Small and medium enterprises as factors in reducing poverty in rural communities Serbian

Abstract

Inclusion of rural population into social trends and development processes is of key importance for Serbia, considering that rural regions make 85% of its territory, participating in the gross national product with 41%, and rural population makes 42% of total population. Inclusion of rural population is important at the same time from the perspective of quality of life, realization of rights and development of the potential of rural population, as well as from the aspect of sustainable development of rural communities. Rural labour market in Serbia was devastated during transition, which as a consequence had dislocation of surpluses of industrial labour into sector of agriculture and increase of hidden unemployment and poverty on holdings. Therefore, in this paper, some of the facts which could considerably mitigate current poverty situation in Serbia are presented. .

Uključenost ruralne populacije u društvene tokove i razvojne procese je od ključnog značaja za Srbiju, s obzirom da ruralna područja čine 85% njene teritorije, učestvuju u bruto domaćem proizvodu sa 41%, a njihovi stanovnici čine 42% ukupne populacije. Uključenost ruralne populacije značajna je istovremeno iz perspektive kvaliteta života, ostvarivanja prava i razvoja potencijala ruralnog stanovništva, kao i sa stanovišta održivog razvoja ruralnih sredina. Ruralno tržište rada Srbije je tokom tranzicije devastirano, što je za posledicu imalo dislociranje velikih kontingenata viškova industrijske radne snage u sektor poljoprivrede i shodno tome rast prikrivene nezaposlenosti i siromaštva na gazdinstvima. Stoga ćemo u ovom radu navesti neke činjenice koje bi mogle da u značajnoj meri ublaže trenutno stanje siromaštva u poljoprivredi Srbije. .