Agriculture ministry

BELGRADE - The 81th International Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad is taking place on May 20-26 and will bring together around 1,500 exhibitors from 60 countries, the trade show’s organizers said in a release on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Snezana Bogosavljevic Boskovic, Serbia's minister of agriculture and environmental protection, has said that the new government should adopt a strategy for development of agriculture by 2024.

Bulgaria is the first EU country to be a partner of the international livestock breeding expo SOMMET DE L'ÉLEVAGE, to be held in Clermont-Ferrand on October 1-3, 2014.

The event was presented in Bulgaria's Embassy in Paris, according to the press office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

The European Commission has not suspended rural development payments to Bulgaria, according to Roger Waite, EC Spokesman for Agriculture and Rural Development.

An expert group will start working on tax on uncultivated lands by end-May, Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Dimitar Grekov announced at a meeting with agricultural associations

The new tax seeks to stimulate owners to lease uncultivated lands to cooperatives and to local companies in order to utilize fertile agricultural lands.

Screening on agriculture, rural development begins

BELGRADE -- The explanatory screening for Chapter 11 dealing with agriculture and rural development is being held in Brussels from Tuesday to Thursday.

The announcement came from the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS).

BELGRADE - Acquisition of recognized certificates and work on adding value to products are of great significance for food export, experts said at a conference on agriculture related business in Serbia.

BELGRADE - The negotiations with the EU in the field of agriculture is a chance to revive Serbian agriculture, and domestic producers will be in position to apply for pre-accession funds in 2015, the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce (PKS) said Tuesday.