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Date: 2010-07-26

International fine food show ‘CULINARIA’ will premier in Belgrade, September 23-25, 2010. This fair will focus primarily on trade buyers and represents the first specialty food show in south-east Europe.

CULINARIA will gather the leading fine food producers and key regional and European trade buyers under one roof. The fair will host some of the leading buyers from all marketing channels, including exporters, importers, traders, brokers, supermarket chains, specialty food stores, HoReCa and food services.

Date: 2010-06-29

USAID Agrbusiness project and Agropress, with the support from the Ministry of agriculture and Ministry of energy and mining, are organizing a Conference titled "Agribusiness and renewable energy sources - potentials and obstacles". This event will be organized in Belgrade, on July 29, 2010, 09-13h, with the goal to provide agricultural producers with information on: government stimulation measures for the production of 'green' energy, different options available to producers (use of solar energy, biomass pelletization, digestors et), and how to use them to their own benefit, while at the same time benefiting the natural environment as well as the economy.
Minister of agriculture Sasa Dragin and USAID Mission Director will open the conference.

Producer Organizations

USAID Agribusiness Project provides assistance to Producer Cooperatives and Associations involved within the six sectors of agribusiness targeted by the Project. The Project team has developed programs of specific value to market oriented Producer Organizations in the Dairy, Livestock, Vegetable, Fruit, Berry and Wild Mushroom, Herbs and Spices sectors of Serbian Agribusiness.

Assistance focuses on the improvement of overall operations of Producer Organizations through trainings and technical assistance in areas related to:

  • Organizational planning and development
  • Development of long term strategies
  • Business planning and management, budgeting for growth and annual reporting
  • Financial management and accounting
  • Inventory management and the use of new IT solutions
  • Learning about EU Producer Organization structure and roles 
  • International Standards and Certification
  • Appropriate packaging and labeling
  • Storage and Distrubution
  • Access to new markets
  • Development of Agribusiness Industry and Trade Associations

Contact person: Peđa Cerović