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Conference: Food Safety- risks and challenges
Date: 2010-03-17

March 17, 2010. | Hotel Continetal, Belgrade, halls Mediteran and Adriatic| 9-14h

USAID Agribusiness Project and AGROPRESS are inviting you to a conference on food safety.

TOPICS

  • How is the new Food Safety Law being applied?
  • Importance of certification of production and compliance with food safety requirements;
  • Food safety and export potential of Serbian products;
  • Capacities of existing laboratories to perform controls required by export markets;
  • Specific export market food safety requirements
  • Level of harmonization of Serbia’s food safety system with the food safety system in the European Union.
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HUGE SUCCESS OF SERBIAN FOOD EXPORTERS
Date: 2010-03-01

Results of participation of Serbian companies at International fairs “Fruit Logistica” in Berlin and “BioFach” in Nuremberg were presented during a press conference held at Belgrade Media center and organized by USAID Agribusiness Project.

Global economic crisis did not discourage Serbian exporters in their efforts to position their products on the international markets.

Presentation of our companies was jointly organized by associations “Fruits of Serbia” and “Serbia Organica” with support of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, USAID Agribusiness Project, Serbia Investment and Export Promoting Agency SIEPA and German organization GTZ.

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Grants program

In addition to provision of technical assistance, the USAID Agribusiness Project has allocated financial resources for a grants program. This program aims to support agribusiness development in Serbia in accordance with the identified sub-sector strategies.

These financial resources are being used to support investments in agribusiness and the creation of organizations that enhance the business environment in which Serbian agribusinesses operate.

A cost sharing grant may be provided by the Project to cover direct costs such as:

  • Lecturing, workshops, seminars;
  • Preparation of studies, data collection and analysis;
  • Web page development and other activities related to marketing;
  • Study trips, trade fairs, business-to-business linkages; and
  • Procurement of agricultural and food processing equipment (under specific conditions).

Eligible grant recipients include for-profit and not-for-profit, non-governmental organizations in Serbia, whose activities contribute to a sub-sector development, and to the improvement of agribusiness enabling environment. Prior to submission of a grant application, potential applicants are advised to learn about sub-sectors (Link), and USAID Agribusiness Project's goals and activities (Link).

The value of any individual grant to any organization or project shall not exceed $100,000 and the grantees must provide 35%-70% of the total value for the project activity. Grants should be fully disbursed within one year of grant award.

Please contact Slavenko Ðokiæ for more details on the grants program.