Universal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(1), pp. 7 - 19
DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2019.070102
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Comparison between Agrifood and Other Priority Sectors in N. Greece and S. Bulgaria towards Their Environmental and Sustainability Improvement

Anastasia Martzopoulou ^1,*, Vasileios Firfiris ^2
1 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
² Department of Agricultural Engineering, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

ABSTRACT

For the comparable valuation of the manufactural activities between regions and sectors, methods of statistical analysis are used to define significant differences in terms of competitiveness, environmental load, sustainability and eco-productivity. The data was obtained from manufacturing industries (Small and Medium Enterprises) operating in Northern Greece and South Bulgaria. The statistical analysis is based on available emergy indices produced with emergy analysis. The results of the statistical analysis show that: (a) no significant differences were found between the manufacturing sectors examined, (b) the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in S. Bulgaria significantly surpass that of N. Greece, under the current conditions in terms of labor and services compensation, (c) an elasticity of the environmental consciousness exists in S. Bulgaria in contrast to that of N. Greece, (d) the low labor compensation does not lend any significant superiority to S. Bulgaria in terms of the sustainability of its manufacturing industry, (e) from the eco-productivity statistical analysis becomes clear that the three main production factors, the labor, capital and energy, are better exploited in N. Greece than in S. Bulgaria.

KEYWORDS
Emergy Indices, Competitiveness, Environmental Load, Sustainability, Eco-productivity

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Anastasia Martzopoulou , Vasileios Firfiris , "Comparison between Agrifood and Other Priority Sectors in N. Greece and S. Bulgaria towards Their Environmental and Sustainability Improvement," Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 7 - 19, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2019.070102.

(b). APA Format:
Anastasia Martzopoulou , Vasileios Firfiris (2019). Comparison between Agrifood and Other Priority Sectors in N. Greece and S. Bulgaria towards Their Environmental and Sustainability Improvement. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 7(1), 7 - 19. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2019.070102.