The Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment proposes organizing the Plum Festival on the third Sunday of September. A relevant draft Government decision was proposed for public debates on particip.gov.md, IPN reports.
The informative note to the draft decision says the goal of the festival will be to present Moldova as a leader in cultivating plums. The event will serve as a platform for implementing the most advantageous technologies and good practices in the field and will contribute to the socioeconomic development of the regions and the county in general.
Horticulture is one of the agricultural sectors of the country with economic potential that can bring value added in any conditions, contributing substantially to the Gross Domestic Product and generating income for developing localities.
The average annual plum harvest in Moldova in 2015- 2017 was 97,680 tonnes gathered from about 18,860 hectares of orchards, with an average productivity of 5.05 t/ha per country. Moldova annually exports 35,000-37,000 tonnes of plums, mainly to Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Romania.
