The Agricover group, the largest supplier of agricultural products, services, technical consultancy and financing for farmers and the processing industry, registered net sales worth RON 345.5 million (some €80.55 mln) in the first nine months of this year, up 25 percent year-on-year.
The Code of Good Practice or the foodstuff trade law, signed into law on Wednesday by Romania’s President Traian Basescu will not lead to a drop in foodstuff prices, and local traders actually expect such prices to rise. Moreover, the new law will led to financial blockages, even possible bankruptcies, resulting in job losses and […]
Horia Culcescu, godson of Gigi Becali, owner of Steaua football team, and one of the biggest vegetables and fruit farmers on the Romanian market, says production will halve next year, and farmers’ businesses will see a drastic decline amid a lack of state subsidies and of loans dedicated to farmers, which will no longer be […]
The Code of Good Practice, currently on the President’s desk, is widening the gap between local foodstuff producers and traders, the latter mostly international networks. Representatives of local producers say this is the best anti-crisis measure, because it would protect the local industry, which would be able to create jobs, and would lead to a […]
The consultants of AgroAdvice have just received an intensive 5 days training planning of activities on farms. The training was especially focusing on elaboration of plans for crop rotation, fertilizing and crop protection according to the newest standards used in the EU. The consultants will now use these methods in their work, where plans for […]
The decisions of the banks not to finance start-ups in agriculture is “absurd” and the state should intervene to allow farmers to get loans, Romania’s former Agriculture Minister Dacian Ciolos said Tuesday. „The agriculture sector needs financial uphold in order to come along. I think the state, and not only it, should intervene in this […]
The law on food product trade might bring about drops in prices for final consumers, of up to 30%, Romanian Agriculture Minister Ilie Sarbu said Tuesday. „The ministry’s intention is to make the final price drop. Specialists say prices might fall by 30% in a few months,” Sarbu said. The draft law on food product […]
The cold meat industry, one of the most profitable sectors in recent years, has been affected by the crisis in 2009, with most producers satisfied just to survive. They no longer expect profits, as the crisis has forced them to resort to aggressive promotions, as consumers opt for less expensive products, and the black market […]
The process of forming the new European Commission is almost finalized, since Jose Manuel Barroso was reconfirmed for a new mandate as EC President on 15-16 September. Although he has not yet been officially confirmed, former Minister of Agriculture Dacian Ciolos, is the first option for Romania’s future Commissioner.
The evolution of organic product sales in major international chains is more than satisfactory, with Carrefour registering a some twenty-fold increase compared to last year, according to Andreea Mihai, Marketing Manager of Carrefour Romania. Local networks of specialized stores are more reserved, expecting a growth rate of 15-20 percent in this year marked by the […]
