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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 3
Written by Ivanka LULCHEVA, Spyridon АRSENIOU

Rural tourism in Bulgaria - a relatively fast growing and assertive field - is an alternative form of tourism. In the recent years, there is a positive trend and an increasing interest in this type of leisure by the tourists and tourism professionals too. Nearly all resources are available in Bulgaria for the sustainable development of rural tourism. Local economy and population in lagging and rural areas can to be helped with development and promotion of rural hiking. Bulgaria has with all necessary conditions and prerequisites for sustainable his development. The development and promotion of rural tourism in Bulgaria leads to a number of consequent positive and is particularly important for lagging and underdeveloped regions. In Bulgaria for the future sustainable development of rural tourism is related to: conservation and promotion of ecological resources and cultural heritage; plan and implement ad-hoc national and regional strategies for rural tourism development, improvement of existing infrastructure and activation of activities to promote its dissemination In the present study, we used a methodological approach that is implemented through specific methods: inquiry method and interviews, quantitative methods, etc.

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

The system of social protection represents the set of actions, decisions and measures enterprised in society for the prevention, diminution or the removal of the consequences of some events considered as social risks. At present, the actions for social protection are conceived for ensuring a basic living standard for all people, regardless the means of which they dispose and has in view the social living conditions. The paper employs a quantitative and a qualitative analysis, using the data from governmental and non-governmental sources. The results reveal one of the lowest levels of expenses for social protection in the rural area, and the social assistance services in the rural area are also affected by the socio-economic context and by the general poverty both of the local budgets and of the State budget.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 3
Written by Paula STOICEA, Maria-Ruxandra DRAGOMIR

It is well known that farming has always been risky. The income obtained in agriculture may differ from year to year because of its dependence on the climatic and soil conditions and because of the output prices. Also, the taxation has an influence too on the income, too. Although, both Romania and the United Kingdom are member states of the European Union, the taxation varies, so, the point of this study is to show the differences between the taxes applied on annual income in agriculture in this two countries, attempting to discover recommendations for a better performance, where needed. The conclusions drawn will reveal which agricultural system is more efficient, but also the benefits for the farmers from the both countries.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 3
Written by Monica Esperance GĂUREANU, Mirela CĂRĂTUȘ STANCIU, Dan Ioan COCÎRCĂ, Livia VIDU, Iulian VLAD

The paper presents data on the classification of pig carcasses in slaughterhouses in Romania during the period 2009-2015. The three authorized methods of classification are: Zwei Punkte (ZP) - a manual method using the ruler used by small slaughterhouses that sacrificed less than 200 pig on the average weekly in the previous year; semiautomatic methods using the optical probe used in large slaughterhouses: Optigrade Pro (OGP) and Fat-o-Meat'er (FOM). Data were collected from the classification inspectors, which were synthesized, processed and analyzed dynamically on: the number of classified carcasses, the weight of carcasses classified by the three methods, the average carcass weight evolution, the average thickness of the fat layer, the thickness of the muscle eye and the average percentage of meat in the carcass depending on the classification method used.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 4
Written by M. Çağla ÖRMECİ KART, Mevlüt GÜL, Ayşe KARADAĞ GÜRSOY

In many parts of the world, viticulture has become primary agricultural importance throughout history. The main reason for this is that it is economically productive with an assessment of grapes as fresh wine, dried fruit, fruit juice and other manufactured products. The aim of this was to determine the resource utilisation success of vineyard in Denizli province, which has an important share in Turkeys grape production. The primary material of the study was the data obtained from the grape producers in selected villages in Çivril, Çal and Buldan Districts of Denizli Province. The sample size was calculated by using proportional sampling method. Sample volume was found 96 farmers in 95% confidence interval and the 10% margin of error. Data envelopment method (DEA) was used in the research to measure technical efficiency in grape production. Data Envelopment Method is used to evaluate the efficiency of a certain number of production units. The technical efficiency, scale efficiency and pure technical efficiency calculated according to input and the results were calculated and compared to irrigated and nonirrigated vineyards. Interviewed producers were 49 years old, educated seven years, and their agricultural experience was 26 years. According to the findings, respondents were asked how much they could reduce their input on the efficiency limit, and some suggestions were made for inefficient vineyards.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 2
Written by Mevlüt GÜL, Hilal YILMAZ, Oguz PARLAKAY, Selcan AKKOYUN, Mehmet Emin BILGILI, Yasemin VURARAK, Hatice HIZLI, Numan KILIÇALP

