About the Centre

Mission – Vision - Strategy

Pursuant to the Establishment Act of the Croatian Centre for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Official Gazette 25/9), the Centre started with its work on 1st July, 2009. The Centre was founded by the Republic of Croatia. Rights and duties of the founder are being executed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development. The Centre is being managed by the Management Council which consists of the President of the Management Council and four members. The Centre is also being represented by the Director of the Centre.
Based on Article 16 paragraph 2 of the Act and the Decision on Merger the following institutions ceased to operate as independent legal persons on 30th June 2009 and continued working as of 1st July 2009 as organizational units of the Centre: Institute for Pomology (established in 2001), Institute for Soil (established in 2001), Institute for Plant Protection in Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Croatia (that was a successor to the institution of the Entomological Section established in 1909), Croatian Institute for Viticulture and Enology (established in 1996) and the institution of the Station for Southern Cultivars Dubrovnik (operating since 1908).
Such consolidation of the existing institutions into one centre makes the initial operation basis of the Centre stronger in terms of personnel, contents and infrastructure; rationalizations are being achieved in terms of consolidation and reduction of fixed costs needed for functioning of every institution individually; working efficiency of associated institutes is being increased and regionally located institutes are joined in common creation of bases to the agricultural and rural development policy. It is exactly the consolidation of laboratory, human and other resources that enables the best possible service level to be provided to end users, manufacturers.

The Centre operates pursuant to:
- Establishment Act of CCAFRA (Official Gazette 25/09)
- Articles of Association of the Centre
- Agricultural Land Act (Official Gazette 152/08 and 25/09)
- Plant Health Act (Official Gazette 75/05)
- Plant Protection Products Act (Official Gazette 70/05 and 25/09)
- Plant Varieties and Seeds Act (Official Gazette 140/05, 35/08 and 25/09) and
- Wine Act (Official Gazette 96/03 and 25/09)

On 31 December 2009 CCAFRA has 142 employees, 86 of whom with high qualification degree, 44 employees with secondary school degree, 1 qualified employee and 11 unqualified employees. The total number of highly qualified employees includes 10 doctors of science and 18 masters of science.