Ivo Grgić

Organic agricultural production on family farms in Croatia

ABSTRACT The Croatian organic products market is not developed as it is in economically more developed European Union (EU) countries. There are 2,319 registered organic producers on a total area of 50,054 ha. It was assumed that producers’ motives of organic products are predominantly noneconomic and that they sell most of products through direct sales channels and have positive attitudes toward producers’ associations. A survey was conducted with organic producers in Northwest Croatia. They (72.7%) switched from conventional to organic farming due to noneconomic motives. Due to an unorganized distribution network, products placement in markets mainly takes place locally (71.4%). Most producers are cooperating but in an informal way.

Agricultural Policy in Research of Croatian Authors of the 20th Century

Ocekivani ulazak Hrvatske u Europsku uniju iznova aktualizira spremnost nasih poljoprivrednih proizvođaca na tržnu utakmicu koja ih uskoro ocekuje. U tome se propitkuju ciljevi i popratne mjere dosadasnje poljoprivredne politike, ali i njezin razvoj u smjeru brige o cjelokupnom ruralnom prostoru u suglasju s evolucijom Zajednicke poljoprivredne politike EU-a. Dosadasnje drustveno- ekonomske promjene nisu znacajnije promijenile glavne ciljeve poljoprivredne politike (osiguranje dovoljno hrane za potrosace po razumnim cijenama te ravnopravan životni standard poljoprivrednika), nego su se samo mijenjali instrumenti i mjere država s obzirom na ekonomske uvjete i politicke okolnosti. U Hrvatskoj strucnoj literaturi položaj poljoprivrednika i život u seoskim sredinama podrobnije se istražuje od sredine 19. stoljeca. Rezultati mnogih istraživanja, a posebno izrecene preporuke, aktualni su i danas. Vec zarana se u mnogim radovima upozorava na razloge razlicitoga položaja poljoprivrednika u pojedinim državama, a u radovima potkraj 20. stoljeca istice se nemogucnost preslikavanja pojedinih rjesenja iz EU-a na hrvatske prilike.