ZAGREB, 6 April 2022 - In the last two years, businesses in the Croatian animal husbandry sector have faced serious disruptions, which have been additionally worsened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to keynote speeches delivered at the start of a conference of cattle breeders on Wednesday.
The two-day conference, which began in the northern town of Sveti Martin na Muri, has brought together cattle breeders and representatives of the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture and the Food Agency.
Zdravko Barać of the Agriculture Ministry told the event that in the last two years the ministry had implemented a set of aid schemes. One of those schemes envisages the allocation of HRK 171 million and to date, HRK 140 million has been disbursed.
Despite some problems, production per (animal husbandry) business has increased by 13.5% since last year, said the deputy head of the Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food, Krunoslav Karalić.
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