For the scientific paper “Studies on the strategic planning of the municipalities Glogonj, Jasenovo and Zablace” (79th International Fair of Agriculture – Novi Sad, 12-18th May 2012) After several-months-lasting intensive work of the Institute of Agricultural Economics' research team, and in direct cooperation with the official representatives of the local communities and representatives of individual economic entities from the territory of Glogonj, Jasenovo and Zablace Local Municipalities, by surveying many individual farmers – development-oriented husbandries, along with the higher rank strategic documents estimation (of the Republic of Serbia, Central Serbia, AP Vojvodina, South-Banat and Morava district, the city of Pancevo, the municipality Bela Crkva and the city of Cacak), legal and other provisions, existing plans, projects and visions in the local municipalities (LC Glogonj, LC Jasenovo and LC Zablace), acceptable suggestions and proposals of the Partner Forum members, Coordination Team members, Working Group members (in the fields of: Economic Development; Environment Protection and Social Development), available statistical data and use of available up-to-data literature, were created the Strategies of Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development for three selected (suggested) local rural communities, with the defined state in the field of agriculture (SWOT stencil), strategic goals and priority investment projects, in terms of the defined goals realization.

Each above mentioned local community was published the monograph „Strategy of sustainable agriculture and rural development“ (for the period 2012-2022). In other words, we have three monographs:

• „Strategy of sustainable agriculture and rural development of LC Glogonj in the period 2012-2022“(ISBN 978-86-82121-98-5);

• „Strategy of sustainable agriculture and rural development of LC Jasenovo in the period 2012-2022“(ISBN 978-86-82121-99-2);

• „Strategy of sustainable agriculture and rural development of LC Zablace in the period 2012-2022“ (ISBN 978-86-6269-000-5).

The reviewers of all three monographs are renowned experts of the thematic fields –strategic planning and sustainable development:

Professor Radovan Pejanović, PhD;

Professor Zoran Njegovan, PhD;

Professor Gorica Cvijanović, PhD.

The publication of all three monographs was entirely funded by the scheme of competitive grants (CGS) within the STAR project, which implements under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Serbia.