Project title: International School of Organic Agriculture
Supported by: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia – Project Serbian Transitional Agriculture Reform (STAR Project)
Total project budget: 58.318,00 EUR
Project implementation period: 01.11.2010-31.10.2011.
Project summary:
With training of individual agricultural producers for modern agro-economic business (farming type) and training of other groups (processors, agronomists, marketing experts, PR, etc.) in the chain “from field to table” the overall objective of the project is accomplished – to prepare the agribusiness for functioning under the conditions of the European market, with a special emphasize on organic production.
By establishing the International School of Organic Agriculture, as a specific aim of the project, conditions will be met for the following:
1. Launching a more dynamic and more competitive agricultural production – organic production – with considerably greater participation in export;
2. Forming a trained agricultural producer who can be competitive on the regional and international markets;
3. Integration of organic producers into market channels
4. Rural development through establishing family processing capacities;
5. Creation of advisory sector.
The implementation of the International School of Organic Agriculture project will contribute to the institutional strengthening of Euro-integration and regional connectivity, respectively it will present a further significant support to the organic agriculture in Serbia.

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