Growth in prices for almonds is predicted in Moldova

Moldovan almonds will rise in price this year. The harvest is bad - drought and frost did their job. Experienced walnut growers, like Tudor Slanine from Izbishte village of Krujalne region, which Publika.md tells about, did not avoid losses. He has a 40 hectare almond orchard. "In many regions, almonds are frozen. We are few of those who will harvest, even a bad one. All plans have collapsed, we will get somewhere 40-45% of what we expected," said the farmer. Read also: Moldovan gardeners hope to find new fruit buyers at the virtual MacFrut exhibition "This year the almonds are small, you can immediately see that there was a drought. We collect seeds from a tree, but in the past there were two or three." According to Tudor Slanină's estimates, a kilogram of almonds this year may rise in price from 150 to 170 lei ($ 9.03 - 10.2). But he is sure that there will be no shortage of buyers: "We have almonds in demand. We export them, but we sell most of them domestically. The goods are ...