This weekend, Agriculture Minister Marija Vuckovic visited Croatia’s Neretva Valley. On this occasion, - and accompanied by County Perfect Nikola Dobroslavic and Deputy Jacqueline Marevic - she met with the mayors of the Neretva area. There was also a joint meeting with representatives of the producers and purchasers of tangerines, and then the Minister opened this year's tangerine harvesting season.
During the meeting with representatives of municipalities and cities, current topics from the agriculture sector were discussed, with the emphasis on tangerine production, and the producers and purchasers outlined the problems and difficulties they were facing.
County Perfect Nikola Dobroslavic said that there are several important agricultural projects in Neretva, particularly highlighting the projects of irrigation, the Center of Competences for citrus fruits and the Business Incubator in Ploce. Tangerine production is the cornerstone of Neretva's agricultural production, Dobroslavic said, which is why it is important for everyone to unite around a common interest, which is to keep that production alive and develop further.
“We need a partnership, we need mutual trust and we need to encourage the production of tangerines under the protected designation of origin. Our tangerine is, I am convinced, the best European tangerine, of exceptional quality and as such it must come to market, as a brand to be recognizable in the foreign market, and it is important that we keep that in mind,” Dobroslavic told thedubrovniktimes.com.
