Economic aspects of milk production and traditional dairy products on agricultural farms in the Republic of Serbia

Tomić, Vedran; Milić, Dragan; Janković, Dejan

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“…In the Republic of Serbia, about 1,500 million liters of milk is produced annually mainly in small dairy farms [1,2]. It has been estimated that about 50% of milk remains in households [3,4], which can be consumed as such or processed into products that signifcantly increase the value of milk and the proftability of dairy production [2,5,6]. Te distribution of traditionally produced dairy products is mainly performed through open markets [7][8][9].…”

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Challenges in Evaluating Quality of the Serbian Traditional Dairy Product Kajmak

Aleksic,

Djekic,

Smigic

et al. 2023

Journal of Food Quality

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Kajmak, a traditional Serbian dairy product, is a top, crust layer of milk containing a high amount of aggregated milk fat and proteins, formed during long cooling of boiled milk. Due to variations in production technologies, environmental conditions, and the composition of raw milk which varies from region to region, the quality of kajmak produced traditionally in households is very inconsistent. Attempts to produce kajmak in the industry environment (dairy plants) turned out to be highly challenging in terms of achieving a uniform quality and safety of the product. In order to have a deeper insight into the quality of kajmak produced by the traditional manufacture and the industry, the main objective of the study was to investigate sensorial, physicochemical, and textural properties of kajmak produced in households and dairy plants and distributed through open markets and retail stores, respectively. A total of 36 samples of kajmak were analyzed for thirteen quality characteristics. The results obtained showed a high variability in kajmak quality. The study applied a mathematical calculation of a single total quality index (TQI) that makes all quality attributes comparable. Based on the obtained results, it was determined that kajmak produced in households had a better TQI, which leads to the conclusion that in terms of kajmak quality, the traditional production method is still superior to the industrial one. The correlation between the examined quality characteristics was investigated using Pearson’s bivariate correlation analysis and principal component analysis (PCA). By applying PCA, four principal components highlighting the most important quality characteristics were extracted. The results of the study suggest that further research on the quality of this valuable dairy product, as well as government support and investment in the small scale dairy sector, could be beneficial.

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Challenges in Evaluating Quality of the Serbian Traditional Dairy Product Kajmak

Aleksic,

Djekic,

Smigic

et al. 2023

Journal of Food Quality

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Use of PERT (program evaluation and review technique) and PDM (precedence diagramming method) in organizing modern vegetable seedling production

Ljiljanić¹,

Rajić²,

Paunović³

2022

Ekonomika poljoprivrede

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Propagation of quality vegetable seedlings is a key of successful vegetable production in an open field and in protected areas. The research is aimed at the production process itself, analyzing it from technological and organizational aspects. Based on a detail calculation of time, means and costs, the researchers obtained the duration of production in days, regarding the propagation of pepper, tomato, cabbage and lettuce seedlings, taking into consideration different technological requirements of crops, ripening time, delivery time and an optimal use of the propagation area. The use of the Program Evaluation and Review Technique required more attention when making a production plan, resulting in the introduction of activities, the realization of which required only the flow of time to harmonize the monitoring of real activities. By using the Precedence Diagramming Method this problem was overcome with predefining the type of relationship between the interdependent activities (Finish-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish, Start-to-Start, and Start-to-Finish).

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Economic aspects of milk production and traditional dairy products on agricultural farms in the Republic of Serbia

Cited by 2 publications

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Challenges in Evaluating Quality of the Serbian Traditional Dairy Product Kajmak

Challenges in Evaluating Quality of the Serbian Traditional Dairy Product Kajmak

Use of PERT (program evaluation and review technique) and PDM (precedence diagramming method) in organizing modern vegetable seedling production

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