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Основные факторы успеха молочного производства в Чувашской Республике

The article discusses the dairy industry in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The Russian Federation is experiencing a shortage of milk. Currently, the per capita milk consumption in the country is by more than a quarter behind the rational intake recommended by the Ministry of Health, which is 325 kg. However, the Chuvash Republic boasts 373 kg of per capita milk production, which is by 71% higher than the average data for the rest of the country, and the high quality of Chuvash milk is unanimously confirmed by leading domestic experts. The authors analyzed the success factors of milk production in the Chuvash Republic to be extrapolated on the entire domestic industry.
 The research relied on such demographic data as the ratio of urban vs. rural population; dairy herd data, e.g., livestock population, farm types, dairy productivity, etc.; dairy production and processing business data. The methods included systematization, generalization, grouping, statistical data processing, and analysis of temporal dynamics indicators. 
 The Chuvash Republic has a large percentage of rural population and a lot of subsidiary dairy farms: 22 000 farms own more than 60% of dairy cows in the region and provide 55% of milk processing volumes. Subsidies allocated by the local government allow farm owners to ensure the high dairy productivity of cows. Most of the milk in the Chuvash Republic can be classified as near-organic. Leading regional milk producers have their own agricultural lands to provide environmentally friendly feed, as well as specialized premises for herd keeping and milking, retail outlets to sell their products, etc. A third of enterprises maintain the milk productivity at 7800–9200 kg, which is as high as in Denmark, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Germany. Most Chuvash dairy farmers owe their high results to the state support funds allocated for the purchase of breeding cattle. The twelve largest milk producers in the region provide 100% of the output of drinking milk, so private farms mainly focus on meeting the needs of dairy processing enterprises. The latter also receive seasonal subsidies.
 The Chuvash milk miracle can be explained by the following factors: big rural population; private subsidiary farms; high-quality breeding dairy livestock; high-quality feed; good milk production and processing equipment. However, the comprehensive system of state support measures remains the most important success factor.

Impact of Macro and Micro Economic Variables on Volatility of Stock Prices: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan's Cement Industry

The stock market is the instrument employed for the efficient use and accessibility of funds. The study looks at the macro and micro factors that influence how volatile stock market prices might be. The CPI, which measures inflation, EPS, or earnings per share, GDP, or gross domestic product, and ROE, or return on asset, are the macro variables examined in this study. One considers the stock price to be a dependent variable. The Pakistan Stock Exchange's (PSX) list of cement sector businesses is taken. The entire cement industry sector was chosen, but the number of companies decreased from twenty-two to just fifteen. The remaining companies were eliminated since the data was not available. In the current analysis, ten years of data—from 2012 to 2020—are used. Panel regression models are utilized while keeping in mind the nature of the data; yet, standard deviation and data dispersion are used for volatility.

How Does Uber Tie Together a Digital Economy and Technological innovation?

The business landscape has undergone a transformative era with the rise of the digital economy and technological innovation. Even traditionally stable industries have experienced disruptions. This abstract explores the remarkable journey of Uber, a company that has achieved household name status and become a Fortune 500 giant. From its modest beginnings to its current status as a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse, Uber serves as an inspiring example of technological progress, innovation, and entrepreneurial success in the digital age. The rise of Uber showcases the significant influence of technology on traditional sectors like transportation. With its groundbreaking platform, Uber completely transformed how people travel, posing a challenge to the long-established taxi industry. This article delves into how Uber utilized digital technologies to develop a convenient and efficient transportation service that revolutionized the entire industry. Through its success story, it exemplifies the potential for ambitious startups to disrupt established markets and prosper in today's dynamic digital economy.

Research on Influencing Factors of the Real Estate Market in Beijing

As a large-scale real estate industry, the real estate industry plays an important role in regulating the world economy. As a pillar industry in my countrys development, it plays an important role in promoting my country's GDP growth. Consumption and investment demand for real estate also have a significant impact on overall consumer demand. Many scholars at home and abroad have conducted relevant research on real estate demand factors. This article uses annual data from the China Bureau of Statistics and Beijing, selects Beijings GDP, per capita disposable income of all residents, etc. as explanatory variables, and uses the commercial housing sales area sarea as the explained variable. A multiple regression model was established to analyze the influencing factors of Beijing's real estate market demand. The results show that policy, income, population and housing price factors have a significant impact on demand. Among them, GDP, population change, and policy dummy variable factors have a positive impact, while housing prices and per capita income have a negative impact. Based on the conclusion, this article puts forward suggestions for narrowing the income gap, further curbing real estate speculation, maintaining a balance between supply and demand, paying attention to policy regulation, and using precise and powerful policies to regulate the entire industry, which has served as a reference for the development of the real estate industry.

