Viability and sustainability of agricultural holdings.
ViaFarm Project
The basic goal of the agricultural policy of every country is to ensure food security for the entire population. Considering the challenges facing modern agriculture - growing population, increasing poverty especially in rural areas, climate change and environmental degradation - it is clear why sustainable agricultural production is becoming imperative.
In the Republic of Serbia, 99% of the total number of agricultural producers are individual farms. These farms mobilize the largest part of the most important natural resource of our country - land. Specifically, individual farms cultivate 90% of the total available agricultural land in the Republic of Serbia and represent a key link in the process of supplying food to the entire population.
Therefore, the topic of the sustainability of agricultural farms is particularly uninteresting, both to the creators of agricultural policy and to the wider scientific community. The ViaFarm project deals with the viability of individual farms. In particular, the goal of the project is to evaluate the economic sustainability of agricultural holdings, together with other two dimensions of sustainability - social and ecological. Also, the goal is to first identify and then quantify the impact of various factors on the economic sustainability of agricultural holdings in the Republic of Serbia. In this way, the expected outcome of the project is recommendations that will enable a more efficient implementation of strategies for the development of the agricultural sector in our country.
AFFILIATES
MEET THE TEAM
Mirela Tomaš Simin
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi SadDr. Mirela Tomaš Simin is an assistant professor in the field of Agrarian Economics and Rural Development at the Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad. Her scientific and professional interest is directed towards the fields of agrarian policy, sustainable rural development, and organic agriculture. She achieves the connection of theory and practice through participation in several national and international projects, as well as through active involvement in the FAO organization of the UN, where she is an expert in the field of agrarian and rural policy.
Danica Glavaš - Trbić
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi SadDr. Danica Glavaš - Trbić is an assistant professor in the field of Agricultural economics and rural development at the Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad. Her research interest is related to the areas of agricultural and rural economics, rural development and competitiveness of agriculture. She focused her research career on the mentioned areas, researching modern agricultural production from several aspects. She is the author of the monograph "Clusters in the function of rural development" and more than 90 published scientific papers through which she contributed to the research of the aforementioned areas.
Tihomir Novaković
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi SadDr. Tihomir Novaković is assistant professor in the field of Statistics at the Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad. His expertise lies in employing diverse statistical methodologies in the fields of biological and agricultural economic research. His academic contributions significantly bridge statistical theory and practical applications in agroeconomic and biological research.
Jelena Despotović
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi SadDr. Jelena Despotović, is assistant professor in the field of Management and Organization in Agriculture at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad. Her scientific field of interest is sustainable management of agricultural resources, specifically agri-environmental practices and their application on the farm level.
Aleksandar Miljatović
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi SadAleksandar Miljatović, MAgrEc is teaching assistant in the field of Accounting and Farm Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture in Novi Sad. His research interest is focused on calculation and analysis of costs and results of business entities in the field of agriculture and food industry, analysing production and economic results of agricultural holdings, as well as analysing profitability level of specific form of production and processing of agricultural products.