The control of incentive funds usage is a regular topic of annual agriculture inspection service controls. In 2025, the Agriculture Inspection Service of Republic of Srpska has conducted 629 controls of incentive funds usage. The total sum of controlled incentive funds is BAM 10,137,552.59.

Various types of incentives meant for different purposes were controlled, like perennial plantations, agricultural machinery, support of agrotourism projects, milk subsidies, subsidies for cow-calf system of farming, investment in animal husbandry production and others.

Out of the total amount of controls, 606 businesses were compliant with the law, while in 23 inspections there were some irregularities. Inspectors ordered refunds of incentives in the amount of BAM 325,644.61.

The confirmed irregularities pertained to the fact that the incentives were not spent in line with the Rulebook on the conditions and manner of exercising the right to financial incentives for agricultural and rural development, that is, the they were not spent for intended purposes or were received on the basis of incorrect data.

Taking into the consideration the measures which the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Srpska takes aiming to incentivise the agricultural production and secure the support for domestic producers, the Agricultural Inspection Service will, within its authority, take all measures to stop the misuse.

The goal of Agricultural Inspection Service’s work is to secure a strong support for domestic agricultural production and for honest producers which invest great effort into the improvement and expansion of production via their activities.

In 2024, 656 controls of incentive funds usage were conducted. The total sum of controlled incentive funds is BAM 30,575,623.42. Out of total number of controls, 29 were with irregularities, and inspectors ordered refunds of the incentive funds in the amount of BAM 130,338.61.