Hysen Bytyqi


Hysen Bytyqi is a Kosovo agricultural scientist who introduced animal breeding to Kosovo. He is professor of animal science and pro-rector of education and student matters at the University of Pristina

Biography

After studying agriculture Bytyqi was in 1994 chairman of the regional Agricultural Society Malisheva which encompassed 45 communities and continued in this position until 1999. In parallel he studied at the Agricultural Faculty of Pristina University and obtained, in 1991, the Agricultural Diploma in animal science.
In 1999 and 2000 Bytyqi was the national representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization as Kosovan consultant. He was responsible for the project „Agriculture 1998“, and was involved in the planning and distribution of seed supplies and agricultural goods for 1400 farmers in Kosovo. From 2000 to 2003 Bytyqi was responsible for the project „“Farm Reconstruction“ in the same organisation, a million dollar project with the goal of providing farmers with livestock and machines, together with modern veterinary services, and to build up the administrative organisation after the war in Kosovo. In parallel Bytygi studied at the Agricultural University of Tirana and in 2003 obtained his Master's Degree in Animal Breeding there.
From 2003 to 2004 Bytyqi was national consultant for the improvement of social development and education in Kosovo. From 2004 to 2007 he was responsible for the economic development of Kosovo, including practical presentations of a project on sheep farming and breeding. In 2006 he obtained the degree Doctor of Science from Pristina University for his thesis entitled „Livestock farming and breeding in Kosovo“.
In 2007 he joined Pristina University as a lecturer with the goal of introducing animal sciences as a subject on the curriculum. This was achieved in cooperation with an Austrian agency and support from Prof. Reinhard Stockmann of the University of the Saarland. Concurrently he was, in 2010 and 2011, National Consultant for the Development of University Corricula in Kosovo and from 2007 also responsible for the coordination of research and development at Prishtina University.
In 2012 Bytyqi was appointed assistant professor and since February 2017 he has been full Professor of Animal Farming and Breeding. From 2017 he has also been Vice-Rector for Quality Control at this university and since 2018 Vice-Rector for education and student matters.

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