ACERTA Balkans participates in 1st International Agrobusiness Conference
Acerta Certification – Balkan delegation participated in the FIRST INTERNATIONAL AGROBUSINESS CONFERENCE,
dedicated to “Family agriculture – international year of family farming
in 2014”, which took place in the town of Vrnjacka Banja in Serbia.
Event
organizers: Ethno Centar (Center ethnic) GEGULA from Kraljevo city,
Center for Strategic Research of the National Security Belgrade,
Association of Agricultural Journalists AGROPRESS Belgrade, sponsored by
the town of Vrnjacka banja – Agricultural Fund for Agriculture and
rural Development, as well as the regional chamber of commerce of
Kraljevo city, Raska and Trstenik municipalities and companies Superior
from Velika Plana i Vinex Levacki grozd from Rekovac.
An event
was attended by about 250 representatives of the most important
associations of farmers, companies, local governments, international
organizations and the media.
In the event there have been
presented 24 issues conceived as short stories (15 minutes each). A
large number of experts and academics have discussed different views of
family agricultural production in Serbia, comparing it with regional
markets and proposing certain directions to take in order to encourage
the creation of small agricultural holdings.
“Serbia,
like all countries in the region has a new goal – to join the modern
and technologically advanced countries join the European Union. Just
like any other trip, this one also is expanding the horizonts, changing
routes, new regulations and systems have become part of everyday
activities, and education became the most effective instrument of
knowledge and the compression of such systems ” – Nikola Colakovski
opened his presentation entitled “Road to the EU markets through
education and certification.
And also, in the event took place
two workshops, one entitled “safe and quality product – the entry into
the European market” (systems and standards in the food industry –
HACCP, ISO 22000, IFS, BRC, FSSC 22000) and (Standards in Agriculture
(GLOBALGAP) which was introduced by Nikola Colakovski, Acerta Balkan
Branch.
Another workshop was conducted by AGROPRESS –
opportunities for develop production and processing of fruit farms and
Making a small business plan.
The event took place the 24th and 25th January 2014.
Acerta
delegation responsable for Balkan countries has played an important
role in this event, highlighting the importance of certification but
also that of education as an indispensable step in terms of a
sustainable and contemporary production.