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Economy potential of crop biomass in Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia

The key industries in Croatia include agriculture, food processing, aquaculture and forestry. The gross value added (GVA) of the primary sector (including forestry) amounts 3.9 % of Croatia’s total GVA in 2017, compared to EU-28 where this sector accounted for 1.6 % of GVA. In the total value of agricultural production of the Republic of Croatia in 2020, the most important is plant production (61, 5), while livestock production share in total agricutlural production amounts 38.5 %. The aim of paper was to determine biomass economy and technical potential of the most important cerials (wheat, barley, maize), industrial crops (sunflower, sugar beet, rapeseed, soy bean), vinyards and fruit (apple) at the Vukovar-Srijem County. Review literature and available statistical data presents the basis for research conduction aimed to detemine proper methods to calculate potential for harvest residues utilization of the most important field crops in the VS county. Based on the available data, the technical potential of cereals in 2020 was calculated, which amounted 276.662, 89 t, industrial crops 157.896, 19 t, vineyards 157.896, 19 and fruits (apples) 5.531, 02 t. The research results show that large quantities of biomass are available in Vukovar-Srijem County as a raw material for further processing into organic fertilizers, substrates, compost, products for pharmacetical, cosmetic, food and animal feed industry.

biomass ; field crops ; technical potential ; Vukovar-Srijem County

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