Positive Growth Trend Research Articles

TernAkses: Livestock investment based on crowdfunding through custodial services and millennial farms planning

Gross Domestic Products in a country becomes an important focus in measuring the level of welfare of the people. One of the sectors contributing to Indonesia’s high GDP is the agriculture sector in the livestock sub-sector. Indonesia is able to contribute from the livestock sub-sector to meet the food needs of the community at large. However, problems arise in accessing capital and sales of livestock products that make the livestock sub-sector’s contribution fluctuate each year, so that Indonesia must import livestock products to meet public demand. The development of crowdfunding-based financial technology as a breeder capital strategy through capital contributions supported by the integration of livestock partners and millennial farms planning. Through innovations based on the digitalization of financing and marketing of livestock products and supported by a positive trend of internet growth. TernAkses is an investment service innovation and sale and purchase of livestock products based marketing. Access can solve existing problems through funding programs, partnerships, training, assistance, marketing and livestock sharing. TernAkses uses websites and applications that can be accessed through a broad range of community smartphones. In its application, the synergy of related stakeholders is needed to be able to implement the concept.

A spatial analysis of how growth and inequality affect poverty in Brazil

Abstract This research seeks to analyze the impacts of economic growth and income inequality on Brazilian states’ urban and rural poverty, considering the effects of the initial levels of development and inequality. The elasticities of income and inequality of poverty were calculated through a dynamic spatial panel, using an adaptation of the approach developed by Kalwij and Verschoor (2004), and data from 2004 to 2014. Incorporating the spatial factor allows us to capture the effects of the geographical location on local poverty. The results suggest that a poverty reduction occurs more intensely when associated with reductions in the inequality levels. Income elasticities were greater (in absolute terms) in rural areas, while the inequality elasticities were greater in the urban area estimates. The growing trend of the inequality elasticity and the decreasing trend of the income elasticity suggest a positive trend of economic growth and a negative trend of poverty. Likewise, if the reduction in inequality shows a negative trend, the absolute value of poverty will decrease. Thus, a public policy to combat poverty through economic growth or reducing inequalities applied to the urban or rural environment would obtain more efficient results if applied in the long term.

Leveraging a Spanish Literacy Intervention to Support Outcomes of English Learners

Over 11 million students enter school speaking a language other than English. Due to their emerging English proficiency, many English Learners (ELs) struggle with English literacy, which impacts their overall achievement in school. However, there is evidence that ELs who have solid skills in their native language are able to apply their understanding to their learning in English. Thus, it is critical to understand how Spanish literacy interventions used in schools affect the English literacy outcomes of struggling ELs. The purpose of this study was to determine how a Spanish phonics-based literacy intervention, used during Tier 2 of a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), affects ELs’ literacy skills in Spanish and English. Overall, a positive growth trend was noted on all literacy measures in both languages, while statistically significant results were obtained for Spanish and English phonics. Given the positive impact on students’ Spanish and English literacy development, native language instruction and interventions should be provided to struggling ELs. Other implications include the need for teacher preparation in the area of bilingual education as well as the implementation of culturally responsive reading interventions in the students’ native language to assist them in bridging the literacy achievement gap.

Strategic Intelligence and Firm Performance: An Analysis of the Mediating Role of Dynamic Capabilities from Commercial Banks in Kenya

Commercial Banks in Kenya supports economic development by providing finances to businesses and individual investors. In addition, banks facilitate savings, create jobs opportunities, assist in wealth creation, and eradication of poverty. However, not all the banks have had positive growth trend in the period 2016 to 2018. Records indicate that some banks such as Chase Bank, Imperial bank and Charterhouse Bank had poor performance impeding continuity. The hypothesis of the study was that Dynamic capabilities had no significance mediating effect on the relationship between strategic intelligence and performance of Commercial banks in Kenya. This study was anchored on resource-based view, dynamic capabilities theory and balanced scorecard model. The study used both primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected through 143 questionnaires distributed to the respondents while secondary data was obtained through the annual reports and publications of the Central Bank of Kenya, for the period 2016 to 2018. Data was analyzed using multiple linear regression and the findings of the study indicate that dynamic capabilities had a statistically mediating effect on the relationship between strategic intelligence and the performance of commercial banks in Kenya. The study recommends that commercial banks policy makers should considers restructuring their internal and external competitive strategies, by involving behavioural scientists to device better ways of achieving the intended competitive advantage that can lead to superior performance of their banks.

БЮДЖЕТНЕ ІНВЕСТУВАННЯ НА МІСЦЕВОМУ РІВНІ

The article investigates the structure and dynamics of capital expenditures and capital investments at the expense of local budgets during 2010-2019. It has been established that since 2015 in Ukraine there has been an increase in capital expenditures of local budgets, both in the total amount of expenditures of local budgets, and in GDP as well. This is due to the growth of the local budgets resource base in connection with the decentralization reform. Also, a positive trend of growth in the percentage of capital expenditures of local budgets is revealed. This fact reflects the budgetary investment intensification at the local level. It was found that the growth of capital expenditures from local budgets occurs in the direction of the growth of capital transfers to enterprises (up to 40% in the total amount of capital expenditures). This may be due to the replenishment of the registered capital of utilities, a significant part of which is formed because of a medical reform. Major maintenance, reconstruction and restoration traditionally remain at a high level in the structure of local budgets capital expenditures. The significance for local budgets and procedures for obtaining various types of financial support for regional development from the state budget is also studied. It has been established that the investment potential of local budgets is formed by their own revenues to the development budget, as well as by funding from the state budget in the form of subventions to local budgets for the formation of the united territorial communities infrastructure (0.3-0.4% in the revenues of local budgets); subventions for the implementation of measures for the certain territories socio-economic development (0.2-1.2%) and financing of investment projects at the expense of the State Fund for Regional Development (0.7-1.03%). It was found that the growth of capital investments from local budgets to a small extent depends on financial support from the state budget. It was also clarified that the use of funds for the regional development financial support at the expense of the state budget does not quite correspond to the goals defined by legal acts. The problems of the efficiency of financing investment projects at the expense of the SFRD funds and subventions of socio-economic development have been identified. Recommendations are given for eliminating the identified problems of the effectiveness of financing investment projects for regional development.

ЛЕКАРСТВЕННОЕ РАСТЕНИЕВОДСТВО РОССИИ В XXI ВЕКЕ (ВЫЗОВЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ)

The cultivation of medicinal plants is currently the main way of providing the pharmaceutical industry with raw materials for obtaining biologically active substances for the production of drugs. The use of natural resources of wild species is decreasing every year for a number of reasons, the biotechnological method has not been properly expanded yet, and in some cases it is possible to reproduce only a part of the complex of target biologically active substances contained in an intact plant. In recent years, a positive growth trend has been outlined in the domestic production of medicinal starting materials of herbal origin. However, there are a number of problematic issues that inhibit the development of medicinal plant growing and lead to a certain stagnation. These are general legislative and organizational problems, as well as deterioration or deficiency of material resources – basic production assets, lack of comprehensive mechanization, shortage of qualified specialists and a number of other obstacles. Nevertheless, the actively growing demand for high-quality raw materials from medicinal plant both in our country and abroad opens up great prospects for the development of medicinal plant production. It should be noted that the analysis of the current state of collection and cultivation of medicinal plants in Russia is poorly developed or is practically absent. The paper examines the current state of medicinal plant production; attempts are made to identify the main problems and possible growth points. Finding solutions to the problems and using the growth points show promise for the transformation of medicinal plant production into an industry with a large import substituting and export potential.

AN IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF COVID-19 ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

The purpose of this article is to provide an impact assessment of Covid-19 on the South African automotive industry. The study is exploratory in nature and employs descriptive quantitative analyses. Monthly time series data (01/2000-01/2021) available from Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) were used for analysis and to achieve the objectives of the study. The results indicate that since the beginning of March 2020, all categories started to show significant contraction, and the worst negative growth was observed in April at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic regulations imposed by the government. Measured in nominal values at current prices and compared on a year-on-year (YOY) basis, the largest negative annual growth rate (contraction) was in used vehicle sales, followed by new vehicle sales, income from sales of accessories, workshop income, fuel sales, and convenient store sales. The overall YOY actual motor trade sales contracted by a massive 84%, and when seasonally adjusted, by 81%. Led by used vehicle sales, the automotive industry was able to recover rather quickly as the restrictions imposed by the government were eased from May 2020 onwards. However, the overall performance of the industry is still in a worse state when compared to the preceding year, 2019. Looking forward, the gradual increase in overall motor trade sales suggests a positive trend of growth.

СОСТОЯНИЕ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ СФЕРЫ И ЖИЗНЕННЫЙ УРОВЕНЬ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ КИРОВСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ В ГОДЫ ВТОРОЙ ПЯТИЛЕТКИ (1933–1937)

The article focuses on the social sphere development of the Kirov region in the years of the second five-year plan (1933–1937). It substantiates a direct link between the dynamic development of the industrial sector of the regional economy and the changes in the social sphere. The authors trace the changes in the incomes and purchasing power of the population of the region. They give the ratio of average wages in different industries and the prices for basic consumer goods along with the abolition of the rationing distribution system in the Soviet Union. In addition, the article provides the data pertaining to the regional budget expenditures on the education, health care and social support for the vulnerable groups of the population; the paper also traces the positive growth trend in the number of schools, hospitals, and cultural institutions. The authors state the special role and managing methods of the regional party bodies in resolving the social development tasks for the region and in protecting the interests of ordinary industrial and agricultural workers. Аt the same time, noting the positive trend in the development of the social sphere in the designated geographical framework, the authors draw attention to the whole range of its systemic issues. They classify as such the housing shortage, growing over the entire period, the disparity in the development of big cities and rural areas, the insufficient level of medical care provided to the population, and the serious shortcomings in the education of young people. However the authors come to the conclusion that the Kirov region during the years of the second five-year plan was a dynamically developing territory with good prospects

TREND ANALYSIS OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NEPAL

The trend of agricultural technologies and agricultural value-added growth based on time series data of Nepal over the period 2001–2018 has been examined in this paper. The technological progress plays a major role in enhancing the potential productivity of land and affecting the economic growth positively. The results indicated that there are some benefits from the utilization of a system of technological innovations including mechanization. It was found that technological innovations pertaining to soil conditions, irrigation systems and chemical fertilizers might be beneficial to agricultural production growth in the long-term when they are managed in accordance with soil characteristics and in a balanced way. Thus, it is recommended that Nepal makes a large scale investment in agriculture and carry on renewal at opportune moments so as to keep steady the positive trend of the agricultural growth over the years. The investment may be in terms of mechanized technologies, supporting infrastructure and appropriating the knowledge relating to their management; and adopting new farming technologies and practices involving crop rotation, multi-cropping and agro-forestry so as to sustain the growth of agricultural value added.

Vitality versus cambium, xylem, and phloem characteristics in Cedrus libani

Abstract In many regions, such as the Mediterranean, anticipated climate change is seen as a serious threat to tree vitality and forest productivity. Recent studies show that wood and bark structure as well as the number of dormant cambial cells bear valuable information about the growth condition and vitality of trees and thus could function as indicators to help manage forests in the future. Microcores and tree cores were sampled from stems of adult Cedrus libani trees growing at different altitudes in SW-Turkey. Trees were divided into two groups based on basal area increments: vital trees (positive growth trend), and trees of diminishing vitality (negative growth trend). Histological cross-sections were investigated for their number of dormant cambial cells as well as their xylem and phloem characteristics. We measured the widths of the conducting phloem, most recent xylem ring, earlywood, and latewood. We further calculated the ratio between the width of xylem ring and conducting phloem (XR:CPH ratio), and earlywood to latewood ratio. Vital trees had a significantly higher number of dormant cambial cells (on average 32%), higher xylem (67%), and conducting phloem (36%) widths, and a higher XR:CPH ratio (47%). The XR:CPH ratio ranged between 1.8:1 and 21.4:1. The number of dormant cambial cells was closely related to xylem and conducting phloem widths and showed a significant decrease with tree age. Altitude showed no direct effect on the measured and calculated parameters. Our results indicate the potential of dormant cambium, xylem, and phloem characteristics to assess the vitality and growth conditions of C. libani trees.

Global trends and characteristics of vermicompost research over the past 24years.

