Bosnia and Herzegovina: Problems with purchasing wheat, questionable further production

Bad weather conditions and the world economic crisis caused big problems for Bosnia and Herzegovina farmers. The situation is very difficult in the Posavina Canton, which was the reason for the visit of the Minister of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kemal Hrnjić. Juro Kopačević from Odžak has been engaged in agriculture for more than 50 years. This year, he is facing big problems when it comes to sowing wheat: “People are questioning whether they will drive it, because the cost price is currently so low on a global level that it is simply not possible to pay the labor costs that are required now, let alone anything else , to count on earnings. We had the least influence on that. We have experienced what a peasant fears most. It is an expensive sowing and a cheap harvest”. He warns that next year’s production is questionable if the authorities do not find a solution. On this occasion, a meeting with farmers was held in ...