THE PROGRESS OF THE CULTIVATION, COLLECTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING OF AROMATIC AND MEDICINAL PLANTS (AMP) BY THE ”BIO&BESI” COMPANY, LUSHNJE
Moltine PREBIBAJ, Denada DËRVISHI, Sergej QAMA, Indrit MILE, Nikollaq BARDHI, Alirami SALIJI
Abstract
BIO&BESI started working as a physical entity in 2012 and as a legal entity in 2014. It has planted areas with medicinal plants in several regions of Albania, specifically: Fier County, 60 ha of Lavender and Cyanus flowers; Korç County, 80 ha of Marigold; Elbasan County, 20 ha Lavender, Shkodër County 60 ha Basil and Sage, Berat County 25 ha Sage, Ornamental sunflower, Melissa. The labeling is according to the tracking. Labels are specific to organic products and according to the areas where they are collected. Sage is the most widespread aromatic and medicinal plant in Albania and the Albanian territories.
It represents a very important Albanian national product for internal medical, culinary, and export use. It is enough to mention that 42% of the Sage used in the USA is Albanian production (directly from Albania). The data shows that another 12% of the amount of Sage used in the USA goes indirectly from other countries that import it from Albania, process it (added value), and export it to the USA as their own processed product.
An interesting and very meaningful fact about Sage is that 80% of the world's production of Sage essence is produced from Albanian Sage. Natural Sage constitutes an employment opportunity in rural areas and provides significant financial income for many families in rural areas through harvesting and preliminary and urban processing, final processing of the herb, marketing, and even the production and packaging of the essence.
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