Brief Analysis of Which Concrete Performance is Better under High-temperature Environments

With the deepening and development of research in the field of concrete both domestically and internationally, the performance of concrete in high temperature environments in China plays a leading role. In the past, people's understanding of the performance of concrete in high-temperature environments mostly focused on static mechanics, as static mechanics is the foundation of the entire concrete industry. In the current literature, there is a lot of important knowledge and information on how to improve the performance of concrete. This article reviews the relevant knowledge on improving concrete performance described in various literature, and analyzes what type of concrete performs better in high-temperature environments. They are interconnected, have their own uses, and promote and constrain each other, which is also why concrete is worth studying tirelessly by scholars both domestically and internationally.

Employee Competence in Conditions of Socio-Economic Uncertainty

Using sociological literature as a foundation, this article examines such a phenomenon as employee competence in the current landscape. In part one of the article we sought to formulate the sociological concept of uncertainty and trace its evolution depending on the stage of social development. Uncertainty in the postindustrial period is defined as a plethora of processes and phenomena associated with increasingly autonomous living, susceptibility to an environment that’s constantly changing, as well as a multitude of potential alternative solutions and actions. These conditions foster massive opportunities for people to unlock their creative potential, the downside being increased anxiety and insecurity, social isolation and inequality. The second part of the article focuses on studying such a phenomenon as the competence of modern-day workers, given the current context of socio-economic uncertainty. Although competence has developed based on the industrial model of professional training, it is currently transitioning to the next stage of its evolution. With modern capitalism undergoing rejuvenation, competence is sort of individualizing, becoming defined by one’s cultural capital, personality traits and biography, turning out to be unique and possessing internal complexity and flexibility. This new sort of competence is welcome in places where the main criteria are high level of qualification and up to date knowledge, that contribute to developing the most cutting edge and creative sectors of the economy, new spaces and forms of work activity. When it comes to non-ideal workers, for them competence embodies a rational strategy of situational adaptation of their skills and abilities to the current labor market. Certain new educational and political initiatives are developing in that same general direction, with them aiming to reproduce “aptitude for employment” among the vast majority of the working population. But at the same time labor markets and organizations are starting to function as “machines that reproduce inequality”. Despite the fact that modern competence is being engulfed by an entire industry of intermediaries, achieving it is proving to be a difficult task for modern society.

A hybrid causal machine learning to reveal driving factors responsible coal market: Case of the Chinese industry

To achieve carbon neutrality, China must grasp the intricate factors driving coal market, as it addresses coal consumption and reduces the carbon footprint. While previous studies have identified certain factors, they have largely overlooked the impact of the overall industry sector on the coal market. In this paper, a hybrid causal machine learning model was proposed that combine with least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO), multiple linear regression (MLR), peter and clark momentary conditional independence (PCMCI) and interpretable machine learning. The approach employed a complex network perspective to identify 10 key factors in China's coal market from three dimensions: industrial sector, foreign trade and energy market. The hierarchical pattern of these factors is classified into two levels: direct factors, primarily encompassing crude oil futures, exchange rates and architectural decoration, and intermediary factors, mainly including the chemical industry and building material. Interestingly, this paper reaffirms the roles of crude oil futures and exchange rates in the coal market, as identified in prior studies. Additionally, it uncovers new influential factors primarily driven by the chemical industry and architectural decoration, previously unexplored. Furthermore, this paper found a significant contemporaneous relationship between crude oil futures and coal price index (0.151) as well as coal consumption (0.102), and the strong relationship between coal consumption and the Indonesian Rupiah to Chinese Yuan exchange rate (0.063) was also confirmed. Among the emerging dominant factors, the coal price index and the chemical industry (0.145), along with coal consumption and building materials (0.250), also exhibit a strong contemporaneous relationship. These findings highlight the importance of considering the entire industry sector while analyzing the coal market and promoting a cleaner transformation of the industry in China, and the paradigm presented not only applicable to the coal market, but can be extended to other industries.

