The state and production of grasslands in Serbia
Authors
Mandić, Violeta
Bijelić, Zorica
Krnjaja, Vesna

Petričević, Maja

Stanojković, Aleksandar

Maksimović, Nevena

Caro Petrović, Violeta

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Given that Serbia (without Kosovo) has large areas under grassland, the aim of this study was
to analyze the variation and trend of the areas, total production and yields over 71 years
(1948-2018) and prognosis of yield in the next 30 years. The results indicated that the area of
grasslands in Serbia declined over the last decade. Most grasslands in hilly-mountain region
were degraded and without application of agrotechnical - remedial measures so that large
areas were lost. In Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, areas of grasslands have been
declining because have been converted into arable land. Total production of meadows
increased while total production of pastures decreased during the observed period. The
grasslands areas in Serbia showed low yields. In the Vojvodina region, meadows showed
decrease in forage productivity, while pastures showed increase in forage productivity. Areas
under meadows and pastures should be recultivated and brought into production in
accordance... with the needs of livestock development. This will result in higher quantity and
higher quality production of green mass and hay. Unfortunately, depopulation and underrepresentation
of animals per unit area represented a limiting factor for grassland exploitation.
On the other hand, in the future yield growth rates of grasslands in Serbia and Central Serbia
and pastures in Vojvodina will very low increase. Contrary, yields growth rates of meadows
in Vojvodina will decrease by 2050.
Keywords:
Grasslands / Yield changes / Trend analysis / Serbia.Source:
Book of proceedings XI International Scientific Agriculture Symposium “Agrosym 2020”, 2020Publisher:
- University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia
- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Serbia
- Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM - IAMB), Italy
- International Society of Environment and Rural Development, Japan
- Balkan Environmental Association (B.EN.A), Greece
- Centre for Development Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria
- Perm State Agro-Technological University, Russia
- Voronezh State Agricultural University named after Peter The Great, Russia
- Faculty of Bioeconomy Development, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
- Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Faculty of Agriculture, University of Akdeniz - Antalya, Turkey
- Selçuk University, Turkey
- University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania
- Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia
- Ukrainian Institute for Plant Variety Examination, Kyiv, Ukraine
- National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Valahia University of Targoviste, Romania
- National Scientific Center „Institute of Agriculture of NAAS“, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Saint Petersburg State Forest Technical University, Russia
- University of Valencia, Spain Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt
- Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
- Chapingo Autonomous University, Mexico
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy
- Higher Institute of Agronomy, Chott Mariem-Sousse, Tunisia
- Watershed Management Society of Iran Institute of Animal Science - Kostinbrod, Bulgaria
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Faculty of Economics Brcko, University of East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Montenegro
- Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Serbia
- Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, Serbia
- Institute for Science Application in Agriculture, Serbia
- Agricultural Institute of Republic of Srpska - Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje”, Serbia
- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
- Institute for Animal Science, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia