STATE OF ORGANIC PRODUCTION IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA - GREAT PERSPECTIVE OR IDEA WITHOUT THE FUTURE

Radica Bojičić; Anđelka Tripković

doi:10.5937/ekoPolj2202549B

Authors

Radica Bojičić Faculty of Economics, University of Priština with temporary location in K. Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
Anđelka Tripković Teaching Associate and Ph.D. student in Faculty of Economics, University of Priština with temporary location in K. Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj2202549B

Keywords:

organic production, farms, agricultural sector, agricultural cooperative, Kosovo and Metohija

Abstract

The resource potential of the agricultural sector in Kosovo and Metohija is not sufficiently used, but there is certainly a need for agricultural production, as one of the primary activities, in places inhabited by non-Albanians. The aim of this paper is to analyze the development and potential of organic production in Kosovo and Metohija. For the purposes of this paper, an original questionnaire was formulated, based on when a direct survey conducted in July and August 2021 was conducted. Also, the owner of the only agricultural cooperative „Zubin Potok“ in this area, was interviewed. The research showed that a more than thirty/four precent (34,7%) of respondents answered that they plan to expand production, good part of the respondents (23,3%) pointed out that they are interested in a some kind of education if it would be organized by professionals, while more than 90% of respondents involved in organic production said it would mean some form of subsidy or local or international aid. The authors point out that for the development of organic production in Kosovo and Metohija, it is necessary to provide financial support to farms, but also to build a stable market of organic products, which would contribute to the stability and competitiveness of this food production system.

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