Agriculture in Serbia

Agriculture in Serbia is an important sector of the Economy of Serbia comprising 6.0% of GDP and is valued at 2.416 billion euros (as of 2017).^[1]

There is a total of 3,475,894 hectares of used arable land in Serbia, comprising 67.12% of total arable land available (including land under forest).^[2]^[3] Agricultural production is mostly present in northern province of Vojvodina on the fertile Pannonian Plain (45% of all used arable land), and the southern lowlands adjacent to the Sava, Danube and Great Morava rivers.

There has been a sharp decline in agricultural activity since 1948, when almost three-quarters of the population engaged in farming, to the present one-sixth.^[4] It is estimated that around 1.1 million people in Serbia (15.70% of total population) is employed on agricultural farms, with around 530,000 being employed in farms all-year long (as of 2018).^[5] As of 2018, there is a total of 564,542 agricultural farms in Serbia, of which the vast majority of 99.7% are traditional family farms.^[2]

^ "GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) 2015 – 2017" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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^ "Agriculture and Enlargement" (PDF). European Commission. May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ "Agriculture and forestry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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[gdp2017-1] "GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) 2015 – 2017" (PDF). stat.gov.rs. Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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[3] "Agriculture and Enlargement" (PDF). European Commission. May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

[4] "Agriculture and forestry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

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