Machinery rings in the Serbian agriculture: Experiences, challenges and future development

Abstract

Creation of machinery rings in the Republic of Serbia is a topic that attracts scientists of different profiles. This form of interest association is particularly important for small farmers. Appropriate direct and indirect incentives encourage the creation of stakeholder associations of small farmers. In the most part, after the 2000th year, these incentives are implemented through projects in agriculture financed from international sources. The aim of this paper is to analyze the experiences, challenges and opportunities for further development of machinery rings. Interesting association of small agricultural producers have effects on increasing competitiveness at the micro level which is essential for the growth of export performance of agricultural and food products. The analysis results show that in the Republic of Serbia in the period 2000th-2009th there are some positive experience, but there are significant opportunities for further development of machinery rings.

Stvaranje mašinskih prstenova u Republici Srbiji je tema koja zaokuplja naučnike različitih profila. Ovakav oblik interesnog udruživanja je posebno važan za male poljoprivredne proizvođače. Odgovarajućim direktnim i indirektnim podsticajima podstiče se stvaranje interesnih udruženja malih farmera. U najvećoj meri, nakon 2000. godine, ovi podsticaji su realizovani kroz projekte u poljoprivredi finansiranih iz međunarodnih izvora. Cilj ovog rada je da se analiziraju iskustva, izazovi i mogućnosti za dalji razvoj mašinskih prstenova. Interesno udruživanje malih proizvođača ima efekte na povećanje konkurentnosti na mikro nivou što je ključno za rast izvoznih performansi poljoprivredno-prehrambenih proizvoda. Rezultati analize pokazuju da su u Republici Srbiji u periodu 2000.-2009. godine stečena određena iskustva, ali da postoje značajne mogućnosti za dalji razvoj mašinskih prstenova.