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THE ROLE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN EU PRE-ACCESSION COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF IPARD II
(International Hellenic University, Department of Finance and Accounting, Kavala, Greece, 2021)
Aleksandra Martinovska Stojcheska, Ana Kotevska, Ivana Janeska Stamenkovska, Dragi Dimitrievski, Edvin Zhllima, Mirsad Spahić, Vlado Kovacević, Ahmet Ali Koç
The European Union is a key strategical priority for the pre-accession countries in the Western Balkan and Turkey. The Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) assists countries aspiring for EU membership to prepare their institutional and administrative capacities for future compliance in all sectors including agriculture and rural development. Apart from the financing component, the role of IPARD is much broader in preparing the preaccession countries for effective implementation of structural and rural development funds upon accession. This paper aims to provide a comparative cross-country analysis on the IPARD programme 2014-2020 (IPARD II) funding of the current beneficiaries (Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey). The main derived indicators include the use of IPARD II funding, measures and absorption rates. IPARD II payments are effectuated in all candidate countries from 2019, while payments started earlier in 2017 in Turkey and in 2018 in North Macedonia. With the prolonged start of the IPARD II programme, significant amount of the available funds remains unused, and the number of implemented measures is still limited. There are noticeable country differences in terms of expenditure among measures, but overall, the largest share of used funds so far is dedicated to investments in physical assets in primary production and processing. All countries have established some form of institutional and administrative capacities for implementing the agricultural and rural development policies, especially for the IPARD funds. Still, there is a need for additional capacity building, due to numerous factors, among which the dynamic environment with many continuously changing aspects (CAP reform, accession methodology, climate change or issues arising from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemics). Further promoting the programme, strengthening the national institutions’ set-up and capacity, aligning to the beneficiaries needs, and supporting them in preparing viable or sustainable projects are recommendations for better use of the current funds, as well as for the preparation of IPARD III cycle.
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How does North Macedonia’s agricultural policy support adhere to the EU CAP?
(Association of Agricultural Economists of Slovenia (DAES), 2022)
Aleksandra Martinovska Stojcheska, Ana Kotevska, Ivana Janeska Stamenkovska, Dragi Dimitrievski
This paper presents the recent development of agricultural policy support in North Macedonia in the context of the EU approximation process. The applied conceptual framework focuses on the key principles of agricultural policy harmonization with the EU CAP. The Agricultural Policy Measures Classification (APMC) tool is used to obtain a detailed understanding of the structure and level of the existing support (and comparison with Western Balkan countries and the EU CAP). The results show an increasing trend in total budgetary transfers to the agricultural sector. Agricultural support is composed mostly of coupled direct payments and on-farm investment support, whereas the support for environmental and other societal benefits has minor representation. While largely committed to adhere to the CAP in future, the agricultural policy actually implemented diverges from the declared planning, reflecting domestic interests.1
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Vegetable production in North Macedonia – competitiveness, trends and challenges
(International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 2021-08)
Martinovska Stojcheska, A.
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Agic, R.
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Janeska Stamenkovska, I.
The aim of this paper is to provide an analysis of the vegetable production trends in North Macedonia and examine its comparative advantage. The study is based on desk research data concerning vegetable production and trade, and a tailor-made survey carried out at key informant growers during the period February-April 2019. Emphasis is put on the development of the country’s exports determined through the revealed comparative advantage index. Vegetable production is the major single subsector contributor to the agricultural gross product in the country, representing around one-third of its output value. The total production over the last decade averaged around 900 thousand tons annually, out of which 20% are exported (around 80% as fresh and the rest as processed or frozen). Key challenge for vegetable growers is competitiveness. Competition from neighboring countries is becoming more intensive in recent years and the comparative advantage of this important sector is weakening. Vegetable growers need to be differentiated from their competitors by better cost structure, efficient production systems, higher quality, product consistency, demand-side capability, flexibility to follow trends, and ability to rapidly change technology. Horizontal and vertical integration in the value chain, with appropriate backing from the advisory and knowledge transfer systems, as well as relevant policy support especially in terms of modernization and structural aids, need to constitute the backbone for increased competitiveness of the sector and overcoming the imminent challenges.