Integrating Importance-Satisfaction Model and Performance Evaluation Matrix to improve service quality

Purpose: The Taiwanese coffee market is growing every year, together with progressive changes in national habits and the concept of drinking coffee. This study examines a particular coffee studio and explores its service quality within a competitive environment as a basis for improvement. Research methodology: The design of service elements for the questionnaire was based on the relevant literature. The study identified 19 quality attributes as survey items, all of which were then subsumed under the Importance-Satisfaction Model (I-S Model) and Performance Evaluation Matrix (PEM) for service quality. Results: There are 8 service elements falling in “Excellent area,” 3 service elements falling in “To be improved area,” 3 service elements falling in “Surplus area,” and 6 service elements falling in “Care-free area” as shown by the results of Importance-Satisfaction Model introduction. With regard to the Performance Evaluation Matrix which are introduced later on, 2 service elements fall in “Priority improvement area,” 17 service elements fall in “Improvement area,” and 1 service element falls in “Maintenance area.” Limitations: The results of this study are only applicable to the analysis of the coffee studio survey, and cannot be extrapolated to explain improvements in service quality across the entire coffee industry. Contribution: It is expected that items in dire need of improvement can be confirmed by introducing a service quality model to enhance service quality, build a corporate image, and increase competitive advantage.

Impact of COVID-19 on Manufacturing Overhead Cost: A Case of an Electronic OEM Company in Guangdong, China

This research analyzes the data of the manufacturing overhead costs (MOHC) of a plant in an electronic OEM company (located in Guangdong, China) during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. A paired t-test and a multiple variable regression analysis are conducted. MOHC and other indications are visualized by time sequence diagrams to facilitate the identification of the difference between mid- and post-pandemic. Through diving deeper into the effect of COVID-19 on the MOHC, Unit MOHC, and shipment, the overall influence of COVID-19 on the entire electronic OEM industry can be inferred. It is concluded that COVID-19 has influenced MOHC, Unit MOHC, shipment, and employee size, which may bring forth a paradigm-shifting experience on how people view the influence of COVID-19 on the entire electronic OEM industry and pave the way for further research afterward. This paper fills the research gap by focusing on one plant in one company, avoiding the difference in MOHC among different companies and plants.

Art without an Artist: On the Question of the Criteria of Contemporary Art

The article raises the question of the authorship of works of contemporary art, the institutional nature and socio-economic conditions of its production, as well as the spatial and media-aesthetic mediations of its perception. The main research problem is formulated at the intersection of two questions: is everything that artists produce may be considered art? And: are artists the only authors of the works they signed? The problem is the appearance of a commodity form for works of contemporary art, which does not interfere with them, but, on the contrary, becomes a condition for their social and cultural legitimation, recognition in the context of the history of world art, i.e. museumification. In addition, the article discusses: The ontological status of art objects produced by contemporary artists or, more precisely, by the entire industry and contemporary art market; a specific way of their impact on a person, which, as a purely aesthetic, is abstracted from other channels of sensory and existential experience; and: The integral artistic experience of being-with-art or in-art of spectators and artists, its structure and essence. The methodological approach to the phenomenon of contemporary art developed in the article simultaneously criticizes the positions of aesthetic nominalism and realism, relying on the vocabulary and tools of the theory of art by Walter Benjamin and Russian constructivism. As an alternative to the currently dominant criteria for evaluating works of contemporary art (for example, by T. de Duve), the authors propose an original theory of the Russian left avant-garde with the central concepts of the artistic “thing-comrade” and the collective author-producer.

