Agricultural markets in a transitioning economy : an Albanian case study /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Subjects: Agriculture > Case studies. > Economic aspects > Albania; Post-communism > Case studies. > Albania; Extension and Advisory Work.; Agricultural Economics.; Policy and Planning.; Agricultural sector.; Agricultural situation.; Case studies.; Extension.; Transition economies.; Universities.; Albania > Case studies. > Economic policy; Electronic books.
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This book focuses on the major challenges and opportunities facing agriculture sectors in the wake of the transition from a planned to a market economy and potential entry to the European Union. Using Albania as a case study, it examines the shift from a centrally planned economy to free markets, an...

Table of Contents:

• Twenty years of transition in Central and Eastern Europe: an overview / Nancy Cochrane and Kristaq Jorgji
• Agriculture and land reform / Edvin Zhllima and Fatmir Guri
• Agricultural extension in transition / H.M. Zaleski
• Albania's agricultural industry / Brinton Foy Reed and Engjell Skreli
• Agricultural production and the food processing industry in Albania / Ilir Kapaj, Remzi Keco, and Ana Kapaj
• Distributions and markets in Albania / Ana Kapaj, Drini Imami, and Bahri Musabelliu
• Quality assurance and food safety / Luciano Leonetti, Ilir Kapaj, and Florian Xhafa
• Consumer preferences for selected agricultural products / Drini Imami, Edvin Zhllima, and Catherine Chan-Halbrendt
• Trade / Engjell Skreli and Alex McCalla
• Albania's agriculture sector: trends and projections / Luciano Leonetti
• The effects of EU integration on a transitioning economy / Birgit Schaefer, Roland Cela, and Shkelzen Marku
• Albanian research and extension services in transition / Edvin Zhllima, Drini Imami, Tatjana Dishnica, Carl Evensen and Bahri Musabelliu.