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The agri SMEs in Kosovo are facing challenges that are reducing competitiveness and preventing it from fulfilling their production potential. The main constraints in increasing productivity and improving competitiveness are the low use of modern techniques and technologies in both production and management of enterprises, lack of funds, the low use of inputs, and the limited ability to meet international standards of food safety. This paper is focused on the analysis of the impact of agricultural SMEs in the rural economy of the country and the problems related to the impact. The data used for this analysis are the data conducted for the Farm Structure Survey (FSS) which includes the farmers’ list from Agricultural Records compiled by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) in 2014, as well as the lists of beneficiaries for both direct payments/subsidies and for grants for the period of 2014 to 2017 received by the Agency for Agriculture Development. From the research results, significant factors having an effect on the annual income of agris SMEs are the following: income from the sale of agricultural products, income from subsidies, income from non-agricultural activities, income from salaries, remittances, and income from other activities.

Subject and purpose of work: Agriculture has historically been an important sector in Kosovo’s economy however the biggest challenges are migration, land fragmentation, and access to market and finance. Support from the Government of Kosovo for the agriculture and rural development sector is based on the ARDP 2007-13 and includes direct support measures that strongly correspond to Pillar I measures under CAP and rural development support measures similar to CAP Pillar II. The objective of this paper is to assess three measures (101,103,302) under the national plan of agriculture and rural development of Kosovo.

The weight of the load is one of the main parameters in reductive melting process in electrical furnace which depends on the roasting of ores in a furnace located in Drenas. Roasting of the load is done at ∼950°C, which is composed of ores from Drenas and Albania. Also, the article has the experimental analyses that modify some parameters of the production which are the reduction in quantity of limestone in the load and the increase in quantity of quartz used in the load. The paper emphasises the possibility of mixing the ore from Kosovo with the lateritic ore from Albania with the aim of reducing the acidity of weight which is loaded in the electrical furnace. The optimisation of the above mentioned parameters enhances the production process and provides better practical results. The composition of the load must satisfy the ratio 1:10 of ore from Kosovo and Albania to optimise the melting process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]