PROJECT TITLE:

The improving productivity and standards with new techniques and technologies, mitigation climate changes and empowering the girls/women

OVERALL OBJECTIVE:

The global objective of this grant scheme is to support improved access to and competitiveness on the national and international markets for Kosovo's agri-rural goods and services.

LOCATION:

Shtime, Štimlje, Ferizaj

SECTOR:

Agriculture

DURATION:

02/01/2020 – 07/31/2021

VALUE:

Total: 320,638.02€; EU contribution (65%)

BENEFICIARIES:

Target group: 3 current employed, 10 new planned to be employed, out of them 8 women, 100 winter wheat farmers who will sell straw for heating, 5 contracted farmers. Final beneficiaries: input dealers, agronomists, consumers, students, retailers, wholesalers, greenhouse construction companies, mitigation climate changes, local tax authorities etc.

ACTIVITIES:

-The completion of the new greenhouse of 7,000 m2, height of the greenhouse 6 m at the mid of the roof. The automatic, Ventilation system of the greenhouse; -Installation of the heating system using biomass 2 ovens with capacity 500 KW in totally 1,000Kw; -Installing the lighting the system with the respective software - extending tomato cultivation from 5 to 8 months; -Installing the irrigation system, rainwater collection with a capacity of (30m*10m*3m) 1,000 m3; -Installing solar panels 5 KW with irrigation pump with capacity 15m3/hrs; -Purchasing of Greenhouse Harvest Trolley automatic and manual, -Purchasing 6,000 carton degradable boxes, 500 brochures for tomato cultivation based on environmental principles, etc.

RESULTS:

-Increase vegetable seedlings to 300,000 pieces; -Increase vegetable to 200 MT; -Horizontal integration of Applicant with 5 other farmers for selling and buying together; -new high greenhouse technology; -increase the employment of 10 new workers were 8 of them women; -horizontal integrating 5 contract farmers - greenhouse owners;