Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area

4.3 Rural development policies
RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Territorial zoning
and consolidation
of agricultural land
Consolidation of
rural centres
Rural economic
development and
regional agricultural poles
Economic development
of private farms and
cooperatives
Rural regional
tourism
Environment and
renweable energy
Transport in
rural areas
Branding and
marketing of rural areas
Food chain
development
Figure 4.15 Rural development policies
This section of regional planning policies
examines the trends, challenges and
opportunities of rural development,
consolidation of agricultural land, rural
centres and community, service delivery and
rural enterprise development, taking into
account the best analysis and examples.
Rural development policies aim not only
at improving the environment, but also to
improve the quality of life in rural areas,
to meet the needs of the population with
food products and to increase the value of
agricultural production by supplementing the
food chain throughout the region of Tirana-
Durres.
The municipalities of the metropolitan region
should develop harmonized strategies among
them to develop a balanced and functional
rural environment between nature and man.
The main drivers of welfare promotion in rural
areas should be addressed in:
• Increasing the employment rate of the
population in the rural area, not only in
agriculture, but also in non-agricultural
activities related to it indirectly;
• Increasing labor productivity through
specialization in particular sectors thanks to
improved technologies in the service of agroindustry;
• Improving infrastructure, constructing the
ring road network, water supply, improving
ancillary infrastructure in favor of agriculture
development (irrigation and drainage
systems), improving community service level;
• Improving conditions on service needs for
rural communities in urbanized centres.
Establishing appropriate trading, collection
and storage centres, applying technology to
market agricultural products;
• Promoting and preserving natural resources
for a sustainable territorial management.
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