An increasing number of population in the cities has problems with food security, transportation and environmental protection. To misticate these problems, a new type of agriculture has been established: Urban Agriculture (UA). In this paper, we are introducing the concept of UA and provide basic information on the definition and forms of UA. The article aims to provide insight into the general concept of UA for sustainable city development. UA has a positive influence on social, environmental and economic life in the cities, which should encourage members of the government and private sector to utilize UA as an important part in city planning. However, there are reservations which should be taken into account, but by raising awareness we add to a better understanding of mechanisms in UA. ; Sve veći broj stanovništva u gradovima dovodi do problema s opskrbom hrane, prijevozom roba i usluga i zaštitom okoliša. Kako bi se ublažile posljedice i ponudila rješenja, uspostavljena je nova vrsta poljoprivrede: Gradska poljoprivreda (GP). U ovom radu uvodimo koncept GP i dajemo osnovne informacije o definiciji i oblicima GP. Cilj je članka dati uvid u opći koncept GP kao podlogu za održivi razvoj grada. GP ima pozitivan utjecaj na društveni, okolišni i ekonomski život u gradovima, što bi trebalo potaknuti predstavnike grada i privatnog sektora da GP koriste kao važan dio u planiranju razvoja grada. Međutim, postoje ograničenja koja bi trebalo uzeti u obzir, ali povećanjem svijesti i objavom publikacija doprinosimo boljem razumijevanju GP.
Zajednička poljoprivredna politika (ZPP) ustanovljena 1962.god. je najznačajnija javna politika na koju odlazi velik dio proračuna Europske unije. Nakon 30 godina stabilnosti, ZPP prolazi kroz prvu značajnu reformu 1992., poznatijom kao MacSharryjeva reforma. Zatim slijede Agenda 2000 (1999.), Srednjoročni pregled (eng. Mid-Term Review, MTR 2003.), Zdravstveni pregled (eng. Health-Check, 2008.), Reforma ZPP-a 2013.-2020. i Reforma nakon 2020. Početkom 1990.-ih, kroz trgovinske pregovore u sklopu GATT-a (današnjeg WTO-a) na međunarodnoj razini se postiže dogovor, Sporazum o poljoprivredi, čime su se postavile prihvatljive i neprihvatljive mjere agrarne politike. Promjenom stavova društva o poljoprivredi i njezinom financiranju, unazad 30-ak godina, mijenjali su se i ciljevi agrarne politike, te oni sada obuhvaćaju zaštitu okoliša, krajobraz, dobrobit životinja, kvalitetu i sigurnost hrane. ; The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) established in 1962 is the most important public policy to which a large part of the European Union budget goes. After 30 years of stability, the CAP is undergoing its first significant reform in 1992, better known as the MacSharry reform. This is followed by Agenda 2000 (1999), Mid-Term Review (MTR 2003), Health-Check (2008), CAP reform 2013-2020. and CAP post 2020 reform. In the early 1990s, through trade negotiations under the GATT (today's WTO), an agreement was reached at the international level, the Agreement on Agriculture, which set out acceptable and unacceptable agricultural policy measures. With the change in society's attitudes towards agriculture and its financing, over the past 30 years, the goals of agricultural policy have changed, and they now include environmental protection, landscape, animal welfare, quality and food safety.
The ownership structure is one of the determining factors in the development of all agricultures; Croatia's is not an exception to this rule. In the long run, the ownership structure is undoubtedly going to determine the direction of the development of the market-oriented Croatian agriculture. The process of building the ownership structure appropriate to the market economy is neither simple not fast, let alone cheap. An overnight change in the ownership structure is neither possible nor prudent. The existing ownership structure of Croatian agriculture is the result of a century & a half long historical development. Socioeconomic & political factors exerted a strong influence on the process of the ownership structure's formation. Today Croatia has an "atomized" estate of only 2.9 hectares. A century ago the average size of estates was 8 hectares. This fragmentation is a direct result of the agrarian reform & colonization in the second Yugoslavia when the land maximum was reduced to 10 hectares. The existing -- very unfavorable structure -- should be in the transitional period gradually adapted to the family economy as the basis of future development, which will be market-oriented, cost-effective, & profitable. 3 Tables, 23 References. Adapted from the source document.
