Digitalni repozitorijum
Univerziteta u Beogradu
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Agriculture in Serbia
Stojanović, Žaklina
Abstract: Agriculture is an important sector in the Serbian economy (due to its relatively high share in GVA and total employment), in which the most of rural residents in Serbia are engaged. There are around 565,000 farms in Serbia. However, there are significant differences in average farm size, production structure and production value between farms located in the north and the south of Serbia. Partially, these differences are evident due to differences in agricultural land. Most of Serbia’s high-quality land is located in the northern part of the country – Vojvodina (84% of total cultivable land in Serbia). The average utilized agricultural land (UAA) per holding in Serbia is 6.16 hectares, with slightly higher average size of farm in the Vojvodina region, while the farms above 100 ha utilized around 24% of Serbia’s agricultural area. The farm sector structure is atomized – farms up to 5 hectares of UAA prevail in the overall structure with 62% share in total number of farms. Generally, fragmented land parcels with small average parcel size are identified as significant problem. Plant production dominates in the total agricultural production in Serbia, which is a strong indicator of less developed sector.
engleski
2022
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Keywords: Agricultural production, Soil quality, Land use, Utilized agriculture area (UAA), Farm structure, Sustainability, Rural areas
10.1007/978-3-030-74701-5_15