Renata Kongoli

• Professor (Full) at Agricultural University of Tirana

Food production systems are undergoing a structural transformation towards a sustainable resilient state, offering opportunities for economic benefits, employment creation, and enhanced food safety and security. Governing this sustainability transition is a complex process which calls for interventions at all policy levels, including higher educati...

Hasani, A., Kongoli, R., Laze, A., Popovska, O. & Rexhepi, E. (2021). Production of a pasteurized functional drink containing wheatgrass and apple juice. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 27 (3), 615-624 The novelty in this investigation is the development of a new product, production of a pasteurized functional drink containing wheatgrass. The aim of this res...

The paper briefly presents goals, activities, challenges, and outcomes of the NETCHEM project (http://www.netchem.ac.rs/) that was co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of European Union (573885-EPP-1-2016-1-RS-EPPKA2- CBHE-JP). The project has been started in October 2016 and with extension lasted until April 2020. Western Balkan region has been targe...

Can the cooperation in trade, investments, and innovations be the instrument for better cohesion of the Danube countries? How the Structural funds and cross- border programs can contribute to better cohesion between the Danube countries?

The pomegranate (Punicagranatum L.) fruit deserves special attention by consumers interested at consuming nutritional food with excellent taste. Pomegranate is a highly valued crop and is widely cultivated in Mediterranean countries. Based on the maturity index (sugar/acid ratio) pomegranate fruit cultivars can be classified into three groups: swee...

The scope of this study was to evaluate sensory attributes and consumer acceptance of different composition of fruit juices containing wheatgrass. A 5-point hedonic scale evaluation test for acceptance was conducted with 43 non-professional panelists. Data collected from the evaluation forms were processed using Descriptive analysis and ANOVA. The...

There are many microorganisms in grape that are used to do wine. Some of them are wild yeast, lactic acid bacteria, acetic acid bacteria. Yeasts that are in grape are indigenous yeasts and spontaneous fermentation is done by them. Otherwise, inducted fermentation is done adding yeasts like culture starter that make a controlled and provided ferment...

Republic of Kosovo meets some of its needs for wheat through domestic production, however the rest is imported from abroad. Given that major part of imported wheat originates from the countries in the region and Europe, this stemmed the idea that this book focuses on cultivating some wheat cultivars from the region in agro climatic conditions of Ko...

Phenolic compounds in recent years are well known for their beneficial effect in human health, as they are featured by antioxidant properties. Figs are sources of phenolic compounds more than red wine and tea. The phenolic content is influenced by the cultivar and is different in the skin and the pulp of the fruit also. The aim of this study was th...

Given the overall demand for savings and quality improvement of beer, this study aimed optimizing of the production technology based on the evaluation of malts produced in Europe being reflected in the improvement of properties of beer in the factory "Birra Peja". The comprehensive study was carried out for the entire beer production chain, in clos...

This study was done to attain a higher quality beer by optimizing the production process at a lower cost at the J.S.C. "Birra Peja" brewery, Peja, Kosovo. The aim of this study was to increase the extract concentration without reducing the beer quality, which in turn would make the brewery lose its market competitive edge. The beer quality and the...

Aiming to optimize the beer production process by improving the properties of beer and reducing production costs at the J.S.C. "Birra Peja" brewery, Peja, Kosovo, this study did an evaluation of beer produced using six different malts. Four of the six studied malts were produced in four European countries: Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia and Kosovo; and,...

Microreactor technology applied in continuous flow processing is an essential feature in making organic synthesis more economical and environmentally friendly. On the other hand, microwave-assisted chemistry is a key technique that has made a significant contribution to the thermal control of synthetic reactions in the early 90's by speeding up rea...