IADK organized the second conference in the medicinal and aromatic plants sector. The topic addressed at this conference was "The challenges and opportunities of organic production and export of BMAs."
The topic was presented by Mr. Sokol Stafa,a well-known regional expert in the BMA sector, and Mr. Toralf Richter, Department of International Cooperation from the Institute of Organic Agriculture Research (FiBL), supported by the lead panel of the origin sector conference from Customs, Mr. Sali Hoda, director of Agroproduct Mr. Halit Avdijaj, donor from GIZ, Mr. Mustafë Kastrati , and the executive director of IADK, Mr. Zenel Bunjaku.
The conference was held at IADK, in the Zoom online platform and directly on the IADK Facebook page. In This conference was attended by 38 participants on IADK, 20 participants on Zoom and was followed by approximately 2,000 people on the IADK website. Participants included representatives from GIZ, MBPZHR, AUV, USAID, Caritas, and associations engaged in the MAP sector, exporters, collectors, students in the field of agriculture and beneficiaries/farmers.
Where except others had the opportunity to be informed more broadly/in detail about the challenges and opportunities for organic production and export of medicinal and aromatic plants, with special emphasis also on the project results and its impact on this sector.
The conference turned out to be productive, at the end recommendations and conclusions were drawn which will are treated by competent bodies with optimism and continuous work towards mitigation and eventual elimination of challenges in organic plant production medical and aromatic substances and their export.
Finally, the director of the organization IADK, Mr. Zenel Bunjaku thanked attendees for their participation, discussions, and contributions to this event and promised that the findings, recommendations, and presentations from the conference would conveyed to each of you.
This activity has been made possible within the framework of the project "Support for the Supply Chain MAP values through job creation and the continuation of exports," supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, mandated by the Federal Republic of Germany.
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