WSPIERANIE DOCHODÓW PRODUCENTÓW ROLNYCH WOBEC RYZYKA BIZNESOWEGO W ŁAŃCUCHU DOSTAW ŻYWNOŚCI

The subject of consideration are issues related to the occurrence of business risk in agriculture, which stimulates the acquisition of income by agricultural producers. Its particular determinant in the supply chain of agricultural and food products are unfair trade practices. The aim of the article is to answer the question whether the legal regulations proposed at the European Union and national levels limit the occurrence of business risk in agricultural activity and thus protect agricultural producers against such practices. The European Union legislator recognizes the necessity of protecting both suppliers and purchasers of agricultural products and the legal solutions adopted may, to some extent, contribute to unification of approach in the Member States and serve to protect their addressees, although they are not comprehensive. They allow for * dr hab., prof. UPP, Katedra Prawa i Organizacji Przedsiębiorstw w Agrobiznesie Dr. Sci. in Law, Professor, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Economics, Department of Law and Organization of Agribusiness Enterprises the adoption or retention of national rules that go beyond the standards listed in the EU Directive, leaving space for some adaptation to local commercial culture and problems.

Course-Based Versus Field Undergraduate Research Experiences

This paper compares undergraduate course-based research experiences to field-based research experiences to understand the relationship between these different forms of experiential learning. I study undergraduate research experiences across an economics department at a large Canadian research university. Statistical analysis indicates there are not large differences between field- and course-based experiences. The main differences favour course-based instruction, with course-based experiences associated with more independent thinking and relevant task engagement. Overall, I conclude curriculum designers should focus attention on proper course-based curriculum design rather than simply trying to adapt “research-like” experiences into the classroom.

Distance learning in the COVID-19 period

In the given article an attempt to consider new possibilities and threats caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for university and college students is made. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data obtained is carried out. To collect data, 226 respondents studying in the RUDN economics department were interviewed. The research showed that most students and teachers perceive online learning and teaching negatively. Most students experience difficulties when perceiving online learning, they don't acquire the most part of information, lose soft skills. At the same time, remote technologies have become the tool to minimize losses in education which has been under the threat of failure for the uncertain period of time, and application of these technologies gave many students the chance to successfully graduate from universities and colleges despite the pandemic and get good jobs.

Pest Management Practices in the US Ornamental Horticulture Industry: Use of Neonicotinoid and Non-Neonicotinoid Insecticides

This article summarizes ornamental plant producers’ current production practices with a specific emphasis on their use of neonicotinoid and non-neonicotinoid insecticides. Written by Hayk Khachatryan, Xuan Wei, and Alicia Rihn, and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, July 2021.

Economist, historian, and patriot: Benito J. Legarda 1926-2020

One afternoon about twenty-five years ago, there was a knock on my Harvard office door, and Benito Legarda walked into my life. Ben had written his Harvard economics PhD thesis in the early-mid 1950s and then launched his career in central banking and financial policy. Meanwhile, his thesis on nineteenth-century Philippine trade and development was resting comfortably in the archives, where it was soon discovered by scholars and eventually became widely cited. Upon “retirement” some forty years later, Ben had the good fortune to meet up with Henry Rosovsky, a well-known quantitative economic historian who was famous for his Kuznets-like seminal work on Japan. By the 1990s and their meeting, Rosovsky had been chairman of Harvard’s economics department, dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and had become the retired doyen of the Harvard community. Ben told me that Rosovsky had advised him about retirement life: “Now that you’re retired, Ben, why don’t you return to academic research? Indeed, why don’t you revise your thesis for publication? And if you decide to do so, you should go knock on Jeff Williamson’s door. I hear he has interests in the Philippines that stretch back to his participation in a Ford Foundation teaching program at the University of the Philippines School of Economics in the late 1960s.” Thus, the knock on my door some twenty-five years ago.

Reviewer Acknowledgements

Studies in Engineering and Technology (SET) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether SET publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 8, Number 1Girish Upreti, Methodist University, USAHala Abd El Megeed, National Institute for Standards, EgyptHassan Shaaban, Egyption Atomic Authority (EAEA), EgyptHosny Abbas Abouzeid, Higher Technological Institute, EgyptHossam Zaqoot, Ministry of Environmental Affairs, GazaHsienyu Lee, National Taiwan University, USAJose Hernandez, Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission, ChileMarco A Ruano, Economics Department Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, SpainMohammad Reza Barati, Flinders University, AustraliaSimona Rainis, Regional Agency for Rural Development of Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy Andrew WalterEditorial AssistantStudies in Engineering and Technology-------------------------------------------Redfame Publishing9450 SW Gemini Dr. #99416Beaverton, OR 97008, USATel: 1-503-828-0536 ext. 504Fax: 1-503-828-0537E-mail: [email protected]: http://set.redfame.com

Positioning universities based on the preference network of economics department students

The research aims to determine the positioning of universities according to the preferences of university students based on the perceptions of stakeholders receiving service. In the study, the number of preferences for each university included in the YKS preference lists of all students placed in the Department of Economics at universities in Turkey in 2019 were evaluated using the integer method. The data were collected separately from the preference pages of each university through the "Higher Education Program Atlas". In the study, "Modularity Based Community Analysis" was applied with the Gephi program. In the research, the universities with the most critical position in terms of the Economics department were determined. In the preference network, it has been determined that clusters are generally formed based on physical proximity in Istanbul, Izmir, and Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia. The study also showed that the positioning of universities in student preferences might be effective in different criteria such as research potential of universities apart from geographical reasons. Since there is no similar research in the literature regarding obtaining the data and the technique used, it is expected that the study will contribute to the studies in this field.

The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics

A whole brand-new concept was made in Comparative Economics this year and luckily we had the opportunity to get to know the unique point of views in a newly published book The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Economics by Elodie Douarin. Corvinus University of Budapest had a chance to discuss this exciting new approach with the most prestigious professors in Comparative Economics. Elodie Douarin from the College of London, Gerard Roland from Berkeley and Bruno Dallago from Trento helped us to understand the new theory. In the Corvinus side, Zoltán Ádám, András Székely-Doby and Judit Kálmán professors participated in the discussion. The moderator was Miklós Rosta, Head of Comparative and Institutional Economics Department.

Floridian Households’ Perceptions of Florida-Friendly Landscapes

This report summarizes Floridian homeowners’ perceptions of Florida-Friendly Landscapes, which aim to reduce inputs and costs while improving environmental health. Written by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn, Xumin Zhang, and Michael Dukes, and published by the UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, May 2021.