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Oil crops are very significant, both in the world and in Serbia. In terms of production, the three most important oil crops in Serbia are sunflower, soybean and rapeseed. Beside significant oil crops production, substantial quantities of oil are produced as well due to significant processing capacities in Serbia. Considering the fact that over the last few decades Serbian market has been characterized by integration with the international market and considering the actual market liberalization with the EU, CEFTA countries, Russia and others, this paper analyses production and export of oil crops with special emphasis on comparative advantages in the export of oil crops using the method of revealed comparative advantage. Also, the level of intra-industry trade is considered in relation to the international market, EU and CEFTA countries. The results indicate that oils have more significant comparative advantage on the international market, especially sunflower oil.

As the pork supply chain was perceived through three level of chain: agricultural sector, processing and distribution sector, the main objective of this paper was the estimation of the vertical price transmission in the pork supply chain in the Republic of Serbia for period 2008-2015. The analysis of the price transmission was related on the presence of the asymmetry and was estimated with AECM model. The results indicated the presence of the negative asymmetry in the price transmission and one of the main causes of the presence of asymmetry was the abuse of the market power by processing sector, i.e. slaughtering industry.

Pig farming is the second most important branch of livestock production according to value of agricultural production, while pork meat is the most widely eaten meat in Serbia. As the one of the characteristics of pig market is cyclicality in the movement of production volumes and prices which can influence on the imbalance in supply and demand and in price fluctuations, the main aim of this paper was to analyse pork market in Serbia. Namely, in order to identify factors that influenced pork supply and demand, and to determine the presence of cyclical oscillations on pork market, pork market in Serbia was analyzed with supply and demand functions and with Cobweb model. The results indicated that factors which influenced on demand for pork were: personal consumption, retail price of pork and beef. On the other hand, on the supply side the most important factor was the price of pork. The results also indicated that in analyzed period in Serbia existed convergent type of Cobweb model.

All CEFTA countries had very similar stages of economic development after World War II. Many of them were centrally-planned socialist economies and the political changes that have occurred in these countries in the late 20th century caused changes in the whole economic system, as well as in the agricultural sector. Aim of this paper is to compare economic performances of agriculture of these countries with former CEFTA countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia) which joined EU after 2004. The development performances of agriculture are considered according to the production and export performances of this economic sector, using a comparative approach. The results showed that there is a gap in development of agriculture between CEFTA countries and selected EU countries, so performances of agricultural sector are far from EU.

The main objective of this paper is to identify market performances of oil crops in Serbia. In that context, development in the production and trade of main oil crops were analyzed. Sunflower, soybean and rapeseed are oil crops that are seeded on the largest areas in comparison with other oil crops, and have the biggest contribution in the value of agricultural production. This analysis used descriptive and comparative methods. Bearing in mind the increase of the world prices of oil crops, which is the result of a stronger increase of demand, as well as the importance of the oil crops in Serbia, there are more possibilities for Serbian farmers to enlarge land areas of oil crops in the structure of the agricultural production. Preferential trade agreements with the countries of European Union (EU), CEFTA, and other countries give Serbia the possibilities for strengthening of trade flows and also for additional utilization of processing capacities which this country has.

In the last decade trade agreement between Serbia and the countries of the CEFTA had the effect on increasing exports of the agri-food products in the countries of the region. On the other hand surplus in foreign trade with these countries has increased as well. Due to the extremely high share of exports of agri-food products in total export of Serbia to the market of the region, this paper analyzes the structure of export, the geographical allocation of export, as well as the competitiveness of the agri-food products in the countries of region. The comparative advantage of agri-food products in the countries of the region is calculated by Balasa index of comparative advantage and by Grubel-Lloyd's index of specialization in international trade. Using these indices more competitive agri-food products and markets, as well as potentials for further improvement of the competitiveness of the agri-food products in Serbia have been identified.

In the recent decades, the Danube Region countries profile their policies towards a more efficient way of exploiting the natural resources of the Danube basin. The Danube can contribute to a better integration of the countries, enhancing economic opportunities through diversification and promotion of rural development. The trend analysis in the agricultural sector of the Danube Region countries refers to the first decade of this century, and it begins with the determination of the agricultural importance in the overall economy. The development performances of agriculture in the Danube Region countries are considered according to the production and export performances of this economic sector, using a comparative approach. The agricultural production growth, level and growth of the partial agricultural productivities - labour and land, as well as the value of exports in relation to engaged labour and agricultural land, are analysed in such a context.

Permanent technical and technological innovations in agriculture, as a result of the 'Green Revolution', have increased the use of chemical inputs and have caused numeros of negative environmental effects. More emphasis on the agri-environment policies European union (EU) has given since the last decade of the twentieth century. The reform of The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 1992. - MacSharry reform and, later, Agenda 2000, CAP reforms in 2003, 'Health check' in 2008., and new reforms of CAP gives more emphasis on the integration of agricultural and environmental policies. In future, the support for agriculture will be based on decoupled direct aids, which will have the role of 'greening' the European agriculture, while rural development policy will maintain its prominence. With the prospect of the accession of Serbia to the EU, the elaboration and implementation of agri-environment measures and explicit requirements for farmers to use agrienvironment measures become highly important.