News about Agribusiness

Within the framework of the country’s reintegration policy, 15 government programs were implemented in 2011-2025, which allowed financing 616 projects worth over 218 million lei. On Wednesday, June 3, the government approved a new one-year program with a budget of 25 million lei and a list of new projects.

In the period from March 2025 to May 31, 2026, the Farm Credit Facilitation Program (FCA) provided financing to 581 micro and small agricultural producers in Moldova. The program was initiated and implemented by the Office of Foreign Aid Program Management together with the Ministry of Finance (MF) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA). The program covered all regions of the country, with the largest share of funding going to the northern region.

The government approved the Strategic Program of Agricultural Policy for the period 2026-2030 (PSPA). The document defines the priority areas of this sector of the economy through the procedure of granting subsidies to farmers. The program envisages a gradual increase in the state financing of this sector from 2.3 billion lei in 2026 to 5.3 billion lei in 2030, with a planned total budget of 18.9 billion lei.

Researchers and inventors from the National Institute of Applied Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine of the Republic of Moldova (INCAAMV) received 8 medals at the 18th European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation EUROINVENT 2026, held in Romania from May 28 to 30. The scientific works presented by Drs. Larisa Iușan and Mariana Caraman were awarded 2 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medals.

Subsidies totaling 178.49 million lei were paid to Moldovan farmers in May 2026, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) said.

From May 25 to June 2, 2026, representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) visited Moldova to evaluate the new loan agreement “Modernization of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment” (MAME 2).

Within the framework of the V stage of application for grants under the Agricultural Governance, Growth and Resilience Investment Project (AGGRI), held from March 2 to May 29, 2026, 29 requests were received from agricultural producers from all regions of Moldova.

The new Minister of Agriculture Uldis Augulis believes that the reduced VAT rate for essential products should be made permanent.

In Ukraine, 78 water user organizations (WUOs) that take over management and modernization of land reclamation infrastructure have started their work.

The analytical center Sovecon has adjusted its forecast for wheat exports in the season 2025/26. The forecast for the current season (ending June 30, 2026) has been reduced by 0.6 million tons – 46.8 million tons. Prior to this, the experts of the center twice – in March and April – revised their forecast for the outgoing season upwards.

The Collegium of Veterinarians of Moldova, which unites 630 specialists in this field, held a congress dedicated to the National Veterinarian Day, celebrated annually on May 15.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) presented data on the support of dairy farming in Moldova. The action is timed to coincide with the International Milk Day, celebrated on June 1.

Moldova imported more rape seeds for the current agricultural season 2025/26 than it imported during the last season (a record season in terms of sown areas of this crop). Analysis of aerial survey data confirms this trend: rapeseed sown areas for the 2026 harvest in Moldova (including Transnistria) reach a new historical maximum of 158 thousand hectares.

The municipal enterprise ‘Chisinau Zoo’ has announced an open tender for the procurement of animal feed. The total value of the contract is estimated at 976,500 lei. The contracting authority invites interested suppliers to submit tenders for 11 lots.

The Ukrainian Grain Association (UZA) forecasts the harvest of grain and oilseed crops in 2026 at the level of 83.6 million tons. The UZA’s estimate for 2025 is 80 million tons of these products.

Since May 25, it has become mandatory for cargo ships passing through the Sulinsky Canal to the ports of Ukraine and Moldova to issue a transit declaration T1.

Over the last five to seven years, the Moldovan dairy industry has changed its format almost imperceptibly for local people.

The Polish Inspectorate for the Quality of Agricultural and Food Products (IJHARS) reported on Facebook that it had blocked the import of 63 tons of green coffee from Brazil into Poland. Publications by French and Polish politicians linking this fact to the EU-Mercosur deal are not correct. Green (unroasted) coffee has entered the European market duty-free before. However, the “wave of negativity” quite adequately once again reflected the attitude of a certain part of the European society to this deal.

One of the main mistakes of Moldovan territorial development policy is that territory is too often seen as an administrative unit rather than a historically established economic system. The authorities look at a map and see districts, mayoralties, settlements, budgets, roads, schools, hospitals, population. But this map almost always hides another, much more important map – the map of lost functions.

World vegetable oil production in the 2026/27 marketing season will reach 244.1 million tons. This is about 6.8 million tons more than in the current season. The global supply of this commodity will fully meet the projected demand for it (237.6 million tons).