scholarly journals TRABAJAR EN TIEMPOS DE COVID. FRICCIONES DE LO ESENCIAL EN LA PRODUCCIÓN ALIMENTARIA. EL CASO DE LOS FRUTOS ROJOS EN LA PROVINCIA DE HUELVA.

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-86
Author(s):  
Soledad Castillero Quesada
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Labor Conditions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
First Time ◽  
Depth Interviews

The pandemic caused by Covid-19 is generating a state of emergency in which, for the first time, a series of professions and professionals are considered key workers. This is the case of the food sector and the different people and spaces it encompasses. In Andalusia, the declaration of lockdown coincided with one of the agricultural campaigns that best illustrates the functioning of the agri-food industry today: berry growing season. This article shows how the classification of this work as essential by the Government during the first period of lockdown did not translate into appropriate improvements in the socio-labor conditions of workers in this sector. Following a qualitative ethnographic methodology based on in-depth interviews with agricultural workers, the article analyzes the contrasts that emerged between the classification of this activity as essential and the real circumstances that prevailed during the work carried out.

scholarly journals TRABAJAR EN TIEMPOS DE COVID. FRICCIONES DE LO ESENCIAL EN LA PRODUCCIÓN ALIMENTARIA. EL CASO DE LOS FRUTOS ROJOS EN LA PROVINCIA DE HUELVA.

2020 ◽  
pp. 671-86
Author(s):  
Soledad Castillero Quesada
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Labor Conditions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Ethnographic Methodology ◽  
First Time ◽  
Depth Interviews

The pandemic caused by Covid-19 is generating a state of emergency in which, for the first time, a series of professions and professionals are considered key workers. This is the case of the food sector and the different people and spaces it encompasses. In Andalusia, the declaration of lockdown coincided with one of the agricultural campaigns that best illustrates the functioning of the agri-food industry today: berry growing season. This article shows how the classification of this work as essential by the Government during the first period of lockdown did not translate into appropriate improvements in the socio-labor conditions of workers in this sector. Following a qualitative ethnographic methodology based on in-depth interviews with agricultural workers, the article analyzes the contrasts that emerged between the classification of this activity as essential and the real circumstances that prevailed during the work carried out.

scholarly journals Business Strategies in HR in Times of Crisis: The Case of Agri-Food Industry in Central Greece

Businesses ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-50
Author(s):  
Konstantina Ragazou
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Central Greece ◽  
Internal Mobility ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Mobility Training ◽  
A Company ◽  
Depth Interviews

Crisis, in whatever form it takes, is a challenge for modern business. The challenge lies in the fact that a company is prepared to balance the difficult conditions that are created, while preserving their business interest and efficiency. Thus, companies focus only on their perceived fixed bases, those that are in the internal environment such as the human capital. The need for better human resource management is more urgent than ever, and the burden on the business department is particularly great. The aim of this qualitative research is to highlight the strategies that were developed by agri-food companies in Greece and contribute to the maintenance and motivation of employees in the context of economic crisis. The methodology of this study is based on in depth interviews that were conducted in focus group discussion. Eleven companies from the agri-food sector in the region of Central Greece participated in the research. The executives highlighted three different strategies that were developed by agri-food companies in Greece, which focused on internal mobility, training and appraisal performance. Companies had to face different difficulties to use these strategies, but most of them proved that they can face their weaknesses and apply these strategies in a turbulent period like a financial crisis.

scholarly journals Not Just for Money. Crowdfunding a New Tool of Open Innovation to Support the Agro-Food Sector. Evidences on the Italian Market

