Agricultural Markets in a Transitioning Economy: An Albanian Case Study
When the Albania/Hawaii Higher Education and Economic Development (AHEED) Project began back in 2008, we had very optimistic plans and a real desire to make a difference for faculty, students, and ultimately, all participants in Albania’s agricultural industry. We at the University of Hawai‘i...
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2014
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| Tóm tắt: | When the Albania/Hawaii Higher Education and Economic Development (AHEED) Project
began back in 2008, we had very optimistic plans and a real desire to make a difference for
faculty, students, and ultimately, all participants in Albania’s agricultural industry. We at the
University of Hawai‘i at Ma¯noa (UHM), with the generous support of a Higher Education for
Development (HED)/United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grant, were
eager to partner with faculty and staff at the Agricultural University of Tirana (AUT) and to men-
tor them in order to strengthen the capacity of AUT’s Faculty of Economy and Agribusiness
(FEA) to provide quality graduate education and to build capacity for effective training, consulting
and advising to the extension services of the Albanian Ministry of Agriculture.
As the AHEED project enters its fourth year, we are proud of our many accomplishments.
During this period, we have helped to bring about great change for the FEA at AUT in terms of
new and improved graduate program curricula, novel and cutting-edge research ideas and tech-
niques, and greater exposure to and investment in the international scientific community. Of
particular impact on the FEA has been its participation in international conferences, the organi-
zation of the Annual Agribusiness Conference at AUT, publication in international journals and
the development of a small grants program in order to encourage research activities.
Of course, along the way we’ve faced many challenges, and have not always completely
managed to meet all of our goals and objectives. This book, however, is decidedly not one of
those moments. Rather, it is a culmination of four years of effort, growth and learning, and a very
exciting next step for the project. This endeavor is a natural outcome of all the work the AHEED
project has done in the last four years and we are anxious to share all that we have learned with
a much wider audience. Seeing this book published is of great importance to us for many reasons.
One really meaningful aspect for the project is that our Albanian cooperators are highly involved
in the writing of each chapter, representing their great personal and professional growth as a
result of this project. We feel the effort and time every one has put into this book shows the type
of capacity building that is sustainable, and we are incredibly proud to see this evidence of the sort
of self-motivation to pursue academic excellence that we had hoped to foster. Furthermore, this
is the first book of its type to use Albania as a case study to analyze the current state of agriculture
in similar economies, while simultaneously highlighting the latest research activities and discuss-
ing the roles of education and extension in advancing the agricultural industry. |
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