Infertile agricultural lands, ready for innovative technologies - Draft/Utilization to increase production efficiency and investments
The government aims to put agricultural lands into use, which, due to poor quality and unfavorable terrain conditions, are ineffective in agricultural production and have remained fallow.
The draft law submitted for public consultation, "on the protection of agricultural land", as amended, aims to utilize these lands through the use of new technologies, increasing competitiveness and production efficiency, as well as creating income.
Specifically, it is about the application of innovative systems such as; Aquaponics, Aeroponics and Hydroponics, which intensify production, ensuring high yields in small areas, compared to traditional systems. It is estimated that in the case of Albania, these applications are very important given the fact that we have little land area per capita. The use of these new technologies, aiming at the use and efficiency of lands with low fertility, is expected to bring about an increase in investments and agricultural production.
Specifically, "aeroponics" is the technique of cultivating plants by keeping their roots suspended in space, to which a nutrient solution in powdered form is applied periodically, or continuously.
"Aquaponics" is an integrated agriculture and aquaculture system that combines the growth of aquatic organisms (fish or other aquatic crops) and the cultivation of plants in a closed cycle, where the waste of aquatic organisms is used as nutrients for the plants, while the plants help purify the water for the aquatic organisms.
"Hydroponics" is the technique of cultivating plants in an aqueous solution, which may include inorganic substrate (sand, gravel, perlite, rock wool, volcanic rock, etc.) or organic (peat, tree bark, coconut husks, rice straw, etc.).
Through legal changes, the government also paves the way for the construction of greenhouses/infrastructure for systems that support these technologies, on agricultural lands.
According to the draft, such technologies require few input sources (nutrients, pesticides, and water) and are environmentally friendly as they minimize losses and CO2 emissions.
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