Produce up, animal products down

The produce in Moldova rose 69% on 2008, while the animal products dropped 19.6% year on year. The produce made by all types of farms in 2008, according to preliminary data, amounted to some 16.4 billion lei, in current prices, Info-Prim Neo has learnt from the National Statistics Bureau. Analyzing the share of different cultures in the total volume shows that the legumes rose 3.5 times, the sunflower seeds – 2.4 times, vegetables – 66.0%. In 2008, the weight of the vegetal produce in the total volume of agricultural products was 74.4% ( 58.1% in 2007), including grains and legumes – 25.0% (9.5%), technical cultures – 12.3% (8.1%), potatoes, vegetables and pumpkin plants – 12.4% (10.7%), fruit and grapes – 20.4% (24.3%). The animal products accounted for 25.6% (41.9% in 2007), of which veal and poultry meat – 12.6% (22.1%), dairy – 9.1% (13.3%), eggs – 3.1% (5.3%). The fall of the animal products in 2008 was caused by the significant decrease of the number of cattle in the second half of 2007 and the first half of 2008, because of the 2007 drought.