Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021 : Raising Agricultural Productivity.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

World Bank Group.

Series:

Country Economic Memorandum.

World Bank e-Library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agribusiness.

Agribusiness and Markets.

Agricultural Growth and Rural Development.

Agricultural Productivity.

Agricultural Sector Economics.

Agriculture.

Rural Development.

Local Subjects:

Agribusiness.

Agribusiness and Markets.

Agricultural Growth and Rural Development.

Agricultural Productivity.

Agricultural Sector Economics.

Agriculture.

Rural Development.

Other Title:

Kosovo Country Economic Memorandum, November 2021

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2021.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Igniting farm productivity can support growth and job creation in Kosovo. Agricultural production, in real terms, has been decreasing in Kosovo since 2009 but employment has not changed much. This note examines drivers of agricultural productivity and its growth in Kosovo, and implied constraints on growth of agriculture, using farm-level data. The results of the productivity analysis suggest that in Kosovo there is a considerable misallocation of resources that if remedied can boost growth and job creation. In Kosovo, which suffers from low technical efficiency (TE), an average farm can produce the same amount of output using 72.8 percent less inputs. For micro and small farms, the current design of farm support does not facilitate income smoothing. On the other hand, agribusiness, mainly food processing, has been growing steadily in terms of number of firms, annual turnover, and employment. Finally, the impacts of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Kosovo agriculture have been multiple and so have been policy responses.