AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA
FACULTY OF ECONOMY AND AGRIBUSSINES
Department of Agricultural Economy and Policies
And
Department of Agribusiness Management
PROJECT-ROPOSAL
In the framework of AHEED Mini-Grant Program:
Comparison of alternative solutions for efficient
use of refused land in a pilot area of Albania
Working group :
Prof.Dr. Galantina Canco - Department of Agribusiness Management
Tel: +355 682 533 071; e-mail: galantina2003@yahoo.com
Dr. Xhevaire Dulja - Department of Agricultural Economy and Policies (Principal investigator)
Tel: +355 692 177 532; e-mail: xhdulja@ubt.edu.al
Prof. Dr. Henrieta Stojku – Department of Agricultural Economy and Policies
Tel: +355 682 015 014
Dr. Ledia Boshnjaku- Department of Agribusiness Management
Tel: +355 682 097 859; e-mail: lediab@yahoo.com
Dean of Economy and Agribusiness Faculty
Prof. Dr. Bahri MUSABELLIU
Head of Agricultural Economy and Policies Department
Prof. Dr. Kristaq PATA
Head of Agribusiness Management Department
Prof. Dr. Donika KËRCINI
Tirana, 31-st August 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.
PROBLEM STATEMENT ...................................................................................................................................... 1
2.
OBJECTIVES AND RESEARCH HYPOTHESES ................................................................................................ 3
3.
LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................................................ 4
4.
METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS .......................................................................................................................... 5
4.1.
4.2.
METHOD OF ANALYSES ............................................................................................................................................. 5
DATA COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION .............................................................................................................. 6
5.
EXPECTED RESULTS ........................................................................................................................................... 8
6.
SUMMARIZING TABLE ON OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES, OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES............................ 8
7.
TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................... 10
8.
BUDGET OF THE PROJECT .............................................................................................................................. 11
9.
PITFALLS ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
10.
REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................. 13
11.
ANNEXES ......................................................................................................................................................... 14
ANNEX 1- ALBANIAN MAP EXPORT-IMPORTS .................................................................................................................... 14
ANNEX 2- SHORT BIO OF THE RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS................................................................................................ 15
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1. Problem statement
The project-proposal titled “Comparison of alternative solutions for efficient use of refused land in
a pilot area of Albania” is written by lecturers and researchers of two Economic Departments of
Economy and Agribusiness Faculty.
The present project fits with AHEED Mini-Grant priority area “Production and Management
Efficiency of Strategic Commodities”
During the work for designing the project consultation was accomplished with different key
Albanian stakeholders that deal with the problems analyzed and discussed in the proposal. These
institutions were:
 Department of Agricultural Extension and Information of Albanian Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection;
 Department of Nature Protection of Albanian Ministry of Environment;
 Albanian Essence Producers and Cultivators Association (EPCA);
 Help and Employment Women Association (Rural Women).
Land, in Albania, is a scarce resource mainly because of it’s relieve. Albania is mainly a
mountainous and hilly country with the average altitude of 704 m above the sea level. The 2 million
875 thousand ha of the Albanian territory is divided in 696 thousand ha of agricultural land (24 % of
the total), 2 million and 179 thousand ha forest and pastures (76 % of the total). Most of the
agricultural land is private property passed mostly to the habitants of rural areas during the land reform
in 1991(Ministria e Bujqësisë, Ushqimit dhe Mbrojtjes së Konsumatorit, 2009).
The actual official data shows that most of agricultural land belongs to 353 486 farms which are
very small farms with an average surface of 1.14 ha and fragmented in 4.1 parcels per farm. According
to the same data, actually are 402 287 families living in these farms with an average of 1.1 families per
farm (Ministria e Bujqësisë, Ushqimit dhe Mbrojtjes së Konsumatorit, 2009).
About 72% (1 004 254 out of 1 626 019 inhabitants) of rural population in Albania is between
15 – 65 years old and belongs to the total labor force (Ministria e Bujqësisë, Ushqimit dhe Mbrojtjes së
Konsumatorit, 2009).
Labor force is a juridical and economical notion based on recommendation of International
Labor Organization (ILO) and includes the population in the age of work that is limited down by the
low of compulsory study and up by law of social insurance. From this are excluded students, incapables
and persons under law (prisoners) (Canco 2010).
