Three quarters of Serbian farms active in livestock breeding

BELGRADE - A total of 77.5 agricultural holdings in the Republic of Serbia are engaged in livestock breeding, shows the data released on Monday by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS).

As many as 99.9 percent out of 489,364 farms engaged in livestock breeding are family-owned agricultural holdings.

The most important branches in Serbia's livestock breeding industry comprise cattle breeding, pig breeding and poultry raising, while sheep breeding, goat breeding and beekeeping are less prominent.

Livestock breeding is most prominent in Sumadija and western Serbia (39.8 percent) and Vojvodina (34 percent), and it is least prominent in southern and eastern Serbia (20.7 percent).

Photo Tanjug, J. Pap (illustration)