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Pronti ◽  
Elena Pagliarino
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Italian Market ◽  
New Form ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract The aim of this paper is to explore Crowdfunding as a new form of Open Innovation for SMEs and family business in the Agri-Food sector which usually do not have the same skills and tools to operate with conventional own Crowdsourcing methods. The study first has analyzed the principal literature and data available on Crowdfunding and the Food industry in order to describe the state of the art in this subject. Afterwards the focus of the paper goes to the analysis of the Italian case. The study used a deep qualitative approach because of an important lack of data and information on this subject. Nine depth interviews to key informants of the sector have been carried out investigating the market players, the normative regulations, the businesses models and the evolution of Crowdfunding for the Agri-Food industry in Italy. The research finds that Crowdfunding for Agri-Food industry can be important for both its profitability and the development of the sector, but that nowadays the Italian market is still in its primordial phase. Crowdfunding is very suitable for SMEs business which represents the vast majority of the Agri-Food Italian market and the use of this instrument could be beneficial for it.

Japan’s media fails its watchdog role: Lessons learned and unlearned from the 2011 earthquake and the Fukushima disaster

Journalism ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 146488491989127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Okumura ◽  
Kaori Hayashi ◽  
Koji Igarashi ◽  
Atsushi Tanaka
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Exposure ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Nuclear Disaster ◽  
Plant Safety ◽  
The Government ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
First Time ◽  
Depth Interviews

The Disaster and Media Research Group conducted for the first time, extensive, in-depth interviews with newsroom executives of 14 Japanese mainstream national media outlets (8 newspapers and wire services, and 6 broadcasting networks) on their reflections of Japanese media coverage of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The Japanese media takes pride in their ability to swiftly communicate news alerts and evacuation announcements. However, they recognized little issue in merely conveying official information from the government and power industry in coverage of the nuclear disaster, rather than demonstrating journalistic effort by seeking alternative sources, particularly for assessing the seriousness of radiation exposure. The main findings from the interviews were that Japanese media (1) are well prepared for broadcasting of immediate reports on seismic scales and tsunami alerts, but less so for assessing the risks of nuclear disaster; (2) share the view that the media’s role is to cooperate with the government to communicate during emergencies, even if this means sacrificing their watchdog role; (3) are steadfast in their belief in traditional platforms while lacking a strategy to adopt the web and smartphone; (4) have little or no interest in collaborative news gathering or journalism sharing; and (5) are negative to the idea of training reporters to specialize in nuclear science, nuclear plant safety measures, or radiation exposure (with the exception of two media interviewed).

scholarly journals Are emergency measures in response to COVID-19 a threat to democracy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-65
Author(s):  
Marijana Opashinova Shundovska
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
National Parliaments ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Standard Work ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Legally Binding Regulations ◽  
First Time ◽  
Legislative Processes

The unprecedented outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 virus in the world and its grave consequences on human health, the economy and the everyday life forced national parliaments either to change its standard work mode or transfer their constitutional competences to the executive by declaring state of emergency. The detrimental effects of this unorthodox situation, especially on functioning of democracies, government branches’ division, economic disturbances and losses of jobs are yet to be determined and analyzed. Not expecting that the virus will reach pandemic proportions, the Macedonian parliament was dissolved for early parliamentary elections that ought to be carried out by a technical government, a commitment taken from the Przino Agreement in 2015. The state had faced a unique situation to get through the pandemic with a dissolved parliament and a technical government with limited competences. The constitutional vagueness regarding the work of the parliament in emergency situations and the duration of mandate of the parliamentarians allowing for different interpretation thereof, made the situation even more complicated than before. Consequently, the Government had to propose a proclamation of state of emergency for the first time since the independence, in order to be able to adopt legally binding regulations to manage the crisis. The State President proclaimed state of emergency on 18 March 2020 that had to be extended two more times, once for an additional 30 days and another for 8 days, in order to observe the electoral deadlines for the re-scheduled parliamentary elections. Some experts have strongly argued that the government with its hands untied in these challenging and de-parliamentarized times might abuse its competences by adopting regulations that have nothing to do with the state of emergency. This paper will reflect on the unique political and legislative processes in the state and its effects on the parliamentary democracy.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Declaration of the State of Emergency on the Spread of COVID-19: A Modeling Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Zhongxiang Chen ◽  
Siqiang Sun ◽  
Wenhui Zhao ◽  
Zhaoru Liu ◽  
Xinyao Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
The State ◽  
Peak Time ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Model Study ◽  
Modeling Analysis ◽  
Previous State ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

