Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity
Igniting farm productivity can support growth and job creation in Kosovo. Agricultural production, in real terms, has been decreasing in Kosovo since 2009 but employment has not changed much. This note examines drivers of agricultural productivity...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099135101212221216/P171951090fe880070be900ab47bbdb5fbe http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36899 |
| Summary: | Igniting farm productivity can
support growth and job creation in Kosovo. Agricultural
production, in real terms, has been decreasing in Kosovo
since 2009 but employment has not changed much. This note
examines drivers of agricultural productivity and its growth
in Kosovo, and implied constraints on growth of agriculture,
using farm-level data. The results of the productivity
analysis suggest that in Kosovo there is a considerable
misallocation of resources that if remedied can boost growth
and job creation. In Kosovo, which suffers from low
technical efficiency (TE), an average farm can produce the
same amount of output using 72.8 percent less inputs. For
micro and small farms, the current design of farm support
does not facilitate income smoothing. On the other hand,
agribusiness, mainly food processing, has been growing
steadily in terms of number of firms, annual turnover, and
employment. Finally, the impacts of Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) on Kosovo agriculture have been multiple and so
have been policy responses. |
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