scholarly journals Modern finance: a catalyst for truly modern agriculture

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 5-10
Author(s):  
Margherita Mori
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Rural Finance ◽  
Novel Foods ◽  
Success Stories

This paper aims at investigating the crucial role that the three pillars of the financial system – i.e. financial markets, products and institutions – are likely to play in order to speed up the process of modernization in agriculture, especially in agri-food chains. Four main areas of interest can be identified that consist of sustainable, inclusive, blended and rural finance, and that embody a set of strategic tools: their support to the agricultural sector ranges from its most traditional side to unprecedented forward steps, such as those pertaining to novel foods and to farming on Mars. While innovation allows for progress both in the financial industry and in agribusiness, glocal co-opetitive challenges surface from what can be found at the crossroads: a growing concern for sustainability issues is just an example, which leads to emphasize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and the underlying generation pact. Focusing on finance, this is a qualitative research that draws upon empirical evidence and success stories; a framework for analysis is outlined, in an attempt at promoting rural finance as a specialized discipline from a theoretical point of view and a peculiar market segment for operating purposes, with relevant sub-sets such as agricultural finance, agricultural value chain finance and agricultural microfinance. Conclusions encompass recommendations that unveil academic implications; supporting arguments stem from – among others – the widely recognized need for upgrading financial education and literacy, especially in rural areas and even within the context of lifelong learning.  

scholarly journals How Digital Inclusion Increase Opportunities for Young People: Case of NEETs from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7894
Author(s):  
Gabriela Neagu ◽  
Muhammet Berigel ◽  
Vladislava Lendzhova
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Virtual Mobility ◽  
Alternative Research ◽  
High Share

This paper examines the perspectives of rural NEETs in the information society. Our analysis focuses on the situation of three European countries—Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey—characterized by a high share of rural areas and a population of NEETs. From a methodological point of view, we use alternative research methods (secondary data analysis) with statistical methods (simple linear regression). From a theoretical point of view, we will opt for a multidimensional analysis perspective: the theory of digital divide, digital inclusion, virtual mobility, etc. Through data analysis, we expect to obtain a more complete and detailed picture of the ICT situation in rural areas (level of digital skills, level of digital inclusion) to demonstrate the importance of ICT in optimizing virtual mobility for the living conditions of the population, especially the NEET population.

scholarly journals Strategic Costing Models as Strategic Management Accounting Techniques at Private Universities in Riau, Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 274
Author(s):  
Evi Marlina ◽  
Hendri Ali Ardi ◽  
Siti Samsiah ◽  
Kirmizi Ritonga ◽  
Amris Rusli Tanjung
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Activity Based Costing ◽  
Education Organization ◽  
And Performance

As a strategic management in accounting, strategic coasting has attracted the practioners and scholars because the significant influences to comptetitive advantage and organizational performance. This study is aim to explore integrated strategic costing model as an effort to improve competitive advantage and performance of higher education institution. This study also provide the guideline for effectively and efficiently of cost control. A specific strategic costing –activity based costing, value chain costing, quality costing, lifecycle costing and target costing- was elaborated through literature review form each attributes simultaneously and according to comprehensive model that integrated each of principles. The study concluded the scheme is compatible and complete each other according to theoretical point of view due to the integrated implementation of the principles and attributes contribute to organization performance improve. We also argue that the scheme is contribute to distribution of strategic costing attribute and exploitation of organization resources. A new management system proposing to the incorporation of strategic costing attributes into the management of higher education organization resources, and some recommendations for practical use are presented.

scholarly journals Mapping the Food Festivals and Sustainable Capitals: Evidence from Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10283
Author(s):  
Patrycjusz Zarębski ◽  
Dominika Zwęglińska-Gałecka
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Capital Conversion ◽  
The Impact

This study is one of the first attempts to identify and explain the location of food festivals in the context of locally embedded capitals. A multidimensional spatial model was developed and a typology using the k-means method was carried out to evaluate the mapping of 64 food festivals organized in various locations in Poland. With reference to Bourdieu’s concept, the economic, social, cultural, symbolic, and tourism capitals rooted in the local environment were examined and compared with the location of festivals. From the theoretical point of view, this study extends the theory of capital to include the new category of tourism capital, which allows better understanding of the economic effects of festivals. It is the missing element of the circular mechanism of capital conversion. Our study shows that food festivals in Poland are held mainly in large cities and their neighboring municipalities rather than in peripheral rural areas. We indicate that the urban areas have a higher level of capitals and sustainability of capitals for food festivals than rural areas. The conducted research shows that the economic effect of food festivals is stronger in locations with high tourism capital. The proposed model is universal and can be used to analyze the impact of various festivals on capital conversion and local development.

