Astrida Miceikienė

Vytautas Magnus University · Agriculture Academy

This article emphasises the need to improve the level of financial literacy of the the main goal of this study is to explore eco-innovation in the activities of business entities as an element of optimizing business processes and the internationalization of their services. A comprehensive set of prerequisites and factors stimulating the formation o...

This study examines the efficacy of incorporating environmental sustainability principles into educational settings to promote the cultivation of critical listening competencies in students. It comprehensively explores the impact of teacher creativity and student engagement on the development of these skills. The research uses both qualitative and...

Žemės ūkio akademija, švęsdama 100-mečio jubiliejų, pristato istorinę apybraižą apie brandžios žemės ūkio švietimui ir mokslui atstovaujančios akademinės bendruomenės istorinėje raidoje patirtus išmėginimus, išugdytas tradicijas ir partnerystes. Knygoje atskleidžiami Žemės ūkio akademijos nuolatinių susidūrimų su reformomis ir kitais išbandymais iš...

The aim of this study was to create a composite food security index that takes into account the four aspects of food security, which are availability, accessibility, usage, and stability, and to analyze how families' food security status changes over time. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) methods were used to create food security indices for each...

The EU’s goals by 2050 are to ensure food security, prevent bio-diversity loss, and strengthen the EU food system’s resilience. Recent scientific research and the situation in the global market show that the cultivation and processing of raspberries is currently completely unsustainable. This sector is experiencing a huge decline in Lithuania. Ther...

Research activities play a critical role in facilitating growth and promoting sustainable development. However, the scientific interest level in the European Green Deal in Central Asia remains uncertain. Therefore, this research paper aims to define the interest of Central Asian researchers in the Green Deal. A literature review was conducted using...

Land use change (LUC) is one of the main factors of economic development, and humans have been changing land use for many years. Agricultural land conversion (ALC) is determined as a major process in many developing countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the widespread ALC and its main socio-economic impacts in developing countries dur...

In Europe, the green course is becoming increasingly relevant, and there are more and more suggestions for its improvement. The valorization of food waste attracts increasing attention and is one important current research area. The aim of this study was to examine oils from 16 raspberry variety seeds and to compare their yields and fatty acid cont...

Biogas production plays an important role in the clean energy economy and is reducing the problems of the energy crisis. The main objective of the current study is to analyze environmental performance by using perennial energy crops in the agricultural sector. Perennial energy crops are neutral for carbon and can be used for electricity and heating...

The Green Deal is an ambitious European development strategy that aims to create a carbon-neutral and environmentally friendly economy. This strategy encompasses key environmental policies such as climate change, circular economy, and sustainable development. Due to its broad and comprehensive definition and sectoral coverage, the European Union’s...

Purpose The aim of this article is to analyze the idea of work-life balance (WLB) for the new times after the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of organizations, and to indicate an innovative approach to the implementation of WLB tools. The main scientific problem is: What innovations in the field of work-life balance do parents expect from co...

The research problem is based on the increasing global environmental pollution, reduction of the natural potential of countries, and the importance of exploration of effective measures for the solution of these issues. The research analyzes the impact of environmental taxes as an environmental policy instrument helping reduce environmental pollutio...

In the scientific literature, the financial autonomy (FA) of rural municipalities has been referred to as a complex and dynamic phenomenon. Its manifestation has been claimed to depend on a variety of externalities and internalities of the local government. Rural municipalities occupy a significant share of the geographical space of the European Un...

The increasing production of renewable gases has been driving attention to perennial energy crop production, particularly the problem of choosing an attractive and effective way to produce the supply chain from the farmer to the biogas plant. The production of perennial energy crops for renewable gases may provide an excellent chance for a sustaine...

To address adaptation and mitigation strategies for climate change, researchers in the agricultural field have extended numerous technologies and practices known as climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The CSA has led to an important debate on sustainable development in the agriculture system and climate among the scientific and civil society. However,...

Annotation This paper discusses the interactions between agricultural activities and environmental sustainability in Lithuania. This study focuses on two research problems: what is the interaction of agricultural activities for environmental sustainability; and what are preference sets of measures for environmental protection in agriculture. Litera...

The fast growth of the environmental impact of mobility is a significant issue for environmental policymakers. The primary condition of sustainable transport policy is human behaviour. The willingness to use sustainable transport mode is the leading trigger to implement sustainable transport policy successfully. Thus, the aim of this paper is to re...

Sustainability is highlighted in renewed European Union (EU) bioeconomy strategy. Sustainable bioeconomy requires improvement in the productivity level of bioresources, which is included in almost all national bioeconomy strategies. However, the aspects of sustainable bioeconomy were analyzed rather scarcely. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to...

In order to implement bioeconomy strategy and seek climate change mitigation, the enhancement of bioenergy production and consumption is required. Looking at a bottom-up approach in which a society can choose its renewable energy supplier, it is important to analyze what mechanisms contribute to the willingness to use bioenergy. In this paper, the...