When encountering the outbreak and early spreading of COVID-19, the Government of Japan imposed gradually upgraded restriction policies and declared the state of emergency in April 2020 for the first time. To evaluate the efficacy of the countering strategies in different periods, we constructed a SEIADR (susceptible-exposed-infected-asymptomatic-documented-recovered) model to simulate the cases and determined corresponding spreading coefficients. The effective reproduction number R t was obtained to evaluate the measures controlling the COVID-19 conducted by the Government of Japan during different stages. It was found that the strict containing strategies during the state of emergency period drastically inhibit the COVID-19 trend. R t was decreased to 1.1123 and 0.8911 in stages 4 and 5 (a state of emergency in April and May 2020) from 3.5736, 2.0126, 3.0672 in the previous three stages when the containing strategies were weak. The state of emergency was declared again in view of the second wave of massive infections in January 2021. We estimated the cumulative infected cases and additional days to contain the COVID-19 transmission for the second state of emergency using this model. R t was 1.028 which illustrated that the strategies were less effective than the previous state of emergency. Finally, the overall infected population was predicted using combined isolation and testing intensity; the effectiveness and the expected peak time were evaluated. If using the optimized control strategies in the current stage, the spread of COVID-19 in Japan could be controlled within 30 days. The total confirmed cases should reduce to less than 4.2 × 10 5 by April 2021. This model study suggested stricter isolating measures may be required to shorten the period of the state of emergency.

scholarly journals Implementasi SWOT dalam Penentuan Program Pendampingkan Pemberdayaan UKM Produksi Pangan Rumah Tangga

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Albertus Daru Dewantoro ◽  
Alberth Alberth ◽  
Nathan Nikolaus ◽  
Yohanes D. C. Ivan ◽  
Fransisca L. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Industry ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Registration Number ◽  
The Government ◽  
Very High

The government encourages community elements to be economically independent. The encouragement and support was realized with facilities for the community to establish UKM. Through SMEs, the community is expected to be able to empower all the resources they have to achieve prosperity. SMEs in the food sector are very high growth, SME capacity development needs to be improved, and food security issues need to be addressed. Fulfillment of safe and quality food is the basic right of every human being, including food produced by the Household Food Industry. CV. Panca Boga Langgeng is our abdimas partner that produces household-scale food products, which have the desire to increase its business capacity, the obstacles faced are market share only limited to family, friends and circles around the place of business. Business owners cannot produce on a larger scale and market widely because they do not have legality. To understand the problems and potential of our partner SMEs, we use the SWOT method, the work system of the SWOT method in formulating strategic solutions is outlined in the matrix, internal and external aspects are used as the basis for determining strategies or efforts that can be achieved so that business objectives can be achieved. The results of community service activities include: the partner has a NPWP, a business permit and has received a registration number for the management of BPOM's distribution permit.

Analysis Of Open Selection Mechanism In The Government Of Bantul District 2016

ARISTO ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Vindhi Putri Pratiwi ◽  
Muhammad Eko Atmojo ◽  
Dyah Mutiarin ◽  
Awang Darumurti ◽  
Helen Dian Fridayani
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
The State ◽  
Selection Mechanism ◽  
Government Bureaucracy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Bureaucratic Reform ◽  
Depth Interviews

The purpose of this research is to see the open selection mechanism in the government of Bantul district. Because the success of bureaucratic reform is a part of human resources within the government bureaucracy. Therefore it is necessary to have human resource management to realize a state of civil apparatus with integrity, professionalism and competence. In this study, researchers used qualitative approach methods. Where in the technique is done in-depth interviews to get information and gather other supporting documents on this research. Human resource management could be done by structuring employees through an open selection mechanism. The Government of Bantul District has conducted an open selection in structuring employees who are in their government. Because the open selection is considered a solution in the screening of the state civil apparatus. Moreover, the Bantul Government in the open selection process uses several stages including administration selection, competency tests, interviews, and paper presentations. With the existence of several stages carried out in the open selection process by the Bantul Government, it is expected to capture and create a state civil apparatus who are professional and competent in running of bureaucracy in the government. So the existence of the state civil apparatus competent then will be influenced in its performance.

