TIRANA, July 21/ATA/ The Prime Minister Edi Rama, accompanied by the head of the Agricultural and Rural Development Agency, Frida Krifca visited on Wednesday in Vora and Kashar, Tirana, three new ultra-modern plants built with the support of ARDA under the IPARD Program.
The Prime Minister Rama considered these investments part of the next generation, pioneers of a new economic and agricultural development of Albania, which will soon enter production phase, giving a new impetus to quality employment, exports and food security in the country.
During his visit to Vora, Prime Minister Rama stopped at the fruit processing plant “Capital Resources”.
According to Krifca, after the contract signed in November last year, this company will kick off new investment expected to be completed in November of 2021.
The “Capital Resources” fruit processing plant cooperates with over 200 suppliers, farmers from different districts of the country and currently exports processed fruits to Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Kosovo, Portugal and following the new investment, the company aims to expand exports.
Krifca announced that, “13 other important investments in the fruit processing sector are already in process under the IPARD program. While the number of employees in the light of IPARD projects reached 10 thousand.”
IPARD provided a fund of 4 million euro in grants, while the total investment is estimated at 10 million euros.
In his remarks, the premier Rama said that, “we have gone through the phase of the slaughterhouse industry growth reflecting competitive pricing. The next phase will involve investments expected to be turned into synergy to increase domestic livestock production becoming a development promoter.”
Also the Prime Minister Rama inspected the investment in the dry fruits processing plant “Palma”, in Kashar, which has received funds through the support of ARDA. //a.i/
