This paper discusses the interlinkages between energy security indicators and government economic interventions in the electricity sector. The research was carried out using a systematic literature review and comparative analysis and was mainly based on qualitative criteria. Following a literature review and data analysis, the paper identifies 65 energy security indicators (from over 300 possible indicators) that are relevant for the electricity sector.
In today’s competitive and environmentally conscious industries, the ability of organizations
to adapt and respond is more important than ever. This study focuses on overcoming the obstacles
faced by the Iranian automobile sector by highlighting the significance of incorporating green
supply chain techniques. The research intends to integrate organizational operations with environmental
sustainability goals by utilizing a MULTIMOORA strategy for supplier selection.
Authors:dr. Justas ŠtreimikisIERDdr. Dalia ŠtreimikienėIERDdr. Ahmad BathaeiIERDBahador Bahramimianrood
Global food security has been significantly affected by climate change; hence, there is a need to come up with lasting and adaptable agricultural practices. The objective of this study is to understand the relationships between climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and food loss management, as these are essential fields that influence sustainable agriculture. By conducting a detailed bibliometric and bibliographic analysis, we have mapped out the research landscape regarding the intersection of CSA and food loss; more importantly, we have concentrated on climate-smart strategies’ implementation for the reduction of losses all through the agricultural value chain. Our investigation combined results concerning types of crops that can survive extreme weather conditions like droughts caused by global warming or cold snaps from severe weather events.
Low-carbon transition is a shift from an economy that depends heavily on fossil fuels to a sustainable, low-carbon energy economy. This book analyzes the role of renewables in driving the low-carbon transition in agriculture, explores the circular bio-based economy, and examines policies and strategies designed to facilitate low-carbon transition in agriculture, greenhouse gas mitigation, and adaptation trends in the European Union agriculture sector. It provides new knowledge and understanding about the impact of low-carbon energy transition, emphasizes the key role of renewable energy in a wide range of agricultural activities, and offers alternative sustainable solutions to current practices.
he book aims to contribute to the scarce literature on the role of servitization in farming and rural development. It offers a conceptual and empirical understanding of the ways of servitization in agriculture and rural development, examined through the prism of an evolutionary approach based on the theory of qualitative structure. The method of qualitative structure explains why and how a switch from product-oriented business logic to service-oriented business logic happens and helps to find many new insights useful for improving farm management and socio-economic development of rural regions. It combines a systematic and evolutionary analysis of literature on servitization and agricultural production strategies with case studies of farming and territorial servitization projects implemented in Lithuania. It will be of great interest to researchers and students in the field of rural development studies, servitization and business model innovation.
The European fruit and vegetable (F&V) trade regime is regulated by the Entry Price System
(EPS), a nontariff measure on imported goods. We investigate the trade effects of the EPS by
estimating a structural gravity model for the major European suppliers of apples, lemons, oranges, peaches, pears, table grapes, and tomatoes.
Flood, drought, and frost may be disruptive events for agriculture. The subsidised crop insurance schemes are coping strategies that increase farms resilience to weather shocks and in fact the occurrence of extreme weather events and the level of subsidised crop insurance are correlated. Stronger evidence is found in Southern geographical areas, where drought (a major risking risk) is more frequent, and for spring-summer crops, that are less resilient to weather shocks.
2024-08-19
This paper seeks to draw a research agenda for unveiling the underlying bottlenecks
and possibilities for improving the agricultural total factor productivity in the European
Union (EU). To this aim, the paper first surveys the key challenges for the modern
agricultural economy. Then, the case of the EU is discussed by looking at the convergence
in the partial productivity indicators (including the GHG emission) and growth
efficiency that relate to the gap in the total factor productivity growth.
The online commodity recommendation (OCR) model mines users’ historical behavior characteristics and recommends products that may be of interest according to user preferences. Online reviews are among the most important information sources for OCR. However, the explicit and implicit emotional words in online review texts have different structures in the expression of multi-attribute emotions. To fully utilize review information
and improve the recommendation accuracy, we propose an OCR model that considers the interaction of multiple attributes and hierarchical emotions and calculates a score weighted by emotion intensity.
2024-07-15
The dairy sector is the second largest agricultural sector in the EU and Lithuania. It faces
economic challenges (price volatility, farm consolidation and downsizing, etc.), but its importance
outstrips other agricultural sectors (combining agro-systems and providing valuable food products
for people). The aim of the study is to identify the vulnerabilities of dairy farms and to consider how
to improve their performance after analysis of dairy farms in dairy exporting EU countries.
There are many barriers to green job expansion in the EU linked to cultural, economic barriers, organizational, political, technological technical, social, and behavioral barriers. The main drivers of green job creation include social norms and rules, governance policies, cultural values, demographic data, socio-economic inclusion, technical, and technological elements, etc. The aim of this paper is to analyze barriers and drivers that can influence green job expansion. The case study on green jobs expansion in the EU is provided based on statistical data from EUROSTAT.
Authors:dr. Justas ŠtreimikisIERDLadislav Mura Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos Artūras Simanavičius Milica Delibasic
The main input of this paper is an examination of gender mainstreaming in the main agricultural policy documents of selected EU countries by applying a developed qualitative assessment framework based on the most important gender-linked issues. The agriculture sector has significant gender equality gaps due to limited access for women to land rights and productive resources, unpaid work issues, and restrictions in employment and decision-making. Gender has a profound impact on women's and men’s roles, access to and ownership of land and other resources, and their ability to make decisions in the agriculture sector.