This study aims to investigate a practical bibliometric analysis and discuss its trends to evaluate the global scientific production of vermicompost research from 1993 to 2017 and explain its several advantages to our environment and waste management. The data were from the database of the Science Citation Index (SCI) published by the ISI Web of Science and illustrated by Excel and VOS viewer. According to the 2174 publications, this article was conducted based on four significant aspects, including publications growth trends, countries/territories, categories and journals, and keywords co-occurrence network analysis. This study revealed remarkable positive growth trends of the research and the number of articles related to vermicompost over the last 24years with more countries participating in this field. Although the USA has the most collaboration with other countries, developing countries such as India, which was the most productive one, made significant progress in sharing articles within the study period. Based on analyses of dominant categories, the most common subject category was Environmental Science, and the most productive journal was Bioresource Technology. Finally, we analyzed author keywords to the extracted research article emphasis. The results showed that mainstream research claim vermicomposting with the help of Eisenia fetida earthworms which converts several wastes such as sewage sludge to a soil improvement fertilizer. It is an essential approach to eliminate heavy metals from the wastes and provide essential nutrients to improve the growth and yield of plants.

Гармонизация стандартов Евразийского экономического союза на плодоовощную продукцию как средство интегрированной торговли мирового экономического пространства

Introduction. A unified system of normative and technical regulation can facilitate export of fruit and vegetables. The research objective was to develop a draft of unified standards for marketing regulation and quality control of fruit and vegetable products that participate in foreign trade in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
 Study objects and methods. The study featured draft standards for quality of prepared and packaged food products, classification, size, labeling, packaging, safety indicators, etc. The research also included development programs of interstate standards for technical regulations and objects of technical regulation, i.e. fresh fruit and vegetables. Research methods involved comparison, analysis, synthesis, peer review, comprehensive standardization, and system analysis.
 Results and its discussion. The present article provides an analytical review of the world export of fruit and vegetables by EAEU countries. Export to third countries demonstrated a positive growth trend: the export of vegetables increased by 19.3% and that of fruit – by 3.6%, in comparison with 2018. The paper focuses on the structure of the drafts, their main tasks and advantages. It gives a detailed description of drafts that regulate pre-export standards (quality, commodity procedures, packaging, etc.), as well as post-export requirements. The authors developed standards that specify maturity, calibration, labeling, hygienic requirements, contaminants, etc. The draft standards may help to regulate the sale and control of the commercial quality of fresh fruit and vegetables, including organic products.
 Conclusion. The new international standards for fresh fruit and vegetables, including organic products, will reduce procedural and documentary barriers between the EAEU and the world market, thus increasing the volume of foreign trade in fruit and vegetables.

Non-uniform growth dynamics of a dominant boreal tree species (Picea mariana) in the face of rapid climate change

Northwestern Canada’s boreal forest has experienced rapid warming, drying, and changes to permafrost, yet the growth responses and mechanisms driving productivity have been under-studied at broad scales. Forest responses are largely driven by black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.) — the region’s most widespread and dominant tree. We collected tree ring samples from four black spruce-dominated sites across 15° of latitude, spanning gradients in climate and permafrost. We investigated (i) differences in growth patterns, (ii) variations in climatic drivers of growth, and (iii) trends in water use efficiency (WUE) through 13C isotope analysis from 1945 to 2006. We found positive growth trends at all sites except those at mid-latitude, where rapid permafrost thaw drove declines. Annual growth was lowest at the tree limit site and highest at the tree line. Climatic drivers of these growth patterns varied; positive growth responses at the northerly sites were associated with warmer winters, whereas Δ13C trends and climate-growth responses at mid-latitude sites indicated that growth was limited by moisture availability. Δ13C signatures indicated increased WUE at the southernmost site, with no significant trends at northern sites. These results suggest that warming will increase the growth of trees at the northern extent of black spruce, but southerly areas may face drought stress if precipitation does not balance evapotranspiration.

Climate sensitive single tree growth modeling using a hierarchical Bayes approach and integrated nested Laplace approximations (INLA) for a distributed lag model

A novel methodological framework is presented for climate-sensitive modeling of annual radial stem increments using tree-ring width time series. The approach is based on a hierarchical Bayes model together with a distributed time lag model that take into account the effects of a series of monthly temperature and precipitation values, as well as their interactions. By using a set of random walk priors, the hierarchical Bayes model allows both the detrending of the individual time series and the regression modeling to be performed simultaneously in a single model step. The approach was applied to comprehensive tree-ring width data from Austria collected on sample plots arranged in triplets representing different mixture types. Bayesian predictions revealed that European larch (Larix decidua Mill.), Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) show positive climate-related growth trends throughout higher elevation sites in Tyrol, and these trends remain unchanged under a mixed-stand scenario. At the lower Austrian sites, Norway spruce was found to show a severely negative growth trend under both the pure- and mixed-stand scenario. The increment rates of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) were found to have a negative climate-related trend in pure stands, and the trend diminished through an admixture of spruce or larch. The trends of European larch and sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) showed stationary behavior, irrespective of the mixture scenario. Scots pine data showed a positive trend at the lower elevation sites under both the pure- and mixed-stand scenario. These findings indicate that species mixing does not lower the climate-related increment fluctuations of beech, oak, pine, and spruce at lower elevation sites.

