{"id":77968,"date":"2022-06-07T15:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/finalja-e-humbur-e-bujqve\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T12:11:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T10:11:22","slug":"the-last-of-the-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/the-last-of-the-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"The last of the farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"77968\" class=\"elementor elementor-77968 elementor-76813\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08961fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08961fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76972\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faa677c elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"faa677c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-small\">\"The noblest thing is to eat what <br>you have raised by the sweat of your<br> own labor.\"<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a014e5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a014e5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8192454\" data-id=\"8192454\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50cc891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50cc891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you\u2019re passing by Krush\u00eb e Madhe, between the distant high mountains and the village itself, fields where cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, onions and strawberries grow line both sides of the road.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of a narrow walkway, between a greenhouse and a field full of spring onions, sits Muharrem\u2019s hut, as it is known in the village. A small wooden house, in front of which was carved the words &#8220;Reap and Eat.&#8221; In front of the hut, a man in his 50s was swinging lightly back and forth in a porch swing. Three other men were standing under the shade cast by the hut.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a04183 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a04183\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d086edb\" data-id=\"d086edb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afb432b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afb432b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76824\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21f2a8f\" data-id=\"21f2a8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e508147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e508147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.006.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76833\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c85d9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c85d9a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0719595\" data-id=\"0719595\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa333fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa333fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.009.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76827\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17b2b52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17b2b52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e874fa\" data-id=\"4e874fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d0717 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4d0717\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After we greeted everyone, Muharrem Hoti, a tall 58-year-old man with gray hair and blue eyes who emitted the energy of a fresh 20-year-old farmer invited us inside. He built it a few years ago because the farmers spend most of their time between January and October in the fields and they needed protection from the sun during the summer months.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The improvised wooden chairs were divided by a wide and low wooden table, where they served freshly picked strawberries.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with Hoti, in front of me sat Ymer Duraku, the man from the porch swing. Duraku, 54, had coarser features and spoke with a more serious tone. He told me that they were used to visiting politicians, mayors, tourists, visitors and journalists. They jokingly said that their fellow villagers often told them that &#8220;they are the only ones they see on TV talking about agriculture.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d37c53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d37c53\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f8410e\" data-id=\"2f8410e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90c0c44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90c0c44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.007.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76830\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b004fab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b004fab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21dda04\" data-id=\"21dda04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c00002a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c00002a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hadn\u2019t yet started recording the conversation when Duraku told me that work that once required around 50 people is now done by only two or three. Technology has largely replaced the need for manpower, at least in some stages of the agricultural process, especially during the planting stage.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once, they told me, you could find almost all of the village&#8217;s 8,000 inhabitants in the fields, planting, watering and reaping the crops. In the last 10 years you are now able to count the number of farmers on two hands. People have given up on working the fields because they bring no profit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duraku says that things were rough back then too. He started working in these fields when he was 13 years old. Together with the men and boys of the village, they usually stayed in the fields from morning, through the midday heat until evening. Back then, they waited for &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">silla<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; (breakfast) at 10 in the morning and lunch at 2, both meals were brought by their wives in a baking pan carried over their heads.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fafee2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fafee2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c96151\" data-id=\"5c96151\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3bccf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a3bccf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.015-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76867\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d345b71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d345b71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6290238\" data-id=\"6290238\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7a5d82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7a5d82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoti tells me that he has been involved in agriculture since &#8220;he was born.&#8221; He started going to the fields with his father at the age of seven &#8220;to sow the seeds&#8221; and to this day he hasn&#8217;t left farming. Even his father, who had passed away two months before our conversation, worked these fields until his last days.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoti and Duraku functioned in tandem with each other during the conversation. Each time Hoti started telling us about their work, Duraku continued the story by adding casually to the exchange, sometimes countering Hoti&#8217;s version of events and begging him not to &#8220;change the subject.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a08088a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a08088a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c32e77\" data-id=\"3c32e77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-745117d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"745117d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM8716.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76870\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5bbd8c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5bbd8c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd15a54\" data-id=\"fd15a54\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4b98f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4b98f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoti and Duraku each have eight hectares of land they manage, most of which they rent from fellow villagers. Although the fields are in different parts of the village, they usually spent a lot of time together exchanging technical tools, talking about their problems and sometimes even disagreeing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting in January, they begin working in the early hours of the morning and return at midnight to water the crops. It becomes more intense during the summer months.