In Moldova, the production of grapes can be supported by a donor project

This year, due to limited demand from buyers in the EU countries, as well as in "non-traditional" sales markets, according to expert estimates, at least 25% of the "Moldova" table grape harvest will be sold to Moldovan wineries. This situation is repeated for the second year in a row, according to EastFruit. But if in 2021 the prices for "forced industrial" grapes were more or less acceptable for winegrowers (on average 4-5 lei / kg, $ 0.20-0.26 / kg), then this year the bulk of such products to farmers, apparently, it will have to be sold at prices significantly below the cost (about 2 lei/kg, $0.10/kg). It is obvious that the problem requires an urgent solution. And it is unlikely that in the short term it will be the mass uprooting of "obsolete" seed varieties of table grapes and the laying of plantations of seedless grape varieties popular with consumers all over the world. The process of updating the assortment of commercial vineyards is underway, but so far slowly. Given the ...