According to the official data, the agricultural land is about 0.6 ha for each labor force and
about 0.4 ha for each individual farm inhabitant. Considering this fact, rural population has very little
land at his disposal to perform their economic activity and regenerate incomes. People in rural areas,
are facing economical and unemployment problems. This problem is more evident for women
especially in the hilly and mountain areas because of the mentality and less possibilities which are born
by the distance from urban areas and certain isolation.
Generally speaking, there are not official statistics about unemployment in the rural areas with
the justification that the rural population has agricultural land to provide economical revenues and such
inoccupation does not exist. However, experts think that a hidden undeclared inoccupation exists in the
rural areas. This inoccupation has in its base mainly the small farm size regarding the total population
and labor force in rural areas.
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Above all mentioned, actually in Albania there exist about 110.000 ha of refused land located
mainly in hilly and mountainous areas of the country. Refused land is considered a part of the
agricultural land not taken under ownership by farmers, ex-member of the agricultural cooperatives
during the land reform of 1991 for different reasons such as poor fertility, big distance from farm
holdings, etc. and the agricultural land belonging to the state enterprises not divided during the same
reform. .
Refused land is divided into three main categories:
 About 30 thousand ha out of 110 thousand are more fertile and are relatively big parcels
of about 10 ha planned by the Albanian government to be used in the framework of the
program “Albania One Euro” and put at the disposal of foreign investors;
 About 27 thousand and five hundred hectares belong to ex-state agricultural enterprises
and are planned for before socialistic system old-land owners ;
 The difference of about 53 thousand ha of the refused land is not used or planed yet
(Ministry of Agriculture, Food and consumer Protection, 2010).
The present project-proposal will be focused at the third category of the refused agricultural land
which is the less fertile and most eroded one. Finding a viable economic solution for the refused
agricultural land will contribute to the improvement of farm families’ profits and the quality of life in
the rural areas.
The main purpose of this proposal is to indicate how refused land can be used more efficiently in
order farmers to increase their profits and to better orient government intervention in this direction.
Goal is to produce one recommendation to a rural pilot area on how to put in efficiency refused
land of their area in order to increase rural employment and to have higher income than their optional
activities.
According to our knowledge and the information provided from specialists of Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection and the Albanian Essence Producers and Cultivators’
Association (EPCA), the refused land can be used efficiently if planted with native Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants (MAPs) that are grown naturally in the hilly and mountain areas object of the study
and are highly demanded by the domestic and the international market (ANNEX 1.). Taking into
consideration the good experience of Albania MAP industry and the good access of MAP exporting
companies in the international market, cultivation of MAPs could be a good opportunity for the farmers
to increase their profits and improve their life.
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2. Objectives and Research Hypotheses
Objective 1
Objective 2
Objective 3
Objective 4
To create a list of the refused land in the selected area in Tirana district and
select the pilot area.
To identify a list of MAP species opportune to be planted with economical
efficiency in the refused land of the selected area.
To identify problems, possibilities, capacities and preferences from farmers
point of view regarding cultivation of the refused land in the selected area.
To provide a cost-profit analyses for the selected MAP species and to compare
different alternatives.
The methodology of this project-proposal is based on three hypotheses which are listed in a logical
consequence:
Hypothesis 1
Hypothesis 2
Hypothesis 3
Hypothesis 4
There is a huge quantity of refused land from the Albanian farmers which are
not suitable for intensive and industrial cultivation which can be suitable and
profitable if cultivated with less exigent species such as Medicinal and
Aromatic Plants (MAP).
Cultivation of some wild species which are rescued or are in the red book will
help the biodiversity conservation in a long-term period.
There are available in the area human resources not employed especially
women that have necessity to be employed in this business.
The international market demands this category of MAP species.
