The assessment of Floristic Diversity in Narta (Albania)

ALMA IMERI1, RUDINA KOCI2, ALFRED MULLAJ3 1Lecturer, Agricultural University of Tirana, Department of Plant Production, 2PhD Student, Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania 3Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology *Corresponding author  e-mail: bioalma_79@yahoo.com         Download PDF Fulltext Abstract: Narta Ecosystem is considered as one of the most important area in Albania based on the […]

Modelling moral hazard for irrigated agriculture with fixed and variable transaction costs

ALBAN LIKA1*, FRANCESCO GALIOTO1, DAVIDE VIAGGI1 1Full Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Via G. Fanin, 44, 40127 Bologna, Italy alban.lika3@unibo.it; francesco.galigoto@unibo.it; davide.viaggi@unibo.it *Corresponding author  e-mail: alban.lika3@unibo.it         Download PDF Fulltext Abstract: The paper develops a water pricing strategy for irrigate agriculture under conditions of asymmetric information and explores a pricing strategy which tries […]

The impact of diesel vehicular movements in the city centre of Pristina in relation of PM10 release, Kosovo

AFETE MUSLIU1*, SEIT SHALLARI2 1International College of Business and Technology (UBT) – lecturer / Lagjja Kalabria, NN, Prishtina, Kosovo 2Agricultural University of Tirana (UBT) – lecturer, Kamez, Albania *Corresponding author  e-mail: afete.musliu@ubt-uni.net         Download PDF Fulltext Abstract: Vehicular traffic is one of the biggest sources of pollution that create environmental problems that arise from the […]

Analysis of land fragmentation process through GIS system for a sustainable management in the Synej commune (Kavaja)

ADRIAN DOKO1*, ALBERT KOPALI1, ROMINA KOTO1 , ERIOLA VESELAJ2 1 Department of Agro-environment and Ecology, Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania 2Department of Land Management, Agriculture Technology Transfer Centre Fushe Kruje, AlbaniaFirstname Lastname1*, *Corresponding author  e-mail: dokoadrian@gmail.com         Download PDF Fulltext Abstract: Synej district is located in the centre of Albania on Kavaja Municipality which is […]

Variations in the body shape of the rotifer Keratella quadrata (Müller, 1786) in selected Albanian lagoons

SPASE SHUMKA1, MARIA ŠPOLJAR2 1Agricultural University of Tirana, Email: 2University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, *Corresponding author  e-mail: sprespa@gmail.com; maria.spoljar@biol.pmf.hr         Download PDF Fulltext Abstract: Seasonal/temporal variation in body shape, often termed cyclomorphosis, occurs in several zooplankton groups, including rotifers. Such variation is common within the genus Keratella, mainly involving changes in body and spine lengths. […]

Risk of nitrogen losses from cultivated soils: effect of biochar amendment

ANGELA LIBUTTI1*, ERDONA DEMIRAJ2, SULEJMAN SULÇE2, MASSIMO MONTELEONE1 1Department of Science of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25-71122, Foggia, Italy. 2Department of Agro-Environment and Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Agriculture University of Tirana, St. “Pajsi Vodica”, Kodër-Kamëz, Tirana, Albania. *Corresponding author  e-mail: angela.libutti@unifg.it         Download PDF Fulltext Abstract: Field experiments […]

Valorization of industrial wastes via chemical preparation of the environmentally friendly oxidants

NDUE KANARI1*, SEIT SHALLARI2, FREDERIC DIOT1, ERIC ALLAIN1, JACQUES YVON1 1Université de Lorraine, UMR 7359 CNRS, CREGU, GeoRessources Laboratory, 2, rue du doyen Roubault, BP 10162, 54505 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France 2Agriculture University of Tirana, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, 1029, Tirana, Albania *Corresponding author  e-mail: ndue.kanari@univ-lorraine.fr         Download PDF Fulltext Abstract: Extraction of several non-ferrous metals […]

Simple device, experimental approach and data analysis for evaluating hydration kinetic and water retention of soils

MARION DARNAT1, NDUE KANARI2*, SULEJMAN SULÇE3, JACQUES YVON2, JEAN-PIERRE JACQUINET1 1Société TRACER Environnement, 3 Rue Champeau 21850 Saint Apollinaire France. 2Université de Lorraine, UMR 7359 CNRS, CREGU, GeoRessources Laboratory, 2, rue du doyen Roubault, BP 10162, 54505 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France. 3Agriculture University of Tirana, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, 1029, Tirana, Albania. *Corresponding author  e-mail: ndue.kanari@univ-lorraine.fr […]

Intensity of soil erosion on agricultural land under different of cropping systems and cultivation practices

DUSKO MUKAETOV1*, HRISTINA POPOSKA1, MARJAN ANDREEVSKI1 1University Ss Cyril and Methodius, Institute of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science, Skopje, R. of Macedonia /16-ta Makedonska brigada 3-a, Skopje, 1000, Republic of Macedonia *Corresponding author  e-mail: d.mukaetov@zeminst.edu.mk         Download PDF Fulltext Abstract: Soil conservation practices and in particular soil tillage and crop cultivation patterns are becoming an […]

Water quality in Albania: An overview of sources of contamination and controlling factors

SULEJMAN SULÇE1*, EVAN RROCO1, JAMARBËR MALLTEZI1, SEIT SHALLARI1, ZAMIR LIBOHOVA2, SOKRAT SINAJ3, NIKOLLA P. QAFOKU4 1Agriculture University of Tirana, Kodër -Kamëz, Agronomy Building no 7, 1019 Tirana, Albania. 2USDA-NRCS National Soil Survey Center, 100 Centennial Mall North, Federal Building, Room 152. Lincoln, NE USA 68508. 3Agroscope, Institute for Plant Production Sciences (IPS), Route de Duillier […]