Alen Mujčinović

Alen Mujčinović
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University of Sarajevo | UNSA

PhD in Agricultural Sciences

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May 2021 - present
University of Sarajevo
Position
  • Assistant Professor
Education
April 2016 - April 2017
University of Hohenheim
Field of study
  • Agricultural Economics
September 2013 - September 2020
University of Sarajevo
Field of study
  • Agricultural Economics
September 2011 - October 2013
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, University of Sarajevo
Field of study
  • Agricultural and Food Industry Economics

Publications

Publications (62)
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Rural youth are influenced by a wide range of uncertainties regarding their personal and professional development. Rural youth and in particular rural NEETs (Not in Employment, Education or Training) are especially vulnerable and face higher risks of labour market, social and economic exclusion. This paper aims to analyse the determinants of the dy...
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This conceptual paper aims to expand the notion of “farming newcomers” in Europe by also including those that we label “involuntary newcomers”, who correspond to the workforce coming unwillingly to farming for reasons associated with spatial (im)mobilities. We fully develop our aim in four steps. Firstly, we present an integrative literature review...
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In the last 3 decades, the rapid growth of tourism activities is evident. Globally, tourism is becoming of prime importance for the development of local economies. A similar trend is observed in the Balkan region and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The total contribution of tourism in GDP of Bosnia and Herzegovina growth is evident, from 2.0% in 2011 to...
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Mathematical modelling plays an important role in food engineering having various mathematical models tailored for different food topics. However, mathematical models are followed by limited information on their application in food companies. This paper aims to discuss the extent and the conditions surrounding the usage of mathematical models in th...
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In this period, relevant challenges to AWM have materialized, such as climate change effects or the need to implement an interconnected vision of ecosystem services. In the R&I arena, the societal demand for knowledge goods remains low, while the reforms of higher education and R&I funding systems have become urgent. This paper set out to elaborate...
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This study investigated food safety issues as perceived by food companies and food safety authorities in six countries in Europe and Central Asia. A total of 66 companies and 16 authorities participated in the survey. The results provide important insights related to what the main food safety priorities are, how they are addressed in the countries...
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In this chapter we develop a theoretical-conceptual model on young farmers’ entrepreneurship in multi-functional, diverse and resilient sustainable rural development. Our aim is supported by policies fostering social and economic opportunities that target both rural youth and rural female entrepreneurship. The European Green Deal and associated tar...
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Urban agriculture and urban agroforestry initiatives are gaining importance globally as nature-based solutions that creates new opportunities while creating multifunctional, highly innovative, and attractive spaces for all stakeholders. The Plethora of benefits associated with urban agriculture may be achieved through promotion and raising awarenes...
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Gastronomy potential and its growing trends of a well-being lifestyle, authenticity, environmental protection, and the need to have a high-quality experience is widely recognized as a strong and influencing factor determining customer decision to join a specific location. Bosnia and Herzegovina is achieving steady growth in terms of the number of v...
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The collection of papers contains carefully selected papers presented at the 32nd International Scientific-Expert Conference of Agriculture and Food Industry “Local Food Production Systems in the Era of Global Challenges.” The conference was held in Sarajevo on December 1–2, 2022, and gathered many local and international institutions and represent...
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BACKGROUND This investigation provides an important insight into Eurasian consumers' food safety beliefs and trust issues influenced by the COVID‐19 pandemic. An online survey was conducted in 15 European and Asian countries involving more than 4000 consumers. RESULTS It has confirmed that different socioeconomic characteristics, cultural aspects...
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To explain patterns of the urban-rural continuum, social innovations, civic engagement, public goods, and social justice and to set up the scene for modern, sustainable urban development in the era of global challenges.
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Understanding consumers’ behavior and their handling of high-risk foods at home is essential for reducing the number of foodborne illnesses. This study shows the results of a cross-national analysis of consumers’ perception from nine countries, and the identification of customers’ clusters and its characteristics in order to understand customers’ b...
Technical Report
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Ovaj prijedlog praktične javne politike ima za cilj identifikovati izazove i perspektive poljoprivrednog sektora u Bosni i Hercegovini (BiH), te predložiti rješenja koja vode modernizaciji i unapređenju poljoprivrednog i komplementarnih sektora. Izazovi i perspektive su identifikovane na osnovu pregleda dostupnih izvještaja institucija u BiH, ali i...
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The multifunctional, complex and heterogeneous rural areas are facing numerous challenges, among which the most important include climate change, depopulation, migrations, poor infrastructure, and the lack of attractive working places. Such a situation calls for transformative change in both rural and urban areas, where innovations and transformati...
