Attaining Self-sufficiency in Edible Oils: Need for Strategic Action Plan

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Gopal K Kalkoti
Keyword(s):  
Edible Oils ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Self Sufficiency

scholarly journals Financial self-sufficiency of local budgets in the context of realization of financial decentralization reform

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (99) ◽  
pp. 259-275
Author(s):  
O. V. Rolinskyi ◽  
◽  
B. S. Huzar ◽  
S. A. Ptashnyk
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Local Finance ◽  
Finance Management ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Decentralization Reform

The article highlights the current state of the formation of local budgets in the context of decentralization of financial resources, taking into account the changes made to the budget and tax legislation, the analysis of the revenue and expenditure parts of the local budget is carried out. On the basis of the study, the problems and ways of strengthening the financial base of local self-government bodies have been identified. The main tasks of budget decentralization have been formulated. The sources of filling and problems in the field of formation of local budgets in Ukraine are indicated. According to the Strategic Action Plan of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine for 2018–2021. the key priorities of Ukraine in the field of public finance management are the efficient execution of budgets and the optimization of resource allocation between the levels of the budgetary system. The fulfillment of these tasks is also the focus of the reform of financial decentralization, which began in Ukraine in 2015 and is aimed at strengthening the financial self-sufficiency of territorial communities. Over the first five years of the implementation of this reform, the share of local bud gets in the consolidated budget of Ukraine has increased from 18.5 % in 2015 to 23.3 % as of June 1, 2020, the share of local budgets' own revenues in GDP – from 5, 1 % to 6.7 % over the same period. However, despite certain positive developments, local budgets are still more than 46 % dependent on transfers from the state budget, which indicates the need for further transformation of the local finance system aimed at strengthening the independence and financial self-sufficiency of local budgets. At the same time, the revealed patterns also indicate the existence of problematic aspects in the formation of the revenue side of local budgets, which actualizes the need to revise the structure of local taxes and fees, as well as the powers of local governments in the field of their appointment, increase deductions from national taxes and fees to local budgets., and, at the same time, popularization of local borrowing and carrying out mass explanatory work on the organizational aspects of this process and optimizing the use of borrowed funds. These measures will increase the level of concentration of funds in local budgets and, accordingly, balance the processes of decentralization of income and expenditure, turning territorial communities into more independent and autonomous participants in budgetary and economic relations.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Bioactive Compounds Found in Tomato Seed Oil and Tomato Peels Influenced by Industrial Heat Treatments

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 110
Author(s):  
Katalin Szabo ◽  
Francisc Vasile Dulf ◽  
Bernadette-Emőke Teleky ◽  
Panagiota Eleni ◽  
Christos Boukouvalas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acid ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Seed Oil ◽  
Edible Oils ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Syringic Acid ◽  
Tomato Seed ◽  
Tomato Processing ◽  
Main Fatty Acid ◽  
Tomato Seed Oil

The circular economy action plan involves principles related to food waste reduction and integration of recovered nutrients to the market. In this context, the present study aims to highlight the valuable bioactive components found in tomato processing by-products (carotenoids, phenolic compounds and fatty acids) influenced by industrial pre-treatments, particularly cold break (CB) process at 65–75 °C and hot break (HB) process at 85–95 °C. The fatty acid profile of the tomato seed oil was examined by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS), individual carotenoid and phenolic compositions were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and the viscoelastic properties were evaluated by rheological measurements. The physicochemical properties revealed appropriate characteristics of the tomato seed oil to fit the standards of generally accepted edible oils, for both CB and HB derived samples, however, significant qualitative and quantitative differences were detected in their phenolic composition and carotenoids content. Lycopene (37.43 ± 1.01 mg/100 mL) was a major carotenoid in the examined samples, linoleic acid was the main fatty acid (61.73%) detected in the tomato seed oil and syringic acid appeared to be one of two major phenolic acids detected in the samples of CB process. Our findings extend the boundaries of tomato processing industry by validating that tomato seed oil is a bioactive rich edible oil with additional health benefits, which can be integrated in functional food products.

Development and dissemination of the national strategic action plan for reducing inappropriate polypharmacy in older Australians

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-115
Author(s):  
Lisa Kouladjian O'Donnell ◽  
Emily Reeve ◽  
Anne Cumming ◽  
Ian A. Scott ◽  
Sarah N. Hilmer
Keyword(s):  
Action Plan ◽  
Strategic Action

scholarly journals ADDRESSING SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN INDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 110-123
Author(s):  
Amrit Patel
Keyword(s):  
Health Management ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Director General ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
The Road ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Global Soil ◽  
International Year Of Soils

World has been observing 5th December since 2012 as the World Soil Day to ensure maintenance of soil health, This was complimented by the United Nations’ General Assembly declaring 2015, as the International Year of Soils to create awareness among all stakeholders and promote more sustainable use of soil being the critical resource. On this occasion, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon had said that without healthy soils life on Earth would be unsustainable. Indeed, soils are the foundation of agriculture. He had urged all Governments to pledge to do more to protect this important yet forgotten resource. A healthy life is not possible without healthy soils. According to the Director General of the FAO, Jose Graziano da Silva, today, world has more than 805 million people facing hunger and malnutrition. Soils are under increased pressure because population growth will require an approximately increase of 60 per cent in food output and competing land uses.Unfortunately, 33 per cent of our global soil resources are under degradation and human pressures on soils are reaching critical limits, reducing and sometimes eliminating essential soil functions. He had emphasised the role of all stakeholders in promoting the cause of soils as it is important for paving the road towards a real sustainable development for all and by all. Against this background, this article briefly highlights the significance and aspects of soil health management in India and suggests aspects of strategic action plan to conserve this precious resource for the benefit of mankind.