Croatia, together with some 30 countries, is waiting to be admitted into the World Trade Organization. Membership in the WTO is the first step in membership in CEFTA & one of the overture steps in joining the European Union. Apart from the undeniable benefits that WTO membership brings, there are numerous pitfalls & sacrifices facing Croatia, which at the beginning may have a detrimental effect on some sectors of economy. Among the sectors most vulnerable to global competition is that of agriculture & food production. Its position on the local market will be significantly weakened, since it is uncompetitive even at the present level of protective tariffs. The central issue in the negotiations for admitting a country or a group of countries into this organization are protective tariffs in this sector. There is no doubt that Croatia will have to reduce these protective measures to the level required by the WTO. What is that going to mean for Croatian agriculture? To what extent is Croatian agriculture (un)prepared to meet these demands? What are the possible consequences in light of the strategic importance of agriculture for any country, Croatia being no exception? 1 Table, 18 References. Adapted from the source document.
Podzemne vode na teritoriju Republike Hrvatske iznimno su važan, ali nedovoljno iskorišten vodni potencijal. U usporedbi s ostalim europskim zemljama Hrvatska je jedna od najbogatijih prema količini podzemnih voda i ukupnih obnovljivih vodnih resursa. Unatoč tomu, sustavi za navodnjavanje izgrađeni su na približno 0,5% površine ukupnoga poljoprivrednog zemljišta. Kako je u Hrvatskoj tijekom posljednjeg desetljeća sve češća pojava sušnih razdoblja, nedostatak navodnjavanih površina postaje jedno od ključnih pitanja hrvatske poljoprivrede. S druge strane, primjena nedovoljno učinkovitih tehnika pri navodnjavanju, nedostatak ili loše održavanje sustava navodnjavanja uz neadekvatno uključivanje struktura vlasti, može uzrokovati onečišćenje podzemnih voda. ; Groundwater is an important but under-utilized water resource in Croatia. If compared to other European countries Croatia is one of the richest regarding groundwater and total renewable reserves. In spite of that, water management systems have been built only on approximately 0.5 per cent of the total arable land. As Croatia has been affected by more frequent and longer droughts in the last decade, the scarcity of irrigated areas has become one of the vital issues in Croatian agriculture. On the other hand predominance of inefficientirrigationtechniques, lack or no maintenance of irrigation systems coupled with the absence of adequate government involvement can result in groundwater pollution.
Potpuno točnih podataka o korištenju poljoprivrednog zemljišta u Hrvatskoj nema zbog ne sređene nacionalne baze podatka, odnosno nepovezanosti nadležnih tijela u provođenju učinkovite zemljišne politike. Ne postoji jedinstvena evidencija o poljoprivrednom zemljištu i o oblicima uporabe i raspolaganja. Katastar nije usklađen s gruntovnicom, a to dvoje nije usklađeno sa stvarnim stanjem. Od 60-tih i 70-tih godina prošlog stoljeća u Hrvatskoj se koriste: Bonitiranje zemljišta, Kovačević P. i sur. 1987., Kovačević P. (1983.), Pravilnik o mjerilima za utvrđivanje osobito vrijednog obradivog (P1) i vrijednog obradivog (P2) poljoprivrednog zemljišta, NN 23/19, te Okvir za procjenu zemljišta, FAO 1976 u dorađenoj verziji Vidaček Ž., 1981. Preporučena je primjena uz doradu FAO okvira procjene zemljišta, ibidum. U cilju kvalitetne implementacije predloženo je osnivanje "Projektnog savjeta za procjenu poljoprivrednog zemljišta Hrvatske" pri Ministarstvu poljoprivrede, Hrvatske agencije za poljoprivredu i hranu, Centru za tlo, dakako u suradnji sa znanstvenim institucijama. ; Fully accurate data on the use of agricultural land in Croatia are missing due to disordered national database, that is, the incompatibility of the competent authorities in the implementation of an effective land policy. There is no uniform record of agricultural land, forms of use and management. The cadastre is not aligned with the land register, and the two are not aligned with the actual situation. Since the 1960s and 1970s, the following have been used in Croatia: Land evalation, Kovačević P. et al. 1987, P. Kovačević (1983), Ordinance on the criteria for determining particularly suitable arable (S1) land and suitable arable (S2) land, NN 23/19, and finally A Framework for Land evaluation, FAO 1976, as revised by Vidaček Ž., 1981. The implementation of the FAO Framework is recommended to be refined and we propose the establishment of a "Project Council for Agricultural Land evaluation in Croatia" at the Ministry of Agriculture, Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food, Soil Center, in collaboration with scientific institutions.
