Robert Kiyosaki, author of the personal finance book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” has promised his subscribers online X a global economic crisis.
The global food market was highly vulnerable to the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, through which one third of the world’s urea exports pass. Military action in the Middle East has threatened global food security by paralyzing the production and export of critical fertilizers.
Between March 9 and March 15, 2026, several new outbreaks of dangerous animal diseases – rabies and African swine fever – were detected in the Republic of Moldova.
Slovakia’s state-owned company SEPS has officially notified Ukraine about the cessation of emergency electricity supplies.
Two publications, believed to be insiders, have reported the resumption of direct contacts between US President Steve Whitkoff’s special envoy and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in recent days. However, the latter denied this information.
Forța Fermierilor, an association of producers and processors of grain and oilseeds, strongly disagrees with the model of financial assistance to farmers in connection with the rise in the price of diesel fuel envisaged in the draft government decree.
The business cooperative Agrostoc held its annual report and election meeting. The members of the cooperative re-elected Ion Tulej (head of Farm Prod) as chairman of the Agrostoc Administrative Board for one year. The administrative board renewed the contract of the current chairman of the executive office of the cooperative Igor Tagadiuk for four years. The cooperative’s short-term strategy is cautious but progressive development.
Last week, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) authorized a total of 24.4 million lei in subsidies to be paid to farmers. While most of the previous tranche of payments from the National Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development of RM was mainly aimed at paying off the arrears of post-investment subsidies for 2024, the current one is subsidies in advance and for insurance.
The Chinese government is responding to sulfur supply disruptions due to conflict in the Middle East and the blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. The move has sharply raised shipping costs and sulfur prices, posing serious risks to the production of phosphate fertilizer needed for China’s spring planting campaign. The country imports about 47% of its sulphur, mostly from the Persian Gulf, so any disruption to transportation routes has a direct impact on domestic fertilizer production.
Saudi Arabia has offered long-term buyers to receive April oil shipments through the port of Yanbu in the Red Sea. The country is preparing for possible prolonged disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Council of the Association “Forța Fermierilor” approved Alexandru Slusar as the executive director of the organization.
For Ukraine, as for other Central and Eastern European countries outside the eurozone that are already largely integrated into supply chains and trade with the EU, the additional benefits of euro adoption seem limited, but the risks are substantial.
More than fifty Moldovan producers of still and sparkling wines are taking part in the ProWein 2026 exhibition taking place on March 15-17 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) will hold an emergency meeting on the situation in the Middle East. The Council will focus on the impact of the situation in the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Gulf region on shipping and seafarers, particularly in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
Against the background of the crisis in the sugar beet industry and the prospects of importing agricultural products under the agreement with Mercosur, the European Union has allowed the import of transgenic corn and the production of genetically modified sugar beet.
On Friday, the governing Food Safety Agency (ANSA) issued an order authorizing the resumption of imports of frozen and chilled poultry meat from a poultry farm (Cherkassy, Ukraine) owned by Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP).
After the successful completion of the trial deliveries stage, domestic orchardists received official confirmation: Ukrainian products meet India’s high standards. This paves the way for signing long-term contracts, which in the long term can ensure the export of up to 500 containers (about 10,000 tons) of apples annually.
The renewal of the administrative board, as well as the problems of importing bee families and the quality of exported products were the focus of the general meeting of the National Association of Beekeepers of Moldova (ANARM) on March 13.
Participation in this platform provides the country with access to an international network of partners to develop cutting-edge programs to adapt agriculture to climate change, including through ecological production methods.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has decided to block a law on the country’s participation in the EU’s SAFE program, under which Poland claims about 44 billion euros in rearmament loans.
