In November 2006, MAFRD produced the Agriculture and Rural Development Plan (ARDP) for 2007-13. This was approved by Government in April 2007.

 The ISMAFRD project assisted MAFRD to update the Plan for the period 2009-13. It consists of:

• a general strategy for agricultural and rural development;

• a series of donor-funded projects in support of:

• agricultural and rural development; and

• key public sector institutions at central and municipal levels that are responsible for setting the policy, legislative and regulatory framework under which the private sector must operate and can develop profitably;

• a National Agriculture Programme funded through the Kosovo Consolidated Budget that will complement donor funding;

• a policy framework/matrix that will enable the rural private sector to develop, covering key issues such as access to commercial credit, land consolidation, and negotiating access to job opportunities in other parts of Europe through a managed policy of outward migration from rural areas;

• a legislative and administrative framework for implementing the Plan, backed up by a programme of Twinning and TAIEX;

• a programme of cross-border and regional development activities; and

• detailed sub-sector strategies for key commodities that will be underpinned by donor and national funding, as well as by the policy, legal and administrative framework.

ARDP 2009-13            

Chapters          

Annexes          

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