Naslov
Diversitification of economic activities in rural areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the function of environmental economics

Autori
Ćejvanović, Ferhat ; Vasiljević, Zorica ; Cvijanović, Drago ; Plazibat, Ivana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Skup
4th International Scientific Conference „Economy of Integration“, ICEI 2015

Mjesto i datum
Tuzla, Bosna i Hercegovina, 03.12.2015. - 05.12.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Diversification, rural economy, farm, development goals, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sažetak
The EU policy of rural development aims to increase competitiveness in agriculture by diversification of the rural economic activities through the protection of environment and rural areas, but also through an improvement of the life quality in rural areas. In EU 10% of farms report that they have additional revenue activity directly associated with the farm. A higher percentage of commercial farms (13.5%) have other revenue activities as well. The research results point to the obvious inequality between particular EU countries concerning the mentioned aspects. This further suggests that, primarily is necessary to consider transitional issues, and that an implementation of the successful projects within area of rural economy diversification will represent the next research challenge. The importance of market chains for realization of added value within the wider rural economy, mobilization of the local endogenous capacities and resources in rural areas, advancement of economic activities and creation of employment opportunities for the rural population, as well as the emphasis on the territorial LEADER approach, are the objectives that support the concept of diversification in the EU rural development policy and its orientation towards the multi-sectoral approach, which particularly emphasize the importance of micro and small rural entrepreneurs in implementation of these goals. The aim of the paper is to identify possibilities of diversification of economic activities in rural areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), given that BiH has good preconditions for development of rural economy through diversification of activities on the farm. Primary sources of data were collected through the survey of farms that have or expect to have diversified activities on the farm while the secondary data were collected from domestic and foreign scientific and professional literature sources. Concerning the methodology survey methods, desk research method, analysis and synthesis, comparison method and descriptive statistics were used.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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