DEVELOPMENT OF FRUIT GROWING IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

  • Valerian BALAN The Agrarian State University of Moldova, Horticulture Department, MD-2049, 42 Mircesti Street, Chisinau
Keywords: species, fruit growing, productivity, plantation, harvest

Abstract

The fruit growing inheritance surface was reduced from 251 thousands ha in 1993 to 108, 4 thousands ha in 2008. Based on a complex research, performed for the first time under market economy conditions in the Republic of Moldova, a program of sustainable development of the pomiculture branch has been development, as it constitutes a competitive economic sector, based on advanced technologies complying with European standards. The abovementioned program provides for an increase in the shares of the crops demanded in the market (drupaceous, juglandaceous and baccate crops). This program has been included in the “Strategy of development of the agro-industrial sector in the time span 2006-2015”, approved through the Resolution of Government of the Republic of Moldova.