Pukë is the poorest region in Albania
It is poor because of lack of some important resources
especially in the sector of agriculture
Land, arable land is very limited.
In the whole region of Pukë there are 5000 hectares of land registered
but, in fact, there are no more than 2500 hectares
which means the size of a farm in Pukë is no more than 0.5/0.7 hectares per family
How can a farmer produce
and sell in the market with such a limited arable land?
On the other side there is a lot of flow of people
going to other parts of Albania
Young people have emigrated. They are not living anymore here.
They didn't leave mainly because of economical problems
Most of them left of social problems.
The majority of people moved then because the teacher left
If the teacher left, if the nurse left, if the doctor leaves...
What to do? Where could the children go? Where could they get some health care?
But there is some perspective, I think
Agropuka is a not-for-profit organization
It is founded based on an initiative of specialists working in agriculture
livestock, and other related fields
who wanted to develop something in this sector
And the organization is composed of about 300 persons
We have developed some priorities in these fields
Developing of livestock sector
especially small ruminants
the second priority was development of non-forest products
the third sector is rural tourism
which is a potential
And the last, but not the less important, is the beekeeping sector
The biggest challenge
if we are going to talk about producing for the Albanian and international market
are two things: first, the standards
And on the other side it's a question of quantity
Until now we are talking about kilos, we are not talking about tons of products
And that will be a challenge for the future too
