The Government approved the allocation of 19.5 million lei for promoting the national products and diminishing the effects of the Russian bans on the import of Moldovan fruit and vegetables. The authorities will work out regulations for purchasing apples from national producers and supplying them to kindergartens, schools and the army so that the children, students and soldiers receive by an apple a day, IPN reports.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vasile Bumacov said a working group will be created to work out the regulations. It will consist of representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health and he Ministry of Defense.
The minister noted that this solution will help diminish the effects of the Russian bans, especially given that Moldova exports about 150,000 tonnes of apples. A part of the apples will be processed and there will be exported juice. On July 22, Prime Minister Iurie Leanca will meet with fruit processors and exporters to ask them about the possible solutions to this situation.
Russia banned the import of Moldovan fresh and canned fruit and vegetables.
