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This study presents an innovative approach to measuring economic resilience at a sectoral level. The notion of economic resilience is explored through the lens of levels of resilience of the main functions of a researched economic sector. The overall level of sectoral economic resilience is seen as a weighted sum of resilience indexes related to its main economic functions. Such a comprehensive approach is universal, as it allows to measure economic resilience of various economic sectors. For the empirical application, the agricultural sector of Lithuania was selected for analysis of resilience. The results revealed that the overall level of resilience declined in Lithuanian agricultural sector during 2012–2019. Such a persistent trend may pose an increasing risk for food security in Lithuania in the future. The most evident negative changes in the economic resilience levels are observed in terms of economic viability of farms. The most robust levels of economic resilience are indicated in the sense of ability to provide local food at affordable prices.
Artiom Volkov; Agnė Žičkienė; Mangirdas Morkunas; Tomas Baležentis; Erika Ribašauskienė; Dalia Streimikiene. A Multi-Criteria Approach for Assessing the Economic Resilience of Agriculture: The Case of Lithuania. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2370 .
AMA StyleArtiom Volkov, Agnė Žičkienė, Mangirdas Morkunas, Tomas Baležentis, Erika Ribašauskienė, Dalia Streimikiene. A Multi-Criteria Approach for Assessing the Economic Resilience of Agriculture: The Case of Lithuania. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):2370.
Chicago/Turabian StyleArtiom Volkov; Agnė Žičkienė; Mangirdas Morkunas; Tomas Baležentis; Erika Ribašauskienė; Dalia Streimikiene. 2021. "A Multi-Criteria Approach for Assessing the Economic Resilience of Agriculture: The Case of Lithuania." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 2370.
The agriculture in Eastern Europe has seen a number of economic and social transitions. This research examines the gender inequality in agriculture by taking the case of an Eastern European country – Lithuania – as an example. The questionnaire survey was employed in order to check the existence of gender inequality. The study focuses on the young farmers as they are more likely to implement innovations and shape the future agricultural activities. The demand for advisory services and participation in the Common Agricultural Policy measures were used to compare the activities and perceptions of men and women young farmers. We found that there are no significant differences in participation of support measures and demand for advisory services across the genders. This suggests Lithuanian agricultural sector is equally beneficial for men and women young farmers. Given the differences in the educational background, a positive effect is anticipated if women were more empowered in Lithuanian agriculture. Women’s participation in agriculture could increase environmental awareness, propensity to innovate and economic resilience.
Tomas Balezentis; Mangirdas Morkunas; Artiom Volkov; Erika Ribasauskiene; Dalia Streimikiene. Are women neglected in the EU agriculture? Evidence from Lithuanian young farmers. Land Use Policy 2020, 101, 105129 -105129.
AMA StyleTomas Balezentis, Mangirdas Morkunas, Artiom Volkov, Erika Ribasauskiene, Dalia Streimikiene. Are women neglected in the EU agriculture? Evidence from Lithuanian young farmers. Land Use Policy. 2020; 101 ():105129-105129.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTomas Balezentis; Mangirdas Morkunas; Artiom Volkov; Erika Ribasauskiene; Dalia Streimikiene. 2020. "Are women neglected in the EU agriculture? Evidence from Lithuanian young farmers." Land Use Policy 101, no. : 105129-105129.
The present study deals with the modification of Wilson’s formulation by taking into account changes in the supply chain represented by the parameters of the model, namely varying delivery costs and price of goods stored. The four different models are presented. The proposed models avoid the main drawbacks of Wilson’s formulation—the constant price and reordering time—and discuss the case where varying parameters are used alongside discounting. The proposed models render lower costs under particular settings.
Tetyana Nestorenko; Mangirdas Morkunas; Jana Peliova; Artiom Volkov; Tomas Balezentis; Dalia Streimkiene. A New Model for Determining the EOQ under Changing Price Parameters and Reordering Time. Symmetry 2020, 12, 1512 .
AMA StyleTetyana Nestorenko, Mangirdas Morkunas, Jana Peliova, Artiom Volkov, Tomas Balezentis, Dalia Streimkiene. A New Model for Determining the EOQ under Changing Price Parameters and Reordering Time. Symmetry. 2020; 12 (9):1512.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTetyana Nestorenko; Mangirdas Morkunas; Jana Peliova; Artiom Volkov; Tomas Balezentis; Dalia Streimkiene. 2020. "A New Model for Determining the EOQ under Changing Price Parameters and Reordering Time." Symmetry 12, no. 9: 1512.
This paper aims at to identify the differences in the performance of the agricultural sectors in the selected European Union Member States. The research covers 21 countries in the period from 2007–2017. The paper uses data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). Three types of sectors were considered: Crop farming (wheat and rapeseed), specialist milk, and specialist cattle. The sector’s performance was measured by calculating the aggregate scores using the VIKOR technique. The panel regression model was also used to estimate and assess the technical and economic determinants of the sector’s performance. The obtained results indicated that the new EU Member States showed higher levels of performance compared to the old Member States. This finding may be attributed to the fact that some of the production factors in the new EU Member States are still under-valued compared to those of the old EU Member States.
