Značaj lokalne proizvodnje hrane
The importance of local food production

Summary/Abstract: Local food is often referred to as home food. In fact, in the strict sense, it is about the food that is produced right next to the point of sale, mainly in a direct way by the producers themselves without a mediator in sales. In a broader sense, local food means a food production at the local and regional area for a larger population of people, which can be locally processed, and thus has a multiplier effect on the local community because it creates employment opportunities. In Varazdin County daily consumed food is valued at around € 736,000 or about 5.4 million kuna. Since the Croatian are food dependent country, at least 50% of food is imported, which means that around 2.7 million kuna per day was pay for the products that can generally be produced by themselves. On a yearly basis it is nearly one billion of the new kuna on the small area such as a county. The most interesting fact is that we do not need large investments for local food production because we have the resource base (agriculture land) right near us. According to some statistics, the added value of agricultural production is about 50%, compared to the price payed by customers. It is due to the impact of soil, water, climate, air, etc., increased the value of product and most importantly all these influences are free.

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