Transcript PP Presentation_Region and Cluster

SWG Agro-food
Presentation of region and cluster-activities
PP6 – Maribor development Agency
Sofia, November 25th, 2010
Podravje region:
• between the Austrian
border in the north
and
the
Croatian
border in the southeast
• area of 2.170 km²
(10.7% of the national
territory)
• 320.100 inhabitants
(16.1% of the national
population)
Agriculture in Slovenia
• state of Slovenia: 20.000 km2,
• 0,12 ha fields per capita (the smallest field area per capita in
Europe) ,
• favourable climate and geographical position,
• high fragmentation of landed properties (average farm size:
3,2 ha),
• 90% of agricultural ground is privately owned,
• share of companies in gross value of agricultural production is
still very important
Agriculture in Podravje Region
• the highest share of utilised agricultural area in Slovenia
(82,000 hectares)
• the leading region in terms of the number of agricultural
holdings.
• cereals in more than half of fields
• stockbreeding (cattle farming, pig production, poultry breeding,
small cattle breeding - sheep, goats)
• viticulture and fruit-growing
Agricultural holdings by tape of farming in Podravje region (%) (year
2007)
30
25
25
21
20
15
12
14,5
15,3
mixed livestock
production
mixed crops livestock
production
10,2
10
5
1,1
0,9
0
field crops farms
horticulture
permanent crops grazing livestock pigs and poultry
mixed cropping
Institutions in Podravje region:
• Agriculture and Forestry Institute Maribor
• University of Maribor – Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science
• Food Technology School of Maribor – Vocational College
Larger enterprises in Podravje region:
• Perutnina Ptuj (producer of poultry meat and products)
• Vinag (fruit cultivation and wine production)
• Kosaki (producer of meat and meat products)
• Gea (oil producer: pumpkin seed oil, sunflower, olive,
rapeseed, soybean, corn germ oil, cold pressed and virgin oils)
• PC Zito Intes (milling and pasta industry)
• Ljubljanske mlekarne d.d. – processing plant in
Maribor (producer of milk and milk products)
• Slosad - processing plant of Eta (fruit and
vegetable processing)
Cluster potential in the region
• no official cluster in the area of agro food sector,
• BUT a potential for its creation is provided: Regional
cluster development strategy (2008),
• several SMEs, R&D institutions, University,…
• ADC project activities to be used as preparatory activity
for creation of cluster / network
Structure of regional partners - RFG
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Maribor Development Agency,
Regional Chamber of commerce and industry,
Regional Chamber of Craft,
Agency for International Marketing (external expert),
EEN network on national level
Above mentioned partnership represents the core RFG
Group which will be enlarged with SME representatives.
Expectations of regional partners & SMEs
• clear definition what support will be offered by partner
regions to participating clusters and SMEs,
• definition of subsectors to be agreed in 2010,
• follow-up activities and individual partner search
services to be offered,
• partners (and clusters) should agree what support &
cooperation can be expected after 2011
Experience in similar activities
• MDA is coordinator of internationalisation activities of
the Slovenian EEN network,
• organisation or participation at min. 6 PEV events per
year (plus animation of SMEs for events),
• coordinator of clustering activities in the Podravje
region