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Scientific Papers Series - Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2015

Since its independence Republic of Moldova takes great efforts to align with the big family of th... more Since its independence Republic of Moldova takes great efforts to align with the big family of the European Union and in July 2014 it has made a huge step towards this by signing the Association Agreement and Free Trade Agreement with the EU. These impose our country to accelerate reforms and take all possible measures in order to reduce the gap of economic and socio-cultural development, adjusting it to the EU standards. One of the most sensible issues is the rural space conservation and further durable development that needs wide types of actions in almost all aspects. In the paper the authors consider what are EU investments for the rural development that will sum up with some conclusions and recommendations to be implemented in the Republic of Moldova.

The paper aims to establish a framework based on the method of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and LC... more The paper aims to establish a framework based on the method of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and LCCA (Life Cycle Cost Analysis) in order to select the best parameters of apple technology by identifying the particularities of fruit production technologies and providing practical recommendations on how to approach the two methods. The methodology of the paper is the use of LCA and LCCA methods, as techniques for assessing the environmental elements associated with the technological process and the economic indicators. The paper was meant to be part of a project whose purpose is to develop a decision and management instrument for the fruit farm Istrița, USAMV of Bucharest. The results consist in a technological and economic structure suitable for application to the selected apple tree technologies, in conventional and ecological system.

ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal, 2015

The Republic of Moldova, since independence, decided to consolidate its place among the democrati... more The Republic of Moldova, since independence, decided to consolidate its place among the democratic nations and open to reform economy in order to integrate it in european and international circuit. Reform of national economy was oriented towards substitution of an old, outdated and almost collapsed socioeconomic system by one capable to ensure the continued progress in society. Thus this reform could be done mainly through fiscal legitimacy and enforcement of tax administration, which may best be achieved through establishing clear, transparent, and predictable rules and procedures, especially in the administrative aspects of the tax system. With this paper we aim to examine the tax authority changes for last 25 years. Research methodology is based on the dialectic-conflictual model, whose approaches helped to bring the essence of the debate by applying methods of induction, deduction, observation, analysis and synthesis. The analysis are based on either qualitative or quantitative ...

The paper studied the perspective, particularities and advantages of innovation clusters, the imp... more The paper studied the perspective, particularities and advantages of innovation clusters, the impact of innovation clusters on the country economics. The successful examples of cluster formation on the global level are been considered. The paper indicated the necessities of conversion the economy of Republic of Moldova to the innovation way of development, the necessities of using scientific achievements in the real sector of economy, the necessities of science, technology and innovation. There are allocated perspective industries, which can be prospective for innovative enterprises in Republic of Moldova. The paper is identified priorities for the clusters creation in Moldova.

Economics of Agriculture, Dec 31, 2018

The functionality of the new system based on market relations and open for the people is often ma... more The functionality of the new system based on market relations and open for the people is often marked by dynamism, uncertainty, risk, even by hostility and undoubtedly will be affected by the current economic and financial crisis. Negative effects within this segment of national economy could be reduced through land plots consolidation, development of agricultural market on the Best Practices base. It's considered economic mechanisms for the increase of land plots production through irrigation, landscaping, soil protection, etc. The specific of small agricultural exploitations is that entrepreneur is owner, manager, investor, worker at the same time, and must have a wide range of knowledge to achieve the success and to do all rolls mentioned above in a proper way.

After approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27th 1991), Moldova lives hoping to con... more After approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27th 1991), Moldova lives hoping to consolidate their place among the democratic nations of the world and to build its new socioeconomic system. Agriculture has been and remains the strongest factor of balance in harmonizing economic development of any country, including our country. Moreover, for us agriculture has a significant contribution to the gross domestic product, which even if reduced from 36.14% to 15.23% in 1990 to 2014, remains the backbone of the national economy. The level of agricultural development of our country undoubtedly is dependent on natural resources and materials that are emphasized by the available human potential. Sure, all those involved in the agri-food sector must increase its effort to gain new generation of products, to develop and apply appropriate technologies for their production would exclude or, at least, limit risk and uncertainty. It is natural to manifest constantly awake curiosity and...

