Ensuring the improvement of agricultural competitiveness through the human resource development

Human resources are one of the driving forces and main determinants agricultural competitiveness, contributing to its improvement through properly formed constantly renewed knowledge skill enhancement workers. In context scarce natural resources, demographic changes, need for more intensive production based on modern technology, human resource development in agriculture becomes imperative. The aim research is assess Serbia prism data available Statistical Office Republic World Bank. results show fluctuations rural population employees analysed period, confirming their negative trend predicting further decrease forecast method. order overcome limitations related number qualifications employees, special focus has been given formal informal education workers agriculture, ensuring capability respond market needs future challenges.