At present, Kosovo is experiencing a livestock recovery process. Livestock farming has made great strides in recent years – both in the number and yield.
In particular, there are two main factors in favour of livestock investments in Kosovo. Firstly, the country offers very good natural and climatic conditions for various types of livestock farming. Secondly, market demand for livestock farming products is currently much higher than domestic production. The planned revitalisation of the food processing industry will furthermore create higher opportunities for livestock farming in the future.
Recently introduced supportive governmental policies and incentives aim to promote business opportunities in this field and should enable Kosovo to rely increasingly on domestic meat and dairy production in the near future, or even enable Kosovo to export high quality organic products.
Currently, the most significant obstacle facing Kosovo’s meat producers is still the reopening of export markets. With Kosovo’s geographical location and its close proximity to non-EU countries such as Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Turkey, a short-term pragmatic approach could be to initially focus on meat exports to these destinations, with the possibility of expanding into EU markets when conditions allow.
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