Analysis Of The Economic Cost Effectiveness Of The International Garden Center In Slavonski Brod

Agriculture is a key factor and one of the greatest comparative advantages of eastern Croatian and Slavonia region. The question is whether it will be attractive for business investment? The answer on this question will be given by economic analysis of project feasibility of building the international garden center in Slavonski Brod as a part of the secondary school center for agriculture Matija Antun Reljkovic. The project aim is the development and modernization of agricultural activities in area of eastern Slavonia according to EU standards, and stimulation of development of area through horticultural production. Garden center, apart from production, provides services of planting and decorating the garden, maintains training seminars for potential producers and has an exhibit space. It is expected that the project of garden center would contribute to the development of awareness of the dynamic agriculture and thus improve the standard of production on agricultural holdings by using modern technology in glasshouse production. The center is intended as a place where would be consolidated the expertise of the academic community, led by the Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Institute in Osijek on the one hand, and on the other hand the Agricultural Land Agency and the Agricultural Extension Service of the Brod-Posavina County, which would allow center to become a key location for technical and business support for agricultural producers in the broader region. Center includes three objects: the administration building, which comprises a laboratory expanse and classroom, buildings for production and storage of plant material, tools and machines, and canopies used for loading and unloading materials. Economic analysis will be based on data from the financial statements and the financial data plans that are available in public disclosures. During research of facts and possibilities that currently exist, for the formulation of the research results in this paper, the following research methods are used in a different combination: historical method, the method of analysis and synthesis, classification and description method.