{"id":19668,"date":"2023-12-27T09:39:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T09:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=19668"},"modified":"2023-12-27T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T09:39:36","slug":"croatia-records-the-best-agricultural-growth-since-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2023\/12\/27\/croatia-records-the-best-agricultural-growth-since-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia records the best agricultural growth since 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Government statistics show that Croatia posted an impressive agricultural growth of 9.23% in 2022 over 2021\u2019s. More importantly, the growth rate ranks as the third highest in the European Union (EU) since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An increase in youthful farmers, who grew by 66% <\/u><\/a>since 2015, has helped boost the sector through value creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact that young farmers make up 14.4% of 2023\u2019s farm production is testament to the government\u2019s effort to create output value. The youth in Croatian farms are educated and this in turn generates production value through informed farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From an EU performance perspective, the value factor helped Croatia topple the growth rates of big agricultural economies including Italy\u2019s. Indeed, only Poland and Ireland had a bigger jump in growth record than that of Croatia over the 8-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agriculture is a substantial source of employment in the country. In 2021, 7.5%<\/u><\/a> of the national workforce was in the production side of agriculture, while a small margin in marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The central European nation boasts some 1.5 million hectares of arable land, alongside 2.8 million of forestland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major crops that thrive in the country\u2019s quasi-Mediterranean climate and cool mountainous air range from grains to fruits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wheat, oilseeds, corn, barley and oats make up the grain profile while sweet\/sour cherries and mandarins comprise the fruits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To supplement the above self-sufficient crops, Croatia also imports $3 billion worth of agricultural products from the EU. Some of the imports actually come from the United States as unrecorded trans-shipments via European nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These imports alongside the domestically-produced foods converge in a thriving local consumer market. Many food stores and supermarkets have mushroomed especially due to the growth of tourism in the scenic Dalmatian coast.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domestic tourism in Dalmatia is fueling the growth of these supermarkets whose focus is to source and sell affordable food. This makes sense as food price in Croatia<\/u><\/a> is the biggest determinant of consumer product sourcing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further afield, Croatian farms are also championing the growth of almonds, keen to tap into a rising EU production market. This follows recent data that has revealed an impressive annual growth of 48% for almonds<\/u><\/a> from neighbouring Georgia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far, Croatia\u2019s stake in almonds is negligible, as acreage was just 430 hectares in 2016. This figure was down from the 2008 high of 460 hectares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, however, the country celebrates having beaten odds to post the best agricultural growth rate in 8 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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