ZAGREB/VERONA, April 12 (Hina) - Croatian Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bozidar Pankretic participated in a ministerial meeting of the Central European Initiative member-countries in Italy's Verona, the Croatian Agriculture and
Forestry Ministry said in a statement Thursday. At the meeting, Pankretic said Croatia's Agricultural policy was trying to influence a sustainable growth of the Croatian economy, employment, the preservation of natural resources and regional development. The minister added Croatia was to implement more agricultural reforms which would be difficult but necessary in both economic and political sense. At the meeting, the ministers agreed that in the food-processing industry, countries in transition must meet high European standards and promote the production of healthy food. The Central European Initiative gathers 17 countries, including Croati
ZAGREB/VERONA, April 12 (Hina) - Croatian Agriculture and Forestry
Minister Bozidar Pankretic participated in a ministerial meeting
of the Central European Initiative member-countries in Italy's
Verona, the Croatian Agriculture and Forestry Ministry said in a
statement Thursday.
At the meeting, Pankretic said Croatia's Agricultural policy was
trying to influence a sustainable growth of the Croatian economy,
employment, the preservation of natural resources and regional
development.
The minister added Croatia was to implement more agricultural
reforms which would be difficult but necessary in both economic and
political sense.
At the meeting, the ministers agreed that in the food-processing
industry, countries in transition must meet high European
standards and promote the production of healthy food.
The Central European Initiative gathers 17 countries, including
Croatia.
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