Improvement of the effectiveness of organic farming in Ukraine
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Author(s)Viktor BazylevychLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-8651
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Galyna Kupalova
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Nataliya Goncharenko
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Tetiana Murovana
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Yulia Grynchuk
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.15(3).2017.06
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Article InfoVolume 15 2017, Issue #3, pp. 64-75
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To improve the efficiency of organic farming, it is important to improve the management of agricultural enterprises (agrarian management). The research was based on the hypothesis that adequate provision with and the use of fixed assets, as well as the concentration of production, play a decisive role in improving the efficiency of organic farming. This makes it possible to minimize the cost of conducting environmentally safe agro-technical and biocenotic measures, as well as reducing specific production costs.
To identify the reasons that hinder the development of organic farming in Ukraine we conducted a survey of managers of 80 agrarian enterprises from different regions specializing in the growing and export of grain (including organic). 65% of the surveyed managers indicated that the reason for non-implementation of organic production was an expected increase in production costs and a decrease in profitability compared to the traditional production methods. The respondents mentioned the lack of logistics infrastructure as the second obstacle according to the intensity of its impact – 25.9% of responses.
It has been established that in Ukraine, in comparison with other countries, there is a negative tendency for companies to save money on expanded reproduction and improvement of production technologies. The analysis shows that in most countries organic farming is conducted mainly by small farms, while in Ukraine big farms are certified. In the conditions of the shortage of credit resources necessary for updating the material and technical base, monopolization of the market of organic seeds and systematic growth of prices on resources, big farms are the ones to increase the concentration of organic farming and the means to achieve the necessary efficiency of production.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)Q16, Q18
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- Figure 1. Restraints to the development of organic farming in Ukraine
- Figure 2. Dynamics of the area of agriculturall and occupied by organic farming calculated peroneenterprise in Ukraine, 2000–2015
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- Table 1. The dynamics of the area of agricultural land, the number of producers and the volume of retail trade in organic products in Ukraine and in the countries of the world
- Table 2. Results of the survey of heads of agrarian enterprises in Ukraine regarding the main obstaclest of the realization of the principles of organic farming, 2017
- Table 3. The costs of growing 1 ton of winter wheat in organic and traditional agriculture in the US, Poland and Ukraine in 2015, US dollars
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- Table 5. Dynamics of certified agriculturall and sand farms growing organic products in Ukraine, 2002–2015
- Table 6. Dependence of the profitability of growing of organic wheat on the efficiency of use of the main production factors, 2010–2015, US dollars
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Service quality, customers’ satisfaction, and profitability: an empirical study of Saudi Arabian insurance sector
Anis Ali ,
Mohammad Rumzi Tausif
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.15(2).2018.21
Investment Management and Financial Innovations Volume 15, 2018 Issue #2 pp. 232-247 Views: 3418 Downloads: 571 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯFinancial performance is the fundamental aspect to test the performance of the companies. The performance of insurance sector, like any other service industry, is supposed to depend significantly on customers. When it comes to customers, it is an established fact that customer satisfaction would be an important element. Customer satisfaction primarily depends on the quality of service it gets. It can be safely hypothesized that better service quality would lead to higher satisfaction, which would ultimately lead to higher profits for the company. Studies on this relationship in the insurance sector for Saudi Arabia are missing. Hence, this study aims at studying both the profitability of companies and quality of service and tries to relate it to customer satisfaction. The results are quite surprising, as the study establishes that although the qualities of services are found wanting in many areas, companies are earning good profits. A probable reason could be the statutory nature of the services. Nevertheless, this study recommends improving the quality of services and differentiating services between age groups for further improvement.
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The moderating role of firm size and interest rate in capital structure of the firms: selected sample from sugar sector of Pakistan
Sarfraz Hussain ,
Abdul Quddus ,
Pham Phat Tien ,
Muhammad Rafiq ,
Drahomíra Pavelková
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.17(4).2020.29
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The effect of working capital management on profitability: a case of listed manufacturing firms in South Africa
Investment Management and Financial Innovations Volume 14, 2017 Issue #2 (cont. 2) pp. 336-346 Views: 3178 Downloads: 2647 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯWorking capital management plays a pivotal role in enhancing the operational efficiency of firms and their ultimate profitability. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the trends in working capital management and its impact on the financial performance of listed manufacturing firms on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE). A panel data methodology was used with different regression estimators to analyze this relationship based on an unbalanced panel of 69 manufacturing firms listed during the period 2007–2016.
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The present study contributes to existing literature by presenting one of the very recent findings on this topic while simultaneously testing the validity of recent local and international methodologies, in order to inform policy change.