Analysis of the chemical crop protection market in Russia

The research is devoted to the analysis of the current state of chemical crop protection market in Russia. Significant industry growth has occurred in last decade due to the attractiveness of agriculture as an export-oriented industry. Russian agricultural products are in stable demand all over the world. Countries in the Middle East, South-Eastern Asia and Africa with constantly growing population rely on foodstuff import, including from the Russian Federation. Thus, country makes a significant contribution in a global food security. However, in order to develop and increase competitiveness, Russian farmers need to intensify crop production. One of technological improvement elements, which let growers to get sufficient yield and quality, is application of innovative chemical crop protection products. Pesticides help farmers struggle with crop diseases, pests and weeds, as well as minimize adverse climate factors in some cases. Agrochemicals market in Russia is represented not only by foreign players, but by domestic manufacturers as well. Market share of these two groups in value terms of market players is approximately equal. However, it’s worth mentioning, that like in many other industries, this sector is heavily dependent on import inputs. Major part of components for local pesticide production are imported and key technological process is constrained as a type of mixing necessary inputs in proper way. Domestic business, together with Russian Government and, probably, in cooperation with some international players, needs to solve the problem of deepening the production cycle, look for stimulus for development of the entire production chain in the long-term perspective, including development of fundamental science in chemical crop protection industry. Learning and adapting foreign experience can be the first step in the process of structural change of the crop protection industry. Simultaneously, it is critical to maintain openness and desire to use best practices at pesticide market, without which the competitiveness of Russian agricultural production will be constrained and development of the entire industry will have a pace inferior to other countries.

Review of methods and systems for generation of synthetic training data

It is impossible to imagine the advancement of modern artificial intelligence systems without neural network technologies. During the design process researchers are often faced with the fact that there is not enough data to train modern neural network models, these data may be unbalanced or highly sparse. Often it happens that real data simply does not exist, as the research field is still emerging. A relevant problem is ensuring the confidentiality of real personal or patient medical data, which is used in the exchange between researchers or in the testing of various neural network systems. In many subject areas, the cost of collecting and marking up real data can be very high. Synthetic data is increasingly being used to solve these problems. The purpose of this publication is to introduce readers to advances in the generation and use of synthetic data. The paper presents a description of various methods, systems and software tools used to generate synthetic data, which can help to improve neural network models. Since an entire industry for synthetic data production has already formed, the leading data synthesis technology platforms are presented. The paper is of an overview nature, so it contains an extensive bibliography. The value of the article lies in the fact that this review will help readers broaden their understanding of the use of synthetic data in solving a wide range of neural network problems, as well as to become more familiar with the methods and tools for their generation.

An assessment of worker exposure to respirable dust and crystalline silica in workshops fabricating engineered stone.

There is a significant silicosis risk for workers fabricating engineered stone (ES) products containing crystalline silica. The aims of this study by SafeWork NSW were to: (i) assess current worker exposure to respirable dust (RD) and respirable crystalline silica (RCS) following a 5-y awareness and compliance program of inspections in ES workshops and (ii) to identify improvements in work practices from the available evidence base to further reduce exposures. One hundred and twenty-three personal full shift samples taken on as many workers and 34 static samples across 27 workshops fabricating ES were included in the final assessment. The exposure assessment was conducted using Casella Higgins-Dewell cyclones (Casella TSI) placed in the breathing zone of workers attached to SKC Air Check XR 5000 or SKC Chek TOUCH sampling pumps. Sample filters were sent to an ISO (2017) 17025:2017 accredited laboratory for gravimetric analysis for RD and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis to determine the amount of deposited RCS i.e. alpha-quartz and cristobalite. All workshops used wet methods of fabrication. The geometric mean (GM) of the pooled result for respirable dust (RD) was 0.09 mg/m3 TWA-8 h and 0.034 mg/m3 TWA-8 h for RCS. The highest exposed workers with a GM RCS of 0.062 mg/m3 TWA-8 h were those using pneumatic hand tools for cutting or grinding combined with polishing tasks. Workers operating semiautomated routers and edge polishers had the lowest GM RCS exposures of 0.022 mg/m3 TWA-8 h and 0.018 mg/m3 TWA-8 h respectively. Although ES workers remain exposed to RCS above the workplace exposure limit (WEL) of 0.05 mg/m 3 TWA-8 h, these results point to a very substantial reduction in exposures compared to poorly controlled dry methods of fabrication. Therefore, the wearing of respiratory protection by workers remains necessary until further control measures are more widely adopted across the entire industry e.g. reduction in the crystalline silica content of ES.

