Kaimas - valstybės ir visų mūsų rūpestis

Aut.: V. Biržokas, Z. Dabkevičius, Č. Jukna, J. Juškauskas, L. Kadžiulis, A. Kusta, D. Stanikūnas, V. Stanys, S. Šileika, V. Tarvydas, M. Treinys, V. VasiliauskienėVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŽemės ūkio akademij

The Growth of competitiveness as a result of the changes of wage and employment

The concept of competitiveness is a multidimensional and is closely related to the country‘s ability to adapt to a constantly changing environment. The growth of competitiveness depends on the main aspects of wage and employment, which is influenced by micro and macro factors. The objective of this article is to assess the link between the wage, employment and competitiveness. The following tasks have been implemented: to analyse the scientific literature about competitiveness and its factors; to reveal the changes of wages and employment; to assess the impact of main factors on competitiveness. In the article, the following methods of analysis are used: an analysis and summarize of the scientific literature, analysis of the statistical data, correlation-regression analysis

Basin characteristics and nutrient losses: the EUROHARP catchment network perspective

The EC-funded EUROHARP project studies the harmonisation of modelling tools to quantify nutrient losses from diffuse sources. This paper describes a set of study areas used in the project from geographical conditions, to land use and land management, geological and hydro-geological perspectives. The status of data availability throughout Europe in relation to the modelling requirements is presented. The relationships between the catchment characteristics and the nutrient export are investigated, using simple data available for all the catchments. In addition, this study also analyses the hydrological representativity of the time series utilised in the EUROHARP projectVytauto Didžiojo universitetasŽemės ūkio akademij