CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Brankovic, Sladjana Zoran |
|---|---|
| Title | Negotiations for farmers in Serbia: The lessons from previous EU accessions |
| Summary | Serbia is one of the most agrarian European countries, with more than half of territory in rural areas. However, Serbia deals with one of the highest levels of rural poverty in Europe. For decades, Serbia failed to address this paradox and to apply integral approach to rural development. As official candidate for membership in the EU, Serbia will be entitled to use the financial support for rural development as part of pre-accession assistance intended for the countries to prepare for joining the Common agricultural policy. The goal of this paper is to find out what Serbia can learn about the effectiveness of the measures included in pre-accession assistance program for the accession round of 2004 and 2007. I will identify four measures included in this program. Those are the following: Investment in agricultural holdings; Improving the processing and marketing of agricultural and fishery products; Development and diversification of economic activities; Land improvement and re-parceling. Based on the previous experiences and having in mind characteristics of agricultural and rural areas in Serbia, findings show that although every measure will contribute to the rural development in Serbia to certain extent, measure that should be used largely is Development and diversification of economic activities. |
| Supervisor | Cartwright, Andrew |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/brankovic_sladjana.pdf |
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