TIRANA, December 20/ATA/ Fieri, Vlora and Berat aim to get transformed into an important region of olive cultivation and olive oil production in our country.
In addition to the expansion of the planted areas with olive trees, the export of olive oil is also increasing.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Albania has increased in recent years the cultivation of olives with about 11 million registered trees and an annual production of about 132 thousand tons of olives as compared with about 99 thousand tons that was four years ago.
Meanwhile, more than 350 olive processors are involved in oil production.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that the Government will include farmers for the first time next year in the oil support scheme, in order to develop this sector.
The regions of Vlora, Fier and Berat have a lot of capacity to increase the areas planted with olives, while the old olive trees have degraded and must be replaced. About 148 thousand farmers actually work in the area of 11 million olive trees planted in Albania.
The Ministry of Agriculture said that, Albanian exports to the United States of America have increased by 30% in 2021 compared to last year while the opportunities for increasing exports are many times greater. Meanwhile, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been supporting farmers for several years to increase the quality of olive oil and find new export routes./p.s./
