TIRANA, Oct 3 /ATA/ Tirana hosted the Second International Nanotechnology Congress, which presented the recent technological achievements and challenges, as well as Albania’s development opportunities and ambitions in this regard, in the fields of health, safety, agriculture, and environment.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Frida Krifca, also addressed this important meeting with the participation of scientists from many countries of the world who, as she said, “presented in this Congress the innovations and advanced technologies of this sector.”
“This activity, the minister said, comes at a critical juncture for agriculture around the world, which has made prioritize agriculture and the importance of sustaining food chain.”
Krifca said that, “MoARD is following closely not only the progress of the sustainability of agricultural production, but also the farmer’s work with the land, with the food in the face of soaring costs and external factors of the global production chain affecting the tools to produce, which has prompted us to work towards keeping them stable through incentive policies.”
Citing statistics, the minister pointed out that, according to INSTAT, in the second quarter of the year, there was an increase in the rate of agriculture by 1.55%, compared to the same period a year ago.
Soaring global prices and climate change remain two challenges ahead, Krifca said.
She pointed out that agro-food systems have developed significantly through technological influence, adding that in 1950 the food was produced for 2.5 billion people in the world and today the green revolution has ensured food production for a population that is 8 billion inhabitants.
In this context, Krifca emphasized that digitization is one of the 5 priorities of the government for the development of Albanian agriculture.
“By increasing the degree of digital interaction in agri-food systems, we must offer our farmers technologies that pollute the environment less, produce more per unit of land surface and provide more food safety for the consumer,” said the minister.
She pointed out that the research and innovations of nanotechnology benefit the development and their application in the agriculture and processing sector mean added value in more safety, quality of food production. /j.p/sm/
