Starting or participating in an agrifood business could make good sense for women in poor rural areas of Albania. A new study commissioned by FAO – and presented at a conference here today – identifies several business ideas and examines value chains and markets with potential for improving women’s incomes.

Albania today is classed as a middle-income country, but economic progress has not been equally distributed. Long-term unemployment persists at a rate of 10-11 percent of the workforce, is higher in rural areas and highest of all among rural women.

Using a gender-sensitive value chain approach, the study selects three value chains for deeper analysis: production of medicinal aromatic plants, beekeeping, and gourmet and traditional food. Also reviewed are opportunities in tourism and aquaculture. Read on here.

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Pays: Albania

Produits: Honey, Other bee products, Marine and aquatic resources in general, Wild Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP)

Thèmes: Analysis in general, Food value chain selection, End-market analysis, Value chain mapping in general, Production, Post-harvest handling and aggregation, Processing, Wholesale and retail distribution, Reverse channels, Value Chain Governance in general, Market power, Risk management (Analysis), Information-sharing - trust and transparency, Transaction costs and benefits, Associations of value chain actors, Contract mechanisms, Business models and entrepreneurship, Agro-based concentrations, Public-private partnerships (Analysis), Input and service support provision in general, Physical inputs provision, Financial services, Non-financial services, Business-enabling environment in general, Infrastructural elements, Institutional elements, Organizational elements, Socio-cultural elements (Analysis), Natural environment

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