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3. Literature review
MAPs are very important natural resources for human health and food. They are very important income
generation resource for poor countries and rural economies that have population living in marginal hilly
and mountainous areas. It is well known that many of MAP species, demanded in a considerable
quantity, are grown in the mountainous and hilly zones, far from inhabited localities and very difficult
to be harvested. According to extensionists of Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection,
to private extensionists of international programs in Albania and to our opinion, the growing demand
for MAPs, their adaptability to be grown under rustic conditions along with unemployment and lack of
many income generating alternatives in hilly and mountain areas suggest to see the possibility of
cultivation. This is important especially in rural areas where land is a scarce resource and the
cultivation of the high exigent plants is difficult or not possible. Putting in efficiency refused land
represents one of the ways to contrast the poverty, depopulation of the mountain and hilly areas that are
favoring the emigration of young people toward the cities and especially unemployment of the women.
According to World Health Organisation there are 50,000 - 70,000 MAPs that are used in the
traditional and modern medicine (Schippmann, et al. 2006). About 80% of the population in developing
countries relies on traditional medicine, mostly in the form of plant drugs for their health care needs.
Additionally, modern medicines contain plant derivatives to the extent of about 25%. (Food and Agriculture
Organization 2002). The number of MAP species sold at the international level is about 3000 (Lange e
Schippmann, 1997), while only 100 of them are regularly cultivated in an agricultural system
(EUROPAM 2006).
Albania has a very with rich flora with more than 3,200 species that make up about 29% of
European and 47% of Balkan flora. About 350 Albanian wild species are collected and sold as MAPs
in the international market and only very few of them are cultivated in extremely limited surfaces
(Ministry of Environment 2010). Albania is considered a privileged country because of the good
quantity and quality (content) of raw material available mostly of wild and natural origin and because
of many years of the experience, efforts, tradition and the infrastructure established with EU and US
buyers in the international market (Albanian Essence Producers’ and Cultivators’ Association, 2010).
According to the data 2008, the most important trend at international level and inside the EU
market is a growing demand for herbs and medicinal plants to be used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics
and food industry (especially for the substances of the natural origin). (CBI market survey: The EU
market for herbal infusions, 2008; CBI market survey: The spices and herbs market in the EU, 2008;
CBI market survey: Natural ingredients for pharmaceuticals, 2008: Natural ingredients for
pharmaceuticals, 2008).
There was a decrease of demand for MAPs during the crises of these two last years, but however,
nowadays in 2010 it is noticed an invigoration of the world market (Essence Producers’ and
Cultivators’ Association 2010).
The opportunities of MAPs in general in Albania, based on:
 the special geographic position and climatic conditions which brings to high and
distinguished quality;
 high biodiversity;
 the modest supporting policies of Albanian government toward exports;
 the trend of Albanian processing and exporting companies to improve quality and meet
the international standards (MAP Albanian industry more advanced than the industry of
other countries in the region) and
 a relatively long experience
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create a privileged position and good access of Albania in the international market.
Considering the access of Albanian MAPs in the international market about twenty years ago,
this access has been higher than 30 million dollars or around 20-22 million Euro (Essence Producers’
and Cultivators’ Association 2010).
The most important Albanian MAP species which occupy an important space in the
international market are: Salvia officinalis ( 60 % of the American market), Satureja montana,
Origanum vulgaris (wild and cultivated), Thymus vulgaris, Thymus capitata (cultivated), Pyri malus,
Juniperus communis, Juniperus oxycedrus, Myrtus communis, Laurus nobilis, Helichrysium arenarium,
Matricaria chamomilla (wild and cultivated), Sambucus nigra, Malva sylvestris, Achillea millefolium,
Rosa canina, Lavandula officinalis (cultivated), Vaccinum myrtillus, Scilla maritima, Urtica dioica,
Rasmarinum officinalis (wild and cultivated), Trifolium pratense, Sideritis roaseri , Hyperificum
perforatum , Mentha piperita (cultivated), Gentiana lutea , Coreandrum sativa (cultivated) etc (Essence
Producers’ and Cultivators’ Association 2010).
4. Methodological aspects
Object of this study will be Tirana district that has six communes. Detailed data on the total surface of the
refused land in each of the communes will be obtained directly by the respective offices. The reason for selecting
this district is the proximity of farmers with the most important processing and exporting MAP companies.
4.1. Method of analyses
In order to reach the research objectives different sources of information will be used. Collected data
will be qualitative and quantitative coming from primary and secondary sources.
