TIRANA, June 24 Climate change is considered to be one of the main factors impacting olive production in the Mediterranean region. Other issues faced by olive growers in the region are related to phytosanitary problems. While olive oil production in Italy and Greece fell to record-low in 2018, Albanian olive farmers saw higher yields during...
TIRANA, June 17 The debate for the domestic products, a good part of which are not bio, on the contrary, pesticides are being used, has obliged the Agricultural Technology Transfer Center in Lushnje, to start a test. Hundreds of seeds which are sown in fields as well as in greenhouses are being tested as hybrid...
TIRANA, June 14 Fier, Tirana, and Berat were the top vegetables producing regions in 2018. The annual report on agriculture trends for 2018 published by INSTAT on Thursday shows growth on the main agricultural food classes. List of the top crops in 2018 Vegetables: 1,166,283 tons Cereals: 678,196 tons Potatoes: 254,500 tons Legumes: 24,500 tons...
TIRANA, June 10 Soon China will be a new market for Albanian animal products. Albania and China have signed a memorandum regarding their collaboration about the import and export of food products and their safety. The deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ermira Gjeci signed the memo. This memorandum paves the way to the...
TIRANA, May 27 7700 farmers have passed the first phase in order to become one of the winners of the fund of €5 million, made available from the Ministry of Agriculture for the project of National Schemes 2019. The Agency of Agricultural and Rural Development (AZHBR) has made public the results, where the majority of...
TIRANA, May 3 An olive tree database will be developed in Albania. The Center of Agriculture Technology Transfer in Fushe-Kruja launched a bid on the establishment of a national database for olive trees, Scan TV reported on Friday. The project will further benefit the development of policies for the cultivation of olive trees and olive...
TIRANA, February 7 Albanian exporters of fruit and vegetables are among the 3,239 exhibiting global players and small and medium-sized companies and organizations from 90 countries that are currently attending FRUIT LOGISTICA in Berlin. The three-day event is at the same time the world’s largest fresh produce industry trade exhibition. The Participation of Albanian fresh...
TIRANA, February 6 The global market for herbal products is continuously increasing and it is expected to reach US$117.02 billion by 2024 and further US$ 5 trillion by 2050. Based on the Global Herbal Medicine Market report these are the reasons why this market is growing: Rising elderly population Growing consumer awareness regarding the use...
Press Review TIRANA, 7 January The gap between jobs in Albania’s top sectors of economy and education is growing wider. The services and agriculture sectors contributed 66.5 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2017. Moreover, agriculture and services respectively contributed 42.4 and 38.2 percent of jobs in 2017. In the meantime, only 4.2...
TIRANA, January 3 Apple farmers in Voskop village, six km away from Korca, have not harvested their crops due to the lack of buyers. Farmer Xh. Shaholli said for Top Channel that he sold only ten percent of his annual apple crop while he stored the other part of the produce. Shaholli said that apple...
