UNMIK Provisional Institutions of Self-Government Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development THE KOSOVO GREENBOOK A STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN KOSOVO May 2003 Prishtinë/Pristina, Kosovo Table of contents FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................................................1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................................................................................................................2 List of Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................................3 Kosovo map .................................................................................................................................................................5 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................................8 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................12 CHAPTER I: GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE MACRO-ECONOMIC SETTING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL SECTOR............................................................................................................................15 Table of contents of Chapter 1.........................................................................................................................................17 1.1 SECTOR AFFECTED BY LACK OF INVESTMENTS AND WAR DAMAGE.........................................................19 1.2 REVIVAL OF AGRICULTURE LIMITED BY PRIORITY EXPENDITURE CHOICES AND INVESTMENT POLICY........................................................................................................................................20 1.3 ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT..............................................................................................................................22 1.4 OVERVIEW OF KEY CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES............................................................................23 1.5 THE STATE OF AGRICULTURE.........................................................................................................................23 1.6 AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURES AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS......................................................................26 CHAPTER II: STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT..............................31 Table of contents of Chapter 2.........................................................................................................................................33 2.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE.......................................................................................................................................35 2.2 STRATEGIC CHOICES.......................................................................................................................................35 2.3 PRIORITIES FOR POLICY FORMULATION........................................................................................................36 2.4 OVERALL STRATEGY FOR POLICY FORMULATION........................................................................................63 2.5 NETWORKING AND COORDINATION OF NGOS, MUNICIPALITIES.................................................................65 2.6 FARMERS’ ORGANIZATIONS AND COOPERATIVES (PROMOTION OF RURAL ORGANIZATIONS)..............67 2.7 GENDER EQUITY: KEY ELEMENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECTOR........................70 CHAPTER III: SUB – SECTOR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES............................................................................................73 Table of contents of Chapter 3.........................................................................................................................................75 3.1 PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION........................................................................................................77 3.2 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL HEALTH..................................................................................................85 3.3 FORESTRY.........................................................................................................................................................95 3.4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT...................................................................................................................................103 3.5 CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OF THE MAFRD..............................................................................109 3.6 INTERNAL AUDIT UNIT....................................................................................................................................110 3.7 LEGAL ACTIVITIES...........................................................................................................................................110 3.8 KOSOVO INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE (KIA)...............................................................................................112 CHAPTER IV: HUMAN AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES.............................................................................................115 Table of contents of Chapter 4.......................................................................................................................................117 4.1 INSTITUTIONAL SETTING IN AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT............................119 4.2 HUMAN RESOURCES......................................................................................................................................120 4.3 FINANCIAL RESOURCES.................................................................................................................................121 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE IN THE MAFRD............................................................................129 I ANNEXES .............................................................................................................................................................139 Table of contents of Annexes.........................................................................................................................................141 ANNEX 1: SOCIALLY-OWNED ENTERPRISES AND COOPERATIVES...............................................................143 1.1 PRELIMINARY LIST OF AGRICULTURAL SOES IN KOSOVO (2001)..............................................................143 1.2 LIST OF SOES AND THEIR STORAGE CAPACITIES (2001)............................................................................144 1.3 PRELIMINARY LIST OF SOES/COOPERATIVES FOR SURVEY.....................................................................145 ANNEX 2: AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES WITH LAND.................................................................................149 ANNEX 3: CURRENT STATUS OF VETERINARY SERVICES..............................................................................150 ANNEX 4: DRA’s MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES DRA main tasks and responsibilities...........................152 ANNEX 5: EAR STRENGTHENING PUBLIC VETERINARY SERVICES PROJECT, 2002-2004 ACTIVITIES.......153 ANNEX 6: ORGANIGRAMMES.............................................................................................................................158 6.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF MAFRD..................................................................................................158 6.2 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF DRA.......................................................................................................159 ANNEX 7: OVERVIEW OF 2003 BUDGET ALLOCATION TO PROGRAMMES/ENTITIES IN MAFRD..................160 ANNEX 8: MAIN DONORS IN AGRICULTURE BY ACTIVITY (1999-2002)...........................................................163 ANNEX 9: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2002-2004....165 ANNEX 10: MEETING WITH DONORS ON AGRICULTURE, Address of H.E. to the donors meeting on agriculture...........................................................................................................................166 ANNEX 11: MEETING WITH DONORS ON AGRICULTURE, Summary of projects ideas.......................................168 II FOREWORD As the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, I recognise the recent difficulties faced by the Kosovan Agricultural Sector and am impressed by the resilience of our rural family farmers, the foundation of our agriculture and rural economy. It is because of this strength that Kosovan farming has survived the tragic events of the last decade and is now emerging from the recent emergency phase of international assistance. Now at the beginning of what we see as the development phase, I have directed my staff to put in place a policy framework which will encourage Kosovan farmers to transpose that resilience and those strengths into a new free-market and competitive environment. This Greenbook is the result of that endeavour and has been developed with the extensive collaboration of all stakeholders. It sets out my initial policy objectives for the rural sector and is intended to be a user friendly and evolving document that stakeholders in the Kosovan Agricultural Sector can use to gain an accurate understanding of the policy vision of the Ministry.