They will be elaborated, compared and generalized according to their nature as follows:
 Statistical elaboration with statistical programs (SPSS) of information collected from the
questionnaires;
 Cost-profit analyses of the MAP species opportune to be cultivated in the area;
 Comparison of cost-profit profile of different MAP species object of the research;
 Deduction of the conclusion from the data collected and elaborated through cause-consequence
analyses.
The cost-profit analyses consider two groups of data: average annual costs and incomes
generated by present economical activities in the farms of selected area. Data ensured from interviews
on the activities performed in a year, their costs and incomes will be put on tables and the difference
between costs (will include all material and operational expenses together with labor force costs) and
revenues will be calculated for each labor force in a year as well as per period of operations.
The same thing will be done for at least two MAP species: an annual or biennial species and a
perennial one.
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Costs include:
 First installation (1. mechanized activities; 2. work force and 3. materials- 1. plowing,
leveling, etc; 2. Planting; etc. 3. seeds or seedlings, manure etc);
 Maintenance (agricultural techniques and systematization)1;
 Harvesting, transport and first processing (drying and initial packaging)1;
 Hidden expenses of administrative procedures to take the land in use from refused land;
 Interests or payment done to local government (commune) for the utilization of refused land.
Profits include all the revenues come from different sells during the utilization of refused land
cultivated. As well as for the costs, they will include revenues generated per unit of land cultivated in a
year and per labor force.
Outputs of the project will be based on the conclusions deducted from the comparison between
costs and profits of different MAP species, from their difficulty to be cultivated, from ratio between
profits of other activities in the farm compared to MAP cultivation and the availability of farmer
family members to work with them.
4.2. Data Collection and Administration
Data collection
Secondary data. Secondary data will be obtained from different publications of national and
international organizations (public and private ones). They will be official statistics, official book
and journal publications, scientific magazines and internet:
 accessible literature on the species of MAPs that can be cultivated in the area and their
regionalization;
 official statistics on the quantity and structure of refused land in the selected pilot area
 f literature of other countries region regarding the market and MAP cultivation
 study of the international market at European and world level for PAMs in general and detailed
according to the species
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Primary data. Primary data will be obtained through questionnaires and direct interviews. they
are planed as following:
Interviews with local government and administrators to define the structure of the refused land
in the selected area
Divided in voices as first point of the same paragraph
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Interviews with local population different ages and both genders to of pilot rural area for the
activities and the incomes they realize in their farms during a year, local prices of agricultural
techniques, MAP prices etc.; Questionnaires with local population to draw their point of views
on putting in efficiency refused land, to test the level of their knowledge regarding the
technology of cultivation for the selected species and preferences and the availability to use of
the refused land;
Interviews with vice-Minister of Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection as
interest-group
Interviews with extensionists of Albanian advisory service to draw their ideas on the plants to
be cultivated in the area;
Interviews with MAP collecting centers and exporters to draw their data and opinions on market
interesting plants to be cultivated, and prices they are ready to pay for selected species
Interviews with MAP experts (freelance or organization) regarding species and their cost-profit
data
Preparation of a cost-profit table for the plant species included in the research
As it is indicated above, the semi-structured interviews will have different objectives depending on
the group they represent. Revenue analyses will be based on the average values of cost and incomes
considering plant production per hectare and average prices.
About 150 questionnaires (the exact number will be determined ones we have exact data on family
farms in the pilot area) are to be conducted with head of the farm huseholdin the study area. The
information expected to be collected from such questionnaires will be as following:
a) Some demographic issues relevant to the study such as labor forces available within farmers
family, their present occupation, etc.
b) Capacities, knowledge and experiences of farm family members in the cultivation of MAPs.
c) Willingness to be engaged into the activities with intention of efficient use of refused land in
the proximities of villages they live as well as their perception on profits and obstacles
(administrative, personal, etc.) with regard their engagement in such activities.
d) Information with regard to the activities performed, plants structure, quantities and sales. Such
information is necessary to deduct total revenues of farmers’ family in order to accomplish the
principal objective of the study (to provide a cost-profit analyses for the selected MAP species
and to compare different alternatives
Data administration
Data obtained from different resources such publication and official data, interviews and questionnaires will be
organized in data-bases.
