Apple production in the European Union during the 2026/27 marketing year is set to fall by 13.5 per cent to 9.8 million tonnes (compared with 11.37 million tonnes in the previous season). If the forecast proves accurate, the harvest will be the second lowest in the last ten years.
Students from the Moldovan Technical University, the State University of Moldova and the Chișinău College of Ecology took part in a soil research competition, which was held at the State University’s research station in Slobozia-Dușca and Onitscani (Criuleni district).
Between 3 and 13 November, the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) hosted an assessment mission by experts from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) as part of Moldova’s preparations for accession to the European Union.
At the start of the current marketing year, Moldova supplied 137,980 tonnes of rapeseed to the European Union and ranked third among the largest exporters of this crop to the European market. Ukraine retained its leading position amongst suppliers, although exports of Ukrainian rapeseed to the EU fell by almost 15 per cent compared with the figure for the same period last year.
Delta Wilmar Ukraine has halted operations at all its production facilities, including the oil extraction plant in the Odesa region.
Andrian Digolean, State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture (Andrian Digolean) and the Director of the European Investment Bank’s Representative Office in the Republic of Moldova, Alberto Carlei, took part in the opening ceremony of the ‘Agricultural Mechanics’ and ‘Maintenance and Repair of Agricultural Machinery’ training laboratories at the Ungheni Agricultural College. The laboratory was fitted out and equipped as part of the ‘Livada Moldovei’ project, with an investment of 173,000 euros.
The situation regarding the Dniester’s water regime has changed, but we have not yet noticed this. Over the past week, the inflow from the Carpathian part of the river basin into the Dniester Reservoir has decreased from 67–70 to 49 m³/s as of today, 13 November. Water discharge (which takes place solely via the turbines of HPP-1, whilst electricity is being generated) into the Moldovan section of the Dniester remains at 56 m³/s – as it has been every day in November. The water level in the reservoir also remains unchanged from that recorded at the start of the week – 111.16 metres above sea level.
Moldovan farmers will have easy access to advisory services, specialised technical assistance and information on agricultural technologies. The Cabinet of Ministers today approved amendments to a number of regulatory acts providing for the expansion of the activities of the Centre for Agricultural and Rural Advisory Services (CCAR) at regional level.
Fisheries and aquaculture products will be tracked throughout the entire production and supply chain – from catch (or harvest) to sale to the end consumer. The new regulations will make it possible to verify the origin of products, identify each consignment and prevent illegal goods from entering the market.
During the two-day talks in Abu Dhabi, the Russian side stated that it was not authorised to discuss de-escalation in the Black Sea or the cessation of attacks on the energy sector.
In the 2026/27 marketing year, Ukraine could overtake Russia to become the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil. In the previous marketing year, Ukraine lost its top spot in the rankings of exporters of this product for the first time in 20 seasons, with Russia taking its place.
MAIA Head Eugen Osmochescu recently stated unequivocally on television: the budgetary situation does not allow the Moldovan authorities to spend around 40 million lei in 2026 on direct subsidies to beet growers – per hectare of beet plantations. The prospects for direct payments per hectare in 2027 have not yet been definitively determined either. “We’ll see,” the minister remarked in this regard. Eugeniu Osmochescu reiterated this position during yesterday’s meeting of operators in the agri-food sector at the Moldovan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
This week, Moldova has seen a noticeable rise in sunflower seed prices – by an average of 7–10 per cent, depending on the region, consignment size, logistical convenience and the nature of the relationship between seller and buyer. In the north of the country, traders are offering 8.8–9 lei/kg for this product, whilst in the south the price stands at 9.5 lei/kg.
During the Moldova–EU negotiation process, the Moldovan side requested a moratorium on the sale of agricultural and forest land to foreign residents for a 30-year transition period. This was announced by MAIA Minister Eugen Osmochescu at a meeting with a large group of agri-food business operators and government officials, organised yesterday by the Moldovan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Cocoa bean production in the 2026/27 marketing season in Côte d’Ivoire – the main supplier of this product to the global market – could fall by approximately 21–25 per cent. The reason is the notorious El Niño climate phenomenon.
The authorities of the Republic of Moldova are working to expand exports of wine products to Turkey, including by increasing the quota for Moldovan wines entering the Turkish market.
Moldova’s small farms are perfectly capable of getting their produce into supermarket chains and entering lucrative foreign markets. But to do so, they need production and marketing cooperation, the development of post-harvest infrastructure and ‘small-scale industrialisation’ – processing, market research, and quality management of processes and products.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday that he had been shocked by a recent conversation with Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky and rejected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s demands to join in providing new financial support to Kyiv.
The Romanian port of Constanța began the 2026/27 marketing season for the transhipment of agri-food cargoes with a marked increase in sunflower oil shipments. In September–October of this year, exports of Romanian oil alone via the port reached around 43,000 tonnes, which is significantly higher than last year’s level. The geography of shipments remains focused on nearby European and Black Sea destinations, whilst Turkey continues to play a significant role amongst buyers of this product.
The Agency for Agricultural Interventions and Payments (AIPA) has successfully passed a recertification audit of its quality management system against the international standard ISO 9001:2015. The audit was carried out by specialists from the certification body SRAC.
