Sažetak: Autori razmatraju koncept organske poljoprivredne proizvodnje sa akcentom na njene ekonomske performanse. Istraživanje je pokazalo da su ukupni troškovi organskih farmi u proseku niži od troškova na konvencionalnim farmama. Varijabilni troškovi su 30 -40% niži. S druge strane, fiksni troškovi su i do 45% veći od onih iz konvencionalne proizvodnje. Analiza ekonomske situacije organskih farmi u Evropi pokazuje da su u proseku profiti odnosno bruto marže slične onima na uporedivim konvencionalnim farmama, odnosno kreću se u rasponu od +/-20% od profita sličnih konvencionalnih farmi. Istraživanje sprovedeno na teritoriji Republike Srbije među organskim proizvođačima je pokazalo da su bruto marže u organskoj proizvodnji u proseku za 20% više u odnosu na konvencionalnu proizvodnju. Samim tim je ekonomski aspekt organske proizvodnje kod prikazanih kulutra povoljniji u odnosu na konvencionalnu proizvodnju.Ključne reči: organska proizvodnja / troškovi / ekonomski aspekti / bruto marža

Rural families and households make a basic framework for understanding the rural way of life. is relation is especially interesting under the recent and di cult post-socialist transition in places such as Serbia. Previous research has shown that the transition and its bene ts are not distributed equally. is has induced social and economic disparities, at the expense of the social attractiveness of rural areas. ese disparities have in uenced characteristics of Serbian rural families and households, their survival strategies and their roles in the reproduction of the rural way of life. We started research with three assumptions: a) depopulation of Serbian rural areas continues under the post-socialist transition, b) transitional risks produce partial retraditionalization of Serbian rural family relationships, and c) characteristics of Serbian regions a ect characteristics of rural families and households. e analysis con rmed rural depopulation. In the decade 2002-2011, there was the most signi cant decline ever in the number of Serbian rural families.is signi ed the negative impact of transition on rural areas. Besides this, the research con rmed that contemporary Serbian rural families and households still 36have some traditional features (multiple generations, relics of the role of head of the traditional rural family) which enable them to cope with transitional risks. A third nding proved that characteristics of Serbian rural families and households depend on regional characteristics. Within the regions that are more socially attractive and where the risks of social exclusion are lower, retraditionalization of rural families is less noticeable. It can be concluded that contemporary Serbian rural families and households survive throughout transition periods depending on their characteristics, but also characteristics of their social environment. Stronger social magnetism of a region is manifested in stronger rural social vitality. at is re ected in stronger modernization of rural families and households.

The concept of sustainable development has been attracting the attention of the scientific and professional community for decades. Various researches and papers focused on the concept of sustainability, exploring it through the prism of the economic, ecological and social subsystem. In this paper, the authors focus on agriculture and its sustainability. Starting from the assumption that organic farming is a sustainable system production, the authors turn to institutional support, trying to find a link between EU agricultural policy (CAP) and the growth of areas in organic agriculture. The research showed that this kind of support system failed to play the role that was intended for it and did not lead to mass acceptance of organic agriculture everywhere. Authors on the example of Denmark, Germany and Italy show the extent to which state support has influenced the expansion of areas under this system. Also, the comparison with the US agricultural policy leads to the conclusion that support policies for organic production constructed on a one-dimensional focus of payments per unit area will not lead to the expected results in terms of further progress and development of the organic sector.

Summary The development of rural areas is a complex social, economic, political and cultural issue of immense importance to the development of society as a whole. The vitality of rural communities, which represent a specific socio-spatial phenomenon, affects the development of global society and is inextricably linked to the development and issues of urban areas of each society. Both in theory and development practice, rural development as a complex and enduring process has long been unjustifiably reduced to the economic-agrarian matrix, often reflected in the modernization of agriculture and the centralized and sectoral management of and influence on rural development. The primary focus of this paper is on the social capital of rural communities, i.e. social relations and connections within local rural communities which, alongside other important development factors, are one of the prerequisites to maintaining their vitality. The paper presents the results of a survey on social capital conducted on 281 farms in the region of Vojvodina (Serbia), indicating the characteristics of the social capital on the farms considered and the farmers’ attitudes towards the development and life of their local communities. The social capital of the surveyed farmers was found to be only relatively good, suggesting that the overall social capital in Serbia is underdeveloped because all the farms considered are located in Vojvodina, i.e. the most developed agricultural area in Serbia characterized by rural settlements with the most favorable infrastructural, demographic and economic conditions.

The topic of this study is the factors that influence the consumption of traditional food products (TFPs) in tourism, as seen from the perspective of management-sector employees in food and beverage catering facilities. The paper aims to analyse the economic, environmental, social, and touristic factors that highly influence the consumption patterns of catering facilities which are significant providers of traditional gastronomic experiences in tourism, by using the specially designed TFPct scale. The study was conducted on a sample of 300 catering facilities in AP Vojvodina (the Republic of Serbia). An explanatory factor analysis was used to confirm the key factors that influence the consumption of traditional products used to prepare the meals that are a part of what catering facilities offer. Subsequently, a binary logistics regression model was used to establish which of the indicated factors has a statistically significant effect on the management’s decision to purchase these products for their catering facility. The study showed that the TFPct scale is appropriate for this type of research, and that economic factors are key factors in the consumption of traditional products. Moreover, compared with other types of catering facilities, interest in the consumption of these products is clearly expressed by a la carte restaurants.