They will be organized as following:
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Database for the situation of the refused land in the selected area (commune or communes);
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Database on the cultivated species, their regionalization, production, market etc based on questionnaires and
interviews;
5. Expected results

Creation of a clear idea on the effective uses of refused land in the selected area (one or more communes);

Another possibility and better perspective for the employment of the human resources especially in the hilly
and mountain areas;

Creation of clearer idea for a possible contribution of MAP cultivation for improvement of economic and
social status for women in the hilly-mountainous areas;

Cultivation with MAPs of refused low-fertility land in hilly and mountainous areas is cost effective and a
good income generation resource for the selected pilot area.
6. Summarizing table on objectives, activities, outputs and outcomes
No.
Objectives
Activities
Output
Outcomes
- To create a list of - Identification of pilot area - Map of refused land - The situation of
1.
the refused land in
the selected area in
Tirana district and
select the pilot area;
in the district of Tirana
in the selected area refused land in the
- Creation of a list and and
their
main pilot area
structure of refused land in characteristics.
the pilot area
- To identify a list of
MAP
species
opportune to be
planted
with
economical
efficiency in the
refused land of the
selected area;
- Literature review
- Creation of a list of
possible MAPs to be
studied in the refused land
of the pilot area
- A written document
based
on
a
preliminary research
which indicates the
most effective way of
exploiting
refused
land in the selected
area.
2.
- List of plants which
can be planted in that
land
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- To learn about
the
quantity,
quality
(main
characteristics)
and
opportune
plants
to
be
planted on the
refused land in the
selected area
-Designing
of
the
identify questionnaires and printing
3.
To
problems,
possibilities,
capacities
and
preferences
from
farmers point of view
regarding cultivation
of the refused land in
the selected area
- A general view
-Preparation of the semion
problems,
structured interviews
preferences and
Interviews
and capacities of pilot
-Training of the students
questionnaires filled area population
-Filed work for the in
questionnaires
-Interviewing
monitoring
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- To provide a costprofit analyses for
the selected MAP
species
and
to
compare
different
alternatives
and
Final
report
- Cost-profit analyses and including cost-profit
final report writing
analyses
and
comparison between
they of MAP species
object of the research
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Recommendations
for e better and
efficiency use of
the refused land in
the pilot area
7. Timeline of activities
Nr.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2
Nr.
of
working
Time
days
Identification of pilot area in the district of 11 working 1-16
Oct.
Tirana (collection of demographic data, statistics days
2010
and opinions from central and local government
of six communes )
Creation of a list and structure of refused land in 5
working 19-26
Oct.
the pilot area
days
2010
Study of literature regarding MAP species to be 18 working
cultivated (wild species in the area, possible days
species to be cultivated, experience of countries
27-10 Nov.
in the region and farther, international market
2010
demand and prices, trend etc)
Creation of a list of possible MAPs to be studied 5
working
in the refused land of the pilot area (literature days
11 – 17 Nov.
recapitulation, and interviews with EPCA board,
2010
extensionists and private experts)
Designing of the questionnaires for farmers and 6
working 18- 24 Nov.
their printing
days
2010
Preparation of the semi-structured interviews for 3
working
farmers and local administration of the selected days
25- 27 Nov.
communes
2010
Training of the students
2+2 working 01 Dec. 2010
days
Filed work for the questionnaires and 17 working 02-08
Dec.
interviewing with farmers
days
2010
Interviewing and monitoring for interviews with 4
working 09- 11 Dec.
local administrate
days
2010
Desk work
40 working 13 Dec. 2010
days
– 28 Feb.
