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Meat Sector Study Besides these industrial plants there are also crafts facilities (objects of a smaller production capacities) like Profast and Caca in Korca, Arani-Expres Tirana and Erda and Kenedi and Arilta-B in Tirana, Isai in Elbasan, Sauli in Fier, Gerosi in Lushnje and ALSA in Vlora finally and facilities in the framework of the farms; these two types of processors are not so important for the Albanian market. IV. Government Policy for the Sector According to the Agriculture and Food Sector Strategy 2007 – 2013 the government policy for the sector has be characterised as a primarily indirect support, which has focused on the following main aspects: • Rehabilitation of infrastructure (irrigation and drainage, markets and laboratories) • Establishment of a business-friendly environment (privatisation and distribution of the land and properties of the former cooperatives and agricultural farms, as well as of the assets of the agro-processing enterprises, start of the land cadastre for vineyards, 50 % completed; next steps will cover the olive cadastre and then the one for agricultural land) • Support to farmer services such as technical advice, for agricultural extensionists, through which thousands of farmers and agriculture specialists were trained and the agricultural extension service was restructured towards a new policy and system • Institutional strengthening by providing new technical and administrative knowledge and experience through training and formal qualifications to technical and administrative staff of the Ministry and its structures By indirect support is understood the relative lack of credit and grants directed by the government to farmers. Since 2007 Albanian farmers benefited from a grant scheme that supported fruit and grapes production everywhere in the whole country. Furthermore the interest rate for loans in storing, processing of farm products (crop, fruits and livestock products), and agricultural machinery has been subsidised with up to 70% of interest rate. For investments in the agro-processing and export related activities loan guaranties have been provided. Regarding livestock there are two further programmes in place since 2009. Cattle The GOA supported milk farmers with a premium per head for milk producing cows, if the farmer owns more than 10 cows, if they are ear-tagged and if the sales a verified through official bills. In 2008 Euro 889,000 and in 2009 Euro 1,218,000 have been paid to 843 respectively 1229 farms; that corresponds Euro 1,055 per milk farm in 2008 and Euro 991 in 2009. A similar support scheme is not in place for cattle meat production. Sheep The GOA supported sheep milk farmers with a premium of Lek 500 per head for milk producing sheep, if the farmer owns more than 50 animals, if they are ear-tagged and if the sales are verified through official bills. A similar support scheme is not in place for sheep meat production. Meat Sector Study, page 31
Meat Sector Study The milk farmer support is ongoing and nowadays the government policy as described in the Agriculture and Food Sector Strategy 2007 – 2013 sets one of their priorities in the promotion of high level of food safety of agricultural or agro-processing products. This can be realised along the following lines: • Introduction of obligatory requirements for the implementation of the self-control system HACCP and the adoption of ISO standards • Improvement of the control of hygiene and sanitation conditions of agribusinesses • Registration and effective supervision of animal health • Improvement of animal breeding conditions The 2010 Albanian budget for agriculture, food and consumer protection is around Euro 11 million; that can be seen as a small budget compared to the sector’s contribution to the GDP. Actually the MAFCP is in the process to get restructured by the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture; among others this affects the independent NFA which will be in charge of all the veterinary and food control in Albania; but also the set-up of the Regional Directorates (RDAFCP) might be overhauled and the existing extension service improved – so that it might fit also in assisting farmers to apply for IPARD measures. Regarding the NFA there is an EC project “Implementation of the Establishment of National Food Authority Albania” (Ref: EuropeAid/122779/C/SER/AL; 2007 - 2011) in the implementation phase so that Albania will be in the position to adopt the EU legislation and enforce a national legislation on food safety and control issue. The project is dealing with the food inspection system, the veterinary and phyto-sanitary border control, the functional relations between NFA and Ministries, the capacity of the inspection and laboratory network at central and regional level, chain of command in case of emergency situations and other relevant issues. Land property and reform In Albania, land ownership and its redistribution in different historic moments has been the main issue accompanying the whole process of development in agriculture. Modification of property structures has always been made under the pressure of social-political factors. During socialism era, there were only two prevailing forms of land property: State owned agricultural enterprises and agricultural cooperatives. The following table offers information about the rates of their size increase. Table 11: Average size of agricultural enterprises and cooperatives Year Agricultural enterprise No Average size (ha) Agricultural cooperatives No Average size (ha) 1950 19 668 90 245 1960 32 1801 1484 212 1970 50 2218 551 824 1980 56 2690 422 1260 1985 68 2557 416 1281 1987 77 2343 416 1272 (Source: Expert’s calculation) Meat Sector Study, page 32
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