The influence of the state's social responsibility on the operations of business entities in the field of agriculture in Serbia

In this paper, the authors analyze the importance of the continuity of business of economic entities engaged in agricultural activity in the Republic of Serbia. Since Serbia is an agricultural country with a significant share of agriculture in the domestic GDP, significant impact of agriculture on the environment, nutrition and health of people, the state has an undoubted interest in the good business operations of economic entities in agriculture, but also an obligation towards this sector of the economy. In the research of the period from 2020 to 2023, the authors came to the knowledge that domestic business entities need knowledge and financial incentives in order to constantly adapt to changes in the market caused by external influences. Since the state, as well as the owner of a business entity that performs agricultural activity, is interested in the continuity of business in the agricultural activity, the authors concluded that it is necessary to provide such a policy that will stimulate the existence of a safe shareholder/owner of economic entities, improve standards in this activity and enable sustainable, continuous operation of these economic entities in the long term.