Artiom Volkov; Mangirdas Morkunas; Tomas Balezentis; Vaida Šapolaitė. Economic and Environmental Performance of the Agricultural Sectors of the Selected EU Countries. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1210 .
AMA StyleArtiom Volkov, Mangirdas Morkunas, Tomas Balezentis, Vaida Šapolaitė. Economic and Environmental Performance of the Agricultural Sectors of the Selected EU Countries. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):1210.
Chicago/Turabian StyleArtiom Volkov; Mangirdas Morkunas; Tomas Balezentis; Vaida Šapolaitė. 2020. "Economic and Environmental Performance of the Agricultural Sectors of the Selected EU Countries." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 1210.
Mangirdas Morkūnas; Artiom Volkov; Aistė Galnaitytė. Government or invisible hand? Who is in charge of retail food prices? Evidence from the Baltics. Journal of International Studies 2019, 12, 147 -157.
AMA StyleMangirdas Morkūnas, Artiom Volkov, Aistė Galnaitytė. Government or invisible hand? Who is in charge of retail food prices? Evidence from the Baltics. Journal of International Studies. 2019; 12 (3):147-157.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMangirdas Morkūnas; Artiom Volkov; Aistė Galnaitytė. 2019. "Government or invisible hand? Who is in charge of retail food prices? Evidence from the Baltics." Journal of International Studies 12, no. 3: 147-157.
Creation of a sustainable agricultural sector involves boosting the cooperation activities as these contribute to the societal and economic development of the farms, farmers and rural societies. This paper contributes to the literature on the analysis of the drivers and obstacles of cooperation development in agriculture. The case of Lithuania is considered as the cooperation activities are lagging behind the European Union (EU) practice here. Specifically, analysis of the public support measures and the expert survey are carried out to analyse the effectiveness of the public policy measures as represented in the relevant legal acts. The experts involve policy makers, farmers’ organisations and academia, which are the major stakeholder groups in Lithuania. The results indicate the effectiveness of the measures linked to capacity building (in the sense of human capital) requires improvement, whereas those related to financial support and promotion of the farmers’ organisations are much better perceived. Thus, public support measures are available to promote cooperation in agriculture, yet the legal system of Lithuania still requires improvement in accommodating effective agricultural cooperatives.
Erika Ribašauskienė; Diana Šumylė; Artiom Volkov; Tomas Baležentis; Dalia Streimikiene; Mangirdas Morkunas. Evaluating Public Policy Support for Agricultural Cooperatives. Sustainability 2019, 11, 3769 .
AMA StyleErika Ribašauskienė, Diana Šumylė, Artiom Volkov, Tomas Baležentis, Dalia Streimikiene, Mangirdas Morkunas. Evaluating Public Policy Support for Agricultural Cooperatives. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (14):3769.
Chicago/Turabian StyleErika Ribašauskienė; Diana Šumylė; Artiom Volkov; Tomas Baležentis; Dalia Streimikiene; Mangirdas Morkunas. 2019. "Evaluating Public Policy Support for Agricultural Cooperatives." Sustainability 11, no. 14: 3769.
The European Union (EU) is an integrated alliance of equally treated Member States sharing mutual values, legal principles and markets. Close cooperation, deep integration and convergence are the major priorities for the EU. Anyway, these principles are not always reflected in the EU-wide policies which are implemented through financial support mechanisms. The direct payments financial support mechanism under the Common Agricultural Policy, the main instrument for promoting convergence in development of Member States’ agricultural sectors and rural sustainability, faces critique for failing to meet its objectives. One of the major deficiencies of the direct payments scheme is that it allocates more resources to already developed agricultural sectors of the older Member States and less resources to developing ones thus increasing the divergence among the Member States. The aim of this paper is to suggest new mechanisms for direct payment funds redistribution across the EU Member States which are based on the methodological principles that would more precisely correspond to the aims of convergence, transparency and fair redistribution. The results show that, regardless of the method chosen (to support more or less effective agricultural sectors of EU Member States), the proposed methodology lowers differences in direct payment rates among the EU Member States by two-fold. This ensures correspondence to the goal of convergence within the EU.
Artiom Volkov; Tomas Balezentis; Mangirdas Morkunas; Dalia Streimikiene. In a Search for Equity: Do Direct Payments under the Common Agricultural Policy Induce Convergence in the European Union? Sustainability 2019, 11, 3462 .
AMA StyleArtiom Volkov, Tomas Balezentis, Mangirdas Morkunas, Dalia Streimikiene. In a Search for Equity: Do Direct Payments under the Common Agricultural Policy Induce Convergence in the European Union? Sustainability. 2019; 11 (12):3462.
Chicago/Turabian StyleArtiom Volkov; Tomas Balezentis; Mangirdas Morkunas; Dalia Streimikiene. 2019. "In a Search for Equity: Do Direct Payments under the Common Agricultural Policy Induce Convergence in the European Union?" Sustainability 11, no. 12: 3462.