EXCHANGE ACTIVITY IN THE SYSTEM OF NATIONAL ECONOMY

Introduction. Exchange activity occupies an important place in the financial services market and in the system of the national economy as a whole. At the same time, the development of such ac-tivities is characterized by significant problems and obstacles that cause its inertia. There is a need to review the main trends in the field of exchange activities and identify measures to improve it. The purpose of the article is to consider the exchange activity and the main trends of its functioning in the system of modern national economy. Results of this study: The features, classification of exchanges are determined and the peculiarities of their functioning in Ukraine are considered. It is noted that modern world exchanges reflect the current price situation in different markets, and market capitalization is an important indicator that characterizes the scale of this exchange in the world economy. The world's stock exchanges with the largest market capitalization are systematized. It is determined that the state regulation of exchange activity of modern Ukraine is somewhat different from the existing norms, standards and rules in the world, which are implemented in foreign markets of financial services. Such activity in the system of the national economy is still in its infancy, despite the positive growth trend of many indicators that characterize it. Trends in the development of commodity exchanges in Ukraine are detailed and their positive dynamics are noted. It is noted that the number of exchanges is too large for the volume of business transactions in the national economy. It was specified that the most important problems that cause the inert development of exchange activities include: political, social and economic instability, occupation of Crimea and some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the spread of the pandemic and more. It is emphasized that there is a problem of too limited and inconsistent legal field of regulation of commodity exchanges, characterized by the existence of various regulations, a significant number of which should be considered in the context of administrative influence and creating artificial barriers to commodity exchanges. Conclusions. It is determined that in order to ensure effective exchange activity there is a need to improve banking and financial instruments. In addition, in the system of the national economy for the successful development of exchange activities, in accordance with world experience and socio-economic characteristics of the regions of Ukraine, it is necessary to optimize the number of stock exchanges; to improve the information infrastructure that will provide sales processes; to improve exchange tools; to strengthen the role of agricultural commodity exchanges and innovative enterprises, to create favourable conditions for their operation. Key words: exchange activity, exchange trading, exchange tools, currency market, information infrastructure, innovative enterprises, clearing institutions, competition, stock market.

Land-Use Legacies and Climate Change as a Double Challenge to Oak Forest Resilience: Mismatches of Geographical and Ecological Rear Edges

Global change challenges ecosystems in xeric locations transformed by intensive human use. Resilience to drought of relict Mediterranean Quercus pyrenaica populations in the southern Iberian Peninsula was analyzed in relation to historical records of land use, combining dendroecological growth of adult trees and greenness (EVI) as proxies for secondary and primary growth. The growth trends reflected a strong influence of old land-use legacies (firewood removal) in the current forest structure. Trees were highly sensitive to moisture availability, but both primary growth and secondary growth expressed high resilience to drought events over the short and the long term. Resilience and the tree growth response to climate followed a water-stress gradient. A positive growth trend since the late 1970s was particularly evident in mesic (colder and wetter) high-elevation stands, but absent in the most xeric (warmer and drier) stands. The high values of resilience observed suggest that the studied Q. pyrenaica populations are located in a geographical but not a climatic or ecological rear edge. Resilience of oak stands to drought events was not spatially homogeneous across the mountain range, due to differences in ecological conditions and/or past management legacies. This is particularly relevant for rear-edge populations where topographic and biophysical variability can facilitate the existence of refugia.

TRENDS ANALYSIS OF COWPEA AREA AND PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA FROM 2006 - 2018

The study examined the trends over the years of cowpea cropped area, output and yield per hectare. Time series data of cowpea area and production in Nigeria (2006 - 2018) obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria annual bulletins were used for the study. Data were analyzed using three (3) trend models; linear, quadratic and exponential growth models which were fitted and the exponential growth models were selected on econometric basis in the analysis. The result of the exponential model showed positive compound growth trends in area (0.031) and output (0.039), but with negative growth trend of -0.008 for the yield/ha analysis. The doubling times for the growth rates were estimated at 17 and 14 years to double the growth rates in cowpea cropped area and output. Result of the growth pattern disclosed that there was deceleration in the growth of cowpea cropped area, output and yield/ha for the period under consideration. It was concluded that that the marginal compound growth rates in cowpea area, output and yield/ha resulted in actual retardation in cowpea production. The study recommended that the trend results can be reversed by land improvement mechanisms that will increase the yield/ha, and the incorporation best practices like Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage (PICS) to achieve the dual objectives of increased production and market successes.