Technical Report
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Rural areas are very complex zones of analysis, with many interacting components influencing development patterns and socio-economic conditions. In turn, these lead to desirable or non-desirable solutions. Given that many rural areas are struggling to attract youth, the development of attractive and stimulating environments, as well as a vast numbe...
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Rural society is facing numerous difficulties in the form of poverty, social exclusion, low level of education, etc. (Salamońska & Czeranowska, 2019; FAO, 2022). Youth are especially adversely affected by this situation. Setting up one's own business is crucial because they can produce and sell their agricultural products in rural areas. Sustainabl...
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Food fraud as intentional deception for economic gain relies on a low-tech food value chain, that applies a „paper and pencil approach“, unable to provide reliable and trusted data about food products, accompanied processes/activities and actors involved. Such approach has created the information asymmetry that leads to erosion of stakeholders and...
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Rural areas across Europe face multifaced and complex challenges among which most prominent are climate change, depopulation, fuelled by steady rural-urban migrations, poor infrastructure, and transformation of the local and global agri-food system. Such a situation shapes the deterioration of rural areas failing to ensure many prestigious, well-pa...
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The acronym NEET refers to youths aged between 15 and 34 years old who are excluded from employment, education or training. However, historically, the NEET demographic has been depicted as a largely homogenous group. Against this backdrop and given the dependency of rural economies on agricultural practices for survival, such practices have been in...
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An online survey was distributed to consumers in nine countries in order to investigate their perceptions related to causers of food safety risks, types of food associated with food-borne illnesses and the role of actors in the food supply chain. A total of 2723 respondents have participated in the survey. Results indicated that food hygiene has be...
Technical Report
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Policy issues presented in this document are drawn from lessons from the project, related initiatives, and stakeholders’ inputs. The explanation of the current situation with proposed measures to undertake are based on official strategic documents and international reports on waste management in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Once again, the availability...
Technical Report
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The policy recommendation calls for urgent action, prioritizing identified challenges as well as aligning all the activities towards the SDGs and the European integration processes. The aim is to highlight some of the most important problems indicated by the different stakeholders during the series of stakeholder engagement workshops organized by t...
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Multifunctionality and the capability of the food system to address food security, safety, nutrition, quality during the crisis time always play an important role in shaping the quality of life for all. In general, the food system always shows strong resilience during the crisis time, but with a “new” type of threat – the COVID-19 pandemic, the foo...
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According to Conijn et al. (2018) current consumption or degradation of most of the food-related resources (e.g., land, freshwater, fossil energy, and nutrients) exceed their global regeneration rate. At the same time, along the food supply chain, 30% of total production is lost. The majority, 46% to 65% of total food waste is generated on the cons...
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Challenges of population growth, urban overpopulation, climate change and declining natural resources are pushing food supply systems to their limits. Therefore, urban areas are adopting different/alternative food production and distribution systems, like urban agriculture (UA). UA uses modern/innovative technologies that shorten food supply system...
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This paper focuses on the processes of school-to-work transitions in a selected group of countries from Southeastern Europe (SEE), namely: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Serbia; and, Slovenia. Each of these countries display the same roots of development in their educational systems: however, due to their transition a...
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Peradarstvo u BiH najintenzivnija je grana stočarstva, tehničko-tehnološki savremeno opremljena i u najvećoj mjeri tržišno orjentisana. U ovakvim uslovima, sektor posljednjih godina (2013-2019) bilježi rast od čak 3% uz prosječnu godišnju proizvodnju jaja od 0,7 milijardi komada. Vodeći se činjenicom da potražnja za glavnim peradarskim proizvodima...
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High-bush blueberry has been in growing demand recently and it has become an attractive crop for agricultural producers. This study aims to determine the economic effects of investing in high-bush blueberry plantations in the production conditions of central Bosnia and Herzegovina. It concludes that during the period of starting the analyzed planta...
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Background The dependency of rural economies on agricultural practices for survival has been in decline for a number of years, seriously threatening rural communities sustainability. It is now evident that attracting young people into agricultural professions is proving difficult. As a consequence, policy measures that aim to enhance the likelihood...
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Youth situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina Unemployment, employment rate, NEET rate, education level.
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The highest quality silage is produced from corn (corn silage), which is also the most common livestock feed. The lack of corn silage in livestock production can be compensated only by concentrated feed, which is usually more expensive, but this is a wellapplied practice in B&H. Therefore, the main aim of this paper was to determine the economic vi...