scholarly journals Prioritizing and Positioning of Thailand‟s Program of OTOP Product for Elderly using AHP

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2110-2116
Keyword(s):  
Process Development ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Expert Interview ◽  
Consumer Segment ◽  
Program Policy ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
The Government

One Tambon One Product (OTOP) is one of the major enabler of Thailand to stimulus local entrepreneurship to support locally made products of Thailand's 7,255 Tambons (sub-district). This OTOP program has been initiated since 2001 and has substantially generate incomes for local entreprenuers. Currently, five groups of OTOP product have been promoted and used by Thai Government to gaurantee the quality of the OTOP product. However this research aims to utilize the nexus model of academia–policy maker and business to develop an approach to derive the product improvement policy to increase business market opportunities for the elderly cosumers in Thailand. This research studies and identified differences of needs among each group of product. This research conducted large systematic focus groups on 1,275 elderly consumer together with expert interview and quantitative analysis to identify the top three groups of OTOP product that need to be strategically emphasized. Four new criterions of Business, Opportunity, Self- Sustainability, and Environment were developed and used as criteria to identify and prioritize the needs of those five OTOP groups. The AHP technique was employed to identify the weights and compare the five major groups with respect to those developed criteria. This results were used for the government to position the OTOP product that meet the need of elderly consumer segment. The results of the analysis lead to strategic action plan for product and process development of northern Thailand OTOP developemt program. This proposed concept helps Thai govenrment to effectively exercise OTOP program policy mobility and evolution.

scholarly journals Indian oilseed sector : Need for self-sufficiency in oilseed production

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (AAEBSSD) ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
Rajkaranbir Singh
Keyword(s):  
Edible Oils ◽  
Edible Oil ◽  
Oilseed Crop ◽  
Oil Consumption ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Oil Crops ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Oilseed Production ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
To Come

Oil crops are an ideal component in the sustainable production system in Indian agriculture. But, the area under oilseeds has experienced a deceleration in general, due to their relative lower profitability against competing crops like maize, cotton, chickpea, etc. under the prevailing crop growing and marketing situations. Despite being the fifth largest oilseed crop producing country in the world, India is also one of the largest importers of vegetable oils today. The country now imports nearly 60 per cent of the annual consumption of 259.22 million tonnes. However, increasing demand for edible oils necessitated the imports in large quantities leading to a substantial drain on foreign exchange. Edible oil consumption in the country has been consistently rising faster than production due to growth in population, increasing income levels and the emerging dietary changes are driving increasing use of edible oils. An immediate action towards this sector is utmost required or the dependency on import will certainly increase in the days to come due to mushrooming population and increased per capita consumption. It is, therefore, necessary to exploit domestic resources to maximize production to ensure edible oil security for the country.

scholarly journals Obstacles to Implementing the Strategic Action Plan in the Light of Performance Evaluation at College of Education in Jeddah University

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Mona A. Alfadli
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Graduate Studies ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Investment Return ◽  
Achievement Rate ◽  
The Social

The present study aims to investigate the obstacles to implementing the strategic action plan in the light ofperformance evaluation at the College of Education, Jeddah University. The author adopted the descriptive analyticalapproach. The population comprised all forms and documents relevant to the domains, namely learning andeducation, post-graduate studies, social responsibility, and funding. The results showed that the achievement rate ofthe domains was 40%, 18%, 0.04%, and 73%, respectively. The obstacles to learning and education related toawareness of the course and its design, difficulty of students’ interaction, and form filling objectively. The obstaclesto post-graduate studies domain were relevant to publishing in reviewed and standardized journals due to JeddahUniversity, lack of action handbook for mission and, post-graduate studies based on mission regulation of the SaudiUniversities. The obstacles to social responsibility were relevant to funding in terms of allocating a budget foractivating the social responsibility projects and upgrading the college’s infrastructure. The obstacles to funding andinvestment were based on the needs of civil society associations to launch new programs that meet their needs andprovide the College of Education with investment return.

New Technologies, New Challenges for Human Rights? The Work of the Council of Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-344
Author(s):  
Laurence Lwoff
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Health ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Protective Mechanisms ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Fit For Purpose

Abstract Convergence of emerging technologies (e.g. biotechnologies, information and cognitive technologies) has opened new perspectives for progress with regard to human health. However, these technologies also open new possibilities for interventions on human beings, which may be more invasive, and possibly affect and modify individuals. Established practices in the field of biomedicine are also evolving in a way that exerts pressure on existing protective mechanisms. Thus, consideration is required as to whether existing human rights provisions are still fit for purpose or whether there is a need to re-examine, clarify or re-enforce them or even a need to identify new human rights and protective measures. This article gives an overview of the main issues considered by the Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe to develop a Strategic Action Plan aimed at ensuring appropriate protection of human rights in the developments in biomedicine, promoting thereby progress for human health.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document