EU's agrarian policy has always been -- & remains -- a complex issue of the Union's overall economic policy. Although agrarian policy was at first central for the Union & served as a cohesive & integrating factor, in time it became a bone of contention, a source of conflicts & feuding within the EU. Solving the problem of agrarian policy on the eve of the third millennium is one of the EU's priorities. The problems of agricultural subsidies in the EU, its Eastern expansion, & the demands of the WTO are far from being easy tasks. Besides, agrarian policy is not solely an economic matter, but also a social (particularly rural), ecological, cultural, & political problem. The problem of agriculture has always been considered a political problem & resolved as such. 1 Table, 15 References. Adapted from the source document.
Gustav August Vichodil bio je jedan od najznačajnijih hrvatskih agronoma s kraja 19. i početka 20. stoljeća. Rođen je u današnjoj Češkoj. Osim u rodnoj zemlji, školovao se u Njemačkoj i Mađarskoj, a prije dolaska u Hrvatsku radio je u Mađarskoj, Austriji i Češkoj. U Hrvatsku je došao tijekom rujna 1874. godine na poziv Zemaljske vlade u Zagrebu da bi preuzeo mjesto tajnika Hrvatsko-slavonskog gospodarskog društva. Budući da se iskazao kao izvrstan poljoprivredni stručnjak, 1878. godine imenovan je za ravnatelja Kraljevskog gospodarskog i šumarskog učilišta u Križevcima. Nažalost, već je 1890. godine zbog teške bolesti umirovljen, no nakon ozdravljenja ponovno je počeo raditi i pisati brojne članke o poljoprivredi, koje je objavio u hrvatskim i austrijskim publikacijama. U svojim prvim radovima Vichodil se ponajčešće bavio poljoprivrednom ekonomijom, pa ga se smatra osnivačem te grane znanosti u Hrvatskoj. Kasnije je puno pozornosti posvećivao svinjogojstvu, ali i organizaciji poljoprivrednog obrazovanja u Hrvatskoj. Pritom spada među prve autore koji su pisali o uzgoju ruža. Zbog doprinosa razvoju agronomije u Hrvatskoj, uoči smrti dodijeljen mu je prvi počasni doktorat poljoprivrednih znanosti na Sveučilištu u Zagrebu. ; Gustav August Vichodil was one of the most prominent Croatian agronomists at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. He was born in today's Czech Republic. Apart from his native country, he studied in Germany and Hungary, and before coming to Croatia, he worked in Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic. He came to Croatia in September 1874 at the invitation of the Provincial Government in Zagreb to take over the position of the secretary of the Croatian-Slavonian Economic Society. Since he proved to be an excellent agricultural expert, in 1878, he was appointed head of the Royal Agriculture and Forestry College in Križevci. Unfortunately, he retired in 1890 due to a severe illness. However, after recovering, he went back to work and wrote numerous articles on agriculture, which he published in Croatian and Austrian publications. In his early works, Vichodil mostly dealt with agricultural economics, which is why he is considered to be the founder of that branch of science in Croatia. Later, he paid a lot of attention to pig farming, as well as to the organisation of agricultural education in Croatia. He was also one of the first authors to write about the cultivation of roses. Due to his contribution to the development of agronomy in Croatia, shortly before his death, he was awarded the first honorary doctorate in agricultural sciences at the University of Zagreb.
Wine-growing and wine industry are strategic activities of great importance to the Republic of Croatia. By its range of products and the quality of wine our country is "the wine world in small". The areas of vineyards are reduced to minimum (58.513 ha), but there is a possibility of planting vine on significantly larger vineyard surfaces. The annual wine production amounts to 200 million litres, of which only one third of wine production is recoreded. The number of wine-growers registered in the Register is 14,436, even though there are almost 100 000 families in this production. Croatia needs 10 000 family estates with the area of vineyards of about 5 ha; these areas would make this production maintainable. By the time Croatia joins the EU we should have 70, 000 ha of vineyards, which practically means that we must plant from 2 000 to 3 000 ha of vineyards a year. The realization and implementation of the Law on wine should be observed through the reform of the overall agriculture (Law on agriculture, Law on agricultural land, Law on stimulus in agriculture, forestry and fishery, Strategy of the development of Croatia, and so on). We believe that this new legislation in this area will enable faster and higher quality solvation of the problems that appear in wine-growing and wine production. Finally, it is important to create the conditions for the maintenance of wine-growing estates, for significant enlargement of wine-growing areas and for the larger vine and wine production, for the doubling of the registered wine trade, for the significant increase in wine consumption (30 to 40 litres per capita) and for a more significant wine export. The new Law on wine, the reform of stimulus, the Law on agricultural areas and other regulations are a quality basis for sorting things out in this production and for the realization of the set goals. Operational programme for creating 13, 000 ha of vineyards in the period from 2004 to 2007 is being realized. In 2004 / 05 13 million of vine seedlings were planted, of which the Croatian production accounts for 10 million, that makes about 2 700 ha of newly planted vineyards. More than 3000 ha of forest areas have been given commissioned (for cultivation). Through HBOR and HAMAG 175 loans have been approved and 57 million kn have been granted, with the interest rate of 4 % on 10 years and with the grace period of two years. The trend of vineyard planting is going to continue in 2006, when over 3000 ha of vineyards are expected to be planted. High quality seedlings will be provided for this production. Almost a thousand sorts of more and more quality wines on Croatian market are a guarantee for sparkling possibilities of wine-growing and wine production in the country. Never before has so much been done for the industry of wine-growing and wine production as nowadays, and there is no doubt that the results will be seen. These programmes (Operational programme for vineyard creation, Commissions for forest areas, Giving loans to permanent plantantions etc.) must bear fruit and this Ministry and Government will be remembered by the good they have made, by the quality wine offered together with the rich food in Croatia and in the world, and finally, by the beauty that a high quality wine gives!
U radu su istaknute tehničke mjere zaštite korisnika od opasnih tvari pri aplikaciji pesticida u poljoprivredi. Prema novom Zakonu o homologaciji traktora u zemljama Europske unije, definirane su četiri kategorije kabina traktora s različitim stupnjevima zaštite korisnika od opasnih tvari. Prema analizi starih i novih traktora u EU tijekom primjene prskalica i orošivača nužno je koristiti i propisanu osobnu zaštitnu opremu. Međutim, još uvijek se događa da korisnici (traktoristi) u praksi tijekom pripreme i tretiranja zaštitnih sredstava ne koriste odgovarajuću osobnu zaštitnu opremu (posebno za respiratorne organe). ; Technical measures of user protection from harmful substances during the application of pesticides in agriculture are emphasized in this paper. According to the new Act on type-approval of tractors in the countries of the European Union, four categories of tractor cabins with different degrees of user protection from harmful substances are defined. According to the analysis of the old and new tractors in the EU, it is also necessary to use the proscribed personal protective equipment while using sprinklers and sprayers. However, it still happens in practice that users (tractor operators) do not use proper personal protective equipment (especially for the respiratory organs) during the preparation and treatment of protection means.
The author analyzes the future prospects of diplomatic service in the era of globalization. In his analysis, he draws from the German experience & the book Wem dient der auswartige Dienst? The author claims that foreign policy is determined by economic issues so it is pointless to separate the security/political & the economic/political aspects & competences of a government. The same applies to diplomatic corps: they cannot be exempted from economic tasks. Heads of diplomatic offices today have to be partners regarding economic topics when discussing politics & economy of the host country. Concerning the role of nongovernmental organizations, the author thinks that they cannot replace the state & its civil servants. For communicating with them, foreign service needs "generalists" more than "specialists." The key value of the future foreign service includes an overall review of the bilateral relations with the host country; this envisages that diplomats are to retain their central role in the networking of various actors & areas. Besides the legal/consular, economic, cultural & security/political tasks, diplomatic offices regularly maintain contacts & cooperate with the host country in specialized fields such as defense, science, social issues, & agriculture. 16 References. Adapted from the source document.
Blaženka Mičević defended her doctoral dissertation titled Development of Agricultural Land Administration System within the Agricultural Policy Context of the Republic of Croatia at the Faculty of Geodesy, University in Zagreb on May 6, May 2016. The doctoral dissertation was defended in front of a committee composed of three members, Prof. Tomislav Bašić, PhD, Assist. Prof. Hrvoje Tomić, PhD, and Kristina Svržnjak, PhD, from the College of Agriculture in Križevci. The candidate's mentor was Prof. Siniša Mastelic Ivic, PhD.The doctoral dissertation is structured into following chapters:1 Introduction and research hypothesis2 Review of previous research3 Overview of the state of land policy4 Registers of agricultural land in the Republic of Croatia5 Disposition of the land owned by the Republic of Croatia6 Research analyses and results7 Overview of results8 Conclusion ; Blaženka Mičevič obranila je 6. svibnja 2016. na Geodetskom fakultetu Sveucilišta u Zagrebudoktorsku disertaciju Razvoj sustava za upravljanje poljoprivrednim zemljištem u okviru poljoprivredne politike Republike Hrvatske. Doktorski rad obranjen je pred povjerenstvom u sastavu prof. dr. sc. Tomislav Bašić, doc. dr. sc. Hrvoje Tomić i dr. sc. Kristina Svržnjak s Visokog gospodarskog učilišta u Križevcima. Mentor je bio prof. dr. sc. Siniša Mastelic Ivić.Doktorski rad podijeljen je na ova osnovna poglavlja:1. Uvod i postavljanje hipoteze2. Pregled dosadašnjih istraživanja3. Prikaz stanja zemljišne politike4. Evidencije poljoprivrednog zemljišta u Republici Hrvatskoj5. Raspolaganje poljoprivrednim zemljištem u vlasništvu Republike Hrvatske6. Analize i rezultati istraživanja7. Pregled postignutih rezultata8. Zaključak
Na temelju građe nekoliko fondova Arhiva Jugoslavije i dostupne dokumentacije međunarodnih institucija zaduženih za kontrolu opijumske proizvodnje i prometa, ovaj rad rekonstruira malo poznate aspekte američko-jugoslavenskih odnosa tijekom 1930-ih koji prelaze domenu privredne suradnje. U tekstu je rekonstruirano nekoliko faza izvoza kvalitetnoga jugoslavenskoga (makedonskoga) sirovog opijuma američkim farmaceutskim kompanijama: od 1929. do 1934., kada su gotovo čitavu godišnju proizvodnju otkupljivale američke tvornice, preko perioda poslovanja tursko-jugoslavenskoga Centralnog biroa obilježenog međusobnim opstrukcijama i rivalstvom na američkom tržištu, pa do faze kada je stupanj ilegalne prerade i krijumčarenja droge u Jugoslaviji ugrozio odnose sa Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama uoči izbijanja Drugoga svjetskog rata. ; Due to its large morphine content, Yugoslav medical opium was an exception-ally sought-after pharmaceutical raw material, and therefore exported to leading processing plants in Germany, Switzerland, and France till 1928, when American plants began buying up almost the entire production. After 1932, yearly production of raw opium in Yugoslavia stabilised at 35-48 tons, with 99% of the production being absorbed by the American pharmaceutical companies Merck & Co. and Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, at prices significantly greater than those in Europe. However, the enthusiasm about exporting the entire yearly opium production to the USA was put into question in early 1934, when the Turkish-Yugoslav Central Bureau for raw opium export began operating in Istanbul. It comprised representatives of the Turkish Opium Export Institute and the Yugoslav Opium Export Institute (Jugoslovenski zavod za izvoz opijuma – JUZOP). The Yugoslav participation quota of 23-26% hindered the previous level of export to America, which generated resistance towards further cooperation with Turkey in Belgrade. Thus, disputes about placing opium on the American market led to a short-lived blockade of Yugoslav opium import, while the appearance of cheap Iranian opium in Europe further emboldened the Turkish side in the Central Bureau to compensate its loss of the European market by obstructing its Yugoslav partners in dealing with American plants. Apart from this, the debts of the American Eli Lilly plant towards the JUZOP on the day of the Central Bureau's liquidation in late June 1941 further contributed towards the impression that Yugoslavia was actually suffering a loss by exporting opium in collaboration with Turkey. According to official Ministry of Agriculture data, a total of 688 tons of raw opium worth 386 million dinars were exported from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the 1927–1939 period. On a yearly level, this amounted to an average of 42 tons of opium worth 29 million dinars, which equalled, for example, the average yearly budget revenue of the entire Vardar Banate (province). Since yearly opium smuggling in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia stood at around 8-10 tons of opium, one can conclude that almost a quarter of the legal production actually ended up in illegal trafficking. If the smuggling of processed opium derivates (morphine, heroin, codeine) to the USA is added to these figures, and if one keeps in mind the links of the Belgrade and Skopje smuggling organisations with leading European networks for drug trafficking across the Atlantic (Eliopoulos, Bacula, Raskin), then the increased interest of the League of Nations and American diplomacy for the situation in Yugoslavia from late 1937 becomes more understandable. The direct pressure of the American embassy in Paris, which operated a "service" for tracking narcotics smuggling, influenced the Yugoslav authorities to enact harsher laws and at least temporarily reign in the increasingly aggressive criminalisation of a formerly perspective branch of agriculture.
