Harvesting spontaneous vegetation or purchase medicinal plants from the market? – case study

Authors

  • Victor Manole, PhD Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
  • Nicolae Istudor, PhD Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
  • George Popescu Cristian, PhD Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Economics

Keywords:

econometric models, medicinal herbs, spontaneous flora

Abstract

The paper analyses the effciency of material resources supplying of an enterprise that processes medicinal herbs. The objectives of the research are to identify the most cost-effective alternative of supplying herbs, out of two possible sources: spontaneous vegetation, by initiating a campaign of collection, or purchase them from contractors.

Econometric models are developed for choosing the optimal solution, entering data from a business of processing medicinal herbs in a computer program. The results show that there is a quantity of material resources for which is more proftable to get it by initiating a campaign of collecting plants from spontaneous flora, after which, for any additional quantity, it becomes more effcient to be purchased from the market.

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References

1. Istudor, N. &all.(2006) Logistica intreprinderilor agroalimentare Caiet de lucrari aplicative, ASE, Bucharest
2. Istudor, N. (2006), Scenarii posibile privind asigurarea cu resurse materiale a producatorilor agricoli, Tribuna economica v. 17, no.22, p.59-61
3. Manole, V. &all. (2005), Filiere agroalimentare, ASE, Bucharest
4. Mentzer, J. (2001), Supply chain management, Sage Publication.
5. Popescu, C. (2010) Increasing effciency of medicinal and aromatic plants chain PhD thesis, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies.

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Published

2010-12-03

How to Cite

Manole, V., Istudor, N., & Popescu Cristian, G. (2010). Harvesting spontaneous vegetation or purchase medicinal plants from the market? – case study. Ekonomika Poljoprivrede, 57(Spec.num.2), 108–116. Retrieved from https://ea.bg.ac.rs/index.php/EA/article/view/921