The Role of Agricultural Engineering in Sustainable Rural Development in SEE (South Eastern Europe) Countries
Uloga inženjera poljoprivredne tehnike u održivom ruralnom razvoju
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Sindir, K.O.
Martinov, Milan
Skaljic, Selim
Djevic, Milan
Oztekin, S.
Ros, Victor
Mihailov, Nikola
Kosutic, Silvio
Keywords
rural developmentsustainable agriculture
agricultural engineering
ruralni razvoj
održiva poljoprivreda
poljoprivredna tehnika
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Rural areas, especially in developing countries, are facing with numerous
social, economical, cultural and environmental problems. Although there is a growing
concern, in most cases, only very few farmers or inhabitants are able to follow
contemporary, sustainable and environment-friendly methods in farming systems. The
consequences of this are numerous, such as; poverty, significant migration to urban areas
and unplanned suburban settlements. This has a significant impact on the national
economy, demography, and environment.
The Association of Agricultural Engineering in South Eastern Europe (AESEE),
recently have dealt with these significant problems of the rural communities of their
region and herewith emphasized the role of agricultural engineers in overcoming the
problems and providing applicable solutions for a sustainable rural development. Ruralni regioni, posebno u zemljama u razvoju, suočavaju se sa brojnim
socijalnim, ekonomskim, kulturološkim i ekološkim problemima. Iako se o ovim
problemima često govori jako mali broj farmera je u mogućnosti da prati savremene,
održive i ekološki prihvatljive tehnološko-tehničke sisteme poljoprivredne proizvodnje.
Posledice ovoga su brojne i ogledaju se u siromaštvu, migraciji u urbana područja i
neplanskoj gradnji u prigradskim naseljima. Ovakve pojave značajno utiču na
nacionalnu ekonomiju, demografiju i životnu sredinu.
Udruženje inžinjera poljoprivrede Jugoistočne Evrope se u poslednjih nekoliko
godina bavi ovom problematikom. U ovom radu je analizirana uloga inžinjera
poljoprivredne tehnike u prevazilaženju problema ruralnih područja u regionu. Shodno
tome, data su i neka aplikativna rešenja koja vode ka održivom ruralnom razvoju.