After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Moldova has been strivin... more After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Moldova has been striving to strengthen its place among the democratic nations of the world and to reform the national economy. The appearance of the new socio-economic system opened to the world, the process to join our own efforts with the international community have produced significant changes not only in the nature, but also in the background, of the trade flows of agricultural products. Naturally, the trade with food products must be directed towards the markets ensuring the free movement of products through the progressive removal of restrictions on trade between countries and/or groups of countries, meeting the interests of producers and consumers. In the present paper, the authors focus on the market of food products, investigate the import and export of food products, the operation of the CIS market and Common Market, pursuant to which the authors come up with some proposals that would change the sit...

ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal, 2014

After the approval of Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Republic of Moldova lives in... more After the approval of Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Republic of Moldova lives in the hope to strengthen its place among the democratic nations of the world and create a new socio-economic system. The formation of the new economic system passes through a difficult stage of the country’s joint efforts with those of the international community. The article is meditated on the development of national economy, the spatial orientation of trade relations, and the vector integration of the national economy. The authors come up with some proposals that would accelerate and streamline of the process of implementation of the Association Agreement and the subsequent integration of the national economy in the European Union.

In the conditions of changed ratio of public and private property, reduction of the direct involv... more In the conditions of changed ratio of public and private property, reduction of the direct involvement of public authorities in the national economic system that's marked by dynamism, often by uncertainty and risk, sometimes even by hostility, making and development of market relations based on mechanisms and economic instruments is an imperative. The article reflects on the internal market of food products, studies the import and export of food products, pursuant to which the authors come up with some proposals that would change the situation on the domestic food market for the better.

Grapes and wine products were and are symbolizing both the agriculture and economy of Moldova. Un... more Grapes and wine products were and are symbolizing both the agriculture and economy of Moldova. Until the 90s of last century the main consumer of our drinks was the Russian Federative Republic. On its markets we sold more than four fifths of wines from grapes and more than 90 percent of sparkling wine. After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), our country has made considerable efforts to reform the national economy, to transition from centrally managed economy to a market economy that and allows the manufacturer to direct activities according to demand and primarily domestic market. The request of grapes and grape products on the domestic market rules according to our traditions and previous practice and must be covered entirely by the local production. The national market for vine products is characterized by excessive fluctuations generated by the dynamics of production of grapes and processed products thereof, price volatility, increased competition...

Since independence, Republic of Moldova aligns among the developed countries and this process is ... more Since independence, Republic of Moldova aligns among the developed countries and this process is related to the transition from the command to market economy. This process is lengthy, laborious and often contradictory, especially in rural areas. In the given article we consider the process of transition in rural areas from kolkhozy/collective farms to market economy entities through the prism of organizational policies, activities, staff of contemporary agricultural enterprises based on example of Brinzenii Vechi village, Telenesti, Moldova. That will be followed by some conclusions on the role of management as well as the impact on sustainability of local development.

Since independence, Republic of Moldova aligns among the developed countries and this process is ... more Since independence, Republic of Moldova aligns among the developed countries and this process is related to the transition from the command to market economy. This process is lengthy, laborious and often contradictory, especially in rural areas. In the given article we consider the process of transition in rural areas from kolkhozy/collective farms to market economy entities through the prism of organizational policies, activities, staff of contemporary agricultural enterprises based on example of Brinzenii Vechi village, Telenesti, Moldova. That will be followed by some conclusions on the role of management as well as the impact on sustainability of local development.

After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Moldova lives hoping to ... more After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Moldova lives hoping to strengthen its place among the democratic nations of the world and to build a new socio-economic system which among other things passes through a difficult phase in the conjugation of its own efforts with the international community. Our country has an identical history and shares common values with the European Union Member States, a thing that inspired the initialing of the Association Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Moldova. The article reflects on Moldova's European choice and impacts on agriculture and rural development in the country.

For all countries, agriculture is the strongest factor in the harmonization of economic developme... more For all countries, agriculture is the strongest factor in the harmonization of economic development. In our country, the agricultural activity also has a significant contribution to the gross domestic product, even though this contribution was down from 36.14% in 1990 to 15.23% in 2014, when the share of this branch was 2.9 times higher than in Romania (5.36%). In our country's agriculture, significant changes have been produced generated by the agrarian reform that "can be efficient only on the condition of the development of market relations". The starting point in the efficient development of any branch of the national economy, of agriculture implicitly, in the market relations conditions, is the emergence of new generations of products, of adequate technologies for obtaining these products, which need significant investments. In this context, the present paper is investigating the current as well as the needed level of investments in the agri-food sector. As a resu...

