500 thousand sheep less/ From 2019 there is a strong decline, young people do not want to deal with animal husbandry

2024-11-30 15:45:21 / EKONOMI&SOCIALE ALFA PRESS
500 thousand sheep less/ From 2019 there is a strong decline, young people do

Young people do not want to deal with animal husbandry, because according to them this is a job that requires very little and brings little profit.

The abandonment of the villages has also led to a drastic decrease in the number of livestock, from 2019 to 2023, according to data from INSTAT, there are half a million fewer sheep in our country.

Bujar Musa today works as a shepherd in Çaë in Gjirokastra, once he had his own flock of sheep, but the cheap price of milk forced him to give them away, and stories like this of Bujar can be found in every village in Albania

On the other hand, those who want to breed cattle find it difficult to find shepherds, even though the shepherd's salary ranges from 500 to 1 million old lek. According to the shepherds, this work is not only despised by young people, but also by their own peers.

Transhumance has been part of UNESCO for a year, sheep migration is already part of cultural heritage, but this fact has not changed the subsidy schemes from the Ministry of Agriculture, even though the number of living things is always increasing.

 

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