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During the last week of April and the first week of May this year, the wholesale price of apples of most varieties increased by 10-15% – up to 12 lei/kg on average, – reports Logos Press.
It has been almost three weeks since the catastrophic spring frosts hit the country, but only a few days ago farmers started meeting with specialized commissions to assess the damage,” Logos Press reported.
Producer prices for agricultural products in January-March 2025, compared to the corresponding period in 2024, increased by 30.5% on average,” Logos Press reported.
A representative of the management of one of the largest pork companies in Moldova, in a dialog with managers of sausage and other meat production companies, informed about another significant increase in pork prices, – reports Logos Press.
The spring “Vernissage of Wines” will take place on May 16. Its slogan is “Origin and Authenticity: 10 years of wines with protected geographical indication”. The XXIII “Vernissage of Wines” is dedicated to wines with IGP, because 10 years ago the first harvest of grapes in Moldova was processed for the production of these wines.
If we measure the temperature of Moldovan agriculture by the volume of imports of mineral fertilizers, we can conclude that the health of this very important component of the national economy is far from all right.
We have already got used to the fact that the development of marketing of agricultural and food products in the Republic of Moldova at the system (sectoral/sectoral) level is supported by international donors with ideas and funding. In the last decade, USAID and the World Bank have been particularly active in this area. However, times change, and donors change with them.
After Moldova lost the right to use the name “Cahor” (in any spelling) in 2018, the production volume of this wine under the new name Pastoral rapidly decreased. On foreign markets, trade partners lost interest in the product under an unknown name. Accordingly, the main market for it became the home market.
The deficit of moisture in the soil under winter crops is about 70-80% in the south and 50-60% in the north of Moldova, according to experts from the Department of Farming Systems of the National Center of Science and Seed Production of the Republic of Moldova, – reports Logos Press.
The annual budget of the Fish Farming Support Fund will amount to 1.1 million lei and will be managed by the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA,” Logos Press reported.
Farmers and industry associations must analyze losses from April frosts within 30 days and submit specific calculations for each case to compensate for the damage. However, it will not be easy to do this,” Logos Press reported.
In January-March 2025, the total volume of agricultural production in farms of all categories decreased by 9.5% (in comparable prices). The main reason is the decrease in livestock production by 10%,” Logos Press reports.
During the last decade of April 2025, wholesale prices for last year’s potatoes in Moldova increased, on average, by 10% – up to 11 lei/kg, – reports Logos Press.
In the next three to five years, the area under legume cultivation is expected to increase to meet EU standards and regulations,” Logos Press reported.
In Moldova, the requirements for the quality of meat semi-finished products and products are changing. The innovations concern updating standards, increasing control over retail, and strengthening consumer protection,” Logos Press reports.
In the first quarter of 2025, the volume of imports of phosphate fertilizers (mainly ammophos and sulphoammophos) in RM exceeded 11 thousand tons, which is 26% more than in the same period of 2024 (almost 9 thousand tons), – reports Logos Press.
In the first quarter of this year Moldova exported more than 500 tons of honey from the 2024 honey harvest. More than half of the external supplies went to Romania and Italy,” Logos Press reported.
Starting from 2021, there is a hardly noticeable, but still obvious tendency to increase the insured areas in Moldova. In 2023, the best result for five years was recorded so far – 18.6 thousand hectares, which is 1.2% of the total agricultural area of Moldova. Last year, even these indicators fell slightly. At the same time, the share of premiums for agricultural risk insurance in 2024 amounted to only 4.5% (110 million lei) of the total size of the insurance market in Moldova (2.4 billion lei). This is evidenced by the research of the expert Iurie Rizhi, Chairman of the Agroxereale Association.
In the Netherlands, too, there are non-official ambassadors of Moldovan wines who promote them in this country with their own efforts. Two Moldovans, brothers Alexandru and Iulian Buza, import wines from Moldova and sell them in their restaurant in The Hague and in an online store. They see their mission as promoting the rich heritage of Moldovan winemaking and fine Moldovan wines.
Home wine, although gradually losing its position in the preferences of Moldovan consumers, still remains the leader. This is evidenced by the data of the study of Moldovan consumers’ behavior of alcoholic beverages, which was conducted by Xplane company at the request of NBV&V.
