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1. Moldova: Free trade agreement will improve quality of agricultural products

(Articles)

... agricultural products will be temporarily protected. The EU will offer funds for modernization,” said Vasile Bumacov. He also said that the agreement does not envision selling farmland to foreigners and ...

26 September 2013

2. USA: Farmland values soon could drop - report

(Other countries)

Farmland is still a good investment, but the value of agricultural land won’t increase as fast in coming years as interest rates rise and commodity prices level off, according to a new report from the ...

25 September 2013

3. In the grain storages of North Kazakhstan there is more than 2.3 million tons of new

(Kazakhstan)

On September 17, the harvest plan was executed by 48% in the region. Harvesting campaign covered about 1 million 706.3 thousand hectares of local farmland. Cold weather continues to put a spoke in the ...

23 September 2013

4. Bulgaria: Foreigners will redeem our land, you must stop them - farmers

(Bulgaria)

... sale of farmland to foreign individuals can be allowed only when the conditions are created for it. The branch organization recalled that the current legislation does not limit the possibility that the ...

19 September 2013

5. Moldova: Dozens of cellars and farmlands flooded in Cahul

(Moldova)

Dozens of cellars and farmlands have been flooded in Cahul after the recent rain. Ion