Stručni rad

POULTRY PRODUCTION IN CROATIA

Stjepan Mužic ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Gordana Kralik ; Poljoprivredni fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Radmila Raguž-Đurić ; Hrvatski veterinarski institut, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zlatko Janječić ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Branko Bobetić ; Croatiastočar, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Poultry production in Croatia has a long tradition, solid present time and good foundation for development. It includes all types of production: production and breeding of broiler layers, hatcheries, production of chicken, turkey, duck and goose meat, production and breeding of commercial layers, egg production and feed production. Poultry production has a leading position within Croatian animal production regarding satisfaction of domestic needs and coverage of import with export. This paper analyses changes in the number of birds, import, export and production and consumption of poultry meat. After 1991 the number of birds decreased by 3.1 % annually, but in the same time average annual production of poultry meat increased by 0.6 % and eggs by 1.2 %. In that period Croatian export of poultry products exceeded the import, with the exception of the year 2002. Financial value of annual export of poultry products increased by 3.7 %, while import increased by 5.3 %. There is a large variety of problems in our poultry production, but there
are two basic causes for them: on the one hand there are just a few big integrated systems present on national and international market, while on the other hand there are a great number of locally oriented family owned farms. Big broiler and egg producers are struggling with modernization of technologies, competition and unfavorable general production conditions in Croatia, while small ones, besides mentioned problems, have to face a number of domestic and European regulations, non-standardized production capacities, high input costs, payment conditions, unstable market, etc.
Having in mind the general world trend of growing poultry production,
Croatian poultry production as well has a good opportunity for growth and development. This is also important for a number of small family owned farms which could find their place in organic production of new and recognizable products based on domestic poultry breeds and species.

Ključne riječi

Poultry production; Croatia; broiler production; egg production

Hrčak ID:

32759

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/32759

Datum izdavanja:

18.2.2009.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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