Pirro Icka

Universiteti Fan S. Noli · Department of Agriculture

The concept of adaptation to climate change has become increasingly prominent within international and national climate policies over the past decade. Climate change is affecting globally on agricultural productivity and has significant risk to crop productivity and food security. Agricultural biodiversity in general, and plant genetic resources fo...

The fire is an important mean for heating and cooking purposes in many rural and urban areas in Albania, and the only source of firewood remain the forest. Korça region is one of the biggest users of firewood for heating and cooking in Albania. In the framework of the protecting the forests and environment, recently in this region is seen with inte...

The fire is an important mean for heating and cooking purposes in many rural and urban areas in Albania, and the only source of firew ood remain the forest. Korça region is one of the biggest users of firew ood for heating and cooking in Albania. In the framew ork of the protecting the forests and environment, recently in this region is seen w ith...

This paper aims to present the diversity of endemic plants in the Shutman area and an analysis of chorological groups and life forms. The flora of Shutman comprises 31 endemic plant species. Among them, there are 20 Balkan endemics, 1 stenoendemic and 5 sub-endemic species. They belong to 20 genera and 13 families. The richest among the endemics ar...

Important Plant Area of Drenova-Nikolica is located in southeast of Albania, in Korca region and covers 1890 ha. The study of the endemic and relicts species of this area is performed for the first time. In the present study, 57 endemic and relict species were recorded, belonging to 46 genera and 33 families. The most species-rich families are Sali...

Devoll area, in Albania, there was a great diversity of traditional crops, local varieties and semi-domesticated species. Many species have a great potential in terms of contributing to local food needs, but some of them are neglected and underutilized. While some semicultivated species continue to be preserved by socio-cultural factors and local u...

Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana Gaertn., Mey. & Scherb.) has been used by man in many parts of the world as a food natural preservative, cooking spice and folk medicinal. The roots are most frequently used in ethnomedicine and they have a very pungent smell, intensive lachrymatory odour and bitter taste. Because of its valuable effects in health,...

The re has been an important mean for the civilizations of all times to be used in: heating, cooking, lighting etc., which lead all those civilizations to utilize various sources to reach their aims. Korça region is one of the biggest users of timber for heating purposes in Albania. In the framework of the protecting the forestry and environment,...

PERMBLEDHJE Pjekja e mollëve është një faktor çelës në përcaktimin e kohës së vjeljes, cilësinë dhe jetëgjatësinë pas vjeljes. Për të përcaktuar kohën e vjeljes janë përdorur metodologji të ndryshme si ditë të kaluara pas lulëzimit të plotë, shuma e temperaturave aktive, etj. Por treguesit e pjekjes: lëndë totale të tretur, aciditet, shkalla e degr...

Brenda kuadrit të klimës normale të një rajoni ekzistojnë edhe raste ekstreme. Të tilla janë eventet e thatësirës dhe të lagështisë ekstreme, të cilat godasin një rajon të caktuar në momentin kur vlerat e reshjeve janë jashtë normales shumëvjeçare të rajonit. Fusha e Korçës si rezultat i shpërndarjes të ç'rregullt të reshjeve gjatë vitit goditet si...

Sistemi aktual i menaxhimit të mbeturinave urbane të ngurta në rajonin e Korçës konsiston kryesisht në grumbullimin dhe depozitimin e mbeturinave në vend depozitim dhe nuk mund të flitet për teknologji përpunimi. Një situatë e tillë, e shoqëruar me djegien e mbeturinave, de-pozitimin e përbashkët me mbetjet e rrezikshme spitalore, të industrisë etj...

Assessment and protection of soil qualities is important for the sustainable development of an orchard. However, the Albanian farmers don’t show the right care for the assessment of soil quality. One of the reasons is the cost of soil analyses and the difficulties associated with them. The Visual Soil Assessment – VSA, as an easy, fast, and costles...

The human society since early times has utilized the fire as a mean to accomplish its own needs and fuel providing has always been its main concern. In the framework of the environmental and forestry protection increasingly is required the retrievable and sustainable alternative energy. The utilization of reed biomass is an alternative of the retri...

The human society since early times has utilized the fire as a mean to accomplish its own needs and fuel providing has always been its main concern. In the framework of the environmental and forestry protection increasingly is required the retrievable and sustainable alternative energy. The utilization of reed biomass is an alternative of the retri...

The fast growing woody crops are a very important source for the generation of the bioenergetics biomass. Paulownia sp. Is a plant part of this group, and because of its fast growth, multiple values and high adaptability with climate conditions, is set recently in the centre of the intention. Paulownia is one of the fastest growing species in the w...

Plants are a rich source of many natural products. In Kosovo, and not only, some of them are widely used in medical ethnobotany or as plants for pharmaceutical aims, and a number of species are considered as weeds in crops. The weed atlas and herbicides of Kosovo describes 108 weeds and treats measures to combat it. Many of these are not “unwanted”...

The paper presents assessment of air quality status in major cities of Albania for the period from 2002 to 2011. The annual average of suspended particulate matter (SPM), respirable particulate matter (PM 10), sulfur dioxide (SO 2) and nitrogen oxides (NO 2) were used for the calculation of the air quality index (AQI). Evaluation of exceedance fact...

