Romania's peasant households sustain 2.8 million pigs, minister reports

Investment programs to revive pork sector He also talked about programs targeting the pig breeding sector, underlining that his bet in the mandate he holds is to save the Romanian pork sector, a sector in continuous decline. "Two very important investment programs have been financed and launched as early as July 15, 2023 for 63 investment in the pig and poultry breeding sector. So, after the completion of these investments by March next year, our farmers will produce more than 1.5 million piglets in the breeding sector in Romania. (…) We no longer want to continue to import piglets at a very high price of more than EUR 125-130 when a piglet in Romania is produced for EUR 60. We want this money to stop leaving Romania and to remain in the farmers' accounts. And I repeat: saving the Romanian pig sector is my bet with the Ministry of Agriculture! If I will remain Minister of Agriculture for the next four years, my project is that the trade balance in pork should be zero", said Florin ...