Almost 240,000 hectares of farmland hadn’t been cultivated last year. Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vasile Bumacov said that such a state of affairs is due to a number of factors, IPN reports.
“The state policy hasn’t been non-friendly towards the land. The governments asserted that the land is a priceless treasure. However, the attitude to the farmers and those who make bread hasn’t been appropriate. In villages, the infrastructure and living conditions are not the best. But things started to change. There are many young people who would like to purchase land and develop agribusinesses, which can be profitable despite risks,” the minister said in a program on Radio Moldova.
According to the official, most of the land that is not cultivated does not have real owners. “A part of the people who own land are no longer alive, but the heirs do not hurry to cultivate it and to register it in their name. That’s why a subsidization measure was introduced last year, by which 50% of the costs incurred for legalizing the documents with a notary are covered by the state,” stated Vasile Bumacov.
He added that if the land is consolidated faster, some of the local businessmen will be interested in buying it. “Though we were criticized for this, I think it is right to offer the local investors the chance to purchase land first. If they cannot cope, we can invite foreign investors,” said the minister.