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THE INFLUENCE OF FOLIAR FERTILIZING ON THE APRICOT YIELD AND THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF APRICOT LEAVES
(The Balkans Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 2023-06-29)
Marina T. Stojanova
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Aziz Şatana
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Monika Stojanova
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Dragutin Djukic
The effect of foliar fertilizing on the yield and the chemical composition of leaves from Roxana apricot cultivar grown in Skopje Region was determined. The experiment was set in four variants and three repetitions. The variants were: Control (untreated); Humustim (organic matter 58.63%, dry matter 12.38%, humic acids 20.40%, fulvo acids 2.15%, N 3%, P2O5 1.02%, K2O 7.92%, Ca 3.70%, Mg 1.03 %); NPK+Ever green with Me (55% organic matter, 2%w/w Mg, 2%w/w Fe, 2%w/w Zn, 2% w/w Mn, 0.5 %w/w Cu, 0.5 %w/w B); NPK+Biolinfa (34% organic matter, 3 %N, 5.80 % K2O);The distance of fruit planting was 5 m row by row and 4 m in the rows. In each variant and repetition 20 plants were included, and total in all experiment 240 plants were involved. Three foliar treatments were applied with given above fertilizers at a concentration of 0.4%. At the end of November, soil fertilizing with the fertilizer Polyfeed NPK 11-44-11 (450 kg∙ha-1) was done. Before setting up the experiment, soil agrochemical analyses were made, and was concluded good fertility with nitrogen, but medium fertility with phosphorus and potassium. The foliar fertilizing has a positive influence on the yield and the chemical composition of apricot leaves. The highest (p<0.05) average apricot fruit yield (33.150 kg∙ha-1) was determined in the leaves from the variant treated with fertilizer NPK+Ever green with Me (55% organic matter, 2%w/w Mg, 2%w/w Fe, 2%w/w Zn, 2% w/w Mn, 0.5 %w/w Cu, 0.5 %w/w B). The lowest (p<0.05) apricot fruits yield (31.2700 kg∙ha-1) was determined in the control variant. The highest (p<0.05) average content of nitrogen (3.12%), phosphorus (0.42%) and potassium (3.92%) was determined in the variant NPK+Ever green со Me (55% organic matter, 2% w/w Mg, 2% w/w Fe, 2% w/w Zn, 2% w/w Mn, 0.5% w/w Cu, 0.5% w/w B). The highest (p<0.05) average content of calcium (2.15%) and magnesium (0.55%) were determined in the leaves from variant NPK+Oligomix (1.20% B, 0.10% Cu, 4% Fe, 1.50% Mn, 0.10% Mo, 2% Zn). The highest (p<0.05) average content of iron (199 mg·kg-1), manganese (121 mg·kg-1), B (67 mg·kg-1), zinc (105 mg·kg-1) and molybdenum Mo (59 mg·kg-1) was determined in the apricot leaves from variant NPK+Ever green with Me (55% organic matter, 2% w/w Mg, 2%w/w Fe, 2% w/w Zn, 2% w/w Mn, 0.5% w/w Cu, 0.5% w/w B), compared to control and other variants.
