TIRANA, June 15 /ATA/ General Director of the Agency for Agricultural and Rural Development Frida Krifca received on Monday in Tirana Director and the team of the Agrarian Payments Agency of Serbia Biljana Petrovic, in Albania for a two-day working visit.
“Together with the management team that came to get acquainted with ARDA, the way we work and especially the implementation of the IPARD Program” – said Krifca.
During this meeting, Krifca made a presentation of the achievements and implementation of the IPARD program in our country and she focused on the impact and progress that this program has given in raising standards of agricultural production, employment and the entire food value chain.
Krifca said that, “In total, from the IPARD II program are about 500 contracts that will be concluded, which are an important injection in the economy and mainly in the agricultural sector.”
“In total, from the fund of 90 million euros of the IPARD II program, with three calls 1, 2, 3 we plan to sign 500 investment contracts. With the investments that are expected to start from this program as well as with the tax-free oil scheme during this year, agriculture is expected to be among the sectors that will lead the growth “, stated Krifca./p.s./
