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Drs. Grbac and Burkink enter the Freedom Tunnel of Sarajevo, now a
museum. The tunnel was a prime channel for food products during the
siege of Sarajevo.
From the ashes, a new Pizzeria in war-decimated Vukovar
The American & Greek research team at AFS Thessaloniki
ASU Alumnus, Demetrios Vlahos, makes his
triumphant
return to the American Farm School in Thessaloniki
Professors Damjan and Burkink inside the Mercator Center, Ljubljana's
state of the art food retailing center
Fresh produce market in Ljubljana, which attracts consumers from around
the region.
Outside Medjugorje's new Shopping Center
Dr. Burkink greets SFOR troops at the razed bridge in Mostar
Drs. Burkink and Grbac crouch in the remains of the tunnel
Drs. Manfredo and Shultz outside the Sarajevo Freedom Tunnel
Edis Kolar and his father serving as museum curators
A new food retailer in Vukovar
Vesna displaying pasta products
Food retailer in Vukovar, with pleasant staff. The food markets help to ease
tensions between local Serbs and Croats.
Dr. Manfredo examines the local produce, rakija and olive oil, in Istria
Outside the Agronomic Institute in Mostar
A new greenhouse operation run by refugees and displaced persons
The research team with Mr. Alija Sabanovic, Director, outside the Klas
Center. Klas is a leading baked goods and pasta company in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Dr. Manfredo enjoying lamb on the grill on the road to Sarajevo
Food stand in Pekara, the UN presence is still quite evident in
many parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Fast food in Sarajevo
Drs. Shultz and Manfredo demonstrating local pasta brands in
Sarajevo
Promoting Slovenian food brands.
A view of fresh produce in Citrus Market
Agrokor's Ledo Brand Ice Cream, an example
of successful cross-border
food marketing in the Balkans
Croatian-American research team visiting a local resort to study
Arizona's world class tourism.
Project participants at Shamrock Foods in
Phoenix, Arizona
Dr. Ivan Mencer, Dean of the Economics and
Business Faculty at the
University of Rijeka, presenting gift to Dr. Chuck Backus, Provost
ASU's Polytechnic campus
Dr. Backus addressing the Croatian
Delegation
Pictured above is the research team, Drs. Bruno Grbac, Cliff Shultz and Tim Burkink, with
Mario Bonifacic. Mario, with the help of Eko-Liburnia, has helped small olive
producers on the island Krk to form a cooperative, working to add value, by insuring
consistent production techniques.
Members of the research team embarking on a visit to Gospoja, a family owned, integrated
wine producer with vineyards, a winery, and retail.
Gospoja grapes in transit from field to winery.
Drs. Shultz and Burkink visiting GLJIVA. Nikola Mihaljevic, working
with a US NGO, is developing mushroom production in an abandoned
railroad tunnel. His high quality mushrooms are sought throughout
Croatia and Italy.
Members of the research team examining one if Istravino's wine vats
The regional pasta industry and the Desert Wheat Growers Cooperative
have many mutually beneficial interests. Here Dr. Shultz displays 2 types
of Croatian pasta inside Super Konzum.
Dr. Burkink in the aisles of Super Konzum
A freezer inside Konzum
Danica meats is a division of Podravka, Croatia's 2nd largest food company.
Due to decimated domestic livestock production from war and ongoing
import restrictions, Danica does not have access to adequate inputs to
meet demand. Left to right Damir Perlok from Danica, Jurica Pavicic and
Dr. Natasa Renko from University of Zagreb and Drs. Shultz and Burkink.
The economic base of the island Krk relies on tourism and
grape and olive production.
Opatija overlooks the Adriatic Sea and is a popular tourist destination
for many Europeans. Though tourism was diminished during the war,
it is rebounding nicely. Rijeka, the primary port of County
Primorsko-Garanska, can be seen across Kvarner Bay, above.
View of Rijeka harbor from the ancient castle at Trsat. Istria can be
seen across Kvarner Bay, above.
Island Krk, tourist destination and site of many entrepreneurial
agribusinesses in olive production, wine making,
restaurant management, etc.
View of Vrbnik, on Island Krk, site of Gospoja's retail shop and restaurant
McDonald's sign outside Pula Coliseum
View of Istrian Coast from Mosinice, a leading tourist destination
Members of the research team, following presentation about research
findings on pasta (or basta, if you are Croatian) consumption in the Balkans.