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THE EFFECT OF FOLIAR FERTILIZING ON THE PLUM YIELD AND THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PLUM LEAVES
(TOKYO 7TH INTERNATIONAL INNOVATIVE STUDIES & CONTEMPORARY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONGRESS, 2023-04-21)
Marina T. Stojanova
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Dragutin Đukić
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Monika Stojanova
The effect of foliar fertilizing on the yield and the chemical composition of leaves from Stanley plum cultivar was determined. The variants were: Control (untreated); NPK+Ever green со Me (55% organic matter, 2% w/w Mg, 2% w/w Fe, 2% w/w Zn, 2% w/w Mn, 0.5 % w/w Cu, 0.5% w/w B); NPK+Biolinfa (34% organic matter 3% N, 5.80% K2O) and NPK+Oligomix (1.20% B, 0.10% Cu, 4% Fe, 1.50% Mn, 0.10% Mo, 2% Zn). The distance of fruit planting was 5 m row by row and 4 m in the rows. In each variant and repetition 20 plants were included, and total in all experiment 240 plants were involved. Three foliar treatments were applied with given above fertilizers at a concentration of 0.4%. At the end of November, soil fertilizing with the fertilizer Polyfeed NPK 11-44-11 (450 kg∙ha-1) was done. Soil agrochemical analyses were made, and was concluded good fertility with nitrogen, but medium fertility with phosphorus and potassium. The foliar fertilizing has a positive influence on the yield and the chemical composition of plum leaves. The highest (p<0.05) average plum fruit yield (18,255 kg∙ha-1) was determined in the variant treated with fertilizer NPK+Ever green with Me (55% organic matter, 2%w/w Mg, 2%w/w Fe, 2%w/w Zn, 2% w/w Mn, 0.5 %w/w Cu, 0.5 %w/w B). The lowest plum fruits yield (17,970 kg∙ha-1) was determined in the control variant. The highest average content of nitrogen (3.10%), phosphorus (0.35%) and potassium (2.15%) was determined in the variant NPK+Ever green со Me (55% organic matter, 2% w/w Mg, 2% w/w Fe, 2% w/w Zn, 2% w/w Mn, 0.5 % w/w Cu, 0.5% w/w B). The highest average content of calcium (2.12%) and magnesium (0.51%) were determined in the leaves from variant NPK+Oligomix (1.20% B, 0.10% Cu, 4% Fe, 1.50% Mn, 0.10% Mo, 2% Zn).
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ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENCE OF HEAVY METALS IN THE SOILS OF THE HILLY-MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF BALKAN PENISULA WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF ITS POTENTIAL FOR THE FRUIT GROWING:CASE STUDY OF THE LJUBOVIDJA RIVER BASIN,POLIMLJE, MONTENEGRO
(ECOLOGICAL MOVEMENT OF NOVI SAD 21102 Novi Sad, str. Cara Lazara 83/1, 2022-09-22)
Dejan Zejak
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Velibor Spalevic
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Vera Popovic
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Mile Markoski
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Branislav Dudic
The paper presents results of the analysis of the presence of heavy metals with an assessment of its potential for the further development of fruit growing in North Montenegro, and in this specific case at the territory of the River Basin Ljubovidja, which is the hilly-mountainous area of the Balkan Peninsula. Sampling and further analysis showed that the dominant type of soil in this area is District Cambisol. In the second phase, we conducted further research on the presence of heavy metals in the area of Pavino Polje, in the municipality of Bijelo Polje, Montenegro. The results of the analysis finally showed that there is no presence of heavy metals in the samples we collected during the field visit. The studied area is recommended for the establishment of organic production. It is particularly suitable for the production of fruit growing, vegetables and fodder is also recommended.
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Proizvodnja vina u svetu i putevi vina u republici Srbiji
(Federalni agromediteranski zavod Mostar, Agronomski i prehrambeno-tehnološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru, 2018)
Milić, Dušan
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Bulatović, Mirjana Lukač
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Elenov, Riste
Wine production is undertaken on all the continents of the world. From the regional perspective, Europe boasts the highest production volume of wine, accounting for more than half of the world’s wine production. Italy, France and Spain are the largest wine-producing countries in Europe. Most European countries, as well as the countries neighbouring Serbia, have succeeded in promoting and developing wine tourism by establishing so-called wine routes such as Vinske ceste in Slovenia and Croatia, Wine strasse in Germany and Austria, Bortúrák in Hungary, etc. Favourable features characteristic of Serbia (such as the geographical and traffic position, biodiversity, flora and fauna, climate, anthropogenic factors, cultural and historical heritage, various folk customs, festivities, etc.) provide a solid base for enhancing wine tourism. Wine tourism has the potential to become one of the Serbian brands. The establishment of “wine routes” across the country is an ambitious and responsible enterprise which surpasses the ability of individuals. The country has pledged to grant loans to support wine tourism, whereas tourist organisations are building “wine maps” in order to introduce tourists to the top eight wine-producing regions of Serbia, i.e. the Wine Routes of Palić, Fruška Gora, Vršac, Smederevo, Topola, Negotin, Knjaževac and Župa.