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Creation of databases
10 working 13 Dec – 23
days
Dec. 2010
13 working 14 Jan. – 31
Cost-profit analyses
days
Feb. 2011
Final report writing
17 working 01 – 28 Feb.
days
2011
1 Oct. 2010 –
Total
110 working days
28 Feb. 2011
Activity
Persons involved
Working group
Working group
Working
group
and students
Xhevaire
and
Boshnjaku
Working group
Working group
Working group
Working
group
and students
Working
group
and students
Working
group
and students
Working
group
and students
Working
group
and students
Working group
January – February coincide with the period of exam session which is very busy for teachers and students
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Dulja
Ledia
8. Budget of the project
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Budget Items*
Salary and Wages
-Wages for 2 students
Faculty Salary (2 st. x 35
w. d. x 20 $)3
-Wage for 4 members of
working group (4 T.. x 10
w.d. x 45 $)3
Equipment
-Use of computer and
equipments of faculty for
data input and analysis
Misc. Supplies
-Questionnaire printing
Other
-Data elaboration
Travel Expenses
-Travel expenses to the
selected area for the
survey (per diem 4+ travel29 days x 25 $ )
Sub-total
Total
AHEED $
1,400
FEA $
-
In-kind match $
150
150
900
900
---
175
-----
90
10
150
----
150
725
-----
150
2,365
185
----
2,400
$4,950
*- minimal net wage/month for less specialized works is 15,000 ALL or 167 $; for researchers at university it is
556 $ and the maximal is about 1,000 $.
Note: research is planned to be accomplished in Tirana district. Expenses will be per diem and travel. No hotel
expenses.
9. Pitfalls
The possible pitfalls or risks of the project are:
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The indifference and poor interest of the local government on the refused land;
Abbreviations: St. = students; w. d.= working days; T.= Teachers
4
Per diem is 5000 ALL per day when go far than 200 km from living place. When distance is shorter is paid half of it
(about $27)
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
Lack of information of the local population in the selected rural area regarding the ways of putting in the
efficiency of the refused land and regarding MAPs;

Conservative mentality of rural people regarding new ways of generating incomes and improving the status
of women
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10. References
Board of Albanian Essence Producers’ and Cultivators’ Association, 2010. Personal communication.
Canco, Galantina. 2010. Ekonomia e punes. Students book. Universiteti Bujqësor i Tiranës, Tirana.
Center for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) 2008. The EU market for
herbal infusions. Market survey. www.cbi.eu/marketinfo. (accessed June 10, 2009)
Center for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) 2008 The spices and
herbs marketing the EU. Market survey. www.cbi.eu/marketinfo. (accessed June 10, 2009).
Center for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) 2008. Natural ingredients for
pharmaceuticals. Market survey. www.cbi.eu/marketinfo. (accessed June 10, 2009)
EUROPAM 2006. Guidelines for good wild crafting practice of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
Working copy: 5.3.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2002. Impact of cultivation and
gathering of medicinal and aromatic plants on biodiversity: Case studies from India. In: FAO
corporate Document Repository.
http://www.fao.org/documents/pub_dett.asp?pub_id=75423&lang=en. (accessed August 28,
2010)
Lange, D. and Schippmann, U. 1997. Trade survey of medicinal plants in Germany: A contribution to
international species conservation. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn.
Ministria e Bujqësisë, Ushqimit dhe Mbrojtjes së Konsumatorit, 2009. Vjetari Statistikor. Tirana.
Albania
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and consumer Protection 2010. Unpublished data on refused land in
Albania.
Ministry of Environment 2010. Personal communication
Schippmann, U. Leaman, D. and Cunningham, A.B. 2006. A comparation of cultivation and wild
collection of medicinal and aromatic plants under sustainability aspects. Medicinal and aromatic
plants. 17 Springer. Dordrecht. Wageningen UR frontis Series.
http://library.wur.nl/frontis/medicinal_aromatic_plants/06_schippmann.pdf (accessed August
06, 2010).
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11. Annexes
Annex 1- Albanian MAP Export-Imports
The data obtained from the Albanian Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Consumer Protection showed that Albanian agricultural and food exports were decreased during 2008
and 2009, probably related to the shrink of the world economy during the present crisis.
Tab.2. Albanian Exports and Imports of MAPs
Albanian Exports
Herb and Spices Plants
Albanian imports
Herb and Spices Plants
2008
2009
tons
9041,97
in All
2.057.089.000
in €
16.746.000
tons
6007,03
in All
1.507.336.000
in €
11.404.620
403,78
47.270.990
384.710
361,48
66.855.110
501.020
[Source: Ministria e Bujqësisë, Ushqimit dhe Mbrojtjes së Konsumatorit, 2010]
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ANNEX 2- Short bio of the research group members
PROF. DR. GALANTINA CANCO
Agricultural University of Tirana
Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness
Department of Agribusiness Management
Koder Kamez, Tirane
Office: + 355 (04) 2200874
Mobil: +355 682 533 071
E-mail: galantina2003@yahoo.com
PERSONAL
Date of Birth
Gender
Feb. 1950
Female
RESEARCH PRIORITIES:
1.
