News about Agriculture

Starting from the third quarter of 2024, Moldova entered an unprecedented zone: food imports exceeded exports.

In Ukraine, the northernmost almond plantation in Eastern Europe was established at the Institute of Horticulture of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences near Kiev.

Banks are ready to meet the needs of agricultural enterprises that find themselves in a difficult situation, but if there are prospects of recovery of the economic agent. This opinion was expressed by the chairman of the Association of Banks of Moldova, Dorel Noroc, specifying that only bank crediting is not enough for such companies.

The Forța Fermierilor Association announced the organization’s meeting with the Parliamentary Commission for Agriculture, scheduled for tomorrow, 14:00. The first item on the working agenda is “preventing the increase of the VAT rate on agricultural products to 20%”

Moldovan farmers started sowing sugar beet this week. The sowing campaign started later than usual. Taking into account the weather forecast, it is likely that sowing will be carried out in a short period of time. Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) hope that the area of sugar beet plantations for the harvest-2026 in the country will remain at last year’s level – about 11-12 thousand hectares. The pledge of hope is the direct subsidies “per hectare” provided by the new law on subsidies.

Almost 1.5 thousand Moldovan farmers received agro-technological and financial assistance under the project “Emergency support for response to extreme drought conditions through sorghum promotion and animal feed distribution”. The project was implemented in the Republic of Moldova by the United Nations Organization for Agriculture (FAO) in partnership with the Government of Japan.

European scientists are developing bio-based fertilizers that would reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian imports. One promising solution is algae grown on wastewater.

The shortage of workers directly affects the pace of development of the country, so as early as 2026 employers in Moldova will be able to attract labor resources from distant countries, primarily from India and Bangladesh, reports Logos Press.