Agribusiness
Approximately 50% of the price of gasoline and diesel fuel sold at gas stations in Moldova are taxes, in particular excise duties and VAT.
Despite rising climate risks, production and logistics costs, as well as agricultural restructuring and changing consumer preferences, European horticulture is showing resilience and adaptability.
In February 2026, Moldova exported just over 11 thousand tons of apples. This is about 500 tons more than in the previous month. But 2 thousand tons less than in February of the previous year.
More than 45 million lei was authorized for payment to farmers by the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA during the first working week of March.
Moldovan wines won 119 medals at the spring stage of the international competition MUNDUS VINI, held in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany.
“Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, police officers and firefighters may be left without fuel for their vehicles,” said Democrația Acasă faction MP Sergiu Stefanco, a member of the Agriculture and Food Industry Commission. He insists on an urgent state of emergency in the energy sector.
The first week of March on the grain market of Moldova also brought increase of prices for wheat (plus 0,15-0,20 lei/kg) and corn (plus 0,10 lei/kg on average). The strengthening of prices corresponds to the dynamics of exchange prices for goods of this group in Europe, as well as in the European ports of the Black Sea countries. However, according to market operators, at the moment, the biggest influence on prices is the rise in the price of diesel fuel, i.e. transportation logistics, and a significant strengthening of the dollar against the euro and Moldovan leu.
Two batches of chicken meat, one from Ukraine and the other from Poland, imported to Latvia were found to be contaminated with salmonella.
The current working week ended with “green”, i.e. – growing indicators of futures for the whole grain group of commodities, rapeseed and sugar. Exchange analysts see this as a direct impact of the lack of positive news about the imminent prospects for the winding down of hostilities and the elimination of logistical failures in the Middle East. However, the factor of not very good weather is gradually coming into play.
International Women’s Day, traditionally celebrated by many countries of the world on March 8, this year is also a good occasion to remember that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared 2026 as the International Year of Women Farmers.
This subsidy appears in the draft Strategic Program of Agrarian Policies (PSPA), which has been submitted to public hearings and is certain to be adopted.
More than 91% of all produce samples analyzed last year were in compliance. This is evidenced by the report of the National Food Safety Agency ANSA on monitoring of pesticide residues in food of plant origin.
Between March 2025 and February 2026 – 358 micro and small farms have availed finance under the Fund for Agricultural Credit (FCA) program. Of these, 40 farms did so in February this year.
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.
