The Possibility of Association of Water Users in Irrigation in Agriculture

Rajnović, Ljiljana and Grujić, Biljana (2017) The Possibility of Association of Water Users in Irrigation in Agriculture. In: International Scientific Conference Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Terms of the Republic of Serbia Strategic Goals Realization Within the Danube Region: Development and Application of Clean Technologies in Agriculture. Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, pp. 181-196. ISBN 978-86-6269-056-2

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Abstract

There is no doubt that agriculture is an important factor of economic activity in the Republic of Serbia, taking into account the size and the quality of agricultural land. Therefore, the need for irrigation of agricultural land should be given appropriate significance, considering the uneven distribution of precipitation during the agricultural season, as well as the continuous climate changes in the country and in the region. Republic of Serbia is characterized by fragmentation of agricultural properties, a large number of land parcels with relatively small areas, that complicates and requires higher costs of irrigation of the plots and the construction of irrigation systems. A large number of plot holders (owners and users) of relatively small areas, usually do not have enough necessary financial resources nor has sufficient credit capacity to independently build an adequate irrigation system and thus contribute to a better yield in agricultural production, for themselves and on the state level. Financing of irrigation in crop production is insufficient to motivate agricultural producers to become seriously engaged in this activity. Considering all aforementioned, it is obvious that there is a need for normative and practical editing issues of irrigation in agriculture, organized by specific organizations, established by the owners or users of agricultural land, for the sole purpose of meeting the needs for irrigation of land in order to control the quality of production and the provision of better yields

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