THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION OF FLOWERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Abstract

Flower production is highly intense production, which does not require large areas, but requires knowledge and organization of the overall production and sales. In recent years there has been growing interest of individuals, in the context of their family households, on small estates, organize the production of flowers. Production is mainly concentrated around the major cities and it deals with around 2,115 farms on a total area of 382, 24 hectares. In terms of production structure dominates production of seedlings of seasonal flowers, and the manufacture of some types of suitable for cut flower (rose, chrysantemum, lilies, gladiolus, kala). The volume of annual production of 2500 t does not meet the needs of the domestic market. For these reasons, the import of flowers is several times higher than exports. Starting from the fact that the Republic of Serbia not only has significant land resources, but also scientific institutions in the field of agriculture which have made are significant scientific results, improvement of the total production of flowers, can significantly reduce imports but at the same time significantly increase the export of flowers to other countries.