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Training needs for farmers Meat Sector Study First farmers must get identified who have the potential to produce livestock in a commercially viable way by the end of 2012. Based on today’s knowledge the following courses should be offered to farmers by the public extension service and private experts in the following fields: • Livestock management (animal welfare – also during transport, breeding, nutrition, GAP, veterinary issues, animal identification, hygiene concerning production and onfarm-slaughtering, basic food processing); • Manure storage and management; • Occupational health and safety; • Making use of market information systems; • Intensified cooperation among the farmers, for example by setting up producer groups. Training needs for slaughterhouse’s staff Courses should be offered to employees of slaughterhouses by the public extension service and private experts including ones from ADAMA (Albanian Dairy and Meat Association) in the following fields: • Management (writing business plans, financing, accounting, human resources development ...); • In-company training for workers, industrial abattoir workers and deboners / trimmers regarding new technology, food safety ...; • National and EU standards from animal welfare, occupational health and safety, food safety systems to environmental issues (like rendering plants). Training needs for meat processor’s staff Courses should be offered to employees of meat processing companies by the public extension service, ADAMA and private experts in the following fields: • Management (writing business plans, financing, accounting, human resources development, language skills, opening export markets ...); • In-company training for workers (new technology, food safety ...); • National and EU standards from animal welfare, occupational health and safety, food safety systems to environmental issues (like rendering plants). Training needs for the public administration The civil servants should be brought in the position to understand how commercial companies are functioning; just by understanding the farmers and processors the staff of NFA, MAFCP and other subordinated institutions will be in the position to advice and support them – also in respect to their upcoming IPARD applications: • Workshops on EU guidelines from farm to fork including directives for meat plants and their application in the meat industry; • IPARD applications (design and evaluation of investment projects, application forms ...); • Training in the practices of general food safety and HACCP application plus traceability in the food chain; • Laboratory requirements and techniques in the meat industry; • General business training to include such topics as overall cost control and analysis, cost price calculations, selling price setting and negotiation techniques, the importance of the market chain etc.; • English language courses; Meat Sector Study, page 63
• Computer training. X. Outcome Overview of the meat sector Meat Sector Study Since the collapse of the old system Albania has seen many changes and improvements. The agricultural sector was the backbone of all economic development and even as his importance is slowly decreasing, it is one of the most important sectors in the completely Albanian economy. Agriculture contributes nowadays around 16.5 % to the GDP (2008); the major sub-group within agriculture is the livestock production with about 55 % of the total production of the sector, followed by field crops with 30 % and fruit production with 15 %. Within the livestock sector milk production is as important as meat production. In the period 2000 – 2009 cattle, sheep and goats have been declining whereas pigs and chicken have been growing. Table 18: Animals in Albania (heads in 000) Livestock 2000 2009 Cattle 728 494 Cows 448 353 Sheep & goats 3045 2540 Sheep 1939 1768 Milked sheep 1448 1309 Goats 1104 772 Milked goats 800 574 Pigs 103 160 Sow 10 13 Poultry 5291 8313 Chicken 4087 5138 (Source: MAFCP; Statistical Yearbook 2009) Having the natural resources of Albania with more than 400,000 ha of permanent grassland in mind this situation is paradox as the animals which need pastures like cows, sheep and goats are getting fewer whereas the pigs and chicken, which depend heavily on expensive imported feed, are growing by numbers. This paradox might be explicable as chicken – despite being a capital-intensive business – enable a fast return on investments; this kind of investment is mostly coming from nonfarming investors. This situation regarding pigs is actually determined by big importers who do not import piglets with 25 kg like in the previous years but 80 – 90 kg pigs which are almost ready for slaughtering. Reasons therefore are that piglets are not available, at least not in sufficient quantities and qualities, and therefore the import of live animals is required. As it is cheaper to import a pig with 80 kg of live weight than a piglet with 25 kg plus substantial amounts of corn, Albania faces the situation of having imports of 80 kg pigs – almost ready for Meat Sector Study, page 64
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