CARTOGRAPHIC MAPPING OF POTATO-RELATED STATISTICAL DATA AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Integration of spatially oriented with statistical data was performed by employing Geographic information system (GIS), and municipalities with a high proportion of area under potato cultivation were identified in the Republic of Serbia, as well as the total used agricultural land area, and cropland and garden areas. A correlation analysis was also performed between potato, total used agricultural land, and cropland and garden areas expressed as percentage representation. The large percentage of potato cultivation has been observed in the western part of the country, in the municipality of Ivanjica and the surrounding municipalities, which confirms previous research, also the strong negative correlation coeficient was identified between Potato area percentage and Cropland and garden area percentage at municipality level. The statistical data are obtained from Farm Structure Survey (FSS) 2018 and Census of Agriculture 2023, while spatially oriented data are obtained from Republic Geodetic Authority (RGA) of the Republic of Serbia.

KEYWORDS / КЉУЧНЕ РЕЧИ: 

GIS, potato, Farm Structure Survey 2018, Census of Agriculture 2023

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / ПРОЈЕКАТ:

Research was funded by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia, grant no. 451-03-136/2025-03/200009 from 4^th February 2025.

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