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Friday, 5 November 2010
Twenty-Ninth Sitting of the Agriculture Committee
At the sitting held on 5 November, the Agriculture Committee considered the dairy farming problems as well as the demands of the Association of Dairy Producers of Serbia and Central Association of Dairy Producers of Vojvodina.
At the sitting held on 5 November, the Agriculture Committee considered the dairy farming problems as well as the demands of the Association of Dairy Producers of Serbia and Central Association of Dairy Producers of Vojvodina. The sitting was chaired by Prof. Dr Zoran Masic, Committee Chairman.
Ljubisa Jovanovic, President of the Association of Dairy Producers of Serbia, presented a document titled the White Initiative containing a proposal of measures to improve dairy production. The document requests that the Government secure a budgetary support for the Ministry of Agriculture amounting to 7% of the total budget, as it did until 2006, and which is the practice in other countries, 5 RSD per liter of milk subsidies for all the milk delivered and all the producers, as well as pay the premiums depending on the quality of milk. The milk production premiums and subsidies should have a developmental and corrective function and increase the competitiveness of domestic producers. In addition, the Association proposed measures to stimulate agricultural production, among them a higher reimbursement per head of cattle.
Sanja Bugarski, representative of the Central Association of Dairy Producers of Vojvodina, proposed that cattle farmers be allowed the use of state owned land without fee.
Milos Milovanovic, representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, said that he expected the Ministry would gain an additional 1.2 billion RSD by this year’s budget rebalance which would equate the companies and farmers as regards milk premiums. He announced the creation of task groups to deal with the systemic issue of agrarian production in
The Committee members highlighted the overall poor cattle farming conditions and endorsed the dairy producers’ associations’ proposals. They endorsed the idea that next year’s budgetary allocations for the agrarian production be 5 to 7% of the total budget, as well as equal treatment for legal and physical entities.
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)
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12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)