TIRANA, October 14 Over 200 apple farmers in Korca have unified their businesses in one single farm that produces 15 apple varieties. The farm consists of 20 hectares of utilized agricultural area and the initial investment was made by a returnee from Canada. Besides the fact that such a large farm would help farmers to...
TIRANA, October 2 Starting next year, Lin village in Pogradec will celebrate the Koran Festival. It is expected to be a multi-day festival dedicated to the Ohrid Trout or Koran in Albanian. The event is going to take place during the week when Koran fingerlings will be stocked into the lake. So far in 2019,...
TIRANA, October 2 Farmers and agribusinesses based in Albania can submit an application for funding under IPARD II between October 30th and December 16th. The forecast notice highlights that any application submitted after December 16th will be rejected. The indicative overall available budget consists of €57.68 million. The Agency for Agricultural and Rural Development (AZHBR)...
TIRANA, September 30 The annual Harvest Festival in Dibra region is an event that promotes agricultural products and services and the tourism potential of the area. The festival that brings together local farmers and entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized enterprises, local guides, representatives from the agribusiness and hospitality sector aims to promote the economic potential of...
TIRANA, 11 September The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has started the procedures of leasing the agriculture land, for those areas where have been finished the previous contracts. In the latest announcement, the ministry said that there is at least 146ha of land in the Karavasta area that is expected to be rented by...
TIRANA, September 6 Albania will export soon lambs and goat kids to Saudi Arabia. The Minister of Agriculture, Bledi Cuci welcomed the Arab delegation headed by the deputy minister of agriculture in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Saleh A. Alkhamshi, in a discussion for the trade collaboration between the two countries. The discussions focused mainly on the...
TIRANA, September 3 Albanian agriculture continues to be the sector with the highest weight in the Albanian economy, with around 19% of the total GDP, whereas the production is concentrated mainly in the milk and vegetable products. According to data, published by INSTAT on Monday, September 2, titled ‘The index of prices for agricultural products’,...
TIRANA, August 27 As the global population is expected to hit 9 billion by 2050, the food sector must provide nutrition, increase production, and reduce waste. On the other hand, climate change will impact the traditional ways of running economic activates. Sustainable strategies are needed especially in the fisheries and aquaculture economies, which will be...
TIRANA, August 21 A guideline for the local exporters of processed fruit and vegetables from Albania and the other Western Balkans countries to the European Union (EU) was shared this month. (see below) The Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Albania (UCCIAL) invites all agri-entrepreneurs to read the guideline thus they can easily...
TIRANA, August 16 Boboshtica, the village that promoted tourism in Korca, through the traditional recipes, is known also for the production of the alcoholic drink, mulberry raki. Now, that the fruit of mulberry is ripe, the local inhabitants have started to collect it, to then produce the famous raki, known for its quality and curative...