The bioeconomy development is an important strategy for increasing sustainability and to achieve European Green deal. Environmental taxes are one of the most important tools for the development of the bioeconomy. The research aim is to compare the role of environmental taxes in countries with different levels of economic development: Lithuania and...

An appraisal of training requirements responds to the issue of why training is needed and gives some assurance that the services needed to establish and conduct training can achieve the required outcomes based on performance. Therefore, the goal of this study was to examine the educational needs of female rice farmers in Sari (the capital of Mazand...

The use of nitrogen fertilizers inevitably causes external negative effects that can be mitigated by various means. This study focusses on tax of mineral nitrogen fertilizer. A study “Farmers' Response to Rise in Mineral Fertilizer Price” investigates the potential response of farmers to a possible tax on mineral nitrogen fertilizer use in Lithuani...

Green economy (European Green deal) is one of the main strategies implemented by the European Union (EU). Authors analyzing the trends of green economy in EU. Green economy Lithuania is one of the most important topics of research too. Green Economy in Europe will encourage the creation and development of environmentally friendly business, innovati...

Following the analysis of the indicators characterising the economic viability, efficiency and bankruptcy probability of farms proposed by researchers and employed in practice, the relationships between the indicators and their capacity to predict the prospects of farm activities as well to assess whether or not the indicators are indicative of the...

The present study demonstrates the possibilities for assessment of the financial autonomy of rural municipalities using the TOPSIS method. The study aimed to design and empirically verify the model for assessment of the financial autonomy of rural municipalities. As a result of the empirical study, an integrated system for assessment of the financi...

The reduction of GHG emissions is one of the priorities of the EU countries. The majority of studies show that financial support and environmental taxes are one of the most effective measures for the mitigation of the negative consequences of climate change. The EU countries employ different environmental support measures and environmental taxes to...

Bioeconomy development has become one of the new trends in policy design and research. This study looks at biotic resource extraction in the Baltic Sea region countries providing detailed country by country analyses of factors affecting changes in resource extraction. The study is based on the index decomposition analysis including factors related...

Sustainability is highlighted in renewed European Union (EU) bioeconomy strategy. Sustainable bioeconomy requires improvement in the productivity level of bioresources, which is included in almost all national bioeconomy strategies. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to reveal how productivity (or conversely, intensity) level contributes to the ch...

This article suggests a new concept of entrepreneurship based on a modern approach about competition between agribusiness entities and according to the area of their commercial activity. The importance of entrepreneurship measurement is grounded and the correctness of the methodology is proven. Creating a model that covers all aspects of entreprene...

Today students expect that their university will provide them not only with valuable knowledge, skills and competencies, but will also be prestigious and practically accessible both on the daily basis, to diversify and enrich the study process experience, and during global pandemic crises, which will probably remain a serious challenge in the next...

Klimato pokyčiai jau daro platų poveikį ekosistemoms, ekonomikos sektoriams ir žmonių sveikatai bei gerovei. Viena pagrindinių klimato kaitos problemų yra įvardijama šiltnamio efektą sukeliančių dujų kiekio atmosferoje tolimesnis augimas. Subsidijos daro reikšmingą įtaką ekonomikai, tuo pačiu neigiamai veikiant aplinką, todėl jų taikymas turėtų būt...

4-ąją Pramonės revoliuciją galima laikyti šiuolaikinio ekonominio, socialinio ir kultūrinio progreso terpe, kurioje visi vykstantys evoliucijos procesai paremti skaitmeninėmis sistemomis. Šie procesai sukuria tokius iššūkius mokesčių sistemai: robotizacija, skaitmenizacija ir kitos technologinės inovacijos. Mokesčių sistema turi adaptuotis prie 4-o...

The emergence of new technologies and the expansion of digitalisation have created an opportunity for e-commerce to develop. A supplier and a buyer of goods and services meet in the e-environment and solve their problem without direct contact, which is mutually beneficial. Accordingly, when it comes to globalisation, e-commerce, as a system, become...

Abstract: The research provides substantiation for the problem of environmental pollution in Lithuania on the basis of the increase in the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the country’s individual economy sectors. The research aims at assessing the GHG emissions of individual sectors of economic activities with reference to the key economic indica...

Family farms are eligible for various tax exemptions and subsidies in Lithuania. The goal of tax exemption and subsidies is to maintain family farm viability. Taxes and subsidies are the two closely interrelated scal policy instruments. Taxes and subsidies should not make double bene ts for family farms, but should rather be applied to di erent are...

This study is designed to develop the tool for risk assessment under the integrated approach. Analyzing risk several problems are encountered: the first one arises at the farm level – assessment of risk in the whole-farm context rather than in a partial context, i.e. an integrated risk assessment tool is necessary. The second problem is related to...

Assessment of eco-efficiency for environmental costs is specific in that majority of the costs provide social rather financial benefit, and only some of the costs could be viewed from both social and financial perspectives. The model for assessment of environmental costs of a filling-station and the methodology for its application developed, with t...

The aim of the article is to present the social insurance of farmers in Poland and Lithuania. In the study, the following research methods were used: the descriptive method, a literature review, statistical analysis, and an economic analysis of the law. On the basis of the study results, it was concluded that both countries have a different model o...

