“As part of the IPARD II program, we have supported over 137 women farmers through a budget of 24 million euros, women entrepreneurs who have built greenhouses or fruit groves, dairy farms for milk, meat, vineyards, processing units, aromatic and medical plant farms, rural tourism, agro-tourism, which today support their household economies, but also employ others in remote rural areas,” Krifca said.
Meanwhile, during this week, Minister Krifca was part of the official delegation led by Prime Minister Rama, in the meeting with Chancellor Scholz, in Berlin.

“I was pleased to hear chancellor confirm full support for Albania on the path of European integration, we talked about the summit of the Berlin Process, which will be held in Tirana and also include business forums to encourage economic cooperation between Albania and Germany. Meanwhile our ministry is working in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture of Germany on setting up a new instrument, a new institutional partnership that will be signed soon to strengthen the bilateral dialogue between our ministries, the exchange of experience in the fields of agriculture, food safety, veterinary medicine and extend this cooperation further. Meanwhile, during the visit in Berlin, I had the opportunity to see first-hand Albania’s stand at the international tourism fair in Berlin, where I was impressed by the dignified presentation of our country at this fair, given that agritourism participated for the first time as an important segment of the tourist offer, inextricably linked to the tradition, culture, and cuisine of our people,” Krifca said.

Minister Krifca announced that “we launched this week at the Technology Transfer Center of Fushë-Kruja, a dedicated counseling program targeting 20 dairy farms in the region of Kruja and Shkodra, to specifically help farmers increase their production capacity. Other than that, we have signed the guideline for applicants of the National Agricultural Support Scheme and through the Regional Agricultural Extension Agencies, Agropoints, we are taking all measures to get ready for the Agricultural Support Scheme applications this year.”
“Our entire agriculture team will be on the ground to inform farmers about successful applications during this scheme,” said Krifca.
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