Analysis of the possibility of financing agriculture from the IPARD III program in the Republic of Serbia
2025
Radović, Gordana | Pejanović, Radovan | Vasiljević, Zorica
Financial instrument for pre-accession assistance – IPARD III program, for the 2021-2027 period, was adopted by the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Serbia on December 14, 2023. The total financial value of the IPARD III program amounts to 588 million euros, of which the contribution of the European Union is 280 million euros. The main goals of the IPARD III program are the following: increasing the competitiveness, efficiency and sustainability of agricultural production, improving the economic position of agricultural farms, rural development, stimulating the employment of young people in rural areas, contribution to the mitigating of the climate changes’ negative effects, as well as building efficient public administration in the field of agriculture and rural development in the Republic of Serbia. As of October 2024, four out of a total of eight measures have been accredited. The aim of the paper is to present the current financing possibilities from the IPARD III program in the Republic of Serbia, as well as to compare them with the financing possibilities from the IPARD II program. In the paper there have been used the following methods: the method of analysis and synthesis, comparative method and desk research method. The authors conclude that additional opportunities for financing agriculture and rural development in the Republic of Serbia are available within the IPARD III program compared to the IPARD II program.
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Publisher Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, Serbia
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