Abstract
The Albanian legislation on conservation, management and sustainable economic use of Farm Animal genetic Resources is an intensive developing process. It aims to the FAnGR development in accordance with the requirements and obligation arising from the accession to various international convention (CDB, WTO etc...), and to align it with other legislations of EU member states. The legislative development is part of the work that Albania is implementing in the context of the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation of Animal Genetic Resources (FAO). Albanian current legislation treats only generally the entirety of the requests that should be fulfilled in order to enable the conservation and administration of the biological diversity of farm animals. It is necessary to develop it in order to solve the entirety of the problems regarding the need and necessity of the administration of this national asset, to meet, in an optimal way, the food security of current and future generations.
Highlights
In Albania, livestock production development is linked to the market needs for livestock products and provides more than 50% of the total agricultural production, which accounts for almost 18% of the GDP
The Government of Albania with the support of FAO in September 2004, has started a legislative process in order to improve the national legislation on conservation, management, genetic improvement and sustainable economic use of animal genetic resources (AnGR) in the light of relevant international legal framework (Ingrassia, 2005)
The purpose of this study is the analysis of the actual Albanian national legislation relevant to the conservation and use of animal genetic resources and based on it, the formulation of recommendations for their development
Summary
In Albania, livestock production development is linked to the market needs for livestock products and provides more than 50% of the total agricultural production, which accounts for almost 18% of the GDP. Such programmes should ensure the genetic improvement and the quality of animal products. According to Article 89, the training is carried out by the agricultural professional schools, agricultural high schools, agricultural colleges, universities, agricultural research institutes, and by other education or training organizations, whose programmes include livestock breeding
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