Western Balkans agriculture and European integration: unused potential and policy failures?

Volk, Tina; Rednak, Miroslav; Erjavec, Emil

doi:10.1080/14631377.2012.647631

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“…One of the main restrictions in agricultural development in the Republic of Serbia is the lack of consistent agricultural policy and strategy, which would lead to changes and compliance with the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Instead, there is a pragmatical 'ad hoc' approach to problem solving [8]. Absence of clear strategy and priorities in the field of agricultural policy greatly restrict competition within the agricultural sector, long-term sustainable development, and the welfare of the rural population.…”

Section: Main Features Of Agriculture In the Republic Of Serbiamentioning

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“…Although the number of commercial households is increasing, small family farmers still play an important role in the agricultural sector of all Western Balkan countries and the Republic of Serbia is no exception to that [8]. It has been estimated that budget support is of the utmost importance to poor producers in rural areas who have less favorable working conditions, primarily due to their unfavorable economic position but also because of the lack of affordable loans [15].…”

Section: Agricultural Budget Structure In the Republic Of Serbiamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Serbian Agriculture Policy: Economic Analysis Using the PSE Approach

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The purpose of the research is to identify the level of Government support to farmers’ income in the Republic of Serbia. This support is based on market measures and budgetary transfers directed towards producers. As budgetary transfers are defined in the agricultural policy, by applying the producer support estimate (PSE) methodology, it is indirectly evaluated whether agricultural policies have a positive or negative impact on farmers’ income and their economic status and the economic sustainability of farms. Producers of more significant agricultural commodities covered by the analysis in the period between 2012 and 2016 did not get any significant support from the state. Namely, most of the analyzed commodities had negative values of single commodity transfer (SCT) indicators, which means that agricultural producers received more taxes than incentives. In addition to the modest budgetary transfers, variations in their forms further negatively affect producers’ income. Low share of budgetary transfers in the support structure to farmers leads to the conclusion that the support to farmers’ income through higher prices on the domestic market is paid by consumers.

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Section: Main Features Of Agriculture In the Republic Of Serbiamentioning

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Section: Agricultural Budget Structure In the Republic Of Serbiamentioning

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Serbian Agriculture Policy: Economic Analysis Using the PSE Approach

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“…By maximizing the use of resources, sharing economy affects the price reduction of goods and services, which is important in the context of price competitiveness of Western Balkan agricultural products. Agricultural producer prices are rather high, mostly above the EU average, indicating weak price competitiveness for most Western Balkans products compared to EU countries (Volk et al, 2012). Market price pressure is particularly intensified in recent years, with the opening of local markets for EU products.…”

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Sharing Economy in Western Balkans: Potential for Rural Development

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2017

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“…The transition from the central planning to a market economy, trade liberalization, free trade agreements, regional/European integration and rapid adjustments to the EU membership might have induced substantial changes in the structure of the agri-food trade flows and changes in the comparative advantages of the SEE countries (Bojnec and Ferto 2009). However, the main problems of the export of agri-food products of the SEE are the domination of products represented by raw materials and the low value added (processed) products (Volk et al 2012), with a lack of export specialization for higher-values processed consumer-ready food (Bojnec and Ferto 2010). Also, the problems of export are a low quality, quantity and fluctuation, as well as the price competitiveness.…”

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Trade of agri-food products in the EU enlargement process: Evidence from the Southeastern Europe

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Since the last decade, significant changes have occurred in the trade flows of agri-food products of the Southeastern European countries (SEE) due to adjustment to international market. Namely, as all countries of the SEE strive to be full members of the EU; market opportunities have been changing, primarily because of the reduced barriers on trade with the EU, as well as with the regional countries. In order to investigate the effects of the liberalization process of the agri-food sector of the SEE countries on their export, as well as the total foreign trade, a gravity model based on panel data in the period 2005–2015 has been estimated. According to the results, liberalization of the market in the SEE countries, as a consequence of the EU enlargement process, as well as regional integrations, had positive effects on the total foreign trade of agri-food products. Despite the positive liberalization effects on the agri-food trade, all SEE countries have a lower level of competitiveness than the EU countries, so an organized access to products which possess comparative advantages will be an important condition for the achievement of their particular positions at the international market.

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Western Balkans agriculture and European integration: unused potential and policy failures?

Cited by 13 publications

References 3 publications

Serbian Agriculture Policy: Economic Analysis Using the PSE Approach

Serbian Agriculture Policy: Economic Analysis Using the PSE Approach

Sharing Economy in Western Balkans: Potential for Rural Development

Trade of agri-food products in the EU enlargement process: Evidence from the Southeastern Europe

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