Banca Intesa choses the best farmers in 2017

Banca Intesa announced the winners of Intesa Farmer 2017 contest for the most successful farmers at an official ceremony which was attended by Miniser of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Branislav Nedimović and high ranking bank representatives.

Robert Silađi from Bajša near Bačka Topola won the first place in the Intesa Stockbreeder category, while Vladimir Ostojić from Sremska Mitrovica was the winner in the Intesa Crop Farming category. Dušan Petrović from Gospođinci near Žabalj was the most successful in the Intesa Vegetable Grower category, while Zorica Kovačević from Čerević near Beočin was victorious in the Intesa Fruit Grower category, and Stevica Marković from Brestovac near Leskovac in the Slow Food Producer category.

Winners of Banca Intesa contest will be awarded with a study trip to the 20th International Agricultural Exhibition & Conference Agritech 2018 to be held from May 8 to 10, 2018 in Tel-Aviv.

More than 600 farmers applied to the fifth cycle of the Intesa Farmer contest. Winners were chosen by a commission of experts who decided on the winners according to general criteria including annual results accomplished through agricultural production, ownership of storage facility, participation of family members in production process, and established cooperation with Banca Intesa. In the Intesa Crop Farming category, the additional criterion was the use of advanced and energy efficient machines, and the additional criterion for the Intesa Fruit Grower category was the implementation of irrigation system, anti-hail system, and certified plantations. The additional criterion in the Intesa Stockbreeder category was breeding of livestock of registered breeds, and in the Intesa Vegetable Grower category production in enclosed space, which required greenhouse or foliar production.

The expert jury was comprised of Predrag Milenović, Head of Small Business Client Department, Đorđe Radulović, head of Banca Intesa Office for Managing Sales to Registered Farming Households, Vojislav Živanović, Sponsorship, Donations, and Events Manager at Banca Intesa, Biagio Carrano, president of Slow Food Convivium in Serbia, and Goran Đaković, editor-in-chief of Agrobiznis magazine.