Albania: A lesson in localism
Sustainable Food Trust
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
Until 1990, the system of collective farms in a country that had been able to utilise its abundant water to irrigate most farmland, meant Albania was self-sufficient in food. The great diversity of open-pollinated varieties of maize are now lost – bar a handful in mountainous regions. Yet, unique and important varieties survive.
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