Эдуард Лисовой, Author at logos-pres.md
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Эдуард Лисовой

Эдуард Лисовой

Freelance correspondent for Logos Press. Specialises in a wide range of topics related to the activities of the agri-food sector in Moldova and worldwide. Graduated from the Kiev Technological Institute of Light Industry and the Moldovan State University (Faculty of History). In journalism since 1995. Since 1998, he has been an employee of the weekly newspaper Logos Press Economic Review. He has worked as editor-in-chief of Lider Agro and Agroexpert publications, as well as on projects for international organisations, including the UN/FAO.

Articles

    Under the slogan “My field is my right”, representatives of the Indian Farmers Union started a sit-in in front of the administration building in Lucknow, reports Logos Press.

    14 February 2026
    India’s farmers protest over trade agreement with U.S.

    The sunflower market in the Black Sea countries reached “peak demand and prices” in the first half of February 2026. However, market analysts suggest that the trend may change to a downward trend in the near future, Logos Press reports.

    14 February 2026
    Sunflower prices have reached the ceiling level. What’s next?

    Without adequate state support and EU subsidies in the context of European integration, Ukrainian farms, which cultivate 80% of all land in the country, may lose competitiveness in the markets of third countries, according to Logos Press.

    14 February 2026
    Ukraine needs EU agrarian subsidies

    In 2025, the volume of grain exports from Kazakhstan through the Baltic countries increased to 802 thousand tons, which is six times more than in 2024, Logos Press reports.

    14 February 2026
    Kazakh grain will go to Europe and Africa via the Baltic Sea route

    About 20 thousand hectares of corn fields will be harvested by Moldovan farmers before the spring sowing campaign-2026. This is how specialists from the Department of Policy and Crop Production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food MAIA assess the situation, reports Logos Press.

    13 February 2026
    Moldova and Ukraine have not yet harvested the entire 2025 corn crop

    At the European Industrial Summit in Antwerp, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen defended the European Union’s carbon trading system (ETS). But she faced opposition from the leaders of Germany and France, who believe the high cost of allowances in the ETS threatens the economy and jobs, according to Logos Press.

    13 February 2026
    Von der Leyen: criticism of carbon trading is not valid

    On Thursday, February 12, the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully sent a heavy version of an Ariane 6 rocket into space from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana with Amazon satellites, Logos Press reports.

    13 February 2026
    Europe has launched a rocket carrying Amazon satellites. Is Bezos challenging Musk?

    The volume of fruit exports from Moldova to Switzerland may significantly increase in the coming years. The Moldovan company Export Agency discussed the “route map” of fruit products supplies with representatives of Swiss retailers at the Fruit Logistica exhibition in Berlin, Logos Press reported.

    13 February 2026
    Tatiana Burca: Switzerland can become a premium market for Moldovan fruits

    The adoption of a new subsidy system for Moldovan agriculture at the end of last year entailed a change in the law on agricultural risk insurance. According to the new rules, the share of the subsidy in the insurance premium of farmers from 2026 is set annually by a government decision. For the current year, it exists only in draft, Logos Press reports.

    13 February 2026
    The insurance business has lost the winter period of agricultural risk insurance

    In January 2026, more than 12.6 thousand tons of sunflower oil were exported from Moldova. In total, during July 2025-January 2026, supplies abroad reached almost 66 thousand tons, which is about eight times more than during the same period of the last marketing season, Logos Press reported.

    12 February 2026
    Moldova returns to the “big league” of sunflower oil exporters

    President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on holding a referendum on March 15, 2026 on amendments to the Constitution of the country. Among the key changes are the transition from bicameral to unicameral parliament and consolidation of the principle of supremacy of the Constitution of Kazakhstan over international treaties, Logos Press reports.

    12 February 2026
    Kazakhstan is changing the Constitution

    The General Assembly of the Association of Exporters and Importers of Grain and Agrofood Products Agrocereale has extended the mandate of the current director Iurie Rizhi for 2026. Nina Telyagă was elected as chairman of the Administrative Council of the organization, a position previously held by Tatiana Onofrei, Logos Press reported.

    12 February 2026
    The Agrocereale Association re-elected its leadership