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;For about two months I don\u2019t even know when I sleep or when I get up,&#8221; Duraku told me. Along with cultivating the same crops as other local villagers, he also grows saffron, a spice known as &#8220;red gold&#8221; because it requires a lot of dedication and patience to grow, and fetches a high price in return. A saffron flower has only three stigmas \u2014 fibers \u2014 which they remove by hand and further process to produce the spice. For half a kilo of saffron, laborers must remove fibers from 75,000 flowers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1baf819 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1baf819\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c9b6dc\" data-id=\"6c9b6dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb8ac77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cb8ac77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.008.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76848\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4303470 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4303470\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45e93bf\" data-id=\"45e93bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a4cb13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a4cb13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After harvesting their crops, they deliver the products to four collection and processing points in Kosovo, some of which they sell in the domestic market and others for export. One of them is the local cooperative factory run by Fahrije Hoti, who is one of the 200 women Krush\u00eb e Madhe who lost their husbands during the war in Kosovo. After the war she established the factory and employed 50 women. Her story was the inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film &#8220;Hive.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both Hoti and Duraku were wearing green vests with the word &#8220;Agronom&#8221; written on the left side of the chest. I asked them if this was their company. &#8220;They gave these to us,&#8221; they said unanimously, laughing. The two men don&#8217;t work as part of any registered company. They have never worked anywhere else nor ever had a written contract and despite all their labors over the years, not a single euro has been paid into their pension fund.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bf20f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bf20f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-055a62a\" data-id=\"055a62a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee7a12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ee7a12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.016.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76854\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ad3eb0\" data-id=\"1ad3eb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a62d144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a62d144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM8840-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76876\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48b362f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48b362f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4251a8\" data-id=\"d4251a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2566237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2566237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We do not even know how much we earn. Non-stop we are in debt to the bank,&#8221; Hoti said. &#8220;We cannot afford to save money for retirement.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People\u2019s interest in working in agriculture is dwindling and Hoti and Duraku are experiencing it firsthand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They say they cannot find people who want to work the land, although they pay 25 euros for eight hours of work. With the recent establishm<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ent of collection points for purchasing produce, they are now ensured that they are able to sell their harvest at pre-arranged rates. Despite this, due to a lack of workers they said that 10 tons of strawberries went to waste last year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Young people see no prospects in agriculture, you work as a laborer, when that work is finished, you are left as a nobody, so it is better to get a profession,&#8221; said Hoti. &#8220;This is a seasonal job,&#8221; Duraku added. According to Hoti, during the last two years young people have given up agriculture, though Duraku says that this happened gradually but appears even more stark today since only a very small number of young people remain in agriculture.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both speak of the post-war period as the time when the people of Krush\u00eb abandoned agriculture, but they both recall a catastrophic storm on August 28, 1993. &#8220;The hail fell and it ravaged the whole village and 200 young people left the country in only one week,&#8221; said Hoti.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to migration to other countries, the labor force has also been affected by internal migration since the post-war period. Cities, with their economic development and job opportunities, have attracted people from the villages and this affects those most dependent on agriculture.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides the lack of a labor force, the two years of price increases have worsened the situation. Even without prices increasing, each spring, both of them take bank loans to cover farming expenses.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo those who live in Prishtina, it may look expensive because you buy from the trader, but we still sell the product for 30 cents,&#8221; said Hoti, adding that recently the increase in prices has made their work more difficult than at any other point during the post-war period.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of their sales must be deducted rent for the land, the materials for cultivation and the cost of labor. In the final month, as they call October, when they sell their produce and see their financial balance, their profit is nominal.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;When you buy produce in the market, you assume that the farmer earns a lot,&#8221; Duraku said. \u201cBut when you see it from our side you ask yourself, how are they surviving?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8965f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8965f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05ec9c6\" data-id=\"05ec9c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b358a4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b358a4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM8645.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76879\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64cc7ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64cc7ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65d2581\" data-id=\"65d2581\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd3e0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fd3e0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Duraku, the government has not been focused on the development of agriculture and domestic production over the last many years. In January alone, Kosovo imported five times more goods than it exported. I ask Duraku what needs to be changed in agricultural policies. As he lists dozens of things that can be done in order to promote working the land in the villages he assures us there are people who want to work. &#8220;For some, money is a priority, for some it is spiritual pleasure.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both told us that in their families, the two of them may be the last generation dealing with agriculture. Their children have either migrated or chosen other professions, except for one of Hoti&#8217;s sons, who returned after college to help him. Sometimes he helps in the fields and sometimes he brings things to add to their shelter, such as an old radio that hangs at the end of the hut.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I can say that these will be the last 10 years that people deal with agriculture. My generation of 50 years will be the last. My children do not work in agriculture,&#8221; Duraku stated. &#8220;It is just those of us who as a generation had no other opportunity to rely on that work the land.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;There is no future here, we only do it to not rely on anybody,&#8221; Hoti said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9608754 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9608754\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5595bfb\" data-id=\"5595bfb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583d26f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"583d26f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.013.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76882\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-357ba06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"357ba06\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-729bcc9\" data-id=\"729bcc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a638d5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a638d5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duraku says that Hoti&#8217;s son has started promoting the village\u2019s agricultural values on a Facebook page &#8220;Korr e ha n&#8217;katun&#8221; (Reap and Eat in the Village) to attract tourists. Some of the most frequent visitors are newlywed couples who come to take their wedding photos near the fields. He jokingly tells how \u2014 as an anxious person \u2014 a couple once took so long taking pictures that he told them to leave because the cabbage seedlings needed to be watered.