Agriculture
Frosts damage about 30% of gardens - MoA
May 05, 2009April frosts damaged about 30% of gardens and vegetable plantations of Moldova, experts of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry consider. Public Relations Officer of the ministry Veniamin Balan said that low temperatures influenced negatively...
Government to appropriate 25 mln lei for farmland insurance
April 13, 2009This year, the Moldovan Government will appropriate 25 mln lei from the state budget in order to help farmers to insure the cultivated land against any possible natural disasters, informs the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAFI). According...
Study: Great Plains stability vulnerable
October 04, 2007A survey of long-term agricultural trends in the U.S. Great Plains concludes environmental threats are, overall, being counterbalanced by stability. The survey by William Parton and Dennis Ojima of Colorado State University, Myron Gutmann of the University...