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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 2
Written by Artur GOLBAN, Rita GOLBAN

Achieving the success in business, in conditions of hard competition from the local and international enterprises is connected with the notion of competitiveness. To be competitive in modern society, means to obtain a sustainable advantage compared to competitors by higher productivity and on this basis, regarding the cost, diversity, quality and permanently renewing the offer of products, thus ensuring higher profits of the organization. As we mentioned, the quality, is one of the elements, which takes a special place in ensuring the competitiveness of a product, together with other important factors as the price and the managerial system. The quality of a product determines the level of competitiveness of this product. In this scientific research is analyzed the quality management as a factor of increasing the competitiveness of milk production from the Republic of Moldova. The production of milk represents one of the most important sectors from the agriculture of the Republic of Moldova, which is mainly in households, where it is produced more than 95% from the total volume of milk. In agricultural enerprises is produced approximately two percent from the total volume of milk.The basic purposes of this investigation is: to analyze the evolution of milk production in Republic of Moldova; to highlight the role of the quality management in increasing the competitiveness of milk production; to describe the quality factors and their role in increasing the competitiveness of milk production.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 3
Written by Elena ȘURCĂ

Hops is an increasingly rare crop on the territory of Romania, but this culture deserves attention due to its use. It is worth mentioning that the Romanian farmers are encouraged to cultivate this plant by increasing subsidies from one year to the next. For the analysis of evolution of this crop for the studied period, the technical indicators represented by the areas and production environments as well as the economic indicators represented by the prices, subsidies granted / ha and commercial trade will be taken into account. This paper seeks to highlight the technical and economic aspects presented above, their dynamics and the importance of this culture that will reflect on the demand for the national market for this product. The outcome of the study will highlight the support of the domestic hop market through domestic or imported production.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 1
Written by Cristiana TINDECHE, Alina Gabriela MĂRCUȚĂ, Adelaida Cristina HONȚUȘ

In Romania, as a socio-economic phenomenon, tourism is included in the unitary economy of the country. Thus, tourism is becoming a major coordinated civilization society. In the European Union and tourism is considered an important industry who knows the great potential for future development. The working methods used are based on a statistical analysis and the material consists of a database provided by Eurostat that reflects the situation in the 28 countries of the European Union. Tourism statistics are not only used to monitor EU tourism policies but also EU regional policy and sustainable development policy. The forecasts for the coming years, the assessment of factors permanent optimistic tourism sector remaining the fastest pace of development. In the theoretical context of regional science, with its many disciplines and practical, determined by the economic and social role of tourism at European and national level, in this paper we approached the regional tourism development in the EU Member States, giving more importance to Romanian tourism. The study shows that the approach of tourism development in the European Union enjoys a lot of interest from the researchers, from many points of view: theoretical and applicative, in the aspects of planning and tourism development, regional, quantitative through modelling and prognosis, qualitatively through structural analyses on history, dynamics, trends, tourist flows, destinations and forms of tourism, etc.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 3
Written by Al Mohammad JEGHAYEF

The first rural development projects were agrarian reforms, which aimed in particular the prosperity of the peasants in the state land or in the ownership of those who owned more land. At the level of the European Union, about 60% of the population lives in the countryside and covers over 90% of the territory (Study 2014-2020). The main rural development regulations in the European Union are contained in Regulation (EU) 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). Rural development projects management tools are LEADER +, supporting and encouraging rural economic actors and local action groups (LAGs) through the development and implementation of local development plans. The present paper aims an analysis of the scientific knowledge of project management and rural development, presenting its main characteristics and the evolution of concepts in time, related to the scientific literature in this field.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 3
Written by Aliyu ABDULLAHI, Ibrahim S. USMAN, Abdulhameed A. GIREI, Gambo ISMAIL

The study examined the various indigenous cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata V. Walp) storage opportunities and their effectiveness in Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Structured interview scheduled were used to obtain information from 70 respondents selected through simple random sampling techniques. Generated data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and (frequency and percentage), and inferential (Chi-square) statistics. The results revealed that (65.7%) of the respondents were males with (75.2%) below the age of 51 years. Married respondents accounted for (54.3%) while (64.3%) had one form of education or the other. Majority of the respondents representing (74.3%) were household heads. Eight indigenous storage methods were identified and the use of air tight container, neem leaves/ oil and finger pepper were found to be more effective. Chi-square test results revealed that, the coefficient for age, marital status, farming experience were significantly related to indigenous storage method of cowpea, age X2=0.780,P=0.377, marital status X2=1.739, P=0.628 and educational level X2=3.977, P=0.409 respectively. Inadequate storage facilities, capital intensive, time consuming, labor intensive and weather conditions were the major constraints faced by the respondents. It is recommended that stakeholders should encourage researches in the areas of promoting indigenous knowledge system, safety, their potentiality and sustainability so as to improve and promote their application since it is cheaper and accessible to the people.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 4
Written by Adelaida Cristina HONTUŞ