Since independence Republic of Moldova did a lot of efforts to align with the big family of Europ... more Since independence Republic of Moldova did a lot of efforts to align with the big family of European Union and in November 2013 has made a huge step towards signing the Association Agreement and Free Trade Agreement with the EU. These impose our country to accelerate reforms and take all possible measures in order to reduce the gap of economic and socio-cultural development adjusting it to EU standards. One of the most sensible issues is rural area development that needs wide types of actions in almost all aspects. In the article we'll consider if and how tourism could be a catalyzer for rural space conservation and further durable development that will be ended by some conclusions and recommendations to be implemented in the Republic of Moldova.

The functionality of the new economic system of Republic of Moldavia, based on market relations a... more The functionality of the new economic system of Republic of Moldavia, based on market relations and opened to world, frequently marked by dynamism, often by uncertainty and risk, sometimes even hostility, depends, crucially, on the innovation activity. Innovation activity, formation of innovation potential is definitely influenced by motivational politics and the reward system. The article reflects on the evolution of innovative activity, formation of innovation potential, motivational system and proposes some measures that would boost the intellectual property.

In the present study, the authors are reflecting upon the concept and the achievements of the par... more In the present study, the authors are reflecting upon the concept and the achievements of the part of the agrarian reform dealing with the economic and social development of the village in Moldova, which has as main task ”the peasant’s social and economic protection”, as well as upon the national Program „The Moldovan Village” which covers the legal framework for the sustainable rural development during 2005-2015”. Today, almost a quarter of a century since the adoption of the agrarian reform and of the concept of the village’s social and economic development, we are presenting a rural development evaluation study.

Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2017

The functionality of the new economic system, based on market relations and open to the world, of... more The functionality of the new economic system, based on market relations and open to the world, often marked by dynamism, uncertainty and risk, sometimes even hostility, depends to an increasing extent on the prowess to conjugate own efforts with neighbours, on cross-border cooperation, including within the Euro-region. In the socio-economic development of Moldova’s administrative-territorial units, as members of Euro-region, important changes have undoubtedly occurred, not only in shape, but also in concept. This situation requires intensified concerns, including studies related to the socio-economic developments in the administrative-territorial units. In this article the authors take into consideration the objectives and achievements associated to the Euro-region administrative-territorial units, coming with proposals that might contribute to their further development.

Scientific Papers Series - Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development, 2015

Since its independence Republic of Moldova takes great efforts to align with the big family of th... more Since its independence Republic of Moldova takes great efforts to align with the big family of the European Union and in July 2014 it has made a huge step towards this by signing the Association Agreement and Free Trade Agreement with the EU. These impose our country to accelerate reforms and take all possible measures in order to reduce the gap of economic and socio-cultural development, adjusting it to the EU standards. One of the most sensible issues is the rural space conservation and further durable development that needs wide types of actions in almost all aspects. In the paper the authors consider what are EU investments for the rural development that will sum up with some conclusions and recommendations to be implemented in the Republic of Moldova.

The paper aims to establish a framework based on the method of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and LC... more The paper aims to establish a framework based on the method of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and LCCA (Life Cycle Cost Analysis) in order to select the best parameters of apple technology by identifying the particularities of fruit production technologies and providing practical recommendations on how to approach the two methods. The methodology of the paper is the use of LCA and LCCA methods, as techniques for assessing the environmental elements associated with the technological process and the economic indicators. The paper was meant to be part of a project whose purpose is to develop a decision and management instrument for the fruit farm Istrița, USAMV of Bucharest. The results consist in a technological and economic structure suitable for application to the selected apple tree technologies, in conventional and ecological system.

ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal, 2015

The Republic of Moldova, since independence, decided to consolidate its place among the democrati... more The Republic of Moldova, since independence, decided to consolidate its place among the democratic nations and open to reform economy in order to integrate it in european and international circuit. Reform of national economy was oriented towards substitution of an old, outdated and almost collapsed socioeconomic system by one capable to ensure the continued progress in society. Thus this reform could be done mainly through fiscal legitimacy and enforcement of tax administration, which may best be achieved through establishing clear, transparent, and predictable rules and procedures, especially in the administrative aspects of the tax system. With this paper we aim to examine the tax authority changes for last 25 years. Research methodology is based on the dialectic-conflictual model, whose approaches helped to bring the essence of the debate by applying methods of induction, deduction, observation, analysis and synthesis. The analysis are based on either qualitative or quantitative ...