This study aimed to determine the efficiency level of dairy cattle farms in provinces of East Mediterranean Region in Turkey. The data were gathered by questionnaire from 148 dairy farms in the areas of Adana, Osmaniye, Mersin, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) method was used to calculate efficiency scores. Our analysis carried out in two steps. Firstly, technical efficiency scores were computed employing an input-oriented DEA. Technical efficiency value was amounted to be 78%. In the second phase, the relationship between the value of defined socio-economic variables and the value of obtained technical efficiency scores were calculated by the Tobit regression analysis. The annual milk production per cow was used in the study as the dependent variable. Concentrates, roughage, health expenditures, other variable expenditures, workforce and capital expenditures were considered per cow as independent variables. 5% statistically meaningful and positive relationship was determined by the value of technical efficiencies and rate of the family labour and herd size. It was decided that artificial insemination and farmer’s age had a negative effect on the efficiency and it was at a 10% level, statistically meaningful.

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

The need to reduce food import bills and enhance farmers’ technical efficiency, most especially in a recessed economy like that of Nigeria is germane. Improving farmers’ technical efficiency which in turn will boost productivity is one of the exit routes. The study analysed the determinants of rice farmers’ technical efficiency in Nigeria. Harmonized Nigeria Living Standard Survey (HNLSS) conducted by National Bureau of Statistics was used for this study. Input and output data of 130 rice famers across the country were used. Descriptive statistics and Stochastic Frontier Production Function were the analytical techniques adopted. Fertilizer input and farm size were observed to enhance the output of rice and rice farmers’ technical efficiency respectively at 5% level. Efficient Fertilizer distribution and land policy options that would favour rice farmers should be intensified to ensure increased efficiency and productivity. This would reduce food import bills, reduce government expenditure and create a pathway towards economic recovery.

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 18 ISSUE 3
Written by Aslı DALGIC, Vecdi DEMIRCAN, Murside Cağla ORMECI KART

The purpose of the study was to analyze the technical efficiency of sheep farming using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in Isparta province in Turkey. The data used were collected from 80 farmers using the stratified sampling method by means of a questionnaire. The technical efficiency of the sheep farming varied between 0.63 and 1.00. The mean efficiency of farms was calculated to be 0.41 and 0.48 for constant and variable returns to scale assumptions, respectively. The greatest slacks were defined as veterinary-drug costs and labour use. The most significant factors affecting efficiency of sheep farming were education, family and hired labour, AU, milk yield per sheep, age at separation (years) and number of lambs per sheep born (%).

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Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 17 ISSUE 2
Written by Mevlüt GÜL, M.Göksel AKPINAR, Vecdi DEMİRCAN, Hasan YILMAZ, Tufan BAL, Ş.Evrim ARICI, Mehmet POLAT, Bekir ŞAN, Figen ERASLAN, M.Çağla ÖRMECİ KART, Damla GÜRBÜZ, Ş.Gülden YILMAZ

Integrated fight is briefly described as the administration and management system of pests and expressed as integrated pest control or integrated pest management. Within this definition it is defined as all of the efforts undertaken in order to keep the pest populations below economically damaging levels in harmony with each other on the use of all the techniques and methods and all factors that play a role in the exchange of populations of pest species with their environment in mind. This study was aimed to determine Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry technical staff’s knowledge level about integrated pest management and their features. Study is contributed by evaluating technical staff general features, ideas on integrated pest management and their observations on farmers to development of program. Main material of the study was gathered from face to face interview of 134 technical staff which work on Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department on Antalya, Denizli, Konya, Karaman, Niğde and Isparta cities which are dominant for apple production. Serving as consultants or pest management department employees were included in the study. Technical staff members have important position by raising awareness of producers’ agricultural management. It was determined that the technical staff is aware of the use of pesticides, but their level of knowledge in the pest management approaches such as integrated pest management is not at the desired level. Integrated pest management should be improved, especially in terms of monitoring the new developments taking place in the EU. According to technical staff observations farmers’ awareness about the disease and pest management has not at the desired level yet. It is inevitable the necessity of extension to increase producers’ knowledge and awareness and implementation more of integrated pest management.

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

One of the most important stage in the agricultural process is harvesting. In this particular stage, the mower machines are some of the most important machines for harvesting forages used in agriculture, that is why we made this study. These machines are usually attached to tractors for a better efficiency. The paper presents some studies on mower machines, which are analised after their cutting apparatus and their work width. Thus, are presented the mower with cutting apparatus through shearing, with cutting appartus with back and forth motion of the knife, then rotary mowers. Also, in the paper are presented and analised some technical characteristics of mowers, which influence their economic performances. From the economic point of view, considering the engine mowers, we concluded that the mowers with 2 knives have a better work capacity, at the same width of mowed furrow, compared to borne mowers.

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