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Agriculture and fishery

Agricultural statistics are an important tool for monitoring and managing the market of agricultural products. Statistics are also becoming an important instrument for evaluating agricultural policies. The growth of agricultural production not only develops the economy and reduces unemployment, but it also helps lower the prices of the major vital consumer products consumed by the population as well as lower the country's dependence on imports. Plant production statistics provide information on cereals, industrial …

Livestock

Livestock statistics provide detailed information on the number of amimals by species and categories (cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, equidaes, poultry and hives). Livestock products include milk production by categories of cow, sheep and goats. Other livestock products include the production of wool, eggs and honey. Data on the number of livestock heads by species and categories refers to livestock status on 1 December. For Livestock production the reference is the calendar year. For production of livestock statistics…

Milk and Dairy Products

The Milk and dairy-products survey is a statistical survey carried out at enterprises that collect and process milk in the territory of the Republic of Albania. The main objective of the annual milk survey is to provide complete information on the amount of milk collected (all types of milk) and its by-products.

Albania has natural water potentials, which are suitable for fish farming. Fishing is an important sector of the Albanian economy. Aquaculture has faced a development, as an important sector with prospect for the domestic economy. Fishing data are collected by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development based on the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) methodology based on fishing fleet segments, collection of logbooks from ships, interviews with aquaculture operators, etc. Data on fish c…

Forests and pastures make up half of the land fund in the Republic of Albania, forest statistics refer to public and private forest fund. Forest statistics provide general and specific data on production of wood assortments and main material, the use of products from forests and cadastral data on the balance of forest. Pasture data provides information on ownership, size, location and time of use according to seasons. Biodiversity data provide information on protected areas by category, threatened and protected spe…