The paper studied the perspective, particularities and advantages of innovation clusters, the imp... more The paper studied the perspective, particularities and advantages of innovation clusters, the impact of innovation clusters on the country economics. The successful examples of cluster formation on the global level are been considered. The paper indicated the necessities of conversion the economy of Republic of Moldova to the innovation way of development, the necessities of using scientific achievements in the real sector of economy, the necessities of science, technology and innovation. There are allocated perspective industries, which can be prospective for innovative enterprises in Republic of Moldova. The paper is identified priorities for the clusters creation in Moldova.

Economics of Agriculture, Dec 31, 2018

The functionality of the new system based on market relations and open for the people is often ma... more The functionality of the new system based on market relations and open for the people is often marked by dynamism, uncertainty, risk, even by hostility and undoubtedly will be affected by the current economic and financial crisis. Negative effects within this segment of national economy could be reduced through land plots consolidation, development of agricultural market on the Best Practices base. It's considered economic mechanisms for the increase of land plots production through irrigation, landscaping, soil protection, etc. The specific of small agricultural exploitations is that entrepreneur is owner, manager, investor, worker at the same time, and must have a wide range of knowledge to achieve the success and to do all rolls mentioned above in a proper way.

After approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27th 1991), Moldova lives hoping to con... more After approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27th 1991), Moldova lives hoping to consolidate their place among the democratic nations of the world and to build its new socioeconomic system. Agriculture has been and remains the strongest factor of balance in harmonizing economic development of any country, including our country. Moreover, for us agriculture has a significant contribution to the gross domestic product, which even if reduced from 36.14% to 15.23% in 1990 to 2014, remains the backbone of the national economy. The level of agricultural development of our country undoubtedly is dependent on natural resources and materials that are emphasized by the available human potential. Sure, all those involved in the agri-food sector must increase its effort to gain new generation of products, to develop and apply appropriate technologies for their production would exclude or, at least, limit risk and uncertainty. It is natural to manifest constantly awake curiosity and...

After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Moldova has been strivin... more After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Moldova has been striving to strengthen its place among the democratic nations of the world and to reform the national economy. The appearance of the new socio-economic system opened to the world, the process to join our own efforts with the international community have produced significant changes not only in the nature, but also in the background, of the trade flows of agricultural products. Naturally, the trade with food products must be directed towards the markets ensuring the free movement of products through the progressive removal of restrictions on trade between countries and/or groups of countries, meeting the interests of producers and consumers. In the present paper, the authors focus on the market of food products, investigate the import and export of food products, the operation of the CIS market and Common Market, pursuant to which the authors come up with some proposals that would change the sit...

ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal, 2014

After the approval of Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Republic of Moldova lives in... more After the approval of Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Republic of Moldova lives in the hope to strengthen its place among the democratic nations of the world and create a new socio-economic system. The formation of the new economic system passes through a difficult stage of the country’s joint efforts with those of the international community. The article is meditated on the development of national economy, the spatial orientation of trade relations, and the vector integration of the national economy. The authors come up with some proposals that would accelerate and streamline of the process of implementation of the Association Agreement and the subsequent integration of the national economy in the European Union.

In the conditions of changed ratio of public and private property, reduction of the direct involv... more In the conditions of changed ratio of public and private property, reduction of the direct involvement of public authorities in the national economic system that's marked by dynamism, often by uncertainty and risk, sometimes even by hostility, making and development of market relations based on mechanisms and economic instruments is an imperative. The article reflects on the internal market of food products, studies the import and export of food products, pursuant to which the authors come up with some proposals that would change the situation on the domestic food market for the better.

Grapes and wine products were and are symbolizing both the agriculture and economy of Moldova. Un... more Grapes and wine products were and are symbolizing both the agriculture and economy of Moldova. Until the 90s of last century the main consumer of our drinks was the Russian Federative Republic. On its markets we sold more than four fifths of wines from grapes and more than 90 percent of sparkling wine. After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), our country has made considerable efforts to reform the national economy, to transition from centrally managed economy to a market economy that and allows the manufacturer to direct activities according to demand and primarily domestic market. The request of grapes and grape products on the domestic market rules according to our traditions and previous practice and must be covered entirely by the local production. The national market for vine products is characterized by excessive fluctuations generated by the dynamics of production of grapes and processed products thereof, price volatility, increased competition...