This work introduces a case study about the National Park of Prespa (NPP) in Albanian side, which is dominated by the traditional ag ricu lture practices wh ich allow sustaining the specific characteristic of the biodiversity and the landscape views of the park and also the functions or services of the ecosystem. The agricultural system dominated b...

Pollution from the oil production and refining industry in Albania is an economic activity that has a strong impact on the environment. The environmental impact of the oil industry on Gjanica River, which collects the discharges from the main oil industry area in Albania, was assessed using the global pollution index. We applied two different evalu...

The apple fruits are one of the most profitable crops in Albania. The increase to the number and surface of orchards during last decade is accompanied by storage problems. One of the majorproble msi napple storage is the determination of optimal harvest time. The traditional maturity indicators do not give the clears it uation of maturity processes...

This paper presents the evaluation of air quality status performed during the period 2002-2011, in the major cities of Albania. We attempted to investigate four key pollutants (SPM, PM 10 , SO 2 and NO 2) and their annual averages were used for the calculation of the air quality index (AQI) and the air quality sub-indices (AQSI) for each of the pol...

Apple cultivation in Albania is manly destined for fresh consumption. Increased productivity of apple is associated with quality parameters, and one of these quality parameters probably is the parthenocarpy that increases hypanthium mass by reducing endocarp mass. Parthenocarpy may be inducted by applying the plant growth regulators, one of them, a...

Key words: rainfall events, statistical methods, upper confidence limit, confidence interval, Pogradec region. SYNOPSIS This article analyzes, through statistical methods, the rainfall quantity in the Pogradec region, Albania, which by previously studies resulted with drought problems during the summer time. The collected data show that the rainfal...

Natural forest of chestnut in Pogradec is an agroforestry system with an economic and social importance for the area residents. In this forest the studies for identification and inventory of chestnut varieties are absent. To identified and conserve the diversity of chestnut varieties in Pogradec region is conducted a comparative study of morphologi...

The development of technology, industry, approaches for new practices to intensive agriculture, to intensify the productivity and to reach the higher yield, have simplified the agriculture systems components and biodiversity. Agrobiodiversity loss affect not only in production off food, fibres, forage and biomass for production of biofuels, but als...

The aim of this study is to determine the quality of drinking water in the city of Pogradec, Albania. Daily samples were taken from six fixed points in the city. They were analyzed based on the standard methods for the following parameters: taste, odor, temperature, pH, conductivity (EC), turbidity, NO -3, NO-2, NH-4, chloride, and microbial load....

Albania, Macedonia, and Kosovo despite being small countries, are notable for their rich biological diversity, as it is also shown from their index of the biological diversity (BD-RICH) respectively 0.633, 0.636 and 0.602. The relatively positive value of their index of biocultural diversity (IBCD-RICH) is the result of their high biodiversity. All...

ABSTRACT The air quality has been recognized as an important public health issue. The impact of humans on their environment has been increasing dramatically over the last decades and economic activities are accompanied by emissions of air pollutants, thereby degrading the environment, and in particular the urban environment. In order to protect pub...

In this paper is applied for the first time in Albania Water Quality Index (WQI) of the Canadian Council of Ministries of the Environment (CCME) for assessment of water quality of water supply network on Pogradec city. CCME-WQI, a technique of rating water quality, is an effective tool to assess spatial and temporal changes on the quality of any wa...

Abstract Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) is a good source of biologically active components which influence the human health positively. The plant reflects 30 different biological activities over 60 important medical indications. Purslane is a very good supplier of oil acids omega-3, antioxidants and basic amino-acids and of αlinoleic acid. Due to...

PËRMBLEDHJE Funksioni i produktivitetit të tokës është i lidhur ngushtë me cilësinë e saj, e cila vlerësohet nëpërmjet treguesve të cilësisë që mund të jenë veti, procese dhe karakteristika fizike, kimike dhe biologjike të matshëm për të monitoruar ndryshimet e tokës. Metoda e Vlerësimi Vizual i Tokës (VSA) është një metodë e thjeshtë, jo e kushtue...

Discharge of untreated urban waters on surface waters is one of the main sources of natural water pollution in our country. During many years in the Ohrid Lake is discharged the wastewater from city of Pogradec and the surrounding villages, which certainly had environmental impact on the lake. Last year, the drainage channel of Drilon, built to rem...

This report deals with some of the main problems that are present at the peaty field of Maliq about 5300 ha, from which 2050 ha are Histosols and the rest Luviosols and Fluviosols. Maximal thickness of the peaty depositions is currently about 7,5 m compared to 11,5 m before the drainage of the bog, about 60 years ago. The compound of the organic ma...

The Gibberellins and Cytokine are two of the most powerful hormonal groups which are used with the purpose to increase the productivity of the agricultural cultivars. The usage of Promalin preparation (Giberelina GA 4+7 + Citokinina 6-Benziladenina), to two apple cultivars of Golden and Red Delicious, gave a powerful impact to the increase of the w...