African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12481

Review

Quality of agricultural-food products as a factor of the Republic of Serbia's competitiveness in international market

Milojević Ivan1, Cvijanović Drago2* and Cvijanović Gorica3
1University for Business Studies, Banja Luka, 23a Jovana Dučića Street, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 2Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, Volgina 15, Serbia. 3Faculty of Biofarming, Sombor University, Serbia.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 20 June 2011
  •  Published: 03 August 2011

Abstract

This study analyzes the competitiveness of agricultural-food products of Serbia in the local and international markets. The subject of this research is analysis of relevant competitiveness factors of agricultural-food products, aiming to assess the products' quality and highlight the main intentions of production and processing. Possibility of improving the products' quality was also considered. In this study, we started from the hypothesis that Serbia has the potential to produce and process high-quality products for the local market and export. It is possible to strengthen economy competitiveness and improve product quality by increasing productivity, efficiency and economy in production, and by applying actual knowledge, technologies and experiences. 

 

Key words: Quality of products, competitiveness of Serbian agricultural products, agricultural products' market.