Family farming systems: Their role and constraints in sustainable development of mountain areas

摘要

The main activity of rural human population in the mountain areas of Albania is the management of ruminants, chiefly under the conditions of extensive systems. These systems are characterized by low productivity. The lack of programs in accordance with technical, biological and economic criteria and the lack of a policy for sustainable economic development during the last 10 years has underlined many questions concerning the whole system and the related environment as well. The method of questionnaires was used to carry out the study in order to understand the situation and put in evidence the influence of different factors concerning the family farming system.