State of the Production and the Collecting of Medicinal Plants in the Republic of Serbia

Filipović, Vladimir and Popović, Vesna (2014) State of the Production and the Collecting of Medicinal Plants in the Republic of Serbia. In: International Scientific Meeting Sustainable agriculture and rural development in terms of the Republic of Serbia strategic goals realization within the Danube region: rural development and (un)limited resources. Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, pp. 957-973. ISBN 978-86-6269-036-4

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Abstract

In relation to the period of 25 or more years ago, the sector of medicinal, aromatic and spice plants (MASP) in Serbia has been on a constant rise, developing new technologies, standards and markets. Nowadays, unfortunately, in spite of the exceptionally rich biofund of this group of plants, production, processing and export of medicinal plants are far below levels of the late 1980s. The cessation of the operation of several major public companies, together with the lack of sufficiently favorable political situation has directed some of the foreign, as well as domestic customers towards the acquisition of raw materials and products in some other markets. Therefore, to restore this sector to the place it deserves, it must act vertically and horizontally. Vertically, towards the institutions that directly or indirectly determine the state of the sector (ministries, chambers, associations, etc.). Horizontally should be acted on the participants in the production and processing.

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