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First capacity building training
“Empowerment of Shar : Women leaders in non-timber forest product collection”, a transformative project aimed at strengthening capacities for the organic cultivation of forest products in the form of shrubs known as small trees and medicinal and aromatic plants. This initiative focuses on empowering people, enabling them to become key players in sustainable agricultural practices. We started with the realization of the first training on the topic “Sustainable management of non-timber forest products in theNational Park Shar Mountain”, where the participants showed interest in the cultivation of non-timber forest products and had the opportunity to increase capacities in relation to:
The manual for sustainable collection of wild species of plants, fungi and their parts in the protected area of National Park Shar Mountain.
- Collection and use of non-timber forest products – (PPJD)
- Basic collection rules
- Types that are collected
- Equipment and tools
- Conditions, security, obligations, control
- Field behavior
- Cultivation of PPJD
Agriculture as a branch of a country’s economy This project is part of the project “Sustainable use of natural resources in Korab Koritnik, Shar and the Albanian Alps”, implemented by the #CNVP Foundation – The connection of natural values and people and financed by #PONT – Prespa Ohër Nature Trust.
2. Second training – Capacity building
Realization of training for capacity building, of the project “Empowerment of Shar: Women leaders in the collection of non-timber forest products”, a transformative project aimed at strengthening capacities on the topic: the benefits of organic cultivation of non-timber forest products as well as market linkages and promotion.
During this training, we focused on:
- The process of organic farming, the most effective and healthy ways to grow organic products
- Market connections, how to create common network for easier sales as well
- Branding and promotional strategies
Through fruitful discussions and exchanges of information, it became clear that organic farming offers not only a healthy way to produce food, but is also an important act to preserve our environment, a unique production management system which support the protection of the ecosystem. In this training, the participants also had the opportunity to get to know the tools and strategies to connect with the market and to successfully promote non-wood forest products, as well as the exploration of different marketing channels for this particular market.
Through intelligent discussions and exchanges of experiences, it was discovered that excellent promotion and good market connection are essential for the success of a non-wood forest products business.
This project is part of the project “Sustainable use of natural resources in Korab Koritnik, Shar and the Albanian Alps”, implemented by the CNVP Foundation – The Connection of Natural Values and People and financed by PONT – Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust.
Implementation of the activity: Procurment with resources
Supply of 600 seedlings of non-timber forest products (blackberries, raspberries, goji berry, aronia, blueberries, currants) as well as organic fertilizer, as part of the project: “Empowerment of Sharri: Women leaders in the collection of non-timber forest products ”, where we managed to supply with seedlings of non-wood forest products of high quality and safe for a more sustainable and clean environment.
This project is part of the project “Sustainable use of natural resources in Korab Koritnik, Shar and the Albanian Alps”, implemented by the CNVP Foundation – The Connection of Natural Values and People and financed by PONT – Prespa Ohrid Nature Trust.
