The Chestnut Market and Consumption in Kosovo

• Author: Valmir Tahiri
• Position: Pristina University, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary, Kosovo
• Pages: 113-123

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The Chestnut Market and Consum

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Pristina

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niversity, Faculty o

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griculture and Veterinary, Kosovo

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hestnut fruit, unlike other fruits like walnuts, hazelnuts, etc., is very rich in starch, low

l

ipids, soluble sugars, monosaccharide and disaccharide. Chestnuts are rich in f‌i ber, vitamins

a

nd minerals. Chestnut leaves are widely used in pharmacy, chemical, cosmetics, food and

s

tockbreeding, beekeeping (it is estimated that 1 ha forest with chestnuts in the f‌l owering period,

a

re taken about 400-600 kg of honey), from chestnut can be produced chestnut f‌l our which f‌i nds

high use in the

f

ood industry (

f

or baking cakes, cookies, ice cream, pasta, chocolate, etc.).

A

sia

p

rovides about 87% of world production.

E

urope produces about 7% of the total quantity o

f

chestnuts,

A

merica 2,96% and

Af

rica 0,01%. The greatest chestnut manu

f

actures and consumers

p

er capita are

A

sian countries. Consumption in the

U

S is around 280 grams per capita per

y

ear; in

E

urope about 500 grams per capita while in

A

sia about 1000 grams per capita per year.

D

emand for fresh chestnuts is expected to continue, to rise for 10-25% each of the next 5 years.

U

S market will be unlimited market available for many years to come. Kosovo local chestnuts

a

re among the highest quality in the region and beyond. From the research results it appears that

consumers appreciate quality and country of origin before the price.

Ke

y

word

s

:

Chestnut fruit, chestnut leaves, chestnut f‌l our, fresh chestnut, treated chestnut.

I

ntr

oduc

t

io

n

E

uro

p

ean chestnuts (Castanea Sativa Mill) originate

f

rom

A

sia Minor. Name Castanea

i

s likel

y

to have the old name

f

or the sweet chestnut as in Latin as well as ancient

G

ree

k

. C

h

estnut is secu

l

ar

pl

ants an

d

by

its

l

ongevit

y

l

iterature can excee

d

we

ll

over

4

000

y

ears (in

E

tna Greece,

f

ound a brown

p

lant with over 4000

y

ears old which has

a trunk circum

f

erence o

f

about 54 m).

I

s

p

art chestnuts Fagacea

f

amil

y

, re

p

resented

g

ender Castanea (

U

kaj, 2010; Xhomara, 2011). The genus includes 12 s

p

ecies o

f

ch

estnuts

(

Fa

b

io Mencarre

ll

a, F

AO).

T

able 1. Botanical s

p

ecies o

f

chestnut

S

p

ecies

E

uro

p

ia

n

A

s

ia

n

A

m

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r

i

c

a

n

C

a

st

a

n

ea

s

a

t

i

v

a

C. crenata ( Japanese c

h

esnut)

C. mo

ll

issima ( C

h

inese c

h

esnut)

C. seguini (C

h

ina

)

C.

d

avi

d

i (C

h

ina)

C.

h

enr

yl

(C

h

ina

)

C.

d

entate (

E

astern States

)

C. pumi

l

a (

E

astern States )

C. as

h

ei (Sout

h

ern States )

C.

f‌l

oridana (Southern States

)

C. alni

f

olia (Southern States)

C. paupispina (Southern States)

ppp ( )

Source: Project TCP

/

CPR

/

8925 "Integrated

p

est management and conservation of

C

h

estnuts in Xin Xian count

y

, Henan Province, C

h

ina",

by

Fa

b

io Mencarre

ll

a (F

AO

).

R

egarding the chestnut tree has medium hardness.

I

t is easil

y

workable and ver

y

rich

i

n tannin. Hig

h

tannin content increases its resistance to atmos

ph

eric an

d

b

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ogica

l