Non-wood forest products-baased enterprises in western Serbia: organisation of external supply chain
2012
Nedeljković, Jelena (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Nonić, Dragan (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Ranković, Nenad (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Mandić, Vladimir
The use of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) provides multi-functionality of forests, as natural resources. Also, it is an important opportunity for the development of entrepreneurship and gaining additional income for local people in rural areas, which are largely dependent on forest resources. The subjects of this paper are NWFPs-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the region of Western Serbia, which includes 4 forest areas: Podrinjsko-kolubarsko, Tarsko-zlatiborsko, Limsko and Golijsko. The objective of this paper is the analysis of basic characteristics of SMEs and its business, organization of NWFPs external supply chain elements, as well as the analysis of possibilities for SMEs cooperation within the supply chain. The purpose of the paper is to point out the advantages that could be gained by more successful organizing of SMEs in the NWFPs supply chain in selected forest areas. In the paper is given part of the results of the project “Research on development of entrepreneurship in private forestry sector in Serbia: NWFPs-based enterprises”. The research was conducted in 2011 and included 28 NWFPs-based enterprises, in the region of Western Serbia. The questionnaire consisted of 65 questions, of which are 21 analysed in this paper. The research results show that the cooperation between enterprises exists, but, generally, only during purchasing and placement.
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