PZ Agrojapra - Donji Agići

About us

Agrojapra background information

- Company name: Agricultural Cooperative (GAC) "Agrojapra".
- Seat: Donji Agići, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- Year of establishment of the Cooperative: 2000.
- Activities: renewal and development of agricultural production and
application of concept of integral rural development in the Sub-Grmec
mountain region
- Project responsibility: GAC "Agrojapra"
- Ownership: collaborators – all members of the Cooperative
- Responsible person: Nada Nešković-Railić, Agronomist
- Number of employees: 31
- Number of members of the Cooperative: 255 members of multi/ethnic
national composition
- All members of the Cooperative are members of the Assembly
- Assembly of Cooperative appoints the Governing Board, Supervisory
Board and Director
- President of the Assembly: Hasan Ćehić
- President of Governing Board: Marinko Ljepoja
- President of Supervisory Board: Gojko Davidović
- Development Advisor: Milovan Antonic
- Contact persons:
  Nada Nešković-Railić, Director, Agronomist Phone:
  ++387 65 885 310 and
  Aleksandra Đurđević, Technologist Phone: ++387 65 868 181
  Dragana Vinčić BsC. technology, product quality manager,
  tel . 065 286 501
- Contact phone number: +387 52 480 900, fax: +387 52 481 970
- e-mail: agrojapra@yahoo.com

VISION

GAC Agrojapra works towards renewal and modernization of agricultural production, own processing and placement of products on the market on the basis of the existing natural resources and local unemployed labor or rather self-sustainable development of Sub-Grmec region.

OUR GOALS

- Increase of employment
- Renewal, development and purchase of agricultural production as well as
development of small production processing capacities
- Creation of conditions for people to work together and live better and with
more quality
- Preservation and protection of nature – water, soil, air and forests
of Sub-Grmec,region as well as of rural architecture, crafts, customs and values
- Development of rural, fishing and hunting tourism
- Introduction of more quality education, informing and communication

ACTIVITIES

- Renewal of dairy cattle breeding and organised, daily purchase of milk from 200 producers from 15 villages
- Giving incentive to production of pumpkin, purchase of pumpkin seeds and processing into cold-pressed oil
- Production of whole flour: wheat, rye, corn and pumpkin-seed flour
- Supporting plantation production of fruit, purchase and processing into dried fruit
- Services in providing agricultural inputs, consumers goods and fuel
- Continous education for rural development
- Loans to members of the Cooperative
- Rural tourism

PROGRAMME year 2000 to 2015.

1. Production and purchase of raw milk
2. Production of pumpkin and processing of its seeds into cold-pressed
pumpkin oil
3. Production of whole flour, bread and baked goods
4. Production, purchase and processing of fruit
5. Plantation production of vegetables and processing with installation of
coolers for fruits and vegetables
6. Development of beekeeping and bee products
7. Renewal of agricultural machinery
8. Providing agricultural inputs and other goods to agricultural population
9. Collection, purchase, drying and packaging of medical
herbs and forest fruits
10. Development of freshwater fishing and trout fish farming
11. Development of various craftsman services: workshops, repair shops, souvenirs and home made goods
12. Rural tourism as highlight to development of the Sub-Grmec region
Agrojapra-host of the cooperative product fair

Agricultural cooperatives Agrojapra is the organizer of the cooperative product fair since the 2010th year, which is held every year in July in cooperation with the Cooperative Union of the Republic of Srpska.