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This study aims to evaluate the opportunity of integrating aquaponics as an environmentally preferable procurement (EPP) solution in Romania, meant to improve productivity and sustainability of both agriculture and aquaculture and to reduce conflicts between these two sectors. The Romanian production of plant species is evaluated and forecasted considering only the main species that can be commonly produced in aquaponics conditions, as follows: coriander, spinach, lettuce, tobacco, garlic, cucumber, tomatoes, and strawberries. The evaluation of the opportunity for integrating aquaponics into Romania, at a large scale, is evaluated using forecast analysis comparison between Romania and the European Union (EU), by applying six methods (exponential smoothing, Holt, Holt exponential, Holt damped, ARIMA, LSTM). Thus, comparative forecast analysis between Romania and the EU average values were developed considering four dimensions, as follows: aquaculture production, agriculture plant production for main species suitable to be cultivated in aquaponics conditions, organic agriculture surface and the amount of pesticides and insecticides used. Romania’s aquaculture production forecast indicates a superior upward trend compared with the EU average. Also, the agriculture production of the main plant species suitable for cultivation in aquaponics conditions records an inconsistent decreasing trend in Romania, compared with the upward trend recorded by analyzing the EU average value. The forecast of organic agriculture surface in Romania emphasizes a higher increasing trend compared to the EU average, situation which reveals a sustainable development direction, confirmed also by the decreasing forecasted trend of the amount of pesticides and insecticides used in agriculture. The registered results recommend the integration of aquaponics production systems into the Romanian green procurement network, considering also the EU context.
Mioara Costache; Dragos Sebastian Cristea; Stefan-Mihai Petrea; Mihaela Neculita; Maria Magdalena Turek Rahoveanu; Ira-Adeline Simionov; Alina Mogodan; Daniela Sarpe; Adrian Turek Rahoveanu. Integrating aquaponics production systems into the Romanian green procurement network. Land Use Policy 2021, 108, 105531 .
AMA StyleMioara Costache, Dragos Sebastian Cristea, Stefan-Mihai Petrea, Mihaela Neculita, Maria Magdalena Turek Rahoveanu, Ira-Adeline Simionov, Alina Mogodan, Daniela Sarpe, Adrian Turek Rahoveanu. Integrating aquaponics production systems into the Romanian green procurement network. Land Use Policy. 2021; 108 ():105531.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMioara Costache; Dragos Sebastian Cristea; Stefan-Mihai Petrea; Mihaela Neculita; Maria Magdalena Turek Rahoveanu; Ira-Adeline Simionov; Alina Mogodan; Daniela Sarpe; Adrian Turek Rahoveanu. 2021. "Integrating aquaponics production systems into the Romanian green procurement network." Land Use Policy 108, no. : 105531.
With the development of intensive farming through the use of fertilizers, pesticides, it has become increasingly polluting. This is why they are pushing for the return of sustainable agriculture. Sustainable agriculture has as major objectives the optimization of productivity, while preserving the basic natural resources. This means that in agricultural production systems, it is imperative to maintain a balance between inputs and outputs, between investments and benefits, while ensuring the protection of the environment and the promotion of a sustainable economy as a whole. Due to intensive farming, using pesticides, chemical fertilizers, or residues from zootechnical activities, soil is the main affected. Most soils are losing their nutrients and organic matter in a higher proportion than the process of their regeneration, which leads to their depletion, resulting in irreversible degradation. Soil pollution means any action that causes the disruption of normal soil functioning as a support and living environment within natural ecosystems.
Turek Rahoveanu Adrian. Effects of Agricultural Activities on the Environment. Revista de Chimie 2018, 69, 3183 -3187.
AMA StyleTurek Rahoveanu Adrian. Effects of Agricultural Activities on the Environment. Revista de Chimie. 2018; 69 (11):3183-3187.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTurek Rahoveanu Adrian. 2018. "Effects of Agricultural Activities on the Environment." Revista de Chimie 69, no. 11: 3183-3187.
The purpose of this research is to explore the issue of the land used for sunflower and its production as raw material for edible oil processing industry in Romania. The relations between consumption, as main component of demand, and production and import, as sources of supply, on the sunflower oil market are investigated. The case study of the edible oil market is discussed because of the alarming growth in imports after Romania’s accession to the European Union and, furthermore, because of sunflower crop implications on land use in the context of the food vs. fuel competition. The research answers the issue of the factorial relations between sunflower oil production, import and consumption, as well as the issue of the extent to which the consumption requirements can be met by domestic production. In pursuing this, data regarding the sunflower oil consumption, production and import are computed to investigate their interdependence, using the regression model. The main findings reveal that a one-unit increase in sunflower oil consumption leads to a growth of 0.13 units in oil production, and of 0.19 in oil imports, respectively. The relevance of this study lies in its capacity to lead to better understanding of the interdependence among sunflower oil consumption, production and import, in predicting them, and, furthermore, in identifying investment opportunities in the Romanian sunflower oil processing industry, given the significant potential of sunflower seeds production of this country.
Turek Rahoveanu Adrian; Maria Magdalena Turek Rahoveanu; Raluca Andreea Ion. Energy crops, the edible oil processing industry and land use paradigms in Romania–An economic analysis. Land Use Policy 2018, 71, 261 -270.
AMA StyleTurek Rahoveanu Adrian, Maria Magdalena Turek Rahoveanu, Raluca Andreea Ion. Energy crops, the edible oil processing industry and land use paradigms in Romania–An economic analysis. Land Use Policy. 2018; 71 ():261-270.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTurek Rahoveanu Adrian; Maria Magdalena Turek Rahoveanu; Raluca Andreea Ion. 2018. "Energy crops, the edible oil processing industry and land use paradigms in Romania–An economic analysis." Land Use Policy 71, no. : 261-270.