The Validity of Rector�s Circular Letter on the Covid-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fradhana Putra Disantara
Keyword(s):  
Legal Theory ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Circular Letter ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government

This study aims to analyze the relevance of the �health emergency� status to the existing legal theory and condition as well as to identify the validity of the Circular Letter of the Rector of State Universities. To this end, this study applied the statute and conceptual approach. The study was conducted by inventorying primary and secondary legal materials to obtain a proper and critical review of the legal issues under study. The results showed that the determination of the �health emergency� status by the government was inappropriate due to the uncertainty of the regulations issued by the government to determine the current condition. Thus, the status of the COVID-19 pandemic is a �legal emergency� status. Further, the Rector�s policy through the Circular Letter is valid judicially, sociologically, and philosophically. The determination of the �legal emergency� status can be done by issuing a Perppu without a �state of emergency� from the President. Finally, it is suggested to firstly get an approval from the Ministry of Education and Culture regarding the issuance of the Rector�s Circular Letter. Besides, further study is needed as this study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic.�Keabsahan Surat Edaran Rektor Perguruan Tinggi dalam Pandemi Covid-19Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa relevansi status �darurat kesehatan� dengan teori hukum dan kondisi yang ada dan keabsahan atas Surat Edaran Rektor Perguruan Tinggi Negeri. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah statute approach dan conseptual approach. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menginventarisasi bahan hukum primer dan sekunder, guna mendapatkan kajian yang seyogianya dan telaah kritis terkait isu hukum. Hasil penelitian menyatakan penetapan status darurat kesehatan oleh pemerintah kurang tepat, dikarenakan tidak menentu-nya peraturan yang dikeluarkan oleh pemerintah untuk menetapkan kondisi saat ini. Sehingga, status pandemi COVID-19 merupakan status darurat hukum. Kebijakan rektor melalui Surat Edaran adalah absah secara aspek yuridis, sosiologis, dan filosofis. Penetapan darurat hukum cukup dilakukan dengan menerbitkan Perppu tanpa pernyataan darurat dari Presiden. Saran peneliti adalah di perlukan persetujuan pada Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan terkait terbitnya Surat Edaran Rektor, dan dibutuhkan penelitian lebih lanjut dikarenakan penelitian ini dilakukan pada masa COVID-19 yang bersifat temporal.�

The Agrarian Question in Contemporary Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toendepi Shonhe
Keyword(s):  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Contract Farming ◽  
Agrarian Question ◽  
Food Crop Production ◽  
The Government ◽  
Agrarian Transition ◽  
Depth Interviews

The reinvestment of rural agrarian surplus is driving capital accumulation in Zimbabwe's countryside, providing a scope to foster national (re-) industrialisation and job creation. Contrary to Bernstein's view, the Agrarian Question on capital remains unresolved in Southern Africa. Even though export finance, accessed through contract farming, provides an impetus for export cash crop production, and the government-mediated command agriculture supports food crop production, the reinvestment of proceeds from the sale of agricultural commodities is now driving capital accumulation. Drawing from empirical data, gathered through surveys and in-depth interviews from Hwedza district and Mvurwi farming area in Mazowe district in Zimbabwe, the findings of this study revealed the pre-eminence of the Agrarian Question, linked to an ongoing agrarian transition in Zimbabwe. This agrarian capital elaborates rural-urban interconnections and economic development, following two decades of de-industrialisation in Zimbabwe. 

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