This document summarizes crop production structures in Serbia and the EU. It notes that the largest crop areas in Serbia are dedicated to corn, wheat, sunflowers, soybeans and sugar beets. Orchards are also a major land use, dominated by apples, plums and sour cherries. Organic crop production in Serbia is led by cereals, medical/spice plants and forage crops. Over 60% of Serbian farmers have less than 5 hectares of land. The largest countries for organic production in the EU are Spain, Italy, France and Germany, with a total organic area of over 10 million hectares among 250,000 producers.

1. STRUCTURE OF CROP
PRODUCTION IN SERBIA AND EU

2. STRUCTURE OF CROP PRODUCTION
Crop Productive Area (ha)
Corn 900.000 - 1.000.000
Wheat 550.000 - 650.000
Sunflower 180.000
Soya 150.000 – 180.000
Sugar beet 40.000 – 60.000
Potato 50.000
Orchard
170.000
Apples 24.000
Plums 78.000
Sour Cherries 14.000
Raspberries 11.000
Vineyard 20.000 – 22.000
Fodder crops
240.000
alfalfa 105.000
clover 75.000
maize for fodder 30.000
others 30.000
Flowers 350
Rape seed 10.000
Tobacco 5.000
Beans 10.000
Cabbage and kale 10.000 – 11.000
Paprika 10.000 – 11.000
Strawberries 5.000
Meadow and pastures 710.000
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3. SERBIA
Total agricultural area in Serbia is 3.861.552 ha without
meadows and pastures.
Serbia has 631.552 registered farmers and certainly app
100.000 unregistered.
Arable fields and gardens 74,3%, Fruit plantations 4,7%,
Vineyards – 0,6%,
permanent grassland 20,3%, other agricultural land - 0,1%
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4. FARM SIZE IN SERBIA AND EU
Farm size (ha) Percent in EU (%) Percent in Serbia (%)
< 2 49,1 8,0
2 - 5 20,2 17,3
5 – 10 10,9 18,0
10 – 20 7,5 12,7
20 – 30 3,0 5,4
30 – 50 3,0 5,9
50 - 100 3,0 9,1
> 100 3,0 23,6
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5. ORGANIC PRODUCTION
CROP PRODUCTIVE AREA (ha) PERCENT (%)
Crop production
(cereals, medical and
spice plants, industrial
and forage plants,
meadows and pastures)
5.333 72
Fruits production 1.884 25
Vegetables production 238 3
TOTAL 7.455 100
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6. ORGANIC PRODUCTION IN SERBIA
> 60% of farmers have less than 5 ha and commonly are
growing fruits (strawberries, raspberry and similar)
Vegetables are commonly grown by farmers which have
5-10 ha
App. 25 % of farmers who have 10-20 ha are growing
cereals and oilseeds
Organic agricultural products are mainly being sold to
wholesalers and processing companies. Almost 70% of
primary producers make selling contracts at the
beginning of season. Direct sales, for example at
marketplace and retail stores, is being accomplished by
20% of farmers. This way of allocation leads to the fact
that farmers can increase the price of their organic
products only 10-20% and cannot create added value,
neither bigger profit. Despite of all, there is a positive
trend of production and consumption of organic products,
mainly in the population aged 25-35.
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7. ORGANIC PRODUCTION IN EU
Country Area under organic production (ha)
Spain 1.800.000
Italy 1.200.000
France 1.000.000
Germany 1.000.000
Croatia 50.000
In EU area that is being used for organic production consists of
10.000.000 ha and it has around 250.000 registered producers.
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