Human Resource Management
2.
Labor Economics
LAST PUBLICATIONS
International Conference
1. “Wife’s role in development of the farm” , CEI (Central European Initiative) International Scientific
Simposium organization by MADA, co-author , Tirane 8-9 Aprile 2005.
2. “ICT in the Agricultural Bussines Optic”, co-author , International Conference , 24 January 2006
3. “The certificate product, a condition for a strict competition” co-author , International Conference :
La Sicurezza Alimentare e la Certificazione di Qualita' dei Prodotti Agro-Alimentari 1-16 Decembre
2006.
4. “The economicaldevelopmentas a mean factor for reduction of poverty”, co-author, International
Scientific Simposium Timisoara, Romana, 14 May 2009
5. “The informality in agricultureAlbania’s and the ways for its reduction” International Scientific
Simposium Timisoara, Romana, 14 May 2009
6. Informality and its influence to economic crises. International Scientific Simposium Tetovo,
Macedonia, September 2009
TEXT BOOKS
Human Resource Management , 2008
Labor Economics
2010
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PROF.DR. HENRIETA STOJKU
Agricultural University of Tirana
Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness
Department of Agribusiness Management
Koder Kamez, Tirane
Office: + 355 (04) 2200874
Mobil: +355 682 015 014
PERSONAL
Date of Birth
Gender
Nov. 1956
Female
RESEARCH PRIORITIES :
1. Agricultural Production Economy
2. Economic optimization
EDUCATION
1971-1975:
Diploma, High School “P.N. Luarasi”, Tirana
1975-1979:
Diploma (Bachelor’s Degree) Agricultural University of Tirana, Faculty of Agrarian
Economy (specialization in agricultural planning)
Post university Studies. Research Program for carrying out Ph.D. Thesis
entitled: “Some problems of the economic effectively of the land capital
investments”.
1984-1990:
LAST PUBLICATIONS
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
Comparative advantages of olive production in Albania ”. Paper presented at the International
Conference of Agricultural Specialists during the integration process. March 2006, Timishoara, Romania
Problems of Oliviculture in Albania. Comparative Advantages with the region countries “Buletini i
Shkencave Bujqeore” Review, No 1/2008
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PH.D. XHEVAIRE DULJA
Agricultural University of Tirana
Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness
Department of Agricultural Economies and Policies
Agricultural Extension and Rural Development
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Office: + 355 (04) 2200874
Mobil: + 355 (0) 692177532
E-mail: xhevid@yahoo.com
Didactic and Research Group
Koder Kamez, Tirane
PERSONAL
Date of Birth
Gender
January 1967
Female
EDUCATION
2009 PhD. On Agricultural Chemistry, Department of Agroforestal and Environmental Biology and
Chemistry, Agriculture Faculty, University of Bari-Italy
2004
Master of Science on Mediterranean Organic Agriculture. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Valenzano, Italy.
1990
Bachelor Degree. Agricultural University of Tirana. Agricultre Faculty
EMPLOYMENT
1999 – Present
Agricultural University of Tirana, Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness,
Department of Agricultural Economy and Policies.
1991-1999
Teacher of agricultural subjects on high schools, Lushnja Region (Albania)
TEACHING SUBJECTS AND FIELDS OF INTERESTS:
a)Agricultural Extension and Communication
b) Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
c) Environmental accounting.
PUBLICATIONS
 Poster: “Enzimatic Biodegradation of Superabsorbent Hydrogels in the Soil: Preleminary
Data”, XXIV Conference of “Società Italiana del Chimica Agraria”, Alghero (Sardegna)- Italy,
1-4 October 2006.
