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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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Subsectors

The Project assists producer organizations and service delivery providers in six sectors of Serbian agribusiness:

Berries
Serbian cultivated berry sector, especially raspberries and blackberries, has been a driving force for agricultural economic growth for two decades. With 2006 exports totaling $151 million, frozen raspberries and blackberries are among Serbia’s top export commodities, while strawberry production is an important sub-sector for the processing industry. Project strategy in the Berry fruit sub-sector is to further develop export opportunities for value-added products, including retail packs and organics, and develop the fresh berry industry.
Download: Berry Fruit Sector Value Chain Assessment

Contact Person: Saša Marušić
Dairy
Key export markets for Serbia’s dairies are ex-Yugoslav Republics. By 2009, none of the Serbian dairies were able to obtain an export license for the EU, as a result of strict milk quality and food safety regulations. Serbian dairies have to improve raw milk quality and processing technology, especially considering that only 50% of total milk production is processed in dairies. Therefore, to improve the competitiveness of Serbia’s dairy products, the Project identifies and introduces new technologies, provides technical assistance for plant management, provides training, and implements international standards of quality and food safety.
Download: Dairy Sector Value Chain Assessment

Contact Person: Goran Janjić
Herbs, Spices and Mushrooms
Much of the production in Mushrooms, Herbs and Forest Fruit is export oriented, with Serbian companies mostly supplying bulk products for further processing. The Project’s long term strategy is to shift sales from bulk to added-value retail products, thus increasing the value of exports. To achieve this, Project activities pursue new markets that either pay a higher premium or allow the addition of value-added products, by providing effective international marketing and building export market linkages.
Download: Spices, Herbs and Mushrooms Sector Value Chain Assessment

Contact Person: Vladimir Petrović
Livestock
Livestock and meat production is one of the most valuable subsectors in Serbia’s agriculture, accounting for more than US $1 billion of Serbia’s total of $6 billion of agricultural Gross Domestic Product. The long term strategy in the livestock sub-sector is to gradually increase the number of livestock in order to double the levels of export, by improving cost effectiveness and efficiency of livestock production, promoting the introduction of food safety standards, and building capacity of producer associations and ABDS providers.
Download: Baby Beef Value Chain Assessment

Contact Person: Goran Radojevic
Tree Fruit
Tree fruit is one of the sub-sectors within Serbian agriculture with a constant growth pattern in the past six years. With Russia and EU being the biggest export markets for Serbia’s fresh tree fruit, the Project activities focus on expanding exports for Serbian enterprises, improving production technologies and management, developing a national association, and supporting the implementation of food safety standards required by the EU, such as GlobalGAP and HACCP.
Download: Tree Fruit Sector Value Chain Assessment

Contact Person: Katarina Marković
Vegetables
In the past six years, the demand for fresh vegetables on the local market has soared as a result of increased income of local consumers. Therefore Serbia’s main market for fresh vegetable products is at present locally oriented, with significant export opportunities in Russian and EU markets. With the expanding role of supermarkets in vegetable marketing and growing requirements for product traceability certification, Project activities include assistance in boosting revenues from storable vegetables, increasing yields, introducing Global GAP certification programs andcutting post harvest handling and storage losses.
Download: Vegetable Sector Value Chain Assessment

Contact Person: Radmila Vučinić