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Analysis of Employment in Tourism and Hospitality SME's: The Case of the Republic of North Macedonia
(Goce Delčev University of Štip, 2019)
Snezana Bardarova
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Danijela Durkalic
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Riste Elenov
Tourism and hospitality are one of the world’s largest industries, or economic sectors, contributing trillions of dollars annually to the global economy, creating jobs and wealth, generating exports, boosting taxes and stimulating capital investment. Tourism makes a major contribution to the economies of most developed and developing countries. Tourism generates income from consumption of goods and services by tourists as well as taxes on businesses in the tourism industry, provides employment in services related to tourism, but also creates jobs in the tertiary sector. Tourism is an important economic activity in most countries around the world. As well as its direct economic impact, the industry has significant indirect and induced impacts. The small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) are driver of inclusive economic growth in Republic of North Macedonia and the creation of sustainable jobs increasing productivity. The subject of research in this paper is employment in SMTEs, focused on investment in human resources. The aim of this paper is to point out the tourism and small and medium-sized enterprises impact on employment in the Republic of North Macedonia.
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SOIL DISTRIBUTION IN BREGALNICA RIVER BASIN AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
(Soil Science Society of Serbia Congress Proceedings 2nd International and 14th National Congress of Soil Science Society of Serbia, 2017-09-25)
Tatjana Mitkova, Mile Markoski
This paper is a result of many years of field and laboratory research of the soils in Bregalnica river basin, spread out on 428.323,45 ha, ranging from 150 to 1932 m above the sea level in order to gain a better understanding of the productive capacities of the soils and measures for their improvement. The filed research of the soils has been done according to methods described by (Filipovski G et al, 1967). In laboratory, the following analyses have been carried out on the soil samples: hygroscopic moisture; mechanical composition; pH of the soil solution; humus content and total nitrogen; content of carbonates; available nutrients P2O5 and K2O. The mechanical composition and chemical properties of the soils have been determined by standard methods described by (Bogdanović et al, 1966), (Mitrikeski & Mitkova, 2001); (Resulović et al, 1971), (Džamić et.al.1996).This area is very heterogeneous, with numerous relief forms, with different expositions and inclinations, and with great differences of altitude. Additionally, there are several geological formations of a very heterogeneous petrographic-mineralogical composition and climate-vegetation zones. Long-term effects from human involvement should also be noted. The vast diversity of the factors required for soil formation in this area is the reason for the formation of many different soil types as well as the lower taxonomic units. These types of soils are characterized by different properties (chemical, physical, physical-mechanical, productive). Therefore, they have varied effects on agricultural production. There are 16 (sixteen) different soil types distributed in the Bregalnica river basin together with a considerable amount of subtypes, varieties and forms. Soils of lake terraces and of undulated hilly relief are prevalent in this river basin: 202.097,50 ha, or 47.19% of the whole. Mountain soils cover 188.764,00 ha (44.08%), whereas soils of the plains occupy 25.236,32 ha (5.88%) of the area. Finally, soils of colluvial fans occupy the least surface - 12.225,63 ha (2.85%).
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SUSTAINABLE GOAT BREEDING AND GOAT FARMING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
(2014)
Vladimir Dzabirski, Koco Porcu, Dragoslav Kocevski, Mirjana Jankulovska and Goran Trajkovski
Principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis were performed to describe and understand the extent of genetic variability in domestic Balkan goat ecotypes from The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In this study, goat ecotypes from ten different farms/locations were analysed to determine the uniqueness of the domestic Balkan goat breed and evaluate the level of diversity among ecotypes. A total of 1 129 animals of both sexes were characterized according to 18 qualitative traits. The frequencies of each analysed trait for each ecotype were determined and used in PCA and cluster analysis. The first two principal components explained 94 percent of the total variance in this data set. All ecotypes except ecotypes 5 and 6 were significantly correlated with principal component 1 (PC1). These findings were confirmed by cluster analysis. Based on the obtained results, two main clusters were identified. The first cluster comprised ecotypes 5 and 6 while ecotypes in the second cluster were classified into two subclusters. This study provided initial information on the extent of genetic variability in Balkan goat ecotypes from the country. However, for better characterization and assessment of genetic diversity in the analysed goat population, further evaluation is recommended, based on both morphological and molecular markers.

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