OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR RURAL AREA TRANSITION TO GREEN GROWTH eng https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:35646 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Josipović, Sonja Rikalović, Milena Molnar, Dejan info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceProceedings V International Scientific Conference Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development : proceedings startpage: 533 endpage: 545 Key words: agricultural systems, indicators, rural development, green growth, sustainability. In developing countries, such as Serbia, the transition to green economy models represents one of the key prerequisites for realizing sustainable rural development. Present study deals with the rural areas ecosystems and challenges connected to transitional process from brown to green economy. The aim of the paper is to point out problems for underdeveloped and developing countries correlated to the major challenges for rural areas. Also, study presents one of possible approaches for assessing the agricultural systems sustainability - the Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agriculture Systems (SAFA) indicators. Special focus is on describing holistic framework for assessing sustainability along the value chain of both the food and agriculture industries. As the innovation are suggested tool for green growth, the innovation projects in the fields of agriculture, food technology and food industry which are successfully implemented in Serbia where analyzed. Result showed that the largest number of green projects in the total number of projects, partly funded by The Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia, in the fields of agriculture, food technologies and food industry is approved within Collaborative Grant Scheme Program and Technology Transfer Program. application/pdf 403704 bytes 2024