Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP) – Adequate Alternative for Rural and Agritourism Development

Edmond Kadiu,Arben Tërpollari,Erdit Nesturi,Stilian Apostoli,Majlinda Belegu,Ilir Kapaj

doi:10.5901/ajis.2016.v5n3p123

Abstract

reform of 1991 implemented pursuant to Law on Land has generated that is not used during the period from 1991 to 2016 and was named refused for a variety of reasons that are widely recognized by rural world for why and which they are. This land fund by purpose and destination of use is grouped into three categories, where the third, with about 53 thousand hectares, is less fertile, affected by erosion, and should be used with priority. Their expansion results to be 67% in mountain areas, 31% in hilly areas and only 2% in lowland areas. The more effective alternative according to our agriculture theory and practice is that of MAP (medicinal and aromatic plants) that have multi-dimensional cultivating interests for our country, conditioned by the climatic and soil conditions as well as the economic and organizational conditions of a range of stakeholders related to MAP, such as their growers, collectors, aggregators, processors and traders (exporters). In terms of our country MAP have two main situations: a) From the wild, outdoor and, b) Cultivated, in increasingly growing areas, in different areas and with differentiated practices. Among the MAP in complexity, sage, thyme and oregano have obvious superiority in area planted and the production realized out of their total. The advantage of MAP results in full use of agricultural land, in a broader employment of free labor force (mainly women), increase of income, increase of their exports, which currently account for about 52-54 % of the total that agriculture as a whole realizes in the last years, etc. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2016.v5n3p123

Highlights

With the implementation of the Law on Land No 7501 of 1991, a fund of 110 thousand hectares of land which was not distributed has remained without destination of use and has been considered as of "refused land" for a variety of wellknown reasons
The purpose and the destination of their use divide those lands into three categories. They have territorial extent with a distance from the village-commune-city that goes up to 75 km, belong to the 5-10 class of soil fertility, in some villages resulting from 300-1000 ha of such lands
3.1 Unappropriated lands and their use Changes occurred in the early 90s with the advent of the market economy system enabled the old production structures in agriculture to cease, and pursuant to the Law on Land no. 7501 of June 1991 new production structures should be organized, small in size, but numerous

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Introduction

With the implementation of the Law on Land No 7501 of 1991, a fund of 110 thousand hectares of land which was not distributed has remained without destination of use and has been considered as of "refused land" for a variety of wellknown reasons. The purpose and the destination of their use divide those lands into three categories. They have territorial extent (about 70% in mountain areas) with a distance from the village-commune-city that goes up to 75 km, belong to the 5-10 class of soil fertility (they have low agricultural production potential), in some villages resulting from 300-1000 ha of such lands. Various alternatives have been currently identified on the possibility of effective use of these lands, but as it turns out so far, the most rational has been the cultivation of different types of MAP in them. MAP cultivation is of interest in our country In many respects they demonstrate their advantages as: rational use of land refused, employment growth, increasing incomes, increasing exports, improving the quality of life of rural families, strengthening their pluriactive character, etc

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