Analysis of Measures for Building Epidemic Prevention System of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine at Grassroots Level

In the process of the development of China's livestock industry, grassroots animal husbandry and veterinary epidemic prevention is very key, which is directly related to the development situation of the entire industry. At this stage, there are still many problems in animal epidemic prevention work, and relevant departments must pay attention to them, comprehensively analyze the causes of the problems, and constantly improve the working processes and related systems, so as to improve the quality of work and promote the good development of China's animal husbandry industry.

Enhancing Interoperability: Exploring Data Exchange Standards in SaaS Laboratory Management Systems

In the ever-changing environment of health care, smooth information exchange among different systems is significant to ensure efficiency and high-quality patient care. This is also important in laboratory management, where time and accuracy are critical for patients' diagnosis and treatment choices. Nevertheless, interoperability is still a big issue, with SaaS laboratory systems being the primary concern. This study focuses on the importance of interoperability in contemporary healthcare systems, with particular emphasis on laboratory management. It shows the significance of an uninterrupted data flow between SaaS laboratory management systems and other healthcare I.T. systems, such as E.H.R.s and HIEs. Existing data exchange standards and frameworks for interoperability among SaaS laboratory management systems are discussed, including the challenges of achieving interoperability. A quantitative research approach-based questionnaire was deployed to assess the interoperability requirements and processes of the genetic testing laboratories in the survey. Investigations point to different levels of compatibility among SaaS lab management systems in terms of features offered as well as the challenges faced by the latter. Challenges include different data formats, communication protocol standards, and data model incompatibility. The study emphasizes the critical role of interoperability and data exchange in SaaS laboratory management systems and the entire healthcare industry. The methods of overcoming the interoperability problem are investing in education, creating collaborative partnerships, promoting integration frameworks, and establishing incentives for obedience to standardized data exchange format.

Analysis of the Development and Prospects of the Baijiu Industry

Baijiu is one of the important representatives of Chinese liquor culture. It plays an irreplaceable role in banquets and is often used as a gift in Chinese society. Baijiu production and the number of baijiu companies in the past ten years show that the market is saturated and shrinking. On the other hand, comparing the revenue and profits between listed baijiu companies and the entire industry, it can be found that the baijiu industry has obvious monopoly characteristics and structural prosperity. These two phenomena can be divided into political and economic reasons. Politically, the Chinese government promulgated restrictions on government spending and family planning policies, which directly reduced the consumption group of baijiu, leading to the shrinkage of the baijiu industry. Economically, China's rapid development has increased people's disposable income, and people began to care more about their health and pursue high-end baijiu, leading to a monopoly. To broaden the market, the baijiu industry can consider e-commerce channels and international expansion.

Can digital transformation promote the improvement of regional food security? Empirical findings from China

AbstractFood security is an important guarantee for people's lives and national security, and digital transformation provides a new approach to improving the level of food security. Based on panel data from 30 provinces in China from 2007 to 2021, this paper empirically analyzes the impact of digital transformation on food security using fixed effects model, mediation model, moderation model, and spatial Durbin model. The research results show that: (1) digital transformation has a promoting effect on the level of food security, and there is regional heterogeneity in this promoting effect; (2) digital transformation has a mediating effect on the level of food security, which can improve the level of food security by promoting technological innovation, agricultural scale management, and marketization levels; (3) environmental regulations play a positive moderating role in the process of digital transformation promoting the level of food security; (4) there is a spatial spillover effect of digital transformation on the level of food security, which has a positive spillover effect on surrounding areas. Therefore, moving forward, it is imperative that we prioritize the digital transformation of the entire food industry chain, promote the coordinated development of digital industries in various regions, further improve the R&D innovation capability of digital technology, promote the integration of farmland to achieve large‐scale agricultural operation, and enhance the level of marketization, and at the same time improve environmental monitoring standards, fully tap the promoting effect of digital transformation on regional food security level. [EconLit Citations: Q16, Q18, R15].

Цифровая стратегия строительной организации и варианты ее реализации

The article discusses ways of implementing the Program for the Development of Digital Economy in the Russian Federation until 2035 adopted five years ago by the Government of the Russian Federation in the construction industry. On the one hand, digital transformation is the most important factor in ensuring the competitiveness of individual construction organizations, and on the other hand, it ensures the effective functioning of the entire industry in the digital economy. However, the existing differences of enterprises and organizations in the construction industry put them in different initial conditions on the way to solving the task, forcing them to form their own version of digital strategy, to choose and implement their own options for its implementation in the dynamically changing conditions of the construction market. As a result of the work, the key features of digitalization strategies of the main groups of construction participants were formulated, and the ways of effective development and implementation of the digital strategy of a construction organization were proposed, taking into account the availability of resources and the level of management development.

