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Agriculture in place/ Experts: Last year was not a moment of success

2023-02-04 19:44:50Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Agriculture in place/ Experts: Last year was not a moment of success
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The increase in agricultural exports in 2022 reached the value of 55 billion lek, this was presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Frida Krica, as a record figure for fruit and vegetable exports.

"Exports are our battle horse, we have a goal achieved and exceeded in 2022. Those who say otherwise do not know what they are talking about. Specifically, we have an 18.1% increase in value compared to 2021," said Krifca.

But Krifca's words contradict the official data published by the Bank of Albania. Governor Gent Sejko said that all sectors have experienced economic growth, except for agriculture, which this time brought less income to the state coffers.

"From a sectoral perspective, economic growth was supported by the expansion of activity in the construction and service sectors, while industrial activity shrank and agricultural production was almost unchanged," said Sejko.

Krifca calls the export of fruits and vegetables as the victory horse of agriculture, ignoring the ratio between imports and exports.

"When we talk about exports, what the Ministry of Agriculture says, the analysis in this case becomes completely one-sided. Which means that imports of agricultural and food products are not analyzed. For 2022, Albania has imported 1.5 billion dollars, at a time when exports are 500 million dollars. It means that the trade balance, the budget-trade deficit in the agricultural sector, the import-export difference is almost 1 billion dollars more, we import than we export", said Ndoc Fasllia, an expert in agriculture.

The year 2022 was not a year of success for cherry, olive oil, or even cucumber farmers.

"Each year 20-25% of local agricultural production does not enter the market, this is missing value in the market and missing income from the sale of agricultural production. The first occurs from competition from products coming from countries in the region that produce at a much lower cost than us. And secondly, we have a completely deformed market without rules of the game and with monopolies", said Fasllia.

The unfair market is forcing farmers to abandon crops. And this is not a success story./Tch


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