm compost II – using descendant F2 of the new line of earthworms, obtained by crossing the California Red Hybrid earthworm with local rubbish earthworm. Materials for research were: worm compost, the soil and the peas variety "Renata". The worm compost was incorporated into the soil, early spring, on the autumn plowing taking into account the dose of 4 t / ha (or 40kg/acres). Previously the worm compost and soil samples taken according to the usual methods were subjected to biochemical analyzes. At the end of the experiment, essential changes in the soil samples were not found, except for the content of organic matter and humus, which in the soil samples of the experimental lots exceeded that in the samples of the control lot, respectively by 10.00% -21, 12%; 10.34% -22.05% and 17.14% -19.74%; 11.43% -13.16%. As a result of the study of the phenological phases of the development of peas, it was found that peas cultivated with worm compost fund (experimental lots) developed for 5-9 days earlier than the cultivated with natural background (the control lot). Thus, using the usual methods, the influence of worm compost on the physiological development of peas was evaluated.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 14 ISSUE 4
Written by Lubica RUMANOVSKÁ, Marián KOVÁČIK

The paper focuses on the situation of the agricultural land market in Slovakia and in selected region of the SR – Nitra region, on the application and development of agricultural land prices in Slovakia and on the factors that influence the decisions of agricultural enterprises on the market with agricultural land. In this paper were used primary data obtained with interview method realized within the research of Department of European policies, Slovak University of Agriculture during the period 2012 – 2013 in all districts of region Nitra. The evaluation of the impact of agricultural subject on agricultural land market in Slovakia was realized by using the method of regression analysis. Based on the results from the research we can state that entrepreneurs still prefer more to rent land then to purchase a land. The main factors influencing the decision-making process of agricultural subjects are ownership fragmentation, the fragmentation of agricultural plots and business's financial situation and profitability of the purchase. Many entrepreneurs pointed to this indicator as one of the most influential in terms of increasing the market price, respectively as a reason for not signing the lease agreement. The agricultural land market in Slovakia is emerging but still not sufficiently transparent. Further development of the market will continue to be marked by the overall economic situation in agriculture, relatively low competitiveness of Slovak farmers in the European market and reduced profitability. Research showed that the most pronounced effect on the price of agricultural land and the amount of rent for agricultural land has the number of enterprises. Growing number of farms will increase the price or amount of rent for agricultural land.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 1
Written by Casiana MIHUȚ, Anișoara DUMA-COPCEA, Aurelia MIHUȚ

The purpose of this paper is the evaluation of the agricultural land from the Periam commune, Timiş County, for their sustainable use. The proposed objectives cover the following aspects: characterization of the natural environment; identifying and outlining soil and land units; characterization of the mapped out soil units; land assessment and establishing the favourability of various crops; grouping the land in usage categories; identifying and characterizing soil types and subtypes; calculating assessment grades, establishing usage categories and grouping soils in favourability classes; identifying sustainable options and selecting the ones insuring the best usage; monitoring soil evolution after applying or non-applying of some pedo-ameliorative measures; insuring optimal solutions for various problems regarding the protection, improvement and efficient use of soils, and land characterization depending on the management requirements of an agricultural exploitation. The paper is concluded by a series of results and discussions referring to the production capacity assessment for two types of soil identified on the locality territory, namely chernozem and gley soil.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 15 ISSUE 4
Written by Dragoş Mihai MEDELETE, Radu Lucian PÂNZARU

This paper seeks to present the evolution of agricultural production worldwide in circumstances of globalization for international trade in the present stage of socio-economic development, which amplify the structural interdependence for economies of different regions. For this purpose it starts from presenting the evolution of total agricultural production, after which the situation shall be liable for vegetable production and livestock production sector. The phenomena are emphasized through fixed-base indices which highlights their evolution, operating with a dynamic range of five terms: the average 2004-2006 (for comparison, in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and average 2010- 2012.

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