What do people in Switzerland eat? Thousands of jars on their way from Serbia

According to officials in the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Rural Care, agricultural production without chemicals and machines are ideal and could boost the efforts to revive abandoned rural households, especially in underdeveloped parts of the country, reduce unemployment and boost economic development in general.

Only two years ago, a little more than 22,000 hectares under organic production was registered, a significant increase compared to numbers from a few years ago, but still not enough compared with the volume of plantations in EU countries. Last year, we had 6,500 registered certified farms with registered exports of 37 million USD, seven million more than in 2019.
These results were achieved thanks to the financial subsidies of the Government, saving no money to encourage and increase both production volumes and agricultural land, as written in Dnevnik daily. The Government provides subsidies not only because of the high organic production cost. Both manual processing and costs incurred by manufacturers when paying wages are higher, resulting in more expensive final products compared to the conventional products, hence making them inaccessible to everyone's pocket.
"We are fully aware of the fact that manual workers take the most money from organic producers and that domestic products are far more expensive than those abroad. That is why we give subsidies to help them. We know what is bothering them and for all problems for those engaged in processing and export, since the domestic final product is significantly more expensive compared to the same or similar abroad", said the Secretary of Serbia Organica, Ms. Ivana Simic.
She also added that subsidies are common in the EU and depend on financial strength, so in that...