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Present your products to the world at the fine food show “Culinaria” in Belgrade!
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.

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CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
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.

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Tehnical Assistance

Technical assistance is provided by Project staff and by outside expert consultants.
To provide specialized and advanced expert assistance to enterprises, the Project regularly brings in leading international experts in fields ranging from business management to post harvest techniques.

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Value Chain Consolidation
The Project helps connect enterprises with buyers, suppliers and ABDS providers in order to help them improve their position in the market and increase their competitiveness.

By promoting business cooperation within the sectors, the project helps enterprises identify opportunities to improve their value chain operations and the quality and accessibility of services provided to the sector.

Capacity Building
By providing expert support, the Project helps build capacity of partner enterprises in critical areas that include business planning; plant management; production; export; marketing; product development; harvest and post harvest management, finance, marketing and sales.

Marketing
The Project helps improve the marketing of agricultural enterprises by providing both local and international marketing assistance. The Project helps enterprises identify opportunities in high revenue markets and assists them in reaching those markets by means of direct market linkages or trade show participation.

International Quality and Safety Standards
Implementation of International Standards of quality and food safety is a key requirement for improving the competitiveness of Serbian agricultural enterprises along the value chains. The Project recognizes that and works to facilitate certification of Serbian enterprises in international standards such as GlobalGAP, ISO 14001, ISO 22000 and HACCP.

Improving Agribusiness Development Services (ABDS)
Agribusiness enterprise access to timely and effective ABDS is critical to improving decisionmaking, management, efficiency and competitiveness. The Project helps promote and support the establishment and expansion of ABDS providers all along the value chain from input supply to final product sale in each subsector.

Strengthening Producer Organizations
The Project strengthens existing producer organizations (cooperatives, associations, farmer groups), helping them become effective service providers to their membership and successful business enterprises.

Assistance in this area will focus on building selected organizations into competitive agribusiness firms, capable of responding to market opportunities and delivering effective ABDS to their members.