DPM Simović visits family enterprises in Nikšić: Entrepreneurs, Government and local autorithies united in new development steps

In the continuation of the all-day visit to Nikšić, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Milutin Simović visited the plant for the processing and drying of fruits "Montenomaks" in Vir, the plant "Top constructions company" in Ozrinići and slaughterhouse and meat processing plant "Miniko" in Velimlje, and on that occasion, DPM Simović confirmed the optimism based on the quality of realized investments, a new range of domestic products and expressed new development ambitions.

"Such an entrepreneurial approach, along with the continuation of extensive Government support and available EU funds, is the best guarantee for further development," DPM Simović emphasised, who in the first part of the day visited another five companies that successfully implemented investments supported with grants through the IPARD programme - Meat industry Goranović, meat processing company INMES MARK, dairies farms "Srna" and "Nika", and Sirara Miljanić where DPM Simović held a press conference.

DPM Simović pointed out at the end of the visit that family processing plants in Vir, Ozrinići and Banjane are a good example of the development of entrepreneurial initiatives based on the valorisation of natural resources, which contribute to the employment of the local population as a factor in the development of local economies and improvement of the quality of life of the inhabitants of these areas.

In addition to the entrepreneurial spirit, DPM Simović congratulated the entrepreneurs on the vitality they show in the market competition with sharp competition in the Montenegrin small open market. "Their products are part of our ever expanding, increasingly content, increasingly recognisable, increasingly competitive palettes of domestic products, which rightly cause increasing attention of consumers - both domestic and increasingly numerous tourists, who in these products value the quality, freshness and geographical determinant of origin," DPM Simović stressed.

Respecting, protecting and improving the openness of our market, we need to preserve, preserve and improve our producers, preserving the jobs, protecting the interests of thousands of farmers who generate income in cooperation with them," DPM Simović concluded.