Artiom Volkov; Tomas Baležentis; Mangirdas Morkūnas; Dalia Streimikiene. Brexit and EU Common Agricultural Policy: The possible consequences for Lithuania. Economics & Sociology 2019, 12, 328 -344.
AMA StyleArtiom Volkov, Tomas Baležentis, Mangirdas Morkūnas, Dalia Streimikiene. Brexit and EU Common Agricultural Policy: The possible consequences for Lithuania. Economics & Sociology. 2019; 12 (2):328-344.
Chicago/Turabian StyleArtiom Volkov; Tomas Baležentis; Mangirdas Morkūnas; Dalia Streimikiene. 2019. "Brexit and EU Common Agricultural Policy: The possible consequences for Lithuania." Economics & Sociology 12, no. 2: 328-344.
The effects of globalization have often been adverse for the agricultural sector, especially its most vulnerable element—the small farm. The importance of the agricultural sector as a whole and small farms in the sense of ensuring food security, employment and viability of rural areas, implies a necessity to support the sector and small farms in particular. For this purpose, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU) seeks to boost the sustainability of agriculture in multiple dimensions. The 2013 reform of the CAP has provided a particularly strong impetus towards this direction. This paper establishes an indicator system to quantify the effects of the CAP direct payments on the socioeconomic sustainability of small farms. Expert survey and multi-criteria assessment are used to this end. The Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method is applied for the multi-criteria analysis. Lithuania is taken as a case study. The results show that, in the case of Lithuania, the direct payment system did not contribute to the improvement in socioeconomic sustainability of small farms up until 2013 CAP reform when its impact became undeniable.
Artiom Volkov; Tomas Balezentis; Mangirdas Morkunas; Dalia Streimikiene. Who Benefits from CAP? The Way the Direct Payments System Impacts Socioeconomic Sustainability of Small Farms. Sustainability 2019, 11, 2112 .
AMA StyleArtiom Volkov, Tomas Balezentis, Mangirdas Morkunas, Dalia Streimikiene. Who Benefits from CAP? The Way the Direct Payments System Impacts Socioeconomic Sustainability of Small Farms. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (7):2112.
Chicago/Turabian StyleArtiom Volkov; Tomas Balezentis; Mangirdas Morkunas; Dalia Streimikiene. 2019. "Who Benefits from CAP? The Way the Direct Payments System Impacts Socioeconomic Sustainability of Small Farms." Sustainability 11, no. 7: 2112.
Mangirdas Morkūnas; Artiom Volkov; Pasquale Pazienza. How Resistant is the Agricultural Sector? Economic Resilience Exploited. Economics & Sociology 2018, 11, 321 -332.
AMA StyleMangirdas Morkūnas, Artiom Volkov, Pasquale Pazienza. How Resistant is the Agricultural Sector? Economic Resilience Exploited. Economics & Sociology. 2018; 11 (3):321-332.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMangirdas Morkūnas; Artiom Volkov; Pasquale Pazienza. 2018. "How Resistant is the Agricultural Sector? Economic Resilience Exploited." Economics & Sociology 11, no. 3: 321-332.
Common Agricultural Policy has strengthened the economy of the EU since the 6th decade of the 20th century. Agriculture is the sensitive sector of economic activity,and consequently CAP constantly evolves influenced by alternating problems of the sector. This evolution is accompanied by reforms, which increase efficiency of the CAP tools. The current CAP is criticized because its objectives do not meet challenges of the agricultural and rural development. CAP for 2014–2020 is being realized as a new phase of policy evolution and its outcome depends on the selection of the appropriate development directions and the determination of workable tools. Identification of CAP development directions is empowered by the provided in the paper research, which establish the most important CAP problems and challenges. Common Agricultural Policy has strengthened the economy of the EU since the 6th decade of the 20th century. Agriculture is the sensitive sector of economic activity,and consequently CAP constantly evolves influenced by alternating problems of the sector. This evolution is accompanied by reforms, which increase efficiency of the CAP tools. The current CAP is criticized because its objectives do not meet challenges of the agricultural and rural development. CAP for 2014–2020 is being realized as a new phase of policy evolution and its outcome depends on the selection of the appropriate development directions and the determination of workable tools. Identification of CAP development directions is empowered by the provided in the paper research, which establish the most important CAP problems and challenges.
Nelė Jurkėnaitė; Artiom Volkov. Bendrosios žemės ūkio politikos plėtros problematika. Business: Theory and Practice 2011, 12, 120 -130.
AMA StyleNelė Jurkėnaitė, Artiom Volkov. Bendrosios žemės ūkio politikos plėtros problematika. Business: Theory and Practice. 2011; 12 (2):120-130.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNelė Jurkėnaitė; Artiom Volkov. 2011. "Bendrosios žemės ūkio politikos plėtros problematika." Business: Theory and Practice 12, no. 2: 120-130.