 Poster: “L’Impatto della Presenza degli Idrogeli su Alcune Proprietà Bio-chimiche del Suolo:
Prove Preliminari” in the XXV-th conference of “Società Italiana del Chimica Agraria” titled
“IL SISTEMA SUOLO-PIANTA TRA EMERGENZE ED OPPORTUNITA’”, 18-21
September 2007, Pisa/Italy.
 Posters on soil types and classifications in the frame work of White Night (La Note Bianca) on
soil types and their classification in the framework of White Night on 28-th September 2008, in
the Department of Agroforestal and Environmental Biology and Chemistry of Agrarian FacultyBari University-Italy.
 Poster: “La Degradazione e L’Impatto della Presenza degli Idrogeli sul Sistema Suolo
Pianta”, in the XXVI-th conference of “Società Italiana del Chimica Agraria” titled “IL
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SISTEMA SUOLO-PIANTA TRA EMERGENZE ED OPPORTUNITA’”,Palermo 30
September – 3 October 2008.
 Poster: “Assessment of the impact of superabsorbent cellulosic hydrogels on soil biological
properties”, in the 15-th INTERNATIONAL SIMPOSIUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND ITS
IMPACT IN LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION, 7-11 October 2009, Bari, Italy.
 Author of the divulgation article “Kooperimi Krijon Mundësi Zhvillimi (Cooperation creates
development possibilities)” on the journal “Bujqësia dhe Ekologjia (Agriculture and
Ecology)” ; Nr 3 and 4
(2005),
publication of the
Albanian
Organic
Agriculture Association.
 Co-author of the divulgation article “ Eksportuesit shqiptarë prezantojnë prodhimet Organike
në panairin Ndërkombëtar të
Nűrenbergut: Bio Albania” kërkon tregun botëror
(Albanian exporters present their
organic products in the International Fair of Nűrenberg:
Bio-Albania searching the world market)” on the journal “Rilindja Demokratike", March
2007.
 Author of the article “Gurëshpuesit një luks që i kushton mjedisit ( Sea dates are a luxury that
costs to the environment) ", Albanian Journal "MAPO", 26 Qershor 2007.
 Co-author of the guideline:
 „Manuale di Buone Pratiche nella Filiera delle Piante Medicinale ed Aromatiche (Guideline of
Good Practices in the Filier of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants) . An ALBANIAN-ITALIAN
INTERREG Project of CHIEAM-BARI in collaboration with ICEA-Italy.
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PH.D. LEDIA THOMA (BOSHNJAKU)
Agricultural University of Tirana
Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness
Department of Agribusiness Management
Koder Kamez, Tirane
PERSONAL
Date of Birth
Gender
Office: + 355 (04) 2200874
Mobil: + 355 (0) 682097859
Home: +355 (04) 2372934
E-mail: lediab@yahoo.com
August 11th 1976
Female
EDUCATION
2009
PhD. On Agribusiness Management. Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness
2001
Master of Science on Agrifood Marketing. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza,
Spain.
1999
Bachelor Degree. Agricultural University of Tirana. Speciality: Agrarian Economy and Policies
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EMPLOYMENT
2007 – Present
Agricultural University of Tirana, Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness,
Department of Agribusiness Management. Subjects teached and fields of interests: a) Basics of
marketing, b) Prices and markets of agricultural products and, c) Marketing research methodology.
2001 – 2006 Research Coordinator, Institute for Development and Research Alternatives (IDRA).
Selected Publications and Other Scientific Activities
April – June 2008
Investimet e Huaja ne agroindustri – Roli dhe prespektiva e tyre (“Foreign
Direct Investment in Agribusiness – Role and Prespectives”)”. Ekonomia dhe Tranzicioni, Viti XV,
Nr.2(53), Qendra Shqiptare per Kerkime Ekonomike (Albanian Centre for Economic Research)
2006
Tax Guide 2006, ISBN 99927-992-3-4
2005
Tax Guide 2005, ISBN 99927-992-1-8
2005
Export Guide, ISBN 99927-992-2-6
National Conference, June 200: “ Role of women at rural world, experiences and perspectives in the
Albanian transition” - 3 (three) presentations (main and co-author).
20th Annual World Food and Agribusiness Forum and Symposium, Boston USA, 2010: “Navigating
the Global Food System in the New Era” – Presentation of a Case Study (main author).
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