Technical Report
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A report has just been published on the situation of young people in employment, education or training in rural areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The report examines several important indicators such as youth unemployment or early school dropout between 2009 and 2019. The report was drawn up under the COST Rural Action NEET Youth Network, funded by...
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Bottled water sector in B&H becomes more significant economically with media pressure and expectations. This paper aims to determine factors important for the consumers while choosing bottled water products and in that way try to, by comparing the results to the sectors abilities, determine sector's ability to meet the consumer's needs. Small resea...
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Agriculture has always been an important element of the economic development of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). With noteworthy trend of urbanization, urban and peri-urban areas become more important and represent a huge opportunity for business development, production of high-value products, products for niches markets, development of short supply c...
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The Cucumber downy mildew, caused by pseudo fungus Pseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Rostovzev is one of the economically most significant diseases. Current plant protection programs for this disease are based almost exclusively on the use of fungicides which, considering the ever stricter market criteria in regards to pesticide resi...
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This paper aims to analyse the level, structure and number of direct payment schemes, the achieved level of harmonization with the common agricultural policy (CAP), and to point out the threats and challenges of the agricultural sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The complexity of the political system in B&H has negative effect on the overall...
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Nowadays, managing a company is becoming a more and more complex task. Factors, such as a fast-changing environment, highly competitive market put in focus managers’ abilities to recognize investment possibilities, establish flexible capital structure and consequently mitigate the level of financial risk and contribute to the overall company stabil...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina as a hilly-mountainous country, with the mainly unpolluted environment, available labor resources, small mixed farms are considered to be very suitable for organic farming which is seen as a comparative advantage of the country. Even with all these preconditions, the sector remains underdeveloped. Therefore, the aim of this p...
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A high level of food sector trade deficit indicates the low competitiveness of B&H agribusiness. It brings the question of whether B&H agribusiness low competitiveness is shaped by companies’ low market orientation, i.e. capability of applying integrated business philosophy which ensures adequate competitive advantages and sustains the development...
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Among many ways to determine factors influencing farmers’ capabilities to expand, innovate, and improve business activities, stand social embeddedness and social context, which both, drive complex economic, social and political processes, thus defining ability of local actors to activate and use available resources. Both, social embeddedness and co...
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The effects of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s liberal trade policies have been unknown and unexamined in specific sectors, like beer and drinking water sectors. Has Bosnia and Herzegovina produced positive effects of the main aim of trade liberalization – creating a more competitive and more productive sector, question is that remains unanswered? Thus, t...
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Nowadays, communication with consumers through certification schemes has become more and more important, especially for transitional economies and countries with high level of SMEs. Both, market and individual companies develop strong dependence on information sharing and adding more value through successful labelling. These conditions have made or...
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For thriving in a continuously changing business environment, companies are embracing modern business practices to improve business performances and mitigate financial and other risks. Market orientation and total quality management are todays' two most used business concepts, presented through strategic orientation of the company – towards quality...
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High level of trade deficit indicates low competitiveness in B&H agribusiness, which brings the question whether its low competitiveness is mirroring its low market orientation, i.e. capability to apply integrated business philosophy which ensures adequate competitive advantages and sustains development of companies. To answer that, a survey was co...
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The primary task of researchers and producers of strong alcoholic beverages is to achieve a better and balanced evaporation of components during distillation in the shortest possible time and with lower costs. One way to achieve this is by adding salt during distillation. Salt (NaCl) as a surface inactive component distorts azeotrope that changes t...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the process of quality management establishment and efficiency of quality systems (QS) and to determine whether there are differences in the motives and the process of establishing QS in the investigated companies. During the study, it is used the „case study method“. Data for the case study were obtained fr...
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Modern way of living made it almost impossible to know where food comes from, due to long chain of food supply created by accelerated globalization. Therefore it becomes more and more difficult to evaluate the food quality on the basis of personal experience and knowledge. So, all actors of food chains, governments,producers, distributors and retai...

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