Case Studies in Mobile Business

2009 ◽  
pp. 568-577
Author(s):  
Marco Garito
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Mobile Environment ◽  
Mobile Business ◽  
Market Strategy ◽  
Business Applications ◽  
Market Situation

Th first part of this chapter deals with various mobile business applications and initiatives taken from real-life companies of which successfully implemented their go-to-market strategy in the wireless world. The structure of this chapter can be summarized into three main areas. At the beginning, the current market situation for mobile environment is described through highlighting how decreasing revenue is forcing companies to quickly innovate their offering to cope with highly intensive competition, justifying such an assumption with the flexible and open value chain. The second part is covering the Lateral Marketing approach in its main points under a theoretical point of view. Eventually, some examples of mobile applications and services are provided to reinforce the validity and need of Lateral Marketing to build reliable and durable growth.

scholarly journals AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION AS AN INNOVATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-189
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Shpykuliak ◽  
Olena Sakovska
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Rural Settlement ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
The Creation

The purpose of this article is to investigate agricultural territories and their impact on agricultural cooperatives. In this case, the cooperative acts as a mechanism for rural development. The defining feature is that the mechanism of integrated development of rural territory to provide a comprehensive solution to the problems of the economy of the area and settlement, the formation and increase of investment attractiveness of the territory of the rural settlement and the creation of a “working” climate for private business are agricultural cooperatives. Analyzing the state of cooperation in the context of the European integration tendencies, which currently permeate the agrarian sector of the Ukrainian economy, studying the experience of cooperation among farmers of the European countries can be useful both from the point of view of its adaptation to domestic realities, and from the point of view of the most significant mistakes in development and miscalculations in rural areas. In addition, marketing studies have been conducted in rural areas of Ukraine, which have revealed the most significant areas of rural settlement development, including the creation and development of enterprises of meat, construction, tourism and recreational clusters and the development of joint ventures as growth points that activate the development of small and medium-sized businesses around them and the formation of interregional ties and rural cooperatives. Methods. Creating an agricultural consumer supply cooperative is the most effective mechanism for developing identified growth points and creating infrastructure to support them in rural Ukraine. The basis for the construction of an agricultural cooperative in rural areas is the formation of a model of maximum cost reduction for all members of the cooperative. Results. The further development and effective management of the cooperatives will contribute to solving socio-economic problems, improving the well-being of the peasants and, as a consequence, ensuring the integrated development of rural areas. Value/originality. Analyzing the activities of agricultural cooperatives operating in the world, we point out that research on the institutional foundations of the cooperative and its functioning as a mechanism of economic self-regulation give reason to claim that the cooperative does not have sufficient state support for its development. As a consequence, the number of cooperatives is steadily decreasing, we believe that the cooperative system of interaction of economic agents in the agricultural sector should include nationwide programmatic measures on institutional adaptation of cooperation as a mechanism of market self-regulation, a special form of integration, institutional mechanism for regulating entrepreneurship and the basis of cooperation, rules, traditions, organizations and institutions, the task of which is to determine the behavior of economic entities for the sake of satisfaction individual and social goals in the system of production and exchange of goods and services.

scholarly journals Trends in the consumption of fish and fish products in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Ryzhkova ◽  
V. M. Kruchinina
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Fishing Industry ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Fresh Fish ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Fisheries and aquaculture play an important role in ensuring food security, healthy nutrition and employment in various countries and on different continents. In Russia, the fishing industry is attractive for investment. At the same time, many important issues and problems remain unresolved in the industry. The search for promising directions for the development of the domestic fisheries sector is impossible without studying such an important indicator as the consumption of fish and its processed products. The purpose of this work is to study the indicators of fish consumption and products of its processing over a fairly long period from the middle of the last century to the present. Using the methods of scientific analysis, comparison, inductive and deductive, monographic, the following tasks were solved: the assessment of the results of the fishing industry in the Soviet period by indicators: catch, food production, import; the balance of resources for the period from 2011 to 2018 was considered.; a comparison of different consumer groups (population by age group, households in urban and rural areas) is made; fish and aquaculture production is considered from the point of view of food security, the cost indicators and opportunities of the processing industry are studied, the importance of cooperatives as an important infrastructure element, etc. The conclusions are as follows: despite official statistics, the actual consumption of fish per capita is a quarter less than the norm. For uninterrupted supply of fresh fish to the population, it is necessary: urgently allow the population of coastal zones to fish for personal consumption, develop cooperatives, integrate Centrosoyuz organizations in the value chain-catch/breeding-storage-marketing – sale; adopt a law on raw fish; study the experience of Scandinavian countries, in particular, Norway.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing Microfinance For Effective Smallholder Farming In Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mago ◽  
Costa Hofisi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Smallholder Farming ◽  
Rural Finance ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
Rural Agriculture

