<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The current study discusses the role and the importance of alternative food networks, farmers’ markets in particular, for sustainable rural development through the example of Bulgaria. Farmers’ markets are considered as a sustainable business model of networking which encourages production and consumption of local food of healthy origin adhering to high standards for quality and safety, building society and trust and encouraging development of rural regions. The case of Bulgaria is scrutinized in the context of the support for local food and short supply chains anticipated under the national rural development programme for the period 2014–2020 and the current state-of-art and capacities of available farmers’ markets. Some good practices are analyzed and presented establishing a new type of relationships between producers and consumers of farm products proving that farmers’ markets could be efficient incubators of local businesses and new relationships with end-users. Conclusions are made on nature, objectives and functioning of farmers’ markets, challenges and problems in their promotion, support and encouragement.</abstract>

Farmers’ Markets as a Business Model Encouraging Sustainable Production and Consumption

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The model of Blue Economy by G. Pauli is inspired by nature. Its main task is to develop innovative methods based on the use of available resources and the use of nature-based solutions. The principle of Blue Economy requires close cooperation of research and development and business activities; and it seeks implementation options in the structure of local economies. Based on the theory known as ‘blue economy’, in order to overcome certain problems of mankind – for example, energy production and consumption –, we must recognize and use some methods given to us by nature. This may be provided to us by new innovations that think according to system theory, that is, occupy the exceptionally effective self-regulating processes of nature in the economy. Methanol may play a key role in succeeding sustainability regarding nature, economy and society. Methanol economy can contribute to reducing human impacts on Earth’s climate by reversing atmospheric carbon dioxide, and it provides the opportunity to get rid of our dependence on dwindling oil and gas resources.</abstract>

Doctoral School of Management and Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

Institute of Economics, Law and Methodology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

Innovations Connected to Methanol in the Service of Blue Economy

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">In the last decades, the area of agricultural land has been declined permanently in Hungary. Despite the diminishing production area, Hungary is among the leaders in terms of the proportion of agricultural land to the total area in the European Union. There are several reasons of using the arable land. As other economic sectors have gained a greater role in the production of GDP and employment, they have taken a larger area from agriculture. Real estate and infrastructure developments were justified by raising the standard of living of the population. The soil, nature, landscape and water protection aspects were also involved. In Hungary, the arable land is the most important natural resource, so it is very important to protect it. In our study, we examine the changes of arable land and uncultivated area in Hungary based on secondary databases of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office and departments of the Ministry of Agriculture. In the course of the research we focused on regional disparities.</abstract>

Regional Differences in Land Use in Hungary

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">This article researches how efficient is the oat and proso market in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Moreover, this work offers recommendations to improve operational efficiency of the oat and proso market in Kazakhstan. The research purpose is to offer theoretical and practical background that describes how to use economic mechanisms to develop the agrarian economy in Kazakhstan. The research observation consists of comparative, quantitative, econometric and analytical methods. The research result is to research the efficiency of the internal oat and proso market in Kazakhstan. The research conclusion shows that the Kostanay province is among the leaders in growing oats and the Pavlodar province in growing proso.</abstract>

The Efficiency Research of the Oat and Proso Market in the Modern Kazakhstan

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Our research deals with environmental pollution, sustainability, and the impacts made by international cosmetic companies on the motivation of purchasing organic cosmetics. Unfortunately, our environment is becoming more and more polluted, which affects our planet Earth on a global scale. It is everybody’s responsibility to decrease the environmental load, diminish our ecological footprint and leave a much cleaner and safer environment to the future generation in line with the principles of sustainable development. We have examined global environmental problems, the efforts made by international cosmetic companies to protect the environment and their impact on the preference, selection and purchase of environmentally friendly cosmetics. Nowadays, efforts of significant importance are prioritised that are more and more shifted to health and environmental consciousness regarding both corporate and consumer behaviour.</abstract>

Doctoral School of Management and Business Administration, Department of Marketing Methodology, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

Environmental Pollution and Sustainability or the Impact of the Environmentally Conscious Measures of International Cosmetic Companies on Purchasing Organic Cosmetics

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The increase of methane concentration has been established during the last decades. This gas has a relative potential for thermal absorption, 30 times higher than CO2, which means that it is more active in the interaction with the ozone and its blocking. About 70% of the global total emission of methane in the atmosphere is of biogenic origin. Flooded paddy fields are one of the main sources of atmosphere pollutions with methane. Irrigation of rice fields by overflowing reduces the feeding of the ground with oxygen from the air. This in turn affects the fermentation of organic substances in the ground. Methane is the final product in this process. The measurement was performed in the phase of rice earing by an authorized laboratory associated to the Executive Environment Agency at the Ministry of Waters and Environment by means of methods specified by the Ministry. The concentrations of damaging substances were automatically measured at every 60 min for SO2, NO2, NO, and at every 30 min for H2S, CH4, NMHC, CO, and NH3. The obtained results prove that the concentrations of NO, H2S, CH4 and NMHC exceed all limits. The quantity of gases is influenced by the variety peculiarities of the culture (the roots mass, the total bio-mass and the running metabolic processes).</abstract>

Measurement of Methane and Other Atmospheric Pollutants Emitted by Flooded Paddy Fields

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