This is your gateway to everything you might need to know about the advice and technical assistance being given to the farming community in Kosovo.

Here you will find practical information on what is being done for farmers and how this will work, as well as detailed analysis of the current farming situation in Kosovo.

We outline what an advisory service can and can not be expected to do, the role of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development (MAFRD) and how private advisory services should cooperate with the MAFRD. There is also an outline of the overall strategy that the advisory services will pursue.

About this site

Knowledge and information are essential for farmers and rural communities to enable them to respond successfully to the opportunities and challenges of social, economic and technological changes, including those that help to improve agricultural productivity, food security and rural livelihoods. But to be useful, knowledge and information must be effectively communicated and shared with people. This is one of the main objectives of these web pages.

The Rural Advisory and Support Services (RASS) web site encompasses different approaches such as modules for farmer training, human resources database and Internet links for international organizations, ministries and technical departments, research institutes, rural extension services, producer groups, etc.

The main objective of this site is to have people communicating and learning together.

Here you will find a list activities covered including training, publications, human resources database and our contact details.

Please follow the links on the left - we hope you find this site useful and look forward to your comments.