Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic met with businessmen and representatives of the southern Serbian municipalities of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac on Wednesday.
Bogosavljevic-Boskovic told Tanjug that the businessmen were seeking to start production at once very productive slaughterhouse Jugokop.
The minister said that certain Italian companies wanted to take a lease of Jugokop assets and put the slaughterhouse back to work and that the Ministries of Agriculture and Economy would offer a model of cooperation.
The meeting also touched on improving veterinary inspection because of uncontrolled imports into central Serbia of agricultural products from the province of Kosovo-Metohija and neighboring Macedonia.
Tobacco producers sought government’s help because earlier privatization of tobacco factories made it impossible for them to sell their excellent quality tobacco, the agriculture minister said.
Source; SerbGov
