Even though Montenegro has 5,000 summer pastures of which most are abandoned or not being used, around 2,000 households use them over the summer. The national and regional experts warn that the state and Montenegrin society have the obligation to preserve them as the cultural and historical heritage, and also to revive them in order to be the autochthonous tourism product. These were some of the outcomes of the round table “Montenegrin summer pastures” held yesterday and organized by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, CANU.
A professor at the Biotechnical Faculty in Podgorica, Milan Marković, told that Montenegro has the greatest number of grazing land and meadows (even 95%) when compared to the countries of the European Union (EU). Data show that from 2010 to 2018, the number of registered farms that take their cattle to pastures (minimum 5 livestock units) decreased from 2,026 to 1,533. According to Marković, there are 500 more unregistered households with less than 5 livestock units.
This year’s Agro budget for premiums in cattle farming allocates the total of €3.09 million, of which €1.8 million will be allocated for cattle farming, €600,000 for sheep farming and €600,000 for fattening cattle. The least amount of money will be allocated for goat farming – €90,000.
