Razvoj šljivarstva u Bosni i Hercegovini za vrijeme austrougarske okupacije i uprave s posebnim naglaskom na ulogu grada Brčko

• Published in: Gračanički glasnik : časopis za kulturnu istoriju Gračanice i njene okoline no. 52; pp. 65 - 74
• Main Author: Nametak, Muhamed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Bosnian
• Published: Izdavačka kuća »Monos« d.o.o 2021; Monos Publishing House
• Subjects: 19th Century; Agriculture; History; Pre-WW I WW I (1900 -1919); plums; the market; dry prunes; Privileged Land Bank; Brčko; plum etiquette
• ISSN: 1512-5556; 1840-4022

Plum cultivation as branch of fruit growing did not come in Bosnia and Herzegovina with Austro-Hungarian occupation. Due to the natural circumstances plum cultivation was a lucrative business during the period of Ottoman rule. However, with the arrival of new authorities this enterprise gets a more modern frame. New administration enlisted help from agronomists, special nurseries were built, cultivators were educated how to increase the fruit yields, and what was the most important thing, plum cultivation was legally codified. Measures brought by the new government contributed to the fact that plum cultivation was one of the most significant economic activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. City of Brčko in this business was a place of production, processing and trade, internal and external. Unfortunately, research of this topic found that the biggest benefit from this business was reserved for foreign traders and speculators, while at the same time domestic population was sometimes in role of producers and sometimes in role of traders. However, even with these flaws, due to the plum cultivation Brčko city was one of the economic centers of Bosnia and Herzegovina in this period.