This article is aimed to address the issue of sustainable economic development assessment in family farms. A complex methodology of family farm sustainable economic development assessment based on the family farm sustainable economic development index has been created following analysis of family farm sustainable economic development assessment met...

Measuring sustainable innovativeness of farms is a major challenge for both practitioners and academics. This article looks into the need for sustainable innovativeness assessment in agricultural business. To the best of our knowledge, farm sustainable innovativeness measurement has not been investigated in detail and no objective methodology for i...

Measuring farms sustainable innovativeness is a big challenge for both practitioners and academics. The need of sustainable innovativeness assessment in the agricultural business is reasoned in the article. Unfortunately, the features of the farms sustainable innovativeness measurement have not yet been investigated, and any objective methodology f...

This paper contributes to the comprehensive approach for sustainable and balanced development of bioeconomy as a cross-cutting economic sector and focuses on the drivers of Lithuanian bioeconomy strategy. Lithuanian bioeconomy strategy development can be motivated by country’s specialization and, compared with other EU member states, strong perform...

The article analyses the effect of environmental taxes on environmental protection. The research covers all European Union member states, the United States of America, Japan and People's Republic of China, Norway and Turkey. Method for assessment of the regression tendencies of endogenous indicators has been chosen for the research. Research period...

The pilot study was conducted to evaluate economic benefit of application of genomic selection in Lithuanian dairy cattle. Igenity dairy cattle genomic profile was determined for each cow, including traits of productive life, somatic cell count, milk yield, fat amount, fat %, protein amount, protein %, dairy form. Application of genomic selection i...

The Common Agricultural Policy post-2020 emphasizes that sustainable economic development is an important factor of family farms. Scientific problem: the trends of sustainable economic development of family farms and the recommendations for promotion of sustainability. Research aim: to provide suggestions on promotion of sustainability upon assessm...

The article analyses the effects of the development of biofuel production in the EU (European Union) countries. For this purpose, the authors develop and adapt methodology to determine biofuel production effects considering resource prices, the areas of distribution and employment in the EU. Twenty-seven EU member states are selected for empirical...

Straipsnyje nagrinėjami klausimai, susiję su žemės ūkio kooperatyvų finansavimo galimybėmis ir problemomis, turinčiomis lemiamą įtaką jų veiklos plėtrai. Tyrimo tikslas – identifikavus žemės ūkio kooperatyvų finansavimo priemones, įvertinti jų panaudojimo problemas. Tyrimo metu buvo identifikuotos žemės ūkio kooperatyvų tradicinės ir alternatyvios...

The relevance of the topic of this article stems from the predicament of excise duties, as a form of indirect tax, applied to consumer goods affecting human health and environment while at the same time acting as a key source of state budget revenues. Research problem is the way of assessing whether excise duties are an effective measure in view of...

Ūkių ekonominio gyvybingumas ir jo vertinimas pastaraisiais metais tapo itin aktualiu klausimu tiek mokslininkų tyrimuose, tiek žemės ūkio politiką formuojančių asmenų tarpe, akcentuojant pagrindinę problemą – ūkio valdymo sprendimams priimti ir veiklos perspektyvoms numatyti tinkamos ekonominio gyvybingumo kompleksinio vertinimo metodikos nebuvimą...

Detailed research about optimal tax systems of the farmers, which promotes the economic viability of farms, competitiveness and sustainability, are not made. The problem – what is the op- timal tax system of the farmers and what kind of principles and criteria should be applied to deter- mine the optimal tax system of the farmers. After performing...

Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference “ECONOMIC SCIENCE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT” Jelgava, LLU ESAF, 21-22 April 2016

Market grounds organized business involves risks as a consequence of various factors. So rapidly changing market conditions, increase competition and intensify the need to evaluate and manage risk. If risk is not evaluated it can lead to loss or even bankruptcy. Agricultural business organizations are facing with risk more than other business secto...

The research presents the analysis and comparison of environmental tax reforms in the countries of the European Union, which are an effect of political decisions. The main focus in evaluation of environmental tax reforms is put on the results of improvement of environmental quality and maintenance of revenue neutrality that may be used to determine...

Žemės ūkio subjektų gyvybingumo klausimas yra svarbus visame pasaulyje. Todėl mokslinė problema – įvertinti verslumo veiksnių įtaką ūkių ekonominiam gyvybingumui, identifikuoti svarbiausius ekonominį gyvybingumą apibūdinančius veiksnius ir ūkius suklasterizuoti pagal atrinktus verslumo veiksnius, išlieka aktuali ir yra nagrinėjama šiame straipsnyje...

Mokesčiai, kaip aplinkos taršą mažinantis ir aplinkos išteklius tausojantis instrumentas – viena svarbiausių fiskalinės politikos priemonių, kurių pagalba yra skatinama ekologiška ekonomika, tobulinama socialinė apsauga, saugoma aplinka nuo per didelės gamtinių išteklių vartojimo spartos bei taršos. Nors pradinė aplinkos taršą mažinančių ir ištekli...