TIRANA, October 31/ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama spoke today about increase in exports and the excellent opportunities for employment and income from the cultivation of medicinal plants, during the meeting with young people in Erseka.
“Today, Albania is approaching half a billion Euros in exports. Albania, half a billion Euros in agricultural exports that were not even imagined 6-7 years ago. The exports consist of products of Albania, produced by the working people here. And the money goes to these people. Don’t forget that the village is tax-free in Albania. There is no tax for land, no tax for production, no tax for anything, at all, and here in this area, the potentials are extraordinary”, emphasized Rama.
“The medicinal herbs are there, a real wealth. It is not like the tomato that you will plant, cultivate, take care all the time. The medicinal herbs don’t need watering, irrigation or anything, just go collect and collect, package and sell. Of course, this is a process that needs some things that not everyone can do, but it is available there. It’s on the mountain and there’s an incredible income, and we have our country full of medicinal herbs. The people who are involved in medicinal herbs make huge profits. It’s a job where the more you collect, the more money you make. It is full, never ending”, Rama emphasized.
“We will do our best to support the sector with facilitating funding and especially the young people who want to enter that path, but have no opportunity, said the prime minister.
Regarding the Innovation Center, Rama said that there is one in Korça.
“It will be 20 minutes away or a little more from here, that is, Korça and Erseka will have one line as an urban line. In fact, a 20-minute distance is not long in a big European city with urban areas. It is the center of innovation, it can be used”, he emphasized./p.s./
