SLOVENSKI TRG Z ZELENJADNICAMI PRED IN PO VKLJUČITVI V EVROPSKO UNIJO

The paper describes how the Slovenian accession to European Union (EU) influenced the conditions on vegetable market in Slovenia. Slovenia remains the net importer of fresh vegetables. Annually, it imports larger quantities of vegetables than there are produced by agricultural holdings. The supply balance sheet for vegetables is the basis of an analysis of vegetable consumption on the level of entire country and allows the comparison with other countries. Data have shown that the degree of self-sufficiency varies a lot between years due to weather conditions. Although the conditions for vegetable growing in Slovenia are favourable, domestic production is too low to meet the domestic consumption. Many investigations have also shown that Slovenian people consume too small amounts of vegetables. This statement is supported by the supply balance sheet for vegetables. The human consumption per capita in Slovenia is gradually increasing, but it is still low in comparison with the EU countries.Namen prispevka je ugotoviti, kako je vključitev Slovenije v Evropsko unijo (EU) vplivala na razmere na trgu z zelenjavo v Sloveniji. Slovenija ostaja neto uvoznica sveže zelenjave. Letno se uvozi več zelenjave kot se jo pridela na kmetijskih gospodarstvih. Bilanca pridelave in porabe zelenjave je osnova za analizo porabe zelenjave na ravni celotne države in omogoča primerjavo z drugimi državami. Stopnja samooskrbe z zelenjavo v Sloveniji med leti precej niha (vremenske razmere), vendar je glede na ugodne možnosti za pridelavo zelenjadnic mnogo premajhna. Raziskave kažejo, da Slovenci pojemo premalo zelenjave, kar ugotavljamo tudi na osnovi rezultatov izdelane bilance zelenjave. Poraba zelenjave se sicer postopoma povečuje, vendar je v primerjavi s povprečjem držav EU še vedno nizka