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Sea Buckthorn – A Product Integrated In The Circular Economy

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  • Gabriela VLĂSCEANU

    (Bioterra University, Bucharest)

  • Nicole-Livia PETCULESCU

    (Bioterra University, Bucharest Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Sisești”, Bucharest Institute of Agricultural Economics, Romanian Academy, Bucharest)

Abstract

Sea buckthorn is a shrub able to prevent soil erosion and increase soil fertility, as it assimilates atmospheric nitrogen directly in the roots, and also serves as an economic source of food and medicine. Research conducted has shown that sea buckthorn leaves, fruits, and shoots contain a number of biologically active substances with an essential role in regulating the metabolism. It is very popular for its golden-orange fruits, which provide vitamins and other nutrients (flavonoids and a number of oils rich in essential fatty acids). The present paper shows that the residues from the primary processing of sea buckthorn fruits are still rich in minerals, vitamins, fatty acids and thus become a valuable raw material for further processing into premixes (used for livestock feeding) and for phyto-pharmaceutical products (food supplements). Sea buckthorn is a huge natural resource with extraordinary economic value, useful for business in rural areas and in the production of organic products, environmental protection, and biotechnology.

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  • Gabriela VLĂSCEANU & Nicole-Livia PETCULESCU, 2022. "Sea Buckthorn – A Product Integrated In The Circular Economy," Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Institute of Agricultural Economics, vol. 19(2), pages 293-302.
    • Handle: RePEc:iag:reviea:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:293-302
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    Keywords

    sea buckthorn; nutraceutical value; economic value.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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