In Moldova, the area under borscht vegetables will not decrease at best

Seed Potato

Fresh Onion

Vegetables

Moldova

Market & Price Trends

Published Mar 19, 2024

Tridge summary

The first two months of the year saw a weak demand for vegetable and potato seeds, hinting at a possible reduction in the area sown with onions for the 2024 harvest. However, a resurgence in the market in late March suggests that onion seed sales could equal last year's spring sowing. The sowing area for carrots and beets is likely to remain unchanged, but potato crops could see a 10-15% decrease. Notably, many farmers are transitioning from borscht products to growing tomatoes, sweet peppers, and melons.

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Original content

As representatives of companies supplying vegetable and potato seeds note, in the first two months, the demand of vegetable farmers for planting material for most borscht set products was very weak. In connection with this, it has been suggested that, in particular, the area sown with onions for the 2024 harvest will be noticeably less than last year, EastFruit reports. In 2023, as specialists from fruit-growing organizations noted, “even those farmers who had never worked with them, or even vegetables in general, planted onions before.” As a result, according to expert estimates, about 2.5-3 thousand hectares were occupied with onions in the country. As a result, during harvesting, prices for low-quality onions “from random producers” collapsed, and subsequently remained at a relatively low level (compared to prices of the previous season) throughout the fall and the first month of winter. In this context, some vegetable farmers were deceived by the expectation of high profits ...

Source: Eastfruit