Эдуард Лисовой
According to the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova, in May, compared to the level of the previous month, consumer (retail) food prices increased insignificantly – only by 1%. However, compared to their level at the beginning of 2025, the increase is more pronounced – plus 6.5%. And compared to the prices in May 2024, food prices rose by 9.7%.
The National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova issued curious data on the Moldovan labor market in the first quarter of 2025. In the total number of registered vacancies (about 33 thousand), the share of agriculture is only 2.5%, with only 917 offers. Logos Press correspondent asked the opinion of leaders and members of non-governmental organizations of agrarian profile about the reasons for such a modest demand for workers in the once very crowded sector of the real economy of Moldova. We also asked what professions the Moldovan agribusiness still needs.
Up to 50% (but not more than 5 million lei “per hand”) of the cost of seeds used in reseeding the sugar beet plantations that died out this spring may be compensated to Moldovan sugar beet growers,” Logos Press reports.
Sources close to the administration of this largest plant say it will resume operations in 2025 from processing new crop rapeseed, – Logos Press reported.
At least 50 thousand tons are estimated for the middle of June of this year, the commercial residues of sunflower harvest-2024 in Moldova, – reports Logos Press.
In case of unfavorable conjuncture of the main foreign markets, the export of fruits of the crop-2025 from Moldova in financial terms may halve – to $150-160 million, – reports Logos Press.
The area of crops treated with pesticides using drones will reach about 50,000 hectares this year,” Logos Press reported.
Due to administrative and bureaucratic barriers, the berry production sector in Moldova has an extremely limited list of pesticides authorized for use in berry plantations,” Logos Press reported, citing the Association Pomușoarele Moldovei.
The top 5 most demanded specialties in Moldovan agribusiness include managers, accountants, agronomists, veterinarians and mechanizers,” Logos Press reports.
This week (i.e., about eight to ten days earlier than the forecasted start), the raspberry selling season started in Moldova. Farms from the central districts of Moldova sell raspberries of the first harvest to supermarket chains in Chisinau at a wholesale price of 400 lei/kg,” Logos Press reports.
Only about 7 thousand hectares are planted with grain sorghum for the 2025 harvest in Moldova. Despite the efforts of the Moldovan authorities and international organizations aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change on the country’s agriculture, drought-resistant grain sorghum is not yet considered by Moldovan farmers as an alternative to maize,” Logos Press reports.
The area of grain corn sown for the harvest-2025 has shrunk to about 300 thousand hectares. Last year, this crop occupied 464 thousand hectares in the Republic of Moldova.
