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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
Nearly four dozen non-governmental environmental organisations, scientists, volunteers and journalists have sent a petition to the president, prime minister and heads of relevant ministries requesting an urgent transition within the framework of the National Forest Expansion Programme 2023-2032 to switch from mass planting of acacia plantations to reforestation using local tree species, Logos Press reports.
The turbulent end to the sugar beet processing and sugar production season in Moldova could take on a dramatic turn. If the weather conditions are unfavourable, the season could end, as sugar producers say, ‘even in March next year.’ From their point of view, this is not a major problem. Of course, this is without taking into account the additional risks, costs, guaranteed increase in production costs and the price of the final product – Moldovan sugar.
In the first half of the 2025-26 marketing season, RM sunflower oil exports began to recover from last year’s sharp decline, Logos Press reported.
The administrations of the State Enterprise “Railway of Moldova” and the Association of Grain Exporters Agrocereale have not agreed to work together to optimize tariffs for grain transportation, increased by 7% in autumn, Logos Press reports.
Between August and November 2025, Moldova exported almost 272,000 tons of sunflower – 29% more than last year’s (also record) figure for the same period, Logos Press reported.
Wholesale sales of potatoes and vegetables of the so-called “borscht set” on the Moldovan domestic market this fall decreased by about 25-30%. And this is despite the stagnation and decrease in prices for these agricultural products, Logos Press reports.
Moldova needs 4.5 billion euros to build irrigation systems on all agricultural lands in the country, said Minister of Agriculture and Food Ludmila Catlabuga. The state does not have such money and does not foresee it, Logos Press reports.
The shares of land suitable for agriculture in relation to the total territory of Moldova and Ukraine are approximately equal and amount to about 56.8%. The two neighboring countries are ranked third and fourth in the world ranking by this indicator, Logos Press reported.
By 2036, the table grape industry is expected to attract about $98 million in investment, which will increase annual table grape exports by 60% and generate foreign exchange earnings of about $38 million annually, Logos Press reported.
By 1.8% increased the average world price index for cereals in the November release of FAO. For other groups of agro-food products monitored by this international organization, last month prices decreased: sugar – by 5.9%, dairy products – by 3.1%, vegetable oils – by 2.6%, meat – by 0.8%, according to Logos Press.
MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry announces the launch of the national campaign “Cumpar BUN de-acasa” – an initiative that invites Moldovan citizens to choose local products: both during winter holidays and throughout the year.
All financial obligations to farmers on subsidies will be fulfilled and the current mechanism will be modernized and harmonized with European practice.
