Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity

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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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
FARM SUPPORT
AGRIBUSINESS
POLICY REFORM
INPUT EFFICIENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099135101212221216/P171951090fe880070be900ab47bbdb5fbe
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36899
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spelling okr-10986-368992022-02-01T05:10:57Z Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity World Bank AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RURAL DEVELOPMENT FARM SUPPORT AGRIBUSINESS POLICY REFORM INPUT EFFICIENCY 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. 2022-01-31T21:27:01Z 2022-01-31T21:27:01Z 2021-11 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/099135101212221216/P171951090fe880070be900ab47bbdb5fbe http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36899 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Country Economic Memorandum Europe and Central Asia Kosovo
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topic AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
FARM SUPPORT
AGRIBUSINESS
POLICY REFORM
INPUT EFFICIENCY
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
FARM SUPPORT
AGRIBUSINESS
POLICY REFORM
INPUT EFFICIENCY
World Bank
Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity
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description 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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title Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity
title_short Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity
title_full Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity
title_fullStr Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity
title_full_unstemmed Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity
title_sort kosovo country economic memorandum, november 2021 : raising agricultural productivity
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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