Since independence, Republic of Moldova aligns among the developed countries and this process is ... more Since independence, Republic of Moldova aligns among the developed countries and this process is related to the transition from the command to market economy. This process is lengthy, laborious and often contradictory, especially in rural areas. In the given article we consider the process of transition in rural areas from kolkhozy/collective farms to market economy entities through the prism of organizational policies, activities, staff of contemporary agricultural enterprises based on example of Brinzenii Vechi village, Telenesti, Moldova. That will be followed by some conclusions on the role of management as well as the impact on sustainability of local development.

Since independence, Republic of Moldova aligns among the developed countries and this process is ... more Since independence, Republic of Moldova aligns among the developed countries and this process is related to the transition from the command to market economy. This process is lengthy, laborious and often contradictory, especially in rural areas. In the given article we consider the process of transition in rural areas from kolkhozy/collective farms to market economy entities through the prism of organizational policies, activities, staff of contemporary agricultural enterprises based on example of Brinzenii Vechi village, Telenesti, Moldova. That will be followed by some conclusions on the role of management as well as the impact on sustainability of local development.

After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Moldova lives hoping to ... more After the approval of the Declaration of Independence (August 27, 1991), Moldova lives hoping to strengthen its place among the democratic nations of the world and to build a new socio-economic system which among other things passes through a difficult phase in the conjugation of its own efforts with the international community. Our country has an identical history and shares common values with the European Union Member States, a thing that inspired the initialing of the Association Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Moldova. The article reflects on Moldova's European choice and impacts on agriculture and rural development in the country.

For all countries, agriculture is the strongest factor in the harmonization of economic developme... more For all countries, agriculture is the strongest factor in the harmonization of economic development. In our country, the agricultural activity also has a significant contribution to the gross domestic product, even though this contribution was down from 36.14% in 1990 to 15.23% in 2014, when the share of this branch was 2.9 times higher than in Romania (5.36%). In our country's agriculture, significant changes have been produced generated by the agrarian reform that "can be efficient only on the condition of the development of market relations". The starting point in the efficient development of any branch of the national economy, of agriculture implicitly, in the market relations conditions, is the emergence of new generations of products, of adequate technologies for obtaining these products, which need significant investments. In this context, the present paper is investigating the current as well as the needed level of investments in the agri-food sector. As a resu...

Since independence Republic of Moldova did a lot of efforts to align with the big family of Europ... more Since independence Republic of Moldova did a lot of efforts to align with the big family of European Union and in November 2013 has made a huge step towards signing the Association Agreement and Free Trade Agreement with the EU. These impose our country to accelerate reforms and take all possible measures in order to reduce the gap of economic and socio-cultural development adjusting it to EU standards. One of the most sensible issues is rural area development that needs wide types of actions in almost all aspects. In the article we'll consider if and how tourism could be a catalyzer for rural space conservation and further durable development that will be ended by some conclusions and recommendations to be implemented in the Republic of Moldova.

The functionality of the new economic system of Republic of Moldavia, based on market relations a... more The functionality of the new economic system of Republic of Moldavia, based on market relations and opened to world, frequently marked by dynamism, often by uncertainty and risk, sometimes even hostility, depends, crucially, on the innovation activity. Innovation activity, formation of innovation potential is definitely influenced by motivational politics and the reward system. The article reflects on the evolution of innovative activity, formation of innovation potential, motivational system and proposes some measures that would boost the intellectual property.

In the present study, the authors are reflecting upon the concept and the achievements of the par... more In the present study, the authors are reflecting upon the concept and the achievements of the part of the agrarian reform dealing with the economic and social development of the village in Moldova, which has as main task ”the peasant’s social and economic protection”, as well as upon the national Program „The Moldovan Village” which covers the legal framework for the sustainable rural development during 2005-2015”. Today, almost a quarter of a century since the adoption of the agrarian reform and of the concept of the village’s social and economic development, we are presenting a rural development evaluation study.

Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2017

The functionality of the new economic system, based on market relations and open to the world, of... more The functionality of the new economic system, based on market relations and open to the world, often marked by dynamism, uncertainty and risk, sometimes even hostility, depends to an increasing extent on the prowess to conjugate own efforts with neighbours, on cross-border cooperation, including within the Euro-region. In the socio-economic development of Moldova’s administrative-territorial units, as members of Euro-region, important changes have undoubtedly occurred, not only in shape, but also in concept. This situation requires intensified concerns, including studies related to the socio-economic developments in the administrative-territorial units. In this article the authors take into consideration the objectives and achievements associated to the Euro-region administrative-territorial units, coming with proposals that might contribute to their further development.