EuroEconomica, Vol 35, No 2 (2016)

Abstract

The agriculture sector is one of the most important sectors of the Albanian economy. The recent official data of the GDP in the country, show that agriculture sector represents 20% of the GDP and demonstrates steady growth. One of the reasons of the growth is the support policy designed by the government and the instruments chosen for the implementation of the agriculture policies. Since 2007, a new approach is being used to support the agriculture sector, applying schemes to farmers and agro-businesses to facilitate the investments and the upgrading of the farms. Since then, the sector has known steady increase, being the main contributor to the national growth. The macro and micro data provided by the official statistics show that main economic indicators have positive results, which drive us to the findings that the national schemes allocated by the government each year since 2007, have an impact to the growth and the strengthening of the agriculture sector.