1. AGRICULTURAL SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL IN SERBIA
Presentation
Ljiljana Sundać

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

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

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

5. Fertilizers 250-285 kg/h/y during 1981-1988 < 100 kg/h/y
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 Atrazine 3 kg/ha/y during 1983 – 1985 JDS: Sava 0,78 µg/l
RHMI: Sava(boundary)
1,148 µg/l
3 kg/ha/y
during 1983 – 1985
1 kg/ha/y
during 1994 – 1997

7. Cattle breeding and grazing
cca 100 larger cattle farms
cca 130 larger pig farms
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