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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
In the 2024 season, wineries in Moldova processed 179 thousand tons of grapes, which is 32% less than in the previous year. From this amount, 11.7 million dal of wine materials were produced (-34%). These data were presented by the National Bureau of Grapes and Wine (NBG&W) at the sectoral republican conference on the results of work for the last year.
The topic of subsidizing the agro-industrial sector this spring has been on the newscasts of RM with encouraging regularity. The Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA reports on the amounts paid to farmers. The Parliament, at the Government’s request, amends the state budget in order to replenish the Fund for Agricultural and Rural Subsidies-2025. The bill on new principles of financing and monitoring of the agricultural sector is passed in the first reading. It seems that the work is boiling and everything is in order with subsidies for farmers, despite their background murmurings. But is it so?
This proposal was made by the chairman of the Forța Fermierilor Association, Alexandru Brinze, following a consultative meeting of the government leadership with agricultural producers’ organizations held on Thursday, Logos Press reported.
Long-term meteorological forecasts in times of global climate transformation are interesting, thankful, but not very reliable. Nevertheless, the world information space has already repeatedly announced that the coming summer will be among the three hottest in the history of observations. Whether it is so, or nature will have mercy – time will show. Nevertheless, in any case, in order to get economically significant harvest, it makes sense for Moldovan farmers to sow drought-resistant crops – “camels”. One of such crops is grain sorghum.
The government made a corresponding decision by amending its Decree on retail prices for socially important goods, – reports Logos Press.
The employees of the Moldova Fruct Association have estimated the damage caused by the April frosts at more than 540 million lei. This was stated by the executive director of this organization, Iurie Fale, at a government meeting today,” Logos Press reported.
Guidelines for the use of drones in farmland sanitation have been developed by the MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry. With an emphasis on flight safety, of course.
Tense epizootic situation with African swine fever in Moldova continues. Today, April 16, the Food Safety Agency ANSA reported the detection of two new cases of ASF in the period 03.04.25-15.04.25: in Radenii Vechi, Ungheni (domestic animals in households) and Lozova, Straseni (9 corpses of wild boars), – reports Logos Press.
In the first quarter of 2025 Moldova exported more than 4 thousand tons of grain sorghum. If the dynamics of supplies abroad of this commodity will continue, at the end of the year, the export volumes will be at least not lower than the average for the previous three years of about 11 thousand tons,” Logos Press reports.
Today, April 16, the sale of tickets/participation packages for the 46th OIV World Grape and Wine Congress, which will be held June 16-20, in Chisinau, has started, – reports Logos Press.
Thanks to the subsidization of livestock farms on the principle of “a fixed amount for each kilogram of milk submitted for processing”, the supply of raw materials to Moldovan dairy factories from local farms has more than doubled,” Logos Press reports.
Since the early 2000s, 50 thousand hectares of commercial vineyards of technical varieties have disappeared in Moldova. In 2001, 108 thousand hectares were occupied by vine plantations, in 2024 – 58.8 thousand hectares. And this trend continues, – reports Logos Press.