The application of biosecurity practices for preventing avian influenza in North-Eastern Italy turkey farms: An analysis of the point of view and perception of farmers

IntroductionItalian and international outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), particularly in densely populated poultry areas (DPPAs), have increased over the past few decades. These emerging risks, which endanger both human and animal health and the entire poultry industry, can be effectively limited by biosecurity measures implemented at human-animal food chain interfaces. Some problems, however, persist in the application of these measures on the part of poultry farmers, prompting the need to explore those aspects and causes that limit their implementation. Material and methodsA qualitative approach was selected for the study and a semi-structured interview technique was applied to collect data among turkey farmers (n = 29) working in the north-east of Italy. The aim of this technique was to gather data on farms in order to understand the biosecurity practices adopted and the reasons for and impediments to farmer implementation, or lack thereof. This article presents and discusses the main data collected. ResultsThe study revealed that farmers were familiar with the biosecurity measures necessary to contain avian influenza (AI) and other poultry diseases; personal disinfection and animal isolation practices were particularly prominent. Based on the reported procedures, managerial, economic, and psychosocial factors were among the barriers behind the failure to implement biosecurity measures. These obstacles were variously intertwined and associated with the different action settings. In particular management factors, such as lack of time to apply the rules and difficulties contingent on the farm’s structural characteristics, mediate the application of biosecurity measures. In terms of communication channels, the company, particularly its technicians, proved to be the primary source of information for farmers in case of emergencies, as well as the primary source of information on the application of biosecurity measures. However, other sources of information were indicated, such as word of mouth among farmers or other non-institutional figures (relatives and acquaintances). ConclusionsWhat emerged, was the need to improve not only the biosecurity management skills, but also to implement forms of cooperation among the various key stakeholders in the poultry sector. The information presented in this pilot study needs to be discussed among competent authorities, public and company veterinarians, company technicians, and farmers. Furthermore, this information will help in participatory co-planning of risk prevention and communication strategies to implement a long-term, sustainable, effective approach to address future epidemic emergencies.

Сталий розвиток аграрних підприємств в Україні

The article is devoted to the study of the state and prospects of the implementation of the con-cept of sustainable development in the activities of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine. The article examines the concept of sustainable development and its components, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals and mechanisms of implementation of the concept of sustainable development in the activities of enterprises. The resource, economic, legal and social factors influencing the devel-opment of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine are determined. Recommendations have been devel-oped for the state and agricultural enterprises regarding actions to implement the concept of sus-tainable development in their activities and achieve the goals of sustainable development. The agri-cultural sector in Ukraine is relatively nascent, having commenced its comprehensive formation ap-proximately three decades ago. Presently, a majority of agricultural entities find themselves in a phase marked by the expansion of operations and the augmentation of capital assets. This circum-stance affords an opportunity wherein the entire industry may be structured in accordance with the tenets of sustainable development. Such an approach is poised not only to bolster the economic resil-ience of enterprises but also to ameliorate environmental conditions and enhance the overall welfare of the populace. Consequently, there arises a necessity to undertake an exhaustive examination aimed at discerning the contemporary status and distinctive features characterizing the evolution of agricultural enterprises in Ukraine. This examination should yield recommendations, particularly for governmental entities, delineating potential measures for the integration of sustainable devel-opment principles into the operational frameworks of agricultural enterprises. Today, most agricul-tural enterprises are at the stage of expansion of activities and development of capital assets. This creates conditions when the entire industry can be built on the principles of sustainable development, which will ensure not only the economic stability of enterprises, but also improve the state of ecology and the well-being of the population. In view of this, it becomes necessary to carry out a detailed study to determine the current state and characteristics of the development of agricultural enter-prises in Ukraine, to develop recommendations, in particular for the state, regarding potential steps for introducing the concept of sustainable development into the activities of agricultural enterprises.