MOGUĆNOSTI (SAMO)ZAPOŠLJAVANJA U POLJOPRIVREDI / THE POSSIBILITIES OF (SELF)EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE

Abstract

The advent of the world economic and financial crises have impacted Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). In these circumstances economic agents in Bosnia and Herzegovina were surprised, and the crisis hit the young unemployed people the most. Due to lack of workplaces in current enterprises, the majority of young people are unable to find a job. Furthermore, government institutions in charge of the field of employment were unable to help people findnig a job. Currently, about 60% of young population has revealed their preference towards leaving the country. In order to mitigate this trend it is necessary to create new workplaces in sectors where Bosnia and Herzegovina has comparative advantages, and one of them is agricultural production. This paper just deals with this problem, having in mind that agricultural production allows employment in the fild of primary production and processing agricultural products. The presented model offers the teoretical and methodological foundation for creating the small family enterprises around the agricultural family farms in rural areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In this way the young population is allowed to stay on the family farms. According to the presented model, the key player should be the local municipal offices for enterpreneurship and agriculture. These offices would create one agricultural cooperative in each local village. The most important task of these cooperatives would be to help young people in opening and maintaining business of small family enterprises in rural family farms.