Transformation of the Financial Mechanism of a University in the Context of the Implementation of the Efficiency Principle

The switch of the national policy to increasing efficiency and improving quality of public service delivery predetermined significant changes in the sector of higher education. The article describes the measures introduced by the state to reform the sector of education; a complex of indices that characterize the state of the market of higher education services over the last 5 years is analyzed. A conclusion about a positive growth trend of the volume of expenses of the federal budget on higher education per one student sponsored by the state is drawn. The financial mechanism of a higher education institution is emphasized. The authors focus on high significance of the principle of efficiency in the university activities. Direct correlation between the revenues of a higher education institution and its efficiency is revealed. A number of financial methods due to which, in the future, universities will be able to maintain independence and increase efficiency of their activities in the conditions of high competition in the higher education market is proposed.

Non-performing loan in fishery sector, Indonesia

The fisheries sector’s potential is quite large in Indonesia, and during the administration of President Joko Widodo, the demand for fisheries experienced a positive growth trend, which increased 48 percent from 2014 to 2018, from 6,400 thousand tons in 2014 to 9,480 thousand tons in 2018. On the demand side, in addition to domestic demand, the demand for fisheries exports has also increased. Even though there is great potential in output, the absorption of fisheries sector loans is very low, which is only 0.20 percent on average along 2014-2018, and the Non-Performing Loans (NPL) of bank loans in the fisheries sector are quite high. From the data of April 2019, the NPL of the fisheries sector was 6.9 percent of the total loans in the sector. This study aims to analyze the factors that affect the NPL in the fisheries sector in Indonesia by using the error correction model (ECM) on the 2010-2019 monthly data, for long and short-term of variables relationship. The empirical model developed to analyze the NPL value of the fisheries are affected by the interest rates, inflation, and output growth of the fisheries sector. This study finds that in the long run NPL is negatively affected by output growth of fisheries sector, and positively affected by inflation and the interest rate of fisheries sector. The cointegration test supports the long-term relationship of the dependent and independent variables of the model. The results of the short run model analysis indicate the suitability of the sign with the hypothesis and in line with the results on the long-term model. The results of the long and short-term analysis can be a policy consideration for financial authorities regarding the projection of NPL in the future.

Recent growth trends of conifers across Western Europe are controlled by thermal and water constraints and favored by forest heterogeneity

Tree growing conditions are changing rapidly in the face of climate change. Capturing tree-growth response to such changes across environmental contexts and tree species calls for a continuous forest monitoring over space. Based on >10,000 tree-ring measurements sampled across the systematic grid of the continuous French national forest inventory (NFI) over the 2006–2016 period, we evaluated the radial growth trends of eight conifer tree species prevalent in European forests across their native and introduced ranges and various bioclimatic contexts (n = 16 forest systems). For each forest system, radial increments were filtered out from tree, plot, soil and climatic normal influences to isolate environment-driven growth signals and quantify residual time-series. Associated growth trends across forest systems were then confronted against environmental variables (e.g. short-term averages and trends in seasonal climate). Trends for a given species were systematically more positive in cooler contexts (higher elevations or northern distribution margins) than in warmer contexts (plains). Decreases and increases in precipitation regimes were found to be associated with negative and positive tree growth trends, respectively. Remarkably, positive growth trends were mainly observed for native forest systems (7/9) and negative trends for introduced systems (5/7). Native forests showed a more heterogeneous forest structure as compared to introduced forests that, in line with observed positive dependence of tree growth trends onto both water availability and forest heterogeneity, appears to modulate the competitive pressure on water resource with ongoing summer maximum temperature increase. Over a short annually-resolved study period, we were able to capture tree growth responses coherent with climate change across diverse forest ecosystems. With ongoing accumulation of data, the continuous French NFI hence arises as powerful support to monitoring climate change effects on forests.