Managing the agricultural holdings in The Republic of Serbia: Trends in gender equality

Nastić, Lana and Jovanović Todorović, Marijana and Potrebić, Velibor (2026) Managing the agricultural holdings in The Republic of Serbia: Trends in gender equality. In: VI International Scientific Conference "Sustainable agriculture and rural development". Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, pp. 413-422. ISBN 978-86-6269-150-7

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Abstract

Managing the agricultural holdings is performing by managers, who are in the Republic of Serbia mainly the holders of agricultural holdings, while they are predominantly male. In the research, the trend in number of agricultural farms in the Republic of Serbia was monitored, where the special attention was paid to the importance of women in the farm management. The aim of this work is to analyze precisely the participation of women in managing the agricultural holdings, as well as to determine the tendencies regarding the age structure of women managers, their overall number and utilized agricultural land area they are managing. Research found that during the observed period 2012-2023, there was a positive shift regarding to the overall number of female managers, while a negative trend was visible in terms of their age structure. It was also determined that during the entire observed period, women managers primarily run small agricultural holdings.

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