Sustainabile Production and Workers’ Status Through the Prism of Policy-Making in the Macedonian Agriculture
Sustainabile Production and Workers’ Status Through the Prism of Policy-Making in the Macedonian Agriculture

Author(s): Milka Dimitrovska
Subject(s): Economy, Agriculture
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Environmental sustainability; Macedonian agriculture; Agricultural workers; Policy-making
Summary/Abstract: Agriculture is a specific sector more dependable on climate and biochemical changes than any other sector both generally and in the Republic of North Macedonia. Agricultural activity is simultaneously directly linked to sustainable management of natural resources, quality of food, as well as with the so- cio-economic stability of a sizable category of persons. This paper aims to elucidate the substantial parameters for protec- tion of the quality of Macedonian agricultural production and agricultural labour, while determining the impact of certain policies on them, with an accent on the agricultural policy, whose level of effectiveness is also evaluated. 67 The Macedonian agricultural policy and farmers are still facing structural challenges concerning environmental, social and economic aspects, mostly based on extensive agriculture and low productivity. Despite that, the respective Macedonian pol- icy of recent years has provided a significant normative basis edited volumes consisting of manifold measures and institutions, as well as substantial funding for a medium-developed country, result- ing in growing production, keeping of the farmers’ jobs and income, while also making a small progress in organic farming. Macedonian agricultural workers, despite enjoying the rights stemming from the social character of the state, still face great challenges of lesser accessibility of various public servic- es and remain low-paid which leads to lower quality of life. Future possibilities are to be found in the harmonisation of agricultural modernization, agricultural labour protection, infrastructural investment and environmental sustainability in the production process for which the EU integrative processes would be highly beneficial.

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