During the communist regime, Albania's agriculture was heavily centralized 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, fruits including oranges, lemons, figs, grapes, vegetables such as olives, wheat, maize, potatoes but also sugar beets, meat, honey, dairy products, and traditional medicine and aromatic plants.

Albanian wine is characterized by its unique sweetness and indigenous varieties.
It has one of Europe's longest histories of viticulture.
Albania produced an estimated 17,500 tonnes of wine in 2009.
During communism, the production area expanded to some 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres).
The today's Albania region was one of the few places where vine was naturally grown during the ice age.
The oldest found seeds in the region are 40,000 to 60,000 years old.
Ancient Roman writer Pliny describes Illyrian wine as "very sweet or luscious" and refers to it as "taking the third rank among all the wines".
Albanian families are traditionally known to grow grapes in their gardens for producing wine and Rakia.
During the communist regime, Albania's agriculture was heavily centralized 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, fruits including oranges, lemons, figs, grapes, vegetables such as olives, wheat, maize, potatoes but also sugar beets, meat, honey, dairy products, and traditional medicine and aromatic plants.
Albanian wine is characterized by its unique sweetness and indigenous varieties. It has one of Europe's longest histories of viticulture. Albania produced an estimated 17,500 tonnes of wine in 2009. During communism, the production area expanded to some 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres). The today's Albania region was one of the few places where vine was naturally grown during the ice age. The oldest found seeds in the region are 40,000 to 60,000 years old. Ancient Roman writer Pliny describes Illyrian wine as "very sweet or luscious" and refers to it as "taking the third rank among all the wines". Albanian families are traditionally known to grow grapes in their gardens for producing wine and Rakia.
Economy of Albania