Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania

Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania

Albania is heavily dependent on its agricultural sector, which accounts for 20.3 percent of GDP, 49 percent of employment and 8.5 percent of total exports. The fruit and vegetable sector represents 20 percent of Albanian agriculture but contributes...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
LAND FRAGMENTATION
OLIVES
WATERMELONS
NUTS
SUPPLY CHAINS
ACCESS TO LAND
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/656071548427007583/Competitive-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Products-in-Albania
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31193
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spelling okr-10986-311932021-05-25T10:54:36Z Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania World Bank Group FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN LAND FRAGMENTATION OLIVES WATERMELONS NUTS SUPPLY CHAINS ACCESS TO LAND AGRICULTURAL TRADE Albania is heavily dependent on its agricultural sector, which accounts for 20.3 percent of GDP, 49 percent of employment and 8.5 percent of total exports. The fruit and vegetable sector represents 20 percent of Albanian agriculture but contributes 36 percent of its exports and this share is expected to increase. The note posits an idea that as the domestic market for many of these products is saturated, Albanian fruits and vegetables have been gaining ground in the Western Balkans and are well positioned to make headway in the EU-28 market as well. However, Albanian producers face many constraints in meeting the rigid and complex demands of the EU market, constraints that an export strategy focused solely on identifying products for export is unlikely to change. The policy paradigm has shifted to approaches that focus on integrating local industries into global value chains that help facilitate technology transfer and create jobs. 2019-02-01T17:43:56Z 2019-02-01T17:43:56Z 2018-12 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/656071548427007583/Competitive-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Products-in-Albania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31193 English Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation in Focus; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Europe and Central Asia Albania
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topic FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
LAND FRAGMENTATION
OLIVES
WATERMELONS
NUTS
SUPPLY CHAINS
ACCESS TO LAND
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
spellingShingle FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
LAND FRAGMENTATION
OLIVES
WATERMELONS
NUTS
SUPPLY CHAINS
ACCESS TO LAND
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
World Bank Group
Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Albania
relation Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation in Focus;
description Albania is heavily dependent on its agricultural sector, which accounts for 20.3 percent of GDP, 49 percent of employment and 8.5 percent of total exports. The fruit and vegetable sector represents 20 percent of Albanian agriculture but contributes 36 percent of its exports and this share is expected to increase. The note posits an idea that as the domestic market for many of these products is saturated, Albanian fruits and vegetables have been gaining ground in the Western Balkans and are well positioned to make headway in the EU-28 market as well. However, Albanian producers face many constraints in meeting the rigid and complex demands of the EU market, constraints that an export strategy focused solely on identifying products for export is unlikely to change. The policy paradigm has shifted to approaches that focus on integrating local industries into global value chains that help facilitate technology transfer and create jobs.
format Brief
author World Bank Group
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title Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania
title_short Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania
title_full Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania
title_fullStr Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania
title_full_unstemmed Competitive Fruit and Vegetable Products in Albania
title_sort competitive fruit and vegetable products in albania
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/656071548427007583/Competitive-Fruit-and-Vegetable-Products-in-Albania
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31193
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