{"id":672,"date":"2022-05-20T08:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T08:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/?p=672"},"modified":"2022-05-23T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:46:09","slug":"sustainable-food-production-in-montenegro-interview-with-our-partner-czip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/sustainable-food-production-in-montenegro-interview-with-our-partner-czip\/","title":{"rendered":"Produzione alimentare sostenibile in Montenegro: intervista al nostro partner CZIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-672\" data-postid=\"672\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-672 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_vbrn274 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_xqm3275 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_bors294  repeat\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il <strong>Centro per la protezione e la ricerca degli uccelli o <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/czip.me\/\"><strong>CZIP<\/strong><\/a> \u00e8 uno dei partner di Foodnected in Montenegro, insieme all'Associazione Dr. Martin Schneider Jacoby <a href=\"https:\/\/msja.me\/\"><strong>MSJA<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong>Entrambi sono investiti nella protezione di <strong>Ulcinj Salina, nel Montenegro meridionale, <\/strong>un luogo ricco di biodiversit\u00e0 e di grande importanza per le comunit\u00e0 locali che lo circondano. \u00a0<strong>Ulcinj \u00e8 anche uno dei siti pilota di Foodnected.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Intervista a Zoran Popovi\u0107, esperto associato per lo sviluppo sostenibile del CZIP, sul suo coinvolgimento in Foodnected.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CZIP \u00e8 un'organizzazione ambientalista di 21 anni con sede a Podgorica, in Montenegro. La sua missione \u00e8 la protezione e la ricerca sugli uccelli e sulla biodiversit\u00e0. L'obiettivo principale del CZIP \u00e8 stato storicamente la conservazione della biodiversit\u00e0 e i programmi di educazione naturalistica, sia a livello locale che attraverso progetti transfrontalieri con i Paesi vicini (Croazia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo). Oltre a queste attivit\u00e0, il CZIP ha partecipato anche allo sviluppo dell'ecoturismo, promuovendo attivit\u00e0 ecologiche come modo sostenibile di sviluppare la regione. <strong>Nell'ambito di Foodnected, CZIP compie un passo avanti nel collegamento tra biodiversit\u00e0 e attivit\u00e0 umane.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\"Abbiamo gi\u00e0 collaborato con i piccoli produttori a livello locale, ad esempio fornendo agli agricoltori attrezzature ecologiche per proteggere le colture o gli alveari dai predatori. Foodnected \u00e8 per\u00f2 il nostro primo progetto incentrato direttamente sulla produzione alimentare.<\/em> <em>La Fondazione MAVA ci ha incoraggiato a partecipare e abbiamo pensato che Foodnected potesse rappresentare una grande opportunit\u00e0 per le comunit\u00e0 locali e per l'intero Paese\".<\/em>, afferma Zoran Popovi\u010d.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_tvce133 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_lz3o136 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_t9uj554   image-top tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1592\" src=\"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-676\" title=\"Casa con recinzione elettrica donata per la protezione di alveari e orsi_ di Igor Stojovi\u0107 (2)\" alt=\"Household with an electrical fence donated by CZIP for the protection of both beehives and bears. Photo: Igor Stojovi\u010d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-1536x955.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-2048x1274.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-16x10.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<div class=\"image-content\">\n\t    \n\t    \t\t<div class=\"image-caption tb_text_wrap\">\n\t\t    Casa con recinzione elettrica donata da CZIP per la protezione di alveari e orsi. Foto: Igor Stojovi\u010d\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/image-caption -->\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-content -->\n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_fet8351 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_52g0352 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_c0h0800\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Le sfide per la produzione alimentare in Montenegro sono davvero molte. <\/strong>Dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, il Montenegro e la Jugoslavia pi\u00f9 in generale sono stati ampiamente industrializzati, trascurando ettari di terra fertile e perdendo migliaia di piccoli produttori.\u00a0<em>\"<\/em><em>Oggi il Montenegro dipende in modo massiccio dalle importazioni. Anche se in Montenegro ci sono ancora agricoltori con conoscenze tradizionali locali, le condizioni di mercato sono molto dure per loro\".<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La situazione per i piccoli agricoltori in questo ambiente \u00e8 critica, aggiunge Zoran: \"<em>La maggior parte<\/em><em> Le citt\u00e0 del Montenegro hanno un mercato contadino dove gli agricoltori locali possono vendere i loro prodotti, ma a causa della concorrenza con i grandi fornitori fanno fatica a essere competitivi. Anche se offrono prodotti di qualit\u00e0, coltivati in casa e prodotti localmente. Fanno fatica a competere anche in termini di stagionalit\u00e0. D'altra parte, i piccoli produttori non sono sufficientemente sostenuti dai programmi governativi\".<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foodnected rappresenta per CZIP un'eccellente opportunit\u00e0 per affrontare la sfida della produzione alimentare in Montenegro. Zoran afferma:\u00a0<em>\"L'idea alla base di Foodnected \u00e8 quella di trovare modi per sostenere le comunit\u00e0 locali e i modi di produzione tradizionali per l'agricoltura, la pesca e la pastorizia.<\/em><em> Attualmente siamo ai primi passi nel tentativo di<\/em><em> vedere cosa \u00e8 possibile fare, per presentare il <a href=\"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Foodnected-Brochure_EN.pdf\">I valori di Foodnected<\/a> alle comunit\u00e0 locali di Ulcinj e di vedere come questo si armonizzi con le loro preoccupazioni e i loro progetti, ma prevediamo un periodo di lavoro molto pi\u00f9 lungo davanti a noi\".