This document discusses agricultural pollution control in Serbia. It notes that 64.6% of Serbia's total territory is used for cultivation, mainly growing crops like wheat, maize, sunflower, sugar beet and fruits. One of the main sources of agricultural pollution is fertilizer use, with application rates ranging from 250-285 kg/hectare/year in the 1980s to under 100 kg/hectare/year recently. Pesticide use also contributed to pollution, ranging from 3 kg/hectare/year in the 1980s to 1 kg/hectare/year currently. Legislation and plans have been introduced to help control agricultural pollution in Serbia.

1. AGRICULTURAL SOURCE
POLLUTION CONTROL IN
SERBIA
Presentation
Ljiljana Sundać

2. Water balance
65 x 109 49 x 109
162,5 x 109
16 x 109 178,5 x 109
Black Sea
176 x 109
rainfall evaporation
flow in flow out

3. Main Sources of Agricultural
Pollution
 Mineral fertilizers
 Crop protection chemicals
 Cattle breeding
 Erosion

4. Land under Cultivation
5,73 x 106 ha
64,6% of total
territory
 wheat
 maize
 sunflower
 sugar beet
 fruits
 vegetables

5. Fertilizers
 250-285 kg/h/y
during 1981-1988
 < 100 kg/h/y
during 1994-1997
Ratio of active
components:
 N: 55%
 P2O5: 23.5%
 K2O: 21.5%
 Specific N export:
0,1- 0,15 tN/km2/y
 Specific P export
0,015 – 0,025 tP/km2/y

6. Pesticides
 3 kg/ha/y
during 1983 – 1985
 1 kg/ha/y
during 1994 – 1997
Atrazine
JDS: Sava 0,78 μg/l
RHMI:
Sava(boundary)
1,148 μg/l

7. Cattle breeding and grazing
 cca 100 larger cattle
farms
 cca 130 larger pig
farms
 1 361 000 ha
pastures

8. Legislation
 Federal law on water regime
 Law on waters
 Water Master Plan
 Regulations
 Federal law on organic farming
 Master spatial plan of Republic of Serbia
 Investigations
 Draft water law
 Draft law on water management financing