scholarly journals Methods of Decision Making Supporting State Regulation of Crop Production Development in the Regions of Ukraine

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1(1)) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Nadiia Shmygol
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Production Development

Перспективи розвитку зерновиробництва в Кіровоградській області

Ekonomika APK ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 319 (5) ◽  
pp. 30-37
Author(s):  
Emma Symonian ◽  
Nataliia Nerubaiska ◽  
Maryna Pukhliakova ◽  
Maksym Yandola
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Grain Production ◽  
Production Development ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
National Production ◽  
Yield Monitoring

The purpose of the article is to explore the prospects for the development of grain production in the Kirovograd region. Research methods. The study used dialectical methods of cognition, a systematic approach to the study of economic phenomena, monographic (generalizing domestic and foreign experience in determining the economic essence of food security), analysis and synthesis (in studying the levels of production of cereals and legumes and the level of grain supply), statistical groups (in identifying the place of regions in the national production of cereals), economic and statistical (in the processing of mass statistics), abstract and logical (in substantiating theoretical generalizations and drawing conclusions). Research results. The potential of grain production development in Kirovohrad region is considered. The analysis is based on statistical data of the crop industry. Problems of industry development are revealed and ways of solutions are offered. Scientific novelty. Analysis of the level of crop production in the Kirovohrad region in terms of using the latest technologies and yield monitoring. Practical significance. Along with some positive changes in the region's grain production, obstacles to their development have been identified. Proposals have been made to eliminate them with active investments and state support programs for the agricultural sector of the region. Tabl.: 4. Figs.: 1. Refs.: 18.

scholarly journals Economic valuation and mapping of Ecosystem Services in the context of protected area management (Natural Park of Serra de São Mamede, Portugal)

One Ecosystem ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Marta-Pedroso ◽  
Lia Laporta ◽  
Ivo Gama ◽  
Tiago Domingos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Natural Park

Demonstrating economic benefits generated by protected areas is often pointed out as pivotal for supporting decision-making. We argue in this paper that the concept of ecosystem services (ES), defined as the benefits humans derive from ecosystems, provides a consistent framework to approach this issue as it links ecosystem functioning and benefits, including benefits with economic value. This study aimed at providing evidence on how to bring the economic value of protected areas to the decision-making process and contributing to extend current EU Member States' experience in mapping and assessing the economic value of ES in the context of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 (Action 5). In doing so, we used the Natural Park of Serra de S. Mamede (PNSSM), located in the Alentejo NUTS II region, as a case study. We followed a three-step approach to pursue our goals, entailing stakeholders' engagement for selecting relevant ES (through a participatory workshop), biophysical mapping of ES flows (based on a multi-tiered approach depending on data availability) and spatial economic estimation of such flows (using value transfer, willingness-to-pay and market price methods). Our results indicate that the ES with highest economic value are not always the ones with higher perceived value by stakeholders. For most ES, the economic value increased with increasing protection level within the park, except for the crop production service. Although no formal uncertainty or sensitivity analysis has been performed, the following range is based on a critical assessment of non-primary data used. We estimated the aggregate annual value of PNSSM to be 11 to 33M€/year (representing 0.1 to 0.3% of the regional NUTSII Alentejo Gross Domestic Product). Our findings reinforce the need to adopt mixes of monetary and non-monetary valuation processes and not to rely just on one approach or measure of value while bringing ES into protected areas management.

