CONDITION OF CROP FARMING AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN REPUBLIC OF SERBIA AND IMPACTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES ON ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

Main goal of paper work is to present existing trends in crop farming and vegetable production in Republic of Serbia and to estimate influence of climate changes on it in near future. Analyses included production of crop farming and vegetable products from the aspects of used surfaces size, total yields and yields per surface unit. Results of crop farming and vegetable production in Republic of Serbia, achieved in period 2004-2008., indicate a direct impact of climate changes and these results tend to vary depending of drought level characterized for each observed years. Authors point out the importance of irrigation, as agro-technical measure, which represents a way to mitigate some negative influences of global climate changes, which reflect through insufficient and uneven rainfalls, and as well a way to reach optimal quantum and continuity of over all production.