Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.31727/gzb.42.3.9

Conditions and perspective of cereals and oilseed crops production in the Republic of Croatia

Dario Iljkić orcid.org/0000-0003-4039-7447 ; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Hrvatska
David Kranjac ; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Vladimir Zebec ; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Ivana Varga ; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Mirta Rastija ; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Manda Antunović ; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Hrvatska
Vlado Kovačević ; Fakultet agrobiotehničkih znanosti, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku, Hrvatska

Abstract

Agricultural production in Croatia has great significance whereby plant production makes more than 50% of total agricultural gross production. The most important role have cereals and oilseeds crops whose pro- duction dominates in the Pannonian region with an emphasis on its eastern part. Aim of this study was to shown harvested area, production and foreign trade of six most important field crops during fifteen-year period (2003 – 2017)in Croatia. During analysed period cereals (maize, wheat and barley) occupies about 60 % while oilseed crops (soybean, sunflower and rapeseed) about 13% of total arable land. Analysis of the data showed a trend of decline in cereal’s harvested area, especially for maize, while oilseeds showed a growth trend. Soybean and rapeseed areas almost doubled in the last three years. The accession of the Republic of Croatia to the unique European Union market has had a positive effect on the increase in net exports of cere- als and oilseeds. The average volume of net exports of cereals and oilseeds for five years of EU membership has more than tripled compared to the average of the pre-accession period observed from 2003 to 2013. Domestic prices of cereals and oilseeds follow price trends on the Single Market with stabile development after Croatia joins the European Union.

Keywords

agricultural area; cereals; oil crops; prices; net exports

Hrčak ID:

220533

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/220533

Publication date:

30.5.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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