The 20 million lei allocated for purchasing apples from national producers for kindergartens and schools will reach the accounts of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry on July 28. Prime Minister Iurie Leanca asked Minister of Agriculture Vasile Bumacov to work out a purchasing mechanism, IPN reports.

In the opening of the July 23 meeting of the Government, the Premier said possibilities should be identified to increase the agriculture subsidization fund. A meeting with representatives of banks will be held on July 24 to agree the rescheduling of some producers’ debts related to the repayment of loans. Moldovagaz and Gas Natural Fenosa will be requested to be more understanding towards the producers given the difficult situation in which they found themselves.

According to Iurie Leanca, there are no magical solutions. Effort should be made to get ready to enter the EU and other markets where the political element in the commercial relations is not so marked. “From my viewpoint, what we should do now is to ensure access to a predictable market where politics does not influence the commercial rules. We already agreed how to act. Surely we must think about compensatory measures as the fruit producers will anyway sustain losses. But we must compensate them for these losses and help them,” he stated.

Russia banned the import of fresh and canned fruit from Moldova on July 21.