<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Subject and purpose of work:</bold> Agriculture has historically been an important sector in Kosovo’s economy however the biggest challenges are migration, land fragmentation, and access to market and finance. Support from the Government of Kosovo for the agriculture and rural development sector is based on the ARDP 2007-13 and includes direct support measures that strongly correspond to Pillar I measures under CAP and rural development support measures similar to CAP Pillar II. The objective of this paper is to assess three measures (101,103,302) under the national plan of agriculture and rural development of Kosovo.<bold>Materials and methods:</bold> Measure 101, “Investments in Physical Assets in Agricultural Holdings” fruit sector, grape sector. Measure 103, “Investments in physical assets concerning the processing and marketing of agricultural and fishery products”. Measure 302, “Farm Diversification and Business Development”.<bold>Results:</bold> Results showed support is increased which directly affected new job creation however this should continue with increasing the budget as these measures affect the rural economy directly by creating jobs contributing to sustainable agriculture and reducing migration.<bold>Conclusions:</bold> The most important measure in terms of budget allocation and number of projects implemented was Measure 101. The largest number of beneficiaries from measure 101 originated from the Prizren and Prishtine Region.</abstract>

Subject and purpose of work: Agriculture has historically been an important sector in Kosovo’s economy however the biggest challenges are migration, land fragmentation, and access to market and finance. Support from the Government of Kosovo for the agriculture and rural development sector is based on the ARDP 2007-13 and includes direct support measures that strongly correspond to Pillar I measures under CAP and rural development support measures similar to CAP Pillar II. The objective of this paper is to assess three measures (101,103,302) under the national plan of agriculture and rural development of Kosovo.Materials and methods: Measure 101, “Investments in Physical Assets in Agricultural Holdings” fruit sector, grape sector. Measure 103, “Investments in physical assets concerning the processing and marketing of agricultural and fishery products”. Measure 302, “Farm Diversification and Business Development”.Results: Results showed support is increased which directly affected new job creation however this should continue with increasing the budget as these measures affect the rural economy directly by creating jobs contributing to sustainable agriculture and reducing migration.Conclusions: The most important measure in terms of budget allocation and number of projects implemented was Measure 101. The largest number of beneficiaries from measure 101 originated from the Prizren and Prishtine Region.

The Assessment of Three Measures (101, 103, 302) Under the National Plan of Agriculture and Rural Development of Kosovo

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

Economic and Regional Studies / Studia Ekonomiczne i Regionalne

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Subject and purpose of work: Agriculture has historically been an important sector in Kosovo’s economy however the biggest challenges are migration, land...

The Assessment of Three Measures (101, 103, 302) Under the National Plan of Agriculture and Rural Development of Kosovo

Publicado en línea: 31 mar 2020

Páginas: 70 - 86

Recibido: 01 feb 2020

Aceptado: 01 mar 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2020-0006

Palabras clave
agriculture, agriculture policy, measures, grants, beneficiaries

© 2020 Nol Krasniqi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Assessment of Three Measures (101, 103, 302) Under the National Plan of Agriculture and Rural Development of Kosovo

Publicado en línea: 31 mar 2020

Páginas: 70 - 86

Recibido: 01 feb 2020

Aceptado: 01 mar 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2020-0006

Palabras claveagriculture, agriculture policy, measures, grants, beneficiaries

© 2020 Nol Krasniqi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
agriculture, agriculture policy, measures, grants, beneficiaries