Tendencies and prediction of industrial plant production in Serbia

Abstract

After grain Industrial plants is the second largest group of crops in Vojvodina, and it is cultivated on around 400-450 thousand hectares. The most common is sunflower, followed by soybeans, sugar beets, oilseed rape and the least cultivated one is tobacco. The research analyzes the harvested area, annual production and yield of these most important types of industrial plants in Vojvodina in the period from 2005 to 2019. Descriptive statistics were used for analysis, based on the determined average annual rates of change in the analyzing period, which was base for prediction of production characteristics for the next five years, 2020-24. The average harvested area in analyzed period was: sunflower 173,000 ha, soybeans 160,000 ha, oilseed rape 14,000 ha, sugar beet 60,000 ha and tobacco 3,000 ha. The results of prediction show that will be certain changes in the sowing structure of industrial plants in Vojvodina.

Keywords

• industrial plants
• production
• forecast
• vojvodina