TIRANa, Nov 16 /ATA/ Germany’s Federal Minister for Agriculture and Food, Cem Ozdemir, highly appreciated the quality of Albanian agricultural products, during the visit to a collection and export point in Fushë-Kruja, as part of the official visit he made on Monday in Tirana, where met with the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Frida Krifca.
To introduce Germany’s Federal Minister of Agriculture and Food, Cem Ozdemir, to the reality of Albanian agriculture, minister Krifca arranged a visit to the “Kamila Fruit” point, an enterprise dealing with collection and export of fruits and vegetables in the area of Fushë Kruja. It collects products from about 400 farmers from the area of Dibra, Korça, Shkodra, etc.
The minister pointed out that this enterprise has been supported by the IPARD program for investments in the collection and packaging of products according to the best models, meeting the standards for export.
“Kamila Fruit has been supported by the IPARD program to increase the refrigeration capacities with temperature control, as well as insure the modern processing line with washing, selection, standardization of apples, aligning with the EU standards in agro-processing”, said Krifca. /j.p/sm/
