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Date: 2012-02-02

During the months of February and March 2012, the USAID Agribusiness Project will carry out a series of trainings with the aim of assisting the diversification of berry fruit production in Serbia.
The trainings will be carried out by eminent Serbian berry fruit experts in Surdulica, Vladicin Han, Kursumlija, Novi Pazar, Rekovac, Priboj, Prijepolje, Bajina Basta, Ljubovija and Mali Zvornik, and will target Producer Organizations such as Associations and Cooperatives.

During the months of February and March 2012, the USAID Agribusiness Project will carry out a series of trainings with the aim of assisting the diversification of berry fruit production in Serbia. The trainings will be carried out by eminent Serbian berry fruit experts in Surdulica, Vladicin Han, Kursumlija, Novi Pazar, Rekovac, Priboj, Prijepolje, Bajina Basta, Ljubovija and Mali Zvornik, and will target Producer Organizations such as Associations and Cooperatives.

Date: 2012-02-01

120 women from Novi Pazar, Tutin, Sjenica, Prijepolje, Nova Varos, Priboj, Kucevo, Zagubica, Zabari, Majdanpek, Malo Crnice, Golubac and Petrovac are currently attending the agribusiness entrepreneurship training.  The training sessions are part of the Women in Agribusiness Program jointly implemented by the USAID Agribusiness Project and the Office for Sustainable Development of Underdeveloped Areas, within the Ministry without portfolio.

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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.

ATTENDING

  • Saša Dragin,  Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
  • Marilyn Schmidt, Deputy Mission Director of USAID
  • Miloš Bugarin, President of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce
  • Dušan Pajkiæ, Director of the General Inspectorate
  • Dejan Krnjaiæ, Director of the Accreditation Body
  • Jan Boæanski, Director of the Plant Protection Directorate
  • Uroš Unguroviæ, Director of the Directorate for National Reference Laboratories
  • Zoran Keseroviæ, Director of the Department for Fruits and Vegetables
  • Andriy Yarmak, Russian and Ukranian Market Specialist
  • Representatives of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Trade and Services, Customs Administration, and organizations for protection of consumer rights
  • Representatives of Producer and Processor Organizations and Associations
  • Representatives of leading exporting companies
  • Representatives of international organizations and the diplomatic corps
  • Representatives of the non-governmental sector
  • Media

In order to attend the conference, please be advised to register by sending an e-mail with your details to: office@agropress.org.rs or by telephone +381 64 1781 234.

Registration of participants will begin at 8:30h in front of the halls Mediteran and Adriatic of the Continental hotel. The receptioon will take place at 13:00h in the Continental hotel.