SUMMARY Irma ACHALAJA The Impact of Lithuania's Integration to European Union on Grain Market Development Final work of Master studies, 96 pages, 35 figures, 22 tables, 56 references, 8 appendix, Lithuanian language. KEYWORDS: grain market, regulation instruments, prices policy, intervention, market development. Research object – grain market and its regulation. Research subject – food grain market regulation instruments. Research aim – evaluation what Lithuania’s integration to EU gave to grain market. Objectives: 1) to describe grain market development in the world, EU and Lithuania; 2) to establish differences between grain market regulation in EU and Cairn’s group countries; 3) to analyze grain market change in Lithuania; 4) to establish and compare grain market intervention system in Lithuania before integration to EU and after; 5) clarify grain market perspectives in the world, EU and Lithuania. Research methods – analysis and synthesis, classification of statistics, the grouping of statistics facts, monographic, logical and graphical modelling methods. In the way of studies of Lithuanian and abroad authors’ literature, statutes of The Republic of Lithuania and the other documents about grain and its market, FAOSTAT, EUROSTAT databases in this final project are established and described the development, regulation and perspectives of grain market in the world, EU and Lithuania.

Disertaciją sudaro įvadas, trys darbo skyriai bei svarbiausios darbo išvados ir pasiūlymai. Darbas remiasi sektorinės sisteminės analizės logika, pagal kurią nagrinėjama depresinių šalies regionų darbo rinkos plėtros problema suprantama kaip visos ūkinės sistemos regioninis ir darbo rinkos problemų pjūvis. Nuo bendriausiųjų temos klausimų aptarimo pirmajame darbo skyriuje – sampratos, klasifikavimo sistemos, konkrečių kriterijų, regionų ir darbo rinkos bei socialinės apsaugos sistemų plėtojimo patirties apibendrinimo – antrajame disertacijos skyriuje pereinama prie nagrinėjamos problemos ypatumus atspindinčių elementų analizės: remiantis statistiniais matematiniais metodais, atmetimo principu atrenkami patikimai, operatyviai probleminę ir depresinę padėtį charakterizuojantys rodikliai. Preliminariai išskirti probleminiai šalies regionai tiriami siekiant identifikuoti veiksnius, turinčius didžiausią įtaką depresinių šalies regionų darbo rinkos raidai. Problemos kompleksinės analizės finalas – trečiajame darbo skyriuje. Čia pagrindžiami depresinių šalies regionų darbo rinkos plėtros sprendimai, kurių kompleksinio taikymo sinergetinis efektas užtikrintų geresnius depresinių šalies regionų, o tuo pačiu ir visos šalies, socialinės ekonominės raidos rezultatus. / The scientific work consists of introduction, three working sections, conclusive findings. This dissertation work is based on the logics of sectoral analysis in accordance with which the analysed problem of labour market development in depressed regions of the country is understood as a regional cross-section of the entire economic system and of labour market problems. Starting with a discussion of the most general issues of the topic in the first working section – concept, classification system, generalisation of particular criteria, experience in the development of regions, labour market and social security systems, the author comes to the analysis of elements reflecting the peculiarities of the problem at issue, i.e., based on statistic mathematical methods and elimination principle, indicators are selected for reliable and operative characterisation of problematic and depressed situations. Pre-identified problematic regions of the country are further analysed in order to identify factors that have the biggest influence on the labour market development in depressed regions of the country. The complex analysis of the problem is finalised in the third working section of the dissertation which contains justification of the solutions for the labour market development in the depressed regions. Synergy effects of complex application of such solutions would ensure better results of the socio-economic development in the depressed regions and, at the same time, in the whole country... [to full text]

Systematic analysis of the labour market in depressed regions of the country and justification of complex measures for the development thereof. / Remiantis sistemine depresinių šalies regionų analize, pagrįstas šių regionų darbo rinkos plėtojimo priemonių kompleksas.

Interviewing of the guests of Druskininkai took place on January 13 – February 4, 2007. Depending on the results of the interview, we can state that one of the key conditions for the development of ecological farming in the country is ecological consciousness of the consumers, as the production and consumption of ecological products establishes preconditions to improve the quality of life. Ecological product demand is increasing, but not enough to forecast the market development. One of the reasons to low increase of the ecological product market is still unformed trading structures of these products. 57 % of the respondents buy ecological products in the supermarkets, 30 % - in the markets, only 4 % - directly from the ecological farms, and 8 % - during the expositions. Realization of ecological products in the supermarkets should speed up the growth of the market of these products. Main problems in selling the ecological products in big supermarkets would be rather high markup as well as the lack of an express ecological product marking. 43 % of the respondents identify ecological products by a special ecological product category (section), i.e. they do not spare time in search of an ecological product. Ecological product demand is increasing; however, the trading infrastructure has not been formed yet. The most popular ecological product trading form is still not clear. Another, the primary, reason to low ecological product demand is low income. Residents and... [to full text]