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Hoti plans to attract family visitors with children who would learn about things like how strawberries grow.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both say they feel underappreciated for the work they do as farmers&#8217; work is not respected compared to other jobs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Young people don\u2019t like working in farmland, they consider it humiliating when someone tells them to go to the field and work the land,&#8221; Hoti said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Right now, in society, you are dismissed immediately when you say that you work in agriculture. Across the whole globe, those who keep humanity fed are the most oppressed,\u201d Duraku said. &#8220;I will tell you something about myself, when my gardens are grown well, my soul is satisfied. Because there I see the result of how good I am producing something. I see my ability. Ability is if I make a good product, that\u2019s the value, not the market.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3245d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3245d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eb54a2\" data-id=\"6eb54a2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b195b21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b195b21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76842\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98935a8\" data-id=\"98935a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-804bed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"804bed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.012.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-76845\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee0dc64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee0dc64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae4840e\" data-id=\"ae4840e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e4ef8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e4ef8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Hoti and Duraku are facing other problems as well. Rural areas and agricultural lands are being hit hard by the effects of global warming. It is bringing more dangerous storms, stronger heat waves, longer heat seasons, displacement of people and devastated farmlands.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the two farmers, extreme temperatures reduce crop yields and delay production because the plants cannot withstand temperatures above 30 degrees.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It was only in the fall that the vegetables started to ripen,&#8221; Hoti said, adding that it is strange because many believe that higher temperatures speed up the ripening of vegetables. But instead of ripening, they expend all their energy to protect themselves from drying out.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duraku insists that in Kosovo things often go wrong and that it will take time for them to be put right. He tells me how along with the Drin River bed, many fields have been turned into landfill sites and can no longer be cultivated.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;When I close my eyes, I can still smell the &#8216;krishna&#8217;,&#8221; he said, using an archaic word for plant. &#8220;That&#8217;s how we used to call them. Now, it is a horror,&#8221; said Duraku, recalling how healthy the land was in his younger years.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70c3168 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70c3168\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e36f751\" data-id=\"e36f751\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08e4153 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08e4153\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.014-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76894\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-838cf00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"838cf00\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-992c932\" data-id=\"992c932\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-524a3e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"524a3e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duraku has little optimism for the future of agriculture, saying that he will leave the sector soon enough. Putting aside the many problems he faces today, he speaks proudly about his produce as they invite us to see the strawberry fields.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoti shows me the process of collecting strawberries and differences between strawberries destined for the individuals and those destined for industrial processing. As he tells me that cultivating and picking strawberries is a multiphase process, he takes one and removes its stem. Each industrial strawberry must have its stem and leaves removed by hand before being shipped to the processing plant. While observing the large field planted with strawberries I remember their concern about the 10 tons of strawberries wasted last year.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a2f89c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a2f89c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-298232a\" data-id=\"298232a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a9d6ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a9d6ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.017-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-77023\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9bd4a8d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9bd4a8d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-015e9a9\" data-id=\"015e9a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-896ada2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"896ada2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, they accompany us to Krush\u00eb e Madhe&#8217;s cooperative plant where their products are processed, packaged and made ready for consumers&#8217; tables. They enter as if it is their own home and we meet the manager of the cooperative who explains to us the procedure of processing and packaging.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ccfaa6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ccfaa6d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba112cb\" data-id=\"ba112cb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a76ecfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a76ecfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/FLM-RuralAreaFarmers.020.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-76891\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-688dcd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"688dcd2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b6a002\" data-id=\"4b6a002\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c371b3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c371b3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though we told them that as journalists we could not accept gifts, they made sure to follow village custom and did not let us leave empty-handed. They gave us a jar with peppers and yogurt, jam and a small jar with 400 saffron fibers from 133 flowers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After almost five hours of conversation, I apologized to Duraku for taking up their working hours. He told me that he had work to do for tomorrow, but that the weather application on his phone told him that it would rain tomorrow. Before, without applications, the sky oriented them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next day, in Prishtina, amid the chaos of the buildings, as the sky got gloomy, I tasted the jar of yogurt and pepper and thought about them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I thought about what Duraku told me: &#8220;The noblest thing is to eat what you have raised by the sweat of your own labor.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-868556d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"868556d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"background-color:#FFFB00\">Author: Gentiana Pa\u00e7arizi<\/span><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5103573 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5103573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"background-color:#FFFB00\">photography: Ferdi limani\/K2.0<\/span><\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aeb169e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aeb169e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ce1582\" data-id=\"6ce1582\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2af389d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2af389d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Norway_Logo_Positive_CMYK.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"35\" \/><\/i><\/p><p><i><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Balkan-Trust_cmyk-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"43\" \/><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 80%;\"><i><br \/>This article has been produced with the financial support of the \u201cBalkan Trust for Democracy,\u201d a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 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