AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERY IN THE DUBROVNIK REGION BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS

Marija Benic Penava
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Marija Benic Penava: Faculty of Education, University of Mostar

Economic Thought and Practice, 2005, vol. 14, issue 1, 107-135

Abstract: From the historical point of view, this paper researches the state in branches like agriculture, forestry and fishery in the Dubrovnik region between the two World Wars. While the farming was less developed branch of agriculture that could not satisfy the needs of the Dubrovnik region population, the production of olives along with the viticulture was the leading branch of agriculture, together with the tobacco, and the main product – pyrethrum. Cattle breeding was poorly developed, with the biggest breeding of goats and sheep, while the apiculture, in spite of great possibilities and comparative advantages of this region was insufficiently developed due to the lack of equipment and knowledge. The general state of the forestry was bad. Without having a forestry management plan, without constant forestation, keeping and maintaining them, more significant exploitation of forests could not be considered, especially because there were no sawmills in the whole Dalmatia in the 1920’s. In contrast with that, the Dubrovnik region is extremely rich in fish and shells. Although the fishery and the shell production occupied an insignificant place in the economic activity structure, three renewed factories for tinned fish after the First World War as well as a significant increase in the production of mussels and oysters became not only an important source for food for the local population and export, but also for the needs of the growing industry – tourism.

Keywords: agriculture; forestry; fishery; Dubrovnik region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N84 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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