The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of BiH (FIPA) and the Development Agency of Serbia organized on 16 May a panel on the topic of "Attracting Foreign Direct Investments in Agriculture and Food Production in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia", as part of the International Agricultural Fair in Novi Sad.
The panel was opened by the Director of FIPA Gordan
Milinić who emphasized the importance of agriculture and food production for
the economic development of BiH and basic information on potentials for investing
in this sector, as well as the services of FIPA as the Agency of the Council of
Ministers of BiH.
During the panel, a FIPA representative had a
presentation on the basic reasons for investing in BiH, characteristics of the
sector of fruits and vegetables, livestock, dairy, meat processing, and presented
some of available investment projects for investing.
As an example of successful foreign investment in this
sector, Almir Mukača, representative of the company Fress Ltd Sarajevo spoke
about their experience in business in Bosnia and Herzegovina.