Struggling to prosper in Pristina's chili market
The research team standing in the ancient agora of Athens, one of the
world's most famous markets
One of Kosova's new agribusiness entrepreneurs |
American/Greek students and scholars - Thessaloniki, Summer
2007
Field work at the Dairy - The American Farm School,
Thessaloniki, Summer 2007
Field work at the Winery - The American Farm School,
Thessaloniki, Summer 2007
The Internship Program -The American Farm School, Greece,
Summer 2007
Learning the Greek culture
An important hypermarkets chain in Romania
Understanding consumers' preferences of pasta, in Romania
ASU team at the Acropolis
Durum Wheat found in Slovenian Product and other national pastas
throughout the region
Note American and other sources of wheat
SFOR Troops continue to assure peace and security in Sarajevo
New World American food marketing meets
Greek fast food enthusiasts
The Arizona Market, a new market that has sprung-up in
Bosnia's "Wild West"
Drs. Burkink and Shultz in AWT warehouse,
meeting with manager
Sasa Kolenko, Zagreb. AWT is a major player contributing to optimal food
distribution and regional harmony.
Professor Grbac inside the Shopping Center's Union Foods Supermarket.
Food markets are integral to Bosnia-Herzegovina's reconstruction
Members of the research team, Drs. Burkink, Grbac, Shultz, and Cicic,
meet in the shadow of the rebuilt bridge in Mostar
A young boy takes a break from rummaging for food in trash bins.
Many citizens of Sarajevo still have inadequate food supply.
Professors Shultz, Manfredo, Burkink, and Grbac in front of a local
casino in "Arizona"
Typical food marketing merchants at the Arizona Market
The Arizona Market attracts people from the four corners of the globe,
as evidenced by the presence of some Chinese merchants
Professors Shultz and Damjan in front of
Citrus Market, Slovenia's
first 24 hour market. Founded by ethnic Albanians, the market
is a good example of the interactive roles of marketing
development and equal opportunity.
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Dr. Seperich chats with Vesna, marketing researcher from PULS, at the new outdoor market
in Vukovar
The new market replaces the old market obliterated in the siege of Vukovar
A mine reclamation site near Tuzla; now an aquaculture venture
Vegafruit Products, started by the Salihbasic family during the war, is one
of Bosnia's food marketing success stories
Vegafruit billboard: a USAID success story
The research team with managers of Lijanovici, Messrs. Zoran Zeljko
and
Franko Maric. Lijanovici is a multi-business market leader, based in
Herzegovina, specializing in meat products
Enjoying the gracious hospitality of Lijanovici
Drs. Grbac and Manfredo beside a "Podravka-mobile"
Dr. Manfredo enjoys Istrian soup
Istrian soup, close-up: such local delicacies are common
throughout the region
Mobile Bakery in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Ivan Mencer, Dean of Economics Faculty of Rijeka with Dr.
Seperich, Associate Dean of ASU's Morrison School toasting the
success of the DOE project.
Project participants displaying gift
presented by Croatian Delegation
Dr. Mencer at the Sonoran Desert Botanical
Gardens
Wrapping up US-Balkans Food Marketing and
Export Development Seminar
held for the campus, business, and government communities
Drs. Burkink and Shultz display some of the value-added products from
Apirudi Apsyrtides, a Croatian company that is helping small honey
producers export their product. Darko Jardas, second from the right,
heads Eko-Liburnia, a non-governmental organization that seeks to
develop ecotourism, organic agriculture, and environmental protection
in northwestern and coastal Croatia.
Dr. Burkink visits Gospoja winery at the height of the grape harvest.
A Gospoja vineyard visited by research team members on Island Krk.
Drs. Shultz and Burkink, with Nikola Mihalevic in the mushroom tunnel.
Istravino is a large Rijeka-based winery and beverage producer currently
transforming from a government controlled entity to a private corporation.
An open air food market in Zagreb, similar to many throughout the region,
that supports the Croatian tradition of daily shopping.
The interior market is pictured again, this time with an offering of eggs to
Zagreb shoppers.
Agrokor's Super Konzum store sells both food and non-food items and may
become a model for Croatian food retailing.
Research team members scanning the shelves in an aisle of Super Konzum.
A Konzum Convenience Store
Sunrise over the Adriatic
An American Doughnut kiosk in downtown Zagreb
Dr. Burkink inspecting a familiar hybrid corn in the Croatian countryside. The
average farm in Croatia is approximately 7 acres and about 25% of the
population is involved in agriculture.
Pula, at the tip of Istria, colonized by the Romans and cited by Pliny the Elder
as a rich area for olives, olive oils and wines.
Rovinj, typical yet unique fishing village, now a tourist haven
Views of a fertile Istrian Valley, from Motovun
Sheldon Jones, Arizona's Director of Agriculture, addresses the research
team.
Meeting with colleagues from the University of Pristina
Suboptimal supply-chain management in Kosova
Drs. Manfredo and Burkink cross "no man's land"
between
Greece
and Macedonia/FYROM, where border tensions still exist
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