The AAC program will promote the sustained growth of Albania's agricultural sector and increase rural household incomes by building producer capacity for commercial farming, strengthening the sector's capability for market development, and increasing access to, and utilization of, timely and reliable market information. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, AAC will work with producers and other actors along promising value chains to assess constraints to competitiveness, then use long- and short-term technical assistance, training, targeted performance grants, and financing to assist local actors in removing these constraints.

Given the importance of agriculture to the Albanian economy (it provides income for nearly two-thirds of the rural population and accounts for close to a quarter of the country's gross domestic product), AAC has the potential to make a lasting contribution to sustained economic development and improved livelihoods across the country.