Krepitev lokalnih prehranskih verig - potenciali zaupanja, izkušenj in doživetij

Slovenija se na agroživilskem področju sooča z izrazito negativno bilanco lastno pridelane hrane, povečuje se zunanje trgovinska izmenjava, lokalno proizvedenih živil na slovenskem trgu pa je še bistveno manj. Dodaten izziv predstavljajo podnebne in okoljske razmere na svetovni ravni, kako v najkrajšem času povečati lokalno pridelavo/uporabo hrane, zmanjšati zavržke in negativne vplive na okolje. Ob strukturnih spremembah, sektorskih vlaganjih, izboljšanju proizvodnih procesov, povezovanju in vzpostavljanju lokalnih prehranskih verig brez konkretnih naporov v smeri ozaveščanja domačih kupcev teh ciljev ne bo mogoče doseči. Zagotavljanje kakovosti lokalnih pridelkov, večje vključevanje lokalnih živil v gostinstvo, ponudba tradicionalnih jedi in osebna izkušnja pridelave hrane lahko dodatno vzpodbudijo povečanje pridelave in povpraševanje ter prispevajo k zmanjševanju zavržkov hrane v prehrambni verigi. Kupci v okviru raziskave izkazujejo interes po kakovostnih živilih s slovenskim poreklom, žal pa lahko obstoječe stanje prinaša tveganje za upad zaupanja, kar se odraža v razkoraku med pričakovanim in dejanskim stanjem. Okrepitev gostinske ponudbe s tradicionalnimi jedmi lahko pripomore k povečanemu povpraševanju lokalno pridelane hrane s potrebo po večji izbiri raznolikih in ustrezno prezentiranih sezonskih tradicionalnih jedi. Osebna izkušnja lastne pridelave prispeva k boljši ozaveščenosti. Izboljšanje ukrepov na teh področjih pozitivno vpliva tudi na odnos do lokalne hrane oziroma na zmanjšanje njenih zavržkov.

Impact of Climate Change in Agriculture Sector in India and Action Plans

Climate change is now a reality. Agriculture in India is likely to suffer losses due to heat, erratic weather and decreased availability of irrigation. Adaptation strategies can help minimize the impact. But that will come at a cost although not still accurately measurable and is likely to be high. This also requires new policy support, research and investment. However, cost of inaction will be still higher. Carbon dioxide level is now about 400 ppm which is likely to increase to about 450 to 600 ppm during 2050 and by 2100 it is likely to go up anything above 500 ppm to 1000 ppm if current situation is allowed to continue. This paper attempts to analyse the impact of climate change on Indian agriculture in terms of decreased productivity to be seen in relation to increase in population. And to counter that impact what are the measures being initiated.

Tehnični pregledi naprav za nanos fitofarmacevtskih sredstev

Tehnični pregledi naprav za nanos fitofarmacevtskih sredstev so se v Sloveniji začeli že v osemdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja. Na začetku so bili prostovoljni, obvezni pa so postali leta 1995. Podobno je bilo tudi v nekaterih drugih evropskih državah, kot so na primer Nemčija, Poljska, Belgija in Španija. Tehnični pregledi naprav za nanos fitofarmacevtskih sredstev so zelo pomembni v luči zagotavljanja varne pridelave hrane. Škropilnice in pršilniki so najbolj pogosto uporabljene naprave, ki so lahko traktorsko nošene, vlečene ali samohodne. V letu 2012 je bila evropska direktiva 2009/128/CE vključena v našo zakonodajo. Leta 2019 je bil sprejet nov pravilnik, ki ureja omenjene preglede. Tehnični preglede na območju jugovzhodne Slovenije opravlja Grm Novo mesto – Center biotehnike in turizma. Kvaliteta pregledanih naprav v tej regiji se je skozi leta izboljšala, kot je vidno v raziskavi med leti 2004 in 2013. V osrednji Sloveniji je bila v letu 2019 opravljena raziskava, ki prikazuje kateri deli naprav za nanos FFS so bili najbolj okvarjeni pri njih. Tehnični pregledi so organizirani kmetom prijazno, kar pomeni, da se izvajajo v bližini njihovih gospodarstev in tako ne potrebujejo premagovati velikih razdalj s traktorji.

Reverse Logistics in Agriculture

Reverse logistics is a relatively new research area, both in theoretical and empirical terms. Due to the requirements of modern civilization, the present society produces more and more material goods that satisfy it different needs. The consequences of these actions include a huge amount of waste both during production of these goods as well as after their use. The article defines the concept of reverse logistics. Consider problems in reverse logistics in agriculture, organization of reverse logistics operations and ways to improve reverse logistics operations.

Alright? - Common Understanding on the Already Applied Industry 4.0 Solutions, Between the Hungarian Beer Industry Suppliers and Multinational Beer Makers

Our paper is aimed to analyze the current situation on the Hungarian beer industry, from the aspect of industry 4.0 understanding within the supply chain, namely between the manufacturers and their suppliers. After a literature review, we had examined the big data, the robotics and the overall digitalization related attitudes and understandings. The key finding is that the multinational companies have to deal with a previously unrecognized problem, namely the prejudices of local suppliers in regards the innovation of industry 4.0 tools.

Potential of Benford's Law and Machine Learning Based Verification in Agricultural Logistics

Food supply chains are becoming increasingly more complex, contributing to emergence of new threats and risks for the involved stakeholders. Additionally, the information technology accelerated development of new and more productive ways of collaboration among organizations (members of supply chains) and helped to optimize their processes. Tighter collaboration among those companies is only possible if sufficient level of trust is established among them, which is often an obstacle that is not easily overcome. Since individual companies (which are part of supply chain) are unable to verify and rely on the data that is provided by third parties, the potential advantages are not fully realized. In this article we try to identify a possibility to remove one important element of this obstacle by using Benford’s law as the basis for general-purpose verification tool that is additionally enhanced by statistics based methods of machine learning algorithms that can be implemented in IT supported business operations. The potential usefullness of those methods lies in the fact that they are able to identify the patterns and correlations without explicit users’ input.

Lean Six Sigma: Methodology and Practice in Operations Management Case: Bottle Water Distribution in Serbia

Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing are the two most popular and successful programs espoused by the industries over the last few decades. Many companies such as Toyota, Danaher Corporation, General Electric, Motorola and many others have achieved impressive results by implementing either a Lean or Six Sigma methodology in their organisation. Six Sigma, originated in Motorola in mid 1980s, brought revolution in the industries worldwide and has become the long term business strategy to achieve competitive advantage and to excel in operations excellence. Six Sigma is widely recognized as a methodology that employs statistical and non-statistical tools and techniques to maximize an organization’s Return on Investment (ROI) through the elimination of defects in processes (Antony et al. 2011). Lean Manufacturing, on the other hand, was another quality initiative proposed by Americans in response to compete with Japanese manufacturers and its superior manufacturing techniques (following the concept of Toyota Production System (TPS) to resolve quality problems in their organization) as their import became serious concern to western producers.