A regional laboratory for farming products in the Balkan

Germany will support the creation of a regional laboratory for analyses of agricultural and farming products, which will cover all the Western Balkan countries. This laboratory will be assisted by a German reference lab, with the aim of avoiding delays and disputes on the hygiene of agricultural products in the customs points of the countries […]
Read More →Albania may be affected by bird flu

Albanian authorities say that they are on high alert, as bird flu is approaching. At the moment, this flu is present in Greece, in Croatia, in other Balkan countries and also in the EU countries. Minister of Agriculture and Food, Edmond Panariti, said today (photo) that “we are doing everything we can to prevent it”, […]
Read More →Agricultural Produce Exchange is born in Albania

Tirana, 20 October 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency Albania will soon have an Agriculture Produce Exchange, which will be opened in Lushnja. This exchange will be a balanced platform on prices based on auctions. The prices will become public through financial TV channels, which are interested on publishing the reference prices. Minister of Agriculture and Food, […]
Read More →The import of animals and meat from several Balkan countries is blocked

Tirana, 4 July 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency Albanian authorities announced on Monday (04.07) that they have decided to block indefinitely the import of living animals and meat from several countries of the Balkan Peninsula. This decision was taken by the Albanian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, after identifying the presence of “nodular demartisis” among cattle, […]
Read More →Albania sees development of agriculture as an alternative to stop emigration

Tirana, 29 February 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency Albania will soon host the meeting of the ministers of Agriculture of the countries of the Mediterranean in Tirana dubbed “Agriculture as an alternative to emigration”. Minister of Agriculture, Edmond Panariti said after the meeting with his French counterpart, Stephane Le Foll in Paris that this summit will […]
Read More →Joint agricultural businesses on the border

Tirana, 8 February 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency The Albanian government will look into the possibility of establishing joint businesses in the domain of agriculture especially on the border with Greece. This was declared by minister of Agriculture, Edmond Panariti during a meeting held in his office with the governor of the Region of Epirus, Aleksandros […]
Read More →Albanian authorities suspend the import of living poultry

Tirana, 2 February 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency Albanian Ministry of Agriculture and Food declared today that it has decided to suspend the import of living poultry from abroad. Minister Edmond Panariti told IBNA that he has ordered “a two week suspension of the import of living poultry until they are traced back and their country […]
Read More →Agriculture, government and EBRD sign a 15 million euros deal

Tirana, 11 January 2016/Independent Balkan News Agency The Albanian government and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have signed a deal in agriculture. According to the minister of Agriculture, Edmond Panariti, this deal will engage second level banks and the Albanian government and EBRD will act as guarantors. “The creation of a fund of […]
Read More →Albanian government offers guarantees for farmers’ loans and pays the interest rates

Tirana, 30 December 2015/Independent Balkan News Agency Next year, the Albanian government and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will allocate a fund worth 75 million euros as a special guarantee for banks which credit farmers. Through this fund worth 75 million euros, the government aims at generating 300 million euros worth of loans. Minister […]
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