scholarly journals MODERN LENDING OF AGRICULTURE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Zhuravleva ◽  
Tatiana Batrakova
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
State Support ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of the article is to study the main problems of lending to agro-industrial enterprises with state support in market relations and propose measures to implement a new mechanism of subsidized and compensatory budget support for agriculture, aimed at its effective functioning. Historically, Ukraine is an agro-industrial country with rich natural resources and opportunities. However, to make a decent profit, the agro-industrial complex needs regular cash infusions and complete modernization. Given these factors, farmers in Ukraine are increasingly resorting to such an ancillary method as a loan for agricultural development. The long history of the Ukrainian economy, multiplied by current trends in crop production and animal husbandry, forces banks to consider lending to agriculture as a promising profitable business, which can and should be lent. The urgency of the study is due to the growing need to address one of the priority sectors of the economy-agriculture, by increasing the role and availability of credit for farmers, improving lending conditions, improving the efficiency of monetary institutions lending to agricultural enterprises, as well as development forms of their support. Problems of improving the lending system, investment activity of enterprises, lending mechanism and state regulation in the field of agriculture were covered in the works of a number of scientists and practitioners: G. Bezorna, H. Borkhunov, I. Buzdalov, A. Gataulin, A. Golovanov, A. Gordeeva, L. Kolichev, K. Koroleva, A. Kupavykh, D. Murzin, E. Mezentsev, A. Ponomareva, E. Sagaidak, A. Sidoruk, Y. Trushin, D. Epstein and some others. In the foreign economic literature, the main attention is paid to the forms of state support for agricultural producers, assessment of the impact of subsidies in terms of efficient use of public funds and the functioning of agricultural banks, but at the level of microfinance. These problems are reflected in the works of foreign authors: N. Gow, K. Hoff, M. Zeller, A. Sarris, J. Swinnen, J. Stiglitz, J. Yaron, M. Schreiner, Le Min Tu, and others. The changing conditions of the market environment pose new challenges to the subjects of credit relations, and then there are problems of agricultural lending in the changing conditions of the country’s economy, which need to be addressed. Formulation of the goals of the article (task statement). The purpose of the article is to generalize the theory and practice of agricultural lending when there are new economic relations, financial and credit opportunities of the Ukrainian economy.

scholarly journals Role of Information in Farmers’ Response to Weather and Water Related Stresses in the Lower Bengal Delta, Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uthpal Kumar ◽  
Saskia Werners ◽  
Sharmishtha Roy ◽  
Sadia Ashraf ◽  
Long Phi Hoang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Climatic Variability ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Salt Intrusion ◽  
Bengal Delta ◽  
Climatic Information ◽  
Role Of Information

Farmers in the lower Bengal Delta around the city of Khulna, Bangladesh, are particularly vulnerable to hydro-climatic variability. Phenomena such as heavy rain, drought and salt intrusion increasingly affect their crop production, with far-reaching socio-economic and environmental impacts. Reliable hydro-climatic information service received in a timely manner could help farmers improve their responses to hydro-climatic variability, thus improving their agricultural decision-making. However, significant challenges persist regarding information uptake and the role of information from the available sources. We designed an explorative research framework combining different participatory methods and analysis of climate data. Our aim was to examine three key research questions: (i) what information is currently available to farmers for agricultural practices and decision-making? (ii) what is the perceived quality of the available hydro-climatic information in response to water and weather related stresses? (iii) how does the available information influence farmers’ decision-making? We found that farmers had access to information from five main sources: informal contacts, formal contacts, education and training programs, traditional media (like television) and modern ICT tools/social media. However, informal contacts, particularly with peer farmers and private input suppliers, were the farmers’ main source, in addition to their own previous experiences. Farmers perceived hydro-climatic variability as high and the quality of available hydro-climatic information as poor. They indicated a need for more accurate, time-specific, trusted and actionable information for improving agricultural decision-making. We conclude that there is high potential and need for hydro-climatic information services tailored for farmers in the study area.

Networks

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Panzironi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Hierarchical Control ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Competitive Market ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Procedural Rationality ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Governance Networks ◽  
Decision Making Processes

A network may refer to “a group of interdependent actors and the relationships among them,” or to a set of nodes linked by a web of interdependencies. The concept of networks has its origins in earlier philosophical and sociological ideas such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s “general will” and Émile Durkheim’s “social facts”, which adressed social and political communities and how decisions are mediated and ideas are structured within them. Networks encompass a wide range of theoretical interpretations and critical applications across different disciplines, including governance networks, policy networks, public administration networks, social movement networks, intergovernmental networks, social networks, trade networks, computer networks, information networks, and neural networks. Governance networks have been proposed as alternative pluricentric governance models representing a new form of negotiated governance based on interdependence, negotiation and trust. Such networks differ from the competitive market regulation and state hierarchical control in three aspects: the relationship between the actors, decision-making processes, and compliance. The decision-making processes within governance networks are founded on a reflexive rationality rather than the “procedural rationality” which characterizes the competitive market regulation and the “substantial rationality” which underpins authoritative state regulation. Network theory has proved especially useful for scholars in positing the existence of loosely defined and informal webs of experts or advocates that can have a real and substantial influence on international relations discourse and policy. Two examples of the use of network theory in action are transnational advocacy networks and epistemic communities.

ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE AND DYNAMICS OF CROP PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (86) ◽  
pp. 130-137
Author(s):  
M.V. Kivarina ◽  
◽  
N.N. Yurina ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Data ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Industrial Complex ◽  
Grain Production ◽  
Current State ◽  
Production Development ◽  
The Cost

This article presents the results of the analysis of the current state of crop production in Russia, as well as the dynamics of the main indicators of the industry. Crop production occupies a position of primary importance in the agro-industrial complex of the country, since the cost of agricultural products in actual prices amounted to 5348.8 billion rubles in 2018 (according to preliminary data of 2019 – 5907.9 billion rubles), including crop production – 2756.1 billion rubles (3160.0 billion rubles – in 2019) or 51.5% (53.5% in 2019); the index of crop production – 98.5% (in 2019 – 106.1%). The gross grain harvest in 2018 amounted to 113.3 million tons; in the structure of grain production, the largest share belongs to wheat – 63.69% or 72.1 million tons, then barley – 15.00% (16.99 million tons), corn – 10.08% (11.4 million tons), oats – 4.17% (4.7 million tons), rye – 1.69% (1.9 million tons), rice – 0.92% (1.0 million tons), buckwheat – 0.82% (0.9 million tons) and other crops – 7.79% (8.8 million tons). The most favorable situation was with such technical crops as soy and rapeseed. In 2018, record harvests of soybeans and rapeseed were collected – 4026.8 and 1988.7 thousand tons, respectively. The volume of vegetable production in all categories of farms for the period 2014-2018 increased from 12821.02 to 13685.23 thousand tons; the yield and marketability of products also increased. The number of vegetables and melons per population was 76.18 % in 2018.

Review of the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference with International Participation “Current Problems of Agricultural Law” (October 16–19, 2019)

2019 ◽  
pp. 581-591
Author(s):  
Fedor Georgievich Seryj ◽  
Roman Valerevich Zelepukin
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
International Participation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Practical Conference

We present the review of the All-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation “Current problems of agricultural law” held on October 16–19, 2019 with the support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project no. 19-01-20101). The conference program included the work of the plenary session, seven sections: “General issues of agricultural law”, “State regulation of the agricultural sector”, “Problems of legal support of organic production, selection and seed production, nursery farming”, “Problems of legal support of crop production and animal breed-ing”, “Relationship of agricultural and land law”, “Relationship of agricul-tural and environmental law”, “School of young scientists”. At the same time with the conference, refresher courses “Agricultural, land and environmental law” were organized. The conference was attended by researchers, research workers, lecturers of educational institutions, specialists in the field of agri-cultural and other branches of law, representatives of state authorities, experts in the field of agriculture. Participants of the conference during numerous debates discussed the situation in the regulatory legal framework for the activities of the agroindustrial complex of the Russian Federation and recognized the need to strengthen coordination of work in this area, the starting point of which was the past conference, and also came to the conclusions set forth in the Decision.

Risk-Efficiency Criteria for Evaluating Economics of Herbicide-Based Weed Management Systems in Corn

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Hoverstad ◽  
Jeffrey L. Gunsolus ◽  
Gregg A. Johnson ◽  
Robert P. King
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Stochastic Dominance ◽  
Weed Management ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Pass System ◽  
Application Systems ◽  
Mean Variance

Evaluation of economic outcome associated with a given weed management system is an important component in the decision-making process within crop production systems. The objective of this research was to investigate how risk-efficiency criteria could be used to improve herbicide-based weed management decision making, assuming different risk preferences among growers. Data were obtained from existing weed management trials in corn conducted at the University of Minnesota Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca. Weed control treatments represented a range of practices including one-pass soil-applied, one-pass postemergence, and sequential combinations of soil and postemergence herbicide application systems. Analysis of risk efficiency across 23 herbicide-based weed control treatments was determined with the mean variance and stochastic dominance techniques. We show how these techniques can result in different outcomes for the decision maker, depending on risk attitudes. For example, mean variance and stochastic dominance techniques are used to evaluate risk associated with one- vs. two-pass herbicide treatments with and without cultivation. Based on these analyses, it appears that a one-pass system is preferred by a risk-averse grower. However, we argue that this may not be the best option considering potential changes in weed emergence patterns, application timing concerns, etc. The techniques for economic analysis of weed control data outlined in this article will help growers match herbicide-based weed management systems to their own production philosophies based on economic risk.

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