The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Branislav Nedimovic, stated today that in recent years more and more farmers are opting for organic production and pointed out that about 24,000 hectares of land in Serbia are under organic agricultural production.
Nedimovic said that the biggest profit can be made on small plots if we switch to the organic fruit system, and added that it is profitable today because organic food is sought not only in the west, but everywhere.
“Everything above 200 meters above sea level in Serbia, western Serbia in particular, but also eastern, everything can be very easily converted into organic agricultural production, to make a much higher profit, because there has never been chemistry there,” said Nedimovic.
He explained that organic food is one that is obtained without the use of chemical agents, but exclusively from natural plant protection products.
“It started to develop in our country. Today, we have about 24,000 hectares under organic agricultural production,” Nedimovic pointed out.
He stated that recently the Slovenes sold the popular application to the Chinese and bought more than 4,000 hectares of land in Banat for that money.
“They want to establish organic agricultural production on 3,800 hectares. It will be the largest platform for organic agricultural production, I am completely convinced in the whole of Europe,” said Nedimovic.
He says that lately he has met a lot of IT experts who have invested in agriculture.
Speaking about the drought that occurred this summer due to high temperatures, Nedimovic said that due to the drought, the yield of corn will be lower than expected.
“We expected to surpass the 2020 record. We will have one average year on the global of Serbia,” said Nedimovic and added that in some places where there was rain, the yield will be better.
He explained that the yield of corn depends on the amount of water, and that is why, he points out, it is very important that the state has invested in the irrigation system in the last two or three years.
“Currently, we are working on about thirty projects, we will put more than 100,000 hectares into operation from the irrigation system. And that is definitely the future,” concluded Nedimovic, Politika reports.
