Editing Economy of Albania (section)

===Primary sector===
{{Main|Agriculture in Albania|Albanian wine}}

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 |footer =The [[Albanian Riviera]] is famous for its [[olive]] and [[citrus]] [[plantation]]s. '''left''' [[Albania]] is the 9th largest producer of [[Figs]] in the world. '''center''' Vineyard in [[Përmet]]. '''right'''}}

During the communist regime, Albania's agriculture was heavily centralised integrated with agriculture-related industries, and state-run. Today, agriculture in [[Albania]] employs 47.8% of the population and about 24.31% of the land is used for agricultural purposes. Agriculture contributes to 18.9% of the country's [[GDP]]. The main agricultural products in Albania are [[tobacco]], [[fruit]]s including [[Orange (fruit)|oranges]], [[lemon]]s, [[Ficus|figs]], [[grape]]s, [[vegetable]]s such as [[olive]]s, [[wheat]], [[maize]], [[potato]]es but also [[sugar beet]]s, [[meat]], [[honey]], [[dairy product]]s, and [[traditional medicine]] and aromatic plants.

[[Albanian wine]] is characterised by its unique sweetness and indigenous varieties. It has one of Europe's longest histories of [[viticulture]].<ref name="winealbania1">http://www.winealbania.com {{webarchive|url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110208101841/http://winealbania.com/ |date=2011-02-08 }} Wine Albania Portal</ref> [[Albania]] produced an estimated 17,500 tonnes of [[wine]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://faostat.fao.org/site/636/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=636#ancor |title= Wine production (tons) |publisher= [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] |page=28 |access-date=2011-04-18| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110520105103/http://faostat.fao.org/site/636/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=636| archive-date= 20 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> During communism, the production area expanded to some {{convert|20000|ha}}.<ref name="winealbania1"/> Today's Albania region was one of the few places where the vine was naturally grown during the ice age. The oldest found seeds in the region are 40,000 to 60,000 years old.<ref>{{cite book|first=Tom |last=Stevenson|title=The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia |year=2011 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |isbn=9781405359795}}</ref> Ancient Roman writer [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] describes [[Illyrians|Illyrian]] wine as "very sweet or luscious" and refers to it as "taking the third rank among all the wines".<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=O575C2_7LCkC&q=albanian+wine&pg=PA41 |title= The Laws of Fermentation and the Wines of the Ancients |date= July 2010 |publisher= Bronson Press |page=41 |isbn= 9781446029565 |access-date=2011-04-10}}</ref> Albanian families are traditionally known to grow grapes in their gardens for producing wine and [[Rakia]].

Albania produced in 2018:

* 391 thousand tons of [[maize]];
* 288 thousand tons of [[tomato]];
* 254 thousand tons of [[potato]];
* 240 thousand tons of [[wheat]];
* 239 thousand tons of [[watermelon]];
* 184 thousand tons of [[grape]];
* 120 thousand tons of [[cucumber]];
* 117 thousand tons of [[olive]];
* 108 thousand tons of [[apple]];
* 100 thousand tons of [[onion]];
* 81 thousand tons of [[bell pepper]];

In addition to smaller productions of other agricultural products, like [[melon]] (41 thousand tons), [[plum]] (41 thousand tons), [[oat]] (34 thousand tons), [[sugar beet]] (27 thousand tons), [[Common fig|fig]] (24 thousand tons), [[peach]] (19 thousand tons) and [[pear]] (13 thousand tons).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ |title=Austria production in 2018, by FAO |access-date=2020-11-01 |archive-date=2017-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511194947/http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC/ |url-status=live }}</ref>