BFC. Agriculture Finance Bulletin.
Brnabic has promised to include these recommendations as priorities for the new government and stressed the importance of investing in the quality of life in rural areas.
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EBRD, FAO develop guidelines to prevent COVID-19 spread during agricultural processes
October 24th, 2020, http://www.agronews.rs/smernice-za-prevenciju-zaraze-virusom-korona-u-lancu-snabdevanja-zitom/
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a series of COVID-19 security trainings and presented guidelines for reducing the risk of infection during grain loading and storage. Despite the largely mechanized processes, there are still segments that can jeopardize biosecurity (e.g. direct physical contact between farmers, truck drivers, quality control laboratory staff and others). This has prompted EBRD and FAO to develop guidelines for the operation of silos and present them to more than 500 local participants. The trainings includes good practices of biological protection against the spread of COVID-19, with a special focus on critical control points such as truck movement patterns, grain sampling and testing, unloading and access by external staff and visitors.
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Serbian organic producers to participate at international organics fair
October 23rd, 2020, http://www.stips.minpolj.gov.rs/srl/vest/pozv-za-ucesce-na-sajmu-biofach
The Chamber of Commerce of Serbia and the Development Agency of Serbia, working in cooperation with the Swiss Export Promotion Program and the National Association for the Development of Organic Production Serbia, are organizing the presentation of Serbian organic producers at the upcoming international organic food fair BIOFACH 2021, which will take place in Nuremberg between February 17 and February 20, 2021.
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World Bank to provide USD 50 million for agricultural investments
October 18th, 2020, https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/ekonomija/927066/
Farmers in Serbia are set to receive USD 50 million in financial assistance from the World Bank in 2021. The funds are being available for making investments in the agricultural sector. 50% of the cost of approved projects will be given to farmers directly; 40% of the cost will be financed through a cooperating financial institution; and 10% will be the responsibility of farmers. This represents an important opportunity for the growth of Serbia’s agricultural sector.
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Free trainings for farmers and small businesses
October 15th, 2020, https://agrosmart.net/2020/10/15/srfp
The KfW-funded Development of Financial Systems in Rural Areas in Serbia (SRFP) program was designed to increase income in rural areas of Serbia via access to soft loans and via support measures to strengthen the competitiveness of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) operating throughout the country. To support MSMEs, implementing organization Business \u0026 Finance Consulting (BFC) organized a series of trainings for farmers, entrepreneurs and representatives of MSMEs in Page 3
