PREPARATION OF SERBIAN AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

The authors of this work are analyzing agricultural resources of European Union, then taking a look back at the state of domestic agricultural industry, with a specific attention being given to it`s preparation for European integrations. They are showing the perspectives, chalenges and consequences of our country entering the European Union. They are emphasizing the lack of preparation of our agricultural industry for the chalenges it will have to face with, in this European integration

PREPARATION OF SERBIAN AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

The authors of this work are analyzing agricultural resources of European Union, then taking a look back at the state of domestic agricultural industry, with a specific attention being given to it`s preparation for European integrations. They are showing the perspectives, chalenges and consequences of our country entering the European Union. They are emphasizing the lack of preparation of our agricultural industry for the chalenges it will have to face with, in this European integration

LAND OF FOOD AND SPAS

About 20 million t of agricultural products in the value of 5.5 billion dolar produced annually in Serbia on arable land area of 4.1 million ha. In 2010, the food was exported in the value of 2 billion dollars (which makes one ffth of total Serbian exports), while in the imports stood at 2.2 billion dollars. The surplus amounted to 1,2 million dollars. Bigger food production and its realization with support to stronger rural tourism development could be realized with the investment of about one billion euro and the entire region be proclaimed as an area without genetically modifed products. This is very important because 10% of EU inhabitants, or about 50 million people said that they want to consume such kind of food. Serbia could attract a signifcant number of visitors thanks to branded food and rural tourism (about 1000 events are organized annually). Serbia has a great potentials when it comes to rural and spa tourism. Serbia disposes of 40 spas and about 400 mineral or thermal mineral water springs. In line with this abundance in mineral waters, Serbia could be called "a land of spas"

Agriculture and tourism in Serbia

In Serbia on the area of 4. 1 million hectares of arable agricultural land from 15 to 20 million t of agrarian produce has been produced annually in the value of near 5. 5 billion dollars. In 2009 the food export amounted to 1. 94 billion dollars. Higher food production with the development of rural tourism is possible to be realised if in the rural development of Serbia would be invested 1. 5 billion dollars and the region would be made known the territory without the GMOs. It is of extreme importance since 10 percent of the inhabitants in the EU or 50 million of them are for this kind of food. Thus Serbia might double its food production for three years now and its value would be seven billion dollars and in 2030 the export value would be nine billion dollars. The agriculture and tourism in Serbia are not strategic economic branches. If it would have been invested in the agriculture Serbian villages would have stopped disappearing since one fourth of near 4 600 of them is on this path

SOIL – THE RESOURCE OF FUTURE

In this paper authors has researched utilization of land potentials in the world, Europe, Serbia and Montenegro and its ratio according to population. On the results of research authors remar that relation toward very important recurs are not satisfied at the global and national level. Permanent grow worlds population from one side and limited land from other side must be very seriously worning for the creators of the national governments and wider union of states that responsibility relation in initialization this resource