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Wholesale Prices September 3, 2010
Tirana Market
Apple 99 ALL
Tomatoe 45 ALL
Cucumber 38 ALL
Lushnja Market:
Apple 105 ALL
Tomatoe 31 ALL
Cucumber 23 ALL
For more information you can see at Business News
September 24 - 26, 2010
KASH organises the International Trade Fair
"Agribusiness 2010"
KASH organises 4 local trade fairs also:
In Fier May 6 - 7, 2010
In Shkodra August 27 - 28, 2010
In Dibra October 8 - 9, 2010
In Korca October 15 - 16, 2010
For more information go to Fairs section
Thanks for your visit!
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Goals & Objectives...
Goals:
Protection of members interests via advocacy
Foster optimal conditions for agribusiness development
Objectives:
Identify problems that concern the majority of agribusiness associations. KASH convenes every three months to identify the common and individual concerns of its associations.
Establish regular quarterly public hearins with the Government and Parliament for advocacy issues.
Identify continuous public and institutional orientation for KASH benefits and mission through mass media, roundtable discussions, newsprint, and other publications.
Recommend future policies on an annual basis through the KASH Board, concept observations on industry development, KASH consultation meetings and subsequent introduction of these recommendations and perspectives to the responsible institutions.
Strive via cooperation to limit,prevent and eliminate illegal businesses, and foster the implementation of law and regulations through meetings and negotiations with government structures.
Orientation continuously toward the public and other institutions through mass media, the activities of illegal businesses and KASH activities to prevent them.
Prepare workshops and seminars developed by experts to provide arenas where private and governmental organizations can meet and exchange perspectives..
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With the support of Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection.
Activities
KASH organized special meetings with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the
Ministry of Economy to present its interest in regard to the six Free Trade Agreements,
Albania signed with neighboring countries, namely Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria and Romania. KASH representatives were members of official negotiating delegations in four cases.
KASH organized a media campaign to convince government not to allow wheat flour to come from Serbia and Montenegro without customs duties. Several papers were
Encourage effective advocacy to the government written in main Albanian newspapers, and KASH representatives were invited to participate in live TV debates. Also letters were sent to the Minister of Agriculture and Food and Minister of Economy. As a result, the Free Trade Agreement with Serbia and Montenegro is being re-discussed.
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Activities
KASH worked with member associations and regional councils to identify critical
constraints and prepare position papers for several policy documents such as the reference prices of meat products by AMPA Board, the design of Rural Development Strategy by World Bank, the export promotion strategy by the Government of Albania.
KASH participated in the negotiation process of Free Trade Agreements with
neighboring countries. A campaign, at both the local and national level to influence change, was designed. KASH positions were made present in meetings with MoAF,
ME, General directorate of Customs Duties, Business Advisory Council and in two
meetings with the Prime Minister of Albania.
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