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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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Youth and Gender

NEW: CALL FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Internship program

USAID Agribusiness Project, within its Youth Program, recognized the need for connecting companies with high school and Agriculture Faculty students, through its internship program.

Internship program enables students to enrich knowledge which they gain in schools with a work experience within selected companies during the summer break.

Advantages for students:

  • Observation and participation in modern business processes and possibility to use gained knowledge in a real working environment
  • Acquiring intellectual, technical and life skills
  • Understanding why some school classes are so important for future work.
  • Learning how to use office equipment necessary for modern business
  • Practicing interaction with employees, as a very important aspect of their future professional life
  • Earning allowance

If you’re willing to participate and try the advantages of this program, please submit your CV to milos_stojanovic@agrobiznis.net

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One segment of the USAID Agribusiness project is the YOUTH PROGRAM which is mainly focused on education of high school and agriculture faculty students, so they could be able to recognize true values of agribusiness and to find opportunities for their future. For this purpose we organized extra curriculum activities with the goal of promoting knowledge regarding entrepreneurship in 25 agriculture high schools which included training of at least 500 young people.

Two most important components of the Youth Program are:

  • Best Youth Business Plan Competition and
  • Internship Program.

The Business Plan Competition

Purpose of this competition is to stimulate, inform and encourage young people to participate in agribusiness. By supporting new generations of farmers, USAID Agribusiness Project is trying to create new jobs and to increase incomes in local communities.

So far, this competition has been held twice and 16 best business plans written by young people from all parts of Serbia have been awarded. The applicants had plans for starting or improving their small businesses, and the Agribusiness Project’s team helped them in the process of making and preparing the best possible business plans.

The value of each individual agribusiness plan submitted for competition is up to $15.000. The competition winners are also provided with all the necessary technical assistance from the USAID Agribusiness Project to further develop their business ideas, to enter and establish themselves on the market and to link with the interested private and public sector companies.

Contact person for the Youth program: Milos Stojanovic

GENDER COMPONENT

Women in rural parts of Serbia are very important for agricultural development and sustainability, but despite that fact, they have very little knowledge about the possibilities and benefits offered nowadays by agribusiness. The project entitled Women Entrepreneurs in Agribusiness was launched in February 2009 with the goal to promote entrepreneurship among women living in rural parts of Serbia, encouraging them to take active participation in the improvement of their economic position and self-employment. 

Accordingly, the USAID Agribusiness Project plans to allocate a total of US$300,000 to fund a comprehensive grants program to support women entrepreneurship in the rural areas of Serbia. Grant program will bebe focused on improving their business skills and knowledge, as well as providing the start-up grant funds for the best agribusiness ideas.

In the first phase of the program, women, future entrepreneurs, will participate in a training program which will enable them to get acquainted with basic concepts in entrepreneurship such as: creating a business plan, registration of small business, market research and business management. Upon completion of the training program, participating women should be able to prepare their business plans, which will be considered for a start-up grant within the USAID Agribusiness Project’s “Best Business Plan Competition for Rural Women”.

Training programs will be conducted in 4 selected regions of Serbia, in the following towns and cities: Southern Serbia - Nis, Leskovac and Vranje, Central Serbia - Kragujevac, Cacak and Kraljevo, Western Serbia – Valjevo, Uzice and Sabac and Eastern Serbia - Zajecar, Pirot and Bor (Pozarevac).

Additionally, The USAID Agribusiness Project will continue to support women entrepreneurship through other programs which enable women entrepreneurs in agribusiness to take advantage of local, regional and international markets’ opportunities. USAID Agribusiness Project team will also provide women entrepreneurs with other types of technical assistance available within the USAID Agribusiness Project. Our goal is to increase women competitiveness in agribusiness and facilitate their equal participation in positioning in the market. 

Contact person: Marijana Bozic