The analysis of agro-ecological indicators in Serbia and EU countries

• Main Authors: Zekić Stanislav, Maktovski Bojan, Kleut Žana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Novi Sad - Faculty of Economics, Subotica 2018-01-01
• Series: Anali Ekonomskog fakulteta u Subotici
• Subjects: agriculture; agri-environment; european union; serbia
• Online Access: https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0350-2120/2018/0350-21201839045Z.pdf

Since the Republic of Serbia as a strategic objective defined membership in the EU, a process of harmonization with the current EU policies is inevitable. Agro-environmental measures are definitely an essential part of that process, and this paper compares agro-environmental state of the EU and Serbia. The situation of individual countries of the EU and Serbia at the level of implementation of ecological principles in agriculture is analyzed through the selected agro-environmental indicators which represents a level of development of regulative in environmental protection in agriculture. In this sense, the used methods are multivariate statistical analyses - factor and cluster analysis. The results of research clearly show that Serbia is lagging behind the EU in the implementation of agro-environmental measures, and in the coming period Serbia will have to make additional efforts to create measures and mechanisms for more effective implementation of the agro-environmental programs.