The European Union is ready to further support the agricultural sector in Moldova. For the purpose, the high-level adviser for agriculture and rural development Snezhana Blagoeva was delegated to work at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, IPN reports.

Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Eduard Grama, who had a meeting with representatives of the EU Delegation to Moldova, highly appreciated the decision to delegate a European expert to support the European integration efforts of Moldova.

According to a press release of the Ministry, special attention in the discussions was paid to the ENPARD Financing Agreement and the actions that need to be taken by the Ministry in 2016, in accordance with this agreement. “For us, it is important to do what’s overdue. We have a lot of work to do and want the farmers to be able to benefit from the support of the European Union,” stated Eduard Grama.

Iva Stamenova, Project Manager on Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Safety, informed the minister that the disbursement of the ENPARD funds depends on the fulfillment of the activities set for 2016.

The representatives of the EU Delegation to Moldova reiterated the EU’s readiness to continue to support the efforts made to develop agriculture, saying that progress can be made only by concerted effort.