Low competitiveness agriculture’s sore point, experts say

Low competitiveness, technological backwardness and high unemployment rate the biggest problems of the Serbian agriculture, experts said on Friday.

Izvor: Tanjug

Saturday, 15.10.2011.

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Low competitiveness, technological backwardness and high unemployment rate the biggest problems of the Serbian agriculture, experts said on Friday. The "Food for Europe" forum is being held in the northern Serbian city of Subotica. Low competitiveness agriculture’s sore point, experts say According to the experts, it is necessary to adopt a new agricultural development strategy as soon as possible to increase the competitiveness of Serbian agriculture and increase sales of processed products. Serbian Association of Agricultural Economists President Miladin Sevarlic pointed to the domestic production's low productivity, giving an example that the efforts by a farmer in Serbia make for an average of 18 processed products, while his German counterpart's result is about 150 such items. Sevarlic is of the opinion that subsidies to agriculture should be changed in favor of livestock production and demographic and environmental sustainability of rural areas, as well as to improve infrastructure and logistics for access of domestic products in the EU market. Serbian Association of Agricultural Economists Vice President Danilo Tomic said Serbia should seriously prepare for the harsh competition that it would face upon entry into the World Trade Organization and the EU. Economics Institute’s Dragan Sagovnovic said that the agro-economic activity was Serbia's most important one as it involved 20 percent of the country's total number of employees, it generated 16.9 percent of the gross value added (GVA) and made up 24 percent of the country's exports.

Low competitiveness agriculture’s sore point, experts say

According to the experts, it is necessary to adopt a new agricultural development strategy as soon as possible to increase the competitiveness of Serbian agriculture and increase sales of processed products.

Serbian Association of Agricultural Economists President Miladin Ševarlić pointed to the domestic production's low productivity, giving an example that the efforts by a farmer in Serbia make for an average of 18 processed products, while his German counterpart's result is about 150 such items.

Ševarlić is of the opinion that subsidies to agriculture should be changed in favor of livestock production and demographic and environmental sustainability of rural areas, as well as to improve infrastructure and logistics for access of domestic products in the EU market.

Serbian Association of Agricultural Economists Vice President Danilo Tomić said Serbia should seriously prepare for the harsh competition that it would face upon entry into the World Trade Organization and the EU.

Economics Institute’s Dragan Šagovnovic said that the agro-economic activity was Serbia's most important one as it involved 20 percent of the country's total number of employees, it generated 16.9 percent of the gross value added (GVA) and made up 24 percent of the country's exports.

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