<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come negli altri siti pilota, i questionari di monitoraggio saranno distribuiti agli stakeholder locali (ristoranti, produttori alimentari, pescatori) e la loro analisi porter\u00e0 alla stesura di un piano strategico locale con idee su come applicare i principi di Foodnected. Questo piano sar\u00e0 un supporto per la discussione con gli stakeholder e le autorit\u00e0 locali attraverso workshop e visite di studio a piccoli produttori in altri Paesi.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il Centro per la protezione e la ricerca sugli uccelli o CZIP \u00e8 uno dei partner di Foodnected in Montenegro, insieme all'associazione MSJA del Dr. Martin Schneider Jacoby. Entrambi sono investiti in [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Centre for Protection and Research of Birds or <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/czip.me\/\"><strong>CZIP<\/strong><\/a> is one of Foodnected partners in Montenegro, along with the Dr. Martin Schneider Jacoby association <a href=\"https:\/\/msja.me\/\"><strong>MSJA<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong>Both are invested in the protection of <strong>Ulcinj Salina in Southern Montenegro, <\/strong>a place of rich biodiversity and of great importance for the local communities around it. \u00a0<strong>Ulcinj is also one of Foodnected pilot sites.<\/strong><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Interview with Zoran Popovi\u0107, expert associate for sustainable development at CZIP, about its involvement in Foodnected.<\/em><\/strong><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CZIP is a 21 years old environmental organization located in Podgorica, Montenegro. Its mission is the protection and research on birds and biodiversity. CZIP main focus has historically been on biodiversity conservation and nature education programs, both at a local level and through cross-border project with neighbouring countries (Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo). Besides these activities, CZIP also participated in eco-tourism development, promoting eco-friendly activities as a sustainable way to develop the region. <strong>Within Foodnected, CZIP goes a step forward in the link between biodiversity and human activities.<\/strong><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201cWe have been cooperating with small-scale producers locally already, for example by providing farmers nature-friendly equipment to protect\u00a0their crops or beehives from predators. Foodnected is yet our first project with a direct focus on food production.<\/em> <em>The MAVA Foundation encouraged us to participate, and we thought Foodnected could represent a great opportunity for local communities and the whole country\u201d<\/em>, says\u00a0Zoran Popovi\u010d.<\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Household with donated electrical fence for protection of both beehives and bears_ by Igor Stojovi\u0107 (2)\" alt=\"Household with an electrical fence donated by CZIP for the protection of both beehives and bears. Photo: Igor Stojovi\u010d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-1536x955.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-2048x1274.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Household-with-donated-electrical-fence-for-protection-of-both-beehives-and-bears_-by-Igor-Stojovic-2-16x10.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/> Household with an electrical fence donated by CZIP for the protection of both beehives and bears. Photo: Igor Stojovi\u010d\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>There are indeed many challenges regarding food production in Montenegro. <\/strong>After WW2, Montenegro and Yugoslavia more generally have been vastly industrialized, neglecting hectares of fertile land and loosing thousands of small-scale producers.\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><em>Montenegro is today massively dependent on imports. Even though we still have farmers in Montenegro with local traditional knowledge, the market conditions are very harsh on them.\u201d<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The situation for small-scale farmers in this environment is critical, Zoran adds:\u00a0\u201c<em>Most<\/em><em> towns in Montenegro have a farmer\u2019s market where local farmers can sell their products, but because of the competition with large suppliers they struggle to be competitive. Even though they offer quality, home grown, locally produced products. Struggle to compete in terms of seasonality also. On the other side, small-scale producers are not supported enough through governmental programs.\u201d<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foodnected represents for CZIP an excellent opportunity to tackle the challenge of food production in Montenegro. Zoran states:\u00a0<em>\u201cThe idea\u00a0behind Foodnected is to find ways to support local communities and the traditional\u00a0ways of production for agriculture, fisheries, and pastoralism.<\/em><em> We are currently in the first steps trying to<\/em><em> see what is possible, to present the <a href=\"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Foodnected-Brochure_EN.pdf\">Foodnected values<\/a> to Ulcinj local communities and to see how that echoes with their own concerns and projects, but we foresee a much longer period of work ahead of us.\u201d<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As in the other pilot sites, monitoring questionnaires will be distributed to local stakeholders (restaurants, food producers, fishers), and their analysis will lead to the draft of a local strategic plan with ideas on how to apply Foodnected principles. This plan will be a support for discussion with local\u00a0stakeholders\u00a0and authorities through workshops and study visits to small-scale producers in other countries.<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":687,"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672\/revisions\/687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodnected.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}