Smallholder farmers in Africa desperately need pro-poor interventions to alleviate their poverty through self-sustenance. In Africa, poverty is more prevalent in rural areas, where the overwhelming majority (about 80%) of Africas population lives and about 72% are poor. Microfinance cannot have substantial impact on poverty until it significantly penetrates the rural areas where small-scale agricultural activities by smallholder farmers need financial support. This paper thus attempts to conceptualise microfinance for smallholder farming in Africa which is done from the integrated view as opposed to a minimalist view.The integrated view was selected because it focuses on the provision of credit facilities plus related follow-up services such as training, whilst the minimalist view is concerned about giving credit only. The paper relied on literature review and digestion to conceptualise microfinance as a strategy for boosting smallholder agricultural production. Many rural farmers have no access to the traditional financial system. Therefore, basic financial services are essential for the management of their productive endeavors. This paper argues that microfinance plays a pivotal role in the commercialisation, not only of smallholder farming activities but also the successful implementation of agricultural ideas. Microfinance is one way of helping farmers to sharpen their agricultural ideas so as to promote rural economic development.With this background it has become imperative to explore the commercialisation of rural agriculture so as to empower the farmers. The financial sector in most countries does not cater for rural finance because they require physical collateral security that rural people do not have. In this article, micro-finance is seen to be a useful intervention that can be employed to economically empower the agricultural sector.

Analysis of the resource potential of digitalization in Russian agriculture

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-52
Author(s):  
M.V. Kagirova
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Composition And Structure ◽  
Russian Agriculture ◽  
Low Incomes ◽  
Production Resources

The article is devoted to the study of the state and development features of the components of the resource potential of agricultural production from the point of view of the possibility of using digital technologies in the production process. The information infrastructure of rural areas, production resources, sources of funds for their modernization are considered as key factors. The analysis of the composition and structure of resources in dynamics is carried out, the reasons for the lagging of the pace of digitalization in agriculture from other industries and activities are revealed. In particular, the low level of development of digital competencies of the personnel of agricultural enterprises, low interest in professional development were noted; a high share of the imported component of production resources in the agricultural sector, which leads to high costs and, together with low incomes, makes it difficult to modernize technologies.

Beauty, Choice, and Empowerment

2016 ◽  
pp. 191-207
Author(s):  
Jinat Hosain
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

This study tries to explore the interrelated dynamics among cosmetic surgery, choice and empowerment. While poverty, poor health accessibility and gender inequality are common problems in Bangladesh, a growing number of cosmetic clinics are being established and a number of women are increasingly taking up cosmetic surgeries. This study seeks to explore why women choose cosmetic surgeries for beautification, how they experience it and whether cosmetic surgery leads women to be empowered or not. Using qualitative research methods, this study used in-depth semi structured interview, observation and case study method to collect the data from the different cosmetic surgery patients, coming from both urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. The data was further analyzed by coding informants' responses into themes based on the research objectives and the theory, named ‘empowerment'. The study shows that even if the women choose surgery, it does not necessarily enhance their empowerment. That is the surgery that brings changes in physical appearance and might make them attractive, but it contributes little socially in terms of enabling them to make own decision in the contest of family and in community. Rather these women act as prescribed by patriarchal norms and gendered rules. Analyzing the data from theoretical point of view, this study found that the women, irrespective of regional boundaries, can rarely fulfill the condition of empowerment in relation to choice and IAP. The study concludes with some questions and queries that need more research to be answered.

scholarly journals Contradictions in the Conservation and Development of the Social Resources of the Village

2020 ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Peter Velikiy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
The Social ◽  
Peasant Family ◽  
The Village

When the quantity and quality of material and social resources are discussed, the question always arises, why are such proportions formed, and not others? Prolonged inattention to the central problems of the village leads to the fact that it is experiencing a crisis of creation. The article analyzes the dominant meanings of the purpose of the agrarian system of society, which determine the priorities of its development, from the position of the social philosophy of understanding contradictions and on the facts of self-movement of the Russian village and agricultural production. The agrosphere contains deep contradictions, primarily in the state of social resources – the intellectual, spiritual, moral, and professional potential of the village, contrary to the victorious realities about the success of the agro-industrial complex. The institutionalization and practices of including the population in independent management over the past decades have resulted in a fragmented system, in which the leading place is occupied by large structures that perform not only positive, but also destructive creation in the country. The author gives two examples of the way of life of a peasant family with a time lag of 150 years and reflects on the problems of labor overload of agricultural workers. The article reveals the specifics of the main contradictions in understanding the current situation, highlights the elements of each side that have the potential for assimilation. The author states the existence of contradictions between the dominance of large organizations of the divisional type within the fragmented economic structure of the village and the limited living space of peasant society. The author draws attention to the phenomenon of communication, constructed by such elements as communication, information and understanding. The article emphasizes the need to understand the situation of rural areas and the agricultural sector from the point of view of their own capabilities.

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