The paper offers a framework of understanding the stability/instability degree of the fruit domain's production system both at national and regional profile. We chose the utilization of Cuddy Della Valle variability index. We followed the evolution of the variability index for two different...

The fruit production is a competitive and dynamic sector with many uncertainties coming from fruit biology, diseases and pests that attack them, the climate change, the distribution market and the complexity of logistics activities. Post-harvest handling activities can considerably improve the...

The paper presents models for short chains of fruits, considering integration as the main mechanism of coordination agents' activities on the chain. The research answer the question how efficient are activities of fruits' chain in this particular form of integrated activities of collecting...

The aim of this paper is to find out the economic efficiency of an associative unit in fruits processing and trading field. In this order a scenario by loan is taken into consideration. Indicators such as production, incomes and expenditures, profit, also investment indicators are studied. The...

Among the main factors that accentuate the decline of the fruit sector are the downward trend in the area of the fruit farms, their aggravated degree of aging, and the existence of many extensive farms. In addition, a generally valid problem at the agricultural level is the weak interest of...