The soil is a porous medium with variable physical time and space that determine certain features of the mass of water flow. Sometimes these features prevent the formulation of mathematical laws describing these processes, requiring approximations of the physical process. For this reason, the approach to water movement through saturated soil to drain requires simplification actual physical processes and how they can be expressed by means of contemporary knowledge. This paper refers to a study on the factors and measures to combat a natural hazard. Natural hazards are several ways, and occur in different circumstances, but this paper will present the production conditions of landslides and methods / measures to combat them. It is known that excess moisture is one of the triggers of landslides. Also, to halt and prevent these natural disasters, various measures are necessary. Besides the determinants of a landslide, the study presents some of the measures against landslides, focusing on the drainage method. Water flow through saturated soil for drainage is a case of plane- parallel motion of fluid particles moving in transverse planes against the perpendicular axis of drainage.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 14 ISSUE 3
Written by Irina Elena PETRESCU

This paper represents an analysis of the level of labor productivity in agriculture for each development region of Romania. Labor productivity in agriculture was analyzed by two parameters, namely: the value of agricultural production and the number of employees in agriculture for the period 2011 – 2012. The level of labor productivity is influenced by the quality of biological and bio-capacity of plants and animals as well, as well as the equipment and quality of work performed. From the factorial analysis it can be noticed a decrease of labor productivity caused by a decrease in the value of agricultural production.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 3
Written by Chidinma Rosemary OKEZIE, Chibuchi Freevine KWEKOWE

The study was conducted to ascertain the factors affecting participation of cassava farmers in credit market (study of Bende local government area) Abia State. The broad objective was to determine factors that affect cassava farmer’s participation in credit market. The data were collected from cassava farmers of the sampled area through a well-structured questionnaire.. In this study, the Multinomial logit model was used to determine the factors that affect cassava farmer’s participation in credit market, be it formal, informal, or both institutions. Socio-economic and enterprise characteristics such as sex, age, household size, training and cooperative membership were found to be significant factors that affect farmers demand and participation in credit market (i.e informal, formal and both informal and formal sources in the study area). Farmers should be encouraged to participate in both credit markets via easy access to credits from formal and informal lenders which will significantly improve productivity and welfare of cassava farmers.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 2
Written by M. Emin BİLGİLİ, Hilal YILMAZ, Selcan AKKOYUN, Yasemin VURARAK, Mevlüt GÜL

This study aimed to determine the factors affecting cotton production decisions of producers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey. The main research material was the data obtained from the questionnaires conducted with farmers in this region. We identified six factors influencing the decision-making in cotton production, which included economic, technical, political, environmental, personal, and product-related factors. The logistic regression model attempted to explain the factors convincing farmers to cultivate cotton. The variable related to the cotton experience of farmers was found significant. Besides, the variables of the number of individuals per household, total agricultural area, cotton plantation area in 2013, 2011, 2000, and 1990 were statistically significant. Cotton cultivation areas in the Eastern Mediterranean region tended to shrink rapidly after 2000s. In addition to increasing the cost of cotton production, factors like competitor product costs, productivity, changes in technology and price fluctuations also played a role in such a decline. Therefore, the decision to cultivate cotton is affected by not only the price of cotton but also the government supports in place, changes in foreign trade practices, technology, human resources, competitor product prices, and yield.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 1
Written by Ibrahim Shehu USMAN, Olabanji AJAYI, Sikiru Adekunle OLAYIWOLA

The study analysed factors influencing information needs of fluted pumpkin farmers in Yola North Local Government, Adamawa State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: describe the socio-economic characteristic of the respondents; identify the sources of information by the respondents; evaluate the relationship between socio economic characteristics of the respondents and information utilization as well as identify the constraints faced by the respondents in the study area. Three wards were purposively selected based on their high involvement in fluted pumpkin farming, 96 commercial fluted pumpkins farmers were identified using snowballing sampling technique and were used for the study. Interview schedule was used to collect data. Data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result shows that most (85.4%) of the respondents were male and 35.4% were between 30-39 years with mean age of 37 while 78.2% were educated as well as cultivated average of 1.6 hectares. The distribution of the respondents by source of information revealed that 80.3% sourced their information through friends and neighbours. The result of multiple regression showed that the coefficients of gender, household size and educational status were positive and significant. The study also revealed that inadequate fund (65.6%), poor provision of extension services (47.9%), poor access of irrigation facilities (40.6%) as the most serious constraints faced by the respondents. It was concluded that fluted pumpkin farmers had formal education which enable them utilized any available knowledge as information. The study recommended that farmers growing fluted pumpkin should be sensitized on how to borrow not only for production but for the value chain.

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