Opportunities for the Development of Organic Agriculture in the Countries of the Western Balkans

Abstract

Bioeconomy and ecology are indivisible, but investors are not always interested in the humane aspects of the economy, i.e. organic agriculture, however organic agriculture in Western Balkans is growing. This case study presents the results for selected countries: Serbia, Bulgaria (EU), Croatia (EU) and Montenegro. The goal of this work is to investigate perspectives of organic agriculture development and certification. In first section, is analyzed the present time situation in organic production and certification. In section two are presented results on growing of organic agriculture land and organic shares.