The European Union defines, through several documents, the cultivation and collection of mushrooms and truffles as the primary product in agriculture. There are a number of measures in place in Croatia to encourage primary agricultural production, but truffle farming is not one of them. In order to offer the rural parts of Croatia new economic activity, which can be extremely profitable, it is necessary to draw up a plan for the implementation of the European Directive and to adapt the relevant laws on the basis of professional and scientific research.
Establishment of truffle plantations – a new form of economic activity in rural parts of Croatia
- Category: Wild Mushrooms & Truffles
- Themes: Legal framework
- Position in the value chain: Primary industry
- Type: Practice
- Scale: National
- Country: Croatia
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