First of all, quality irrigation of land in Srem. Then a little about wine and winemakers. And then the fight against fake honey. What does it all look like, that irrigation, that portugizer and that honey? Let’s find out together.
Irrigation, conversion and cover, and at the same time the Portuguese in Iriga
Progarska Jarčina, the main ameliorative canal of eastern Srem, is going through the process of conversion into a dual-purpose system that will enable irrigation of agricultural land in the municipality of Pećinci. Thanks to this conversion, 1,000 hectares of land will be irrigated, and the works will be carried out by JVP “Vode Vojvodina”. The project includes the removal of vegetation, silting of the canal and excavation of material on a length of 2.2 kilometers, which also includes the transport of 90,000 cubic meters of material and its distribution along the banks of the canal in a length of 10 kilometers. A new constitution will also be built, and the project worth almost 240 million dinars is planned to be completed by spring.
In Iriga, with the aim of promoting wine culture, the “Young Portuguese Winemaker’s Day” event is held, the only event in Serbia dedicated to young wine of the Portuguese variety. This year, on November 16, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy a tambura program and a free tasting of wine and local specialties. Winery Mačkov podrum organizes this event in Vinska Street in Iriga and presents the Portugizer, once a very popular variety on Fruška Gora. The writer Vule Zarić was declared a knight of the young Portuguese, who in his novel “Pomor i strah” dealt with the subject of the Irish plague, a significant historical event for this region.
And let’s not forget honey
On February 8, 2025, on the first day of the XVI State Beekeeping Fair, the European symposium “Science against counterfeiters” will be held in Belgrade. The event was organized by the European Beekeeping Association (EBA) and the Association of Beekeeping Organizations of Serbia (SPOS). The aim of the symposium is to pay attention to the problem of counterfeiting honey, which is increasingly endangering beekeepers. The symposium will bring together experts from European laboratories for detecting counterfeit honey, representatives of the European Commission, the Ministry of Agriculture of Serbia, as well as representatives of consumer organizations. During the event, a panel discussion will be organized, and simultaneous translation into Serbian and English will be provided for the participants. Entrance to the fair is 500 dinars, while it is free for SPOS members, and attendance at the symposium is open to all visitors.
Source: boljazemlja.com
