News about Agribusiness
Alexandru Bădăreu, Executive Director of Forța Fermierilor Association, announced his resignation at the General Assembly of the organization. He will be replaced by Alexandru Slusari, who held this position during the previous mandate of Forța Fermierilor’s governing bodies.
In February 2026, food prices rose on the world market. The FAO Food Price Index (FPI) averaged 125.3 points last month, up 1.1 points (0.9%) from January.
As of March 5, 2026, a new procedure for the refund of value added tax (VAT) for agrarians is in force. The amendments concern the calculation base of the tax, which is applied in determining the amount of VAT to be reimbursed for the period from July 2023 to June 2026. First of all, it has been expanded by including the amount of land tax for 2025 in the calculation formula.
Wheat production in Kazakhstan in the 2025/26 marketing year will reach a record 18 million tons. This is only slightly below the previous season’s harvest, the second largest ever recorded.
The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) to temporarily relax customs tariff regulation measures in respect of certain products imported into the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Farmers from Soroca, Singerei and Floresti districts, who use water from the Soroca-Bălţi pipeline for irrigation purposes, are concerned about the uncertainty on the eve of the new agricultural season caused by the restructuring of the state enterprise Acva-Nord.
The laboratory analysis of the first sunflower batch, which arrived in Bulgaria from Argentina, showed that the maximum permissible residue levels of two pesticides in the products were exceeded.
According to the preliminary estimate of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA), about 430-440 thousand hectares of winter crops have been sown for the harvest-2026 in Moldova, which is about 15-20% less than in the previous season. The situation with cereals is worse, in particular, sowing of winter wheat is unlikely to exceed 300 thousand ha (in 2024 – 351 thousand ha).
Tehran’s decision has already taken effect and will remain in force until further instruction from the government. The authorities explain the temporary suspension of external agro-food shipments as “preventive measures to prevent possible shortages and price increases in basic consumer goods”. Some countries in the region have already expressed concern in this regard.
In the last quarter of last year, Moldova surpassed Ukraine and Uzbekistan in the list of the largest suppliers of apple concentrate to Poland, one of the largest apple producers in Europe.
The world grain market has come out of the multi-month trend of wheat prices decrease. Consequently, farmers of the Black Sea countries, including Moldova, will face the question – to sell or not to sell wheat at current prices, or to “take a pause” in the hope for a significant jump in prices in the foreseeable future?
The Moldovan authorities say that the situation with wine exports to Ukraine is under control, there will be no violations, and “solutions for unblocking” are being sought.
The National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) is relaxing controls over shipments of packaged milk from Ukraine to Moldova. Only Ukrainian milk imported in bulk remains under continuous (consolidated) control.
In February this year, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) authorized for payment subsidy requests amounting to MDL 158.79 million.
The process of preparation of the project “Modernization of agricultural machinery and post-harvest equipment” (MAME 2) was discussed by Ludmila Katlabuga, Head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of MAIA, with the delegation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
UPDATED. In the context of the international crisis caused by the military conflict in the Middle East, global energy markets are under direct pressure. Under the circumstances, fuel price increases become inevitable. These developments are immediately reflected in the agricultural sector of the Republic of Moldova, where diesel fuel is one of the main items of production costs on the eve of spring field work.
Meat market operators link the recovery of production in the Moldovan pork sector to the allocation of state compensation to pork enterprises for the fact of liquidation of pigs on the two largest pig farms in the country last year.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is preparing a draft decree on introducing a licensing regime for imports of grapes, wine and alcohol from Moldova. This decision protects Ukraine’s economic interests and is a response to the Moldovan side’s restriction of exports of Ukrainian poultry meat, by-products and products containing poultry meat.
From March 2 of this year, Moldovan farmers can apply for participation in the next (fifth) grant competition within the AGGRI project. At this stage, along with livestock farmers, producers from certain segments of fruit production, as well as processors of raw materials, are invited to participate in the competition.
Export of honey from Ukraine in 2025 compared to the figure for 2024 (about 86 thousand tons) decreased by 41.4% – to 50.3 thousand tons. In financial terms, the export of this product from Ukraine in 2025 decreased by 24.9% to $125.4 mln.
