Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede/

What Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede/ does

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia (Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede) is a government ministry headquartered in Belgrade that holds exclusive statutory authority over agricultural policy, rural development, forestry, water resource management, and veterinary/phytosanitary services for the Republic of Serbia. Its mandate covers the full agricultural policy stack from subsidy formulation and farm registry administration to disease control (including foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever) and EU accession alignment through the IPARD pre-accession assistance program.

The Ministry operates through seven core directorates — Veterinary, Forestry, Agricultural Land, Plant Protection, Agricultural Payments, Water, and National Reference Laboratories — plus internal sectors for rural development, agricultural inspection, international cooperation and EU integration, and investment in agriculture. Its technology surface includes the STIPS (Sistem tržišnih informacija poljoprivrede Srbije) agricultural market information system, operational since 2004, which publishes price data across cereals, livestock, dairy, fruits, vegetables, and inputs; the eAgrar electronic service portal for farmer-facing procedures; and dedicated IPARD program management infrastructure. Distribution is executed directly through headquarters in Belgrade, a New Belgrade Info Center, subordinate directorates, and a national network of agricultural advisory stations (PSS stations).

The Ministry does not operate a commercial revenue model. It is funded through the Serbian national budget and EU pre-accession allocations, and distributes public funds including domestic agricultural subsidies and IPARD program disbursements — 82.5% of planned 2026 payments had been processed as of the latest available snapshot. Strategic direction is governed by the Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy 2026-2034 adopted in August 2026.

Name

Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede/

Website

https://minpolj.gov.rs

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia is the sole government authority overseeing agricultural policy, rural development, forestry, water resources, and veterinary services, administering EU IPARD funds and domestic subsidies to Serbian farmers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Agricultural Administration

NAICS

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110), Farm Management Services (115116), Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Forestry (800), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAMAE

Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration

SECONDARYAFACAJAM

Irrigation, Water & Energy Efficiency Operations Advisory

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Farm Management & Operational Advisory Services

SECONDARYAFACAFAM

Water Rights, Permitting & Compliance Services (Allocations, Reporting)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Irrigation & Water Management Services (Design, Scheduling, Maintenance)

SECONDARYAFACAFAI

Irrigation Automation & Controls Services (SCADA, Sensors, Telemetry)

Agriculture & Food Production/Agricultural Services (Custom Farming, Agronomy, Veterinary)/Irrigation & Water Management Services (Design, Scheduling, Maintenance)

Keywords

• Agricultural policy administration
• Veterinary and phytosanitary services
• Rural development programs
• Forestry and water management
• EU IPARD pre-accession assistance

Headquarters

HQ city

Belgrade

HQ country

Serbia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia is a government body that formulates and implements national policy for agriculture, forestry, water management, and rural development. It delivers public services including agricultural subsidies, veterinary and plant protection inspections, EU IPARD pre-accession program administration, and operates the STIPS agricultural market information system and the eAgrar electronic services portal for farmers and agricultural producers.

Product overview

Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, šumarstva i vodoprivrede is the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia. The ministry operates as a government body rather than a commercial technology company, providing public administrative services, regulatory functions, and information systems. Its core offerings include STIPS (Agricultural Market Information System), the eAgrar electronic service portal, and management of EU IPARD pre-accession programs. The ministry oversees multiple directorates including Veterinary Administration, Forestry Administration, Agricultural Land Administration, Plant Protection Administration, Agrarian Payments Administration, Water Directorate, and National Reference Laboratories Directorate, collectively covering agricultural policy, rural development, agricultural inspection, international cooperation, and investment support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• STIPS - Agricultural Market Information System

Quantifiable outcome

• 82.5% of planned 2026 payments to agricultural sector processed

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered moderate, core and minor.

• Ukraine (Ukrainian authorities)moderateStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2026Serbia and Ukraine signed Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation in animal health and food safety, aiming to facilitate trade in animals and animal products.
• European Commission (DG SANTE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025European Commission confirmed that Serbia meets EU standards for plant-based food safety control, an important step in EU accession process.
• European Union (IPARD program)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Serbia manages IPARD program as candidate country for EU accession, receiving pre-accession funds for agriculture and rural development.
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)moderateOthers · 1 January 2025FAO provided video materials on foot-and-mouth disease for public education. Ministry maintains continuous communication with European and international veterinary authorities for disease surveillance.
• WWF AdriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on environmental protection projects such as solar electric fences to protect livestock from wolf attacks in Stara Planina nature reserve.
• NIS Gazprom (eAgrar platform)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLoyalty program partnership for agricultural fuel with NIS Gazprom, promoting eAgrar platform for agricultural services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• USDA United States Department of Agriculture: USDA is the largest national agricultural policy and inspection agency globally, with USDA market-news service acting as a long-running parallel to STIPS; a broad incumbent benchmark for digital and information-system maturity.
• European Commission DG Agriculture and Rural Development: DG AGRI sets EU-wide CAP framework that Serbia is aligning to via accession; a broader incumbent that counterparty-manages Serbian IPARD and strategy alignment, making it the most strategic EU-side peer for capability comparison.

Direct peers

• Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development: Romania's ministry manages agricultural policy, rural development and EU CAP implementation for a much larger Eastern European agricultural economy with similar crop structure (cereals, sunflower, livestock) to Serbia — a directly comparable scale-up benchmark.
• Croatian Ministry of Agriculture: The Croatian Ministry of Agriculture is the most comparable peer — a national ministry overseeing agricultural policy, fisheries, forestry and rural development in a former-Yugoslav neighboring EU member state with similar farm structure, crop mix and EU-acquis obligations.
• Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture: Hungary's ministry administers agricultural policy, water management and rural development for a Central European EU member state; like Serbia it has explicit national oversight of water resources within the agricultural portfolio, making the structure highly comparable.
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food of Slovenia: Slovenia's ministry combines agriculture, forestry and food in a small EU member state with similar Alpine-Danubian agricultural profile; its parallel mandate over forestry is a close structural match for Serbia's tri-domain ministry.
• Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Bulgaria: Bulgaria's Ministry of Agriculture manages policy, EU CAP implementation, fisheries and rural development for a Balkan EU member state with overlapping farm structure — directly analogous in mandate and accession-era experience to Serbia.

Regional players

• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy of North Macedonia: North Macedonia's ministry covers the same tri-domain mandate (agriculture, forestry, water economy) in a neighboring Western Balkan candidate country at a smaller scale — useful as a regional size-comparable peer.
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Srpska: The Republika Srpska entity-level ministry within Bosnia and Herzegovina has the same tri-domain name and mandate as Serbia's national ministry — a directly comparable sub-national peer for capability benchmarking within the Western Balkans.

Others

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): FAO is an international counterpart that has supplied the Serbian Ministry with educational materials on FMD prevention (per partnership data) and shapes global standards for agricultural statistics, water resources and food safety — a thematic enabler rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/poljoprivredars
• Facebookfacebook.com/minpoljrs
• Instagraminstagram.com/ministarstvopoljoprivrede
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ministarstvo-poljoprivrede-%C5%A1umarstva-i-vodoprivrede

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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