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Serbian agriculture will receive €600m by 2027

Novi Sad, 25 May 2022

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Branislav Nedimovic and Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic talked today at the Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad with Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Ambassador Emanuele Giaufret on IPARD 2 and IPARD 3 plans.

Joksimovic pointed out that Serbia has used €175 million through IPARD since 2015.

The Minister emphasised that the main topic at the moment in the world is agricultural production and food supply in the coming months and years.

That is why it is important to use everything possible, every fund that is available to us, in order to help improve our agricultural production and strengthen it in those areas that are strategic, the Minister said.

Serbia will receive the most funds from the European Union funds from all the countries of the Western Balkans for agriculture. For IPARD 3, it is direct €288 million from the European Union, with the participation of Serbian producers worth €600 million by 2027.

Ambassador Giaufret pointed out that 55% of Serbian agricultural exports go to the European Union market, while the total agricultural exchange is €2.3 billion, where Serbia has a surplus of €700 million.

We continue our cooperation through the IPARD programme. We want to further improve our relations and we have allocated significant funds for the IPARD 3 programme. Now we need to focus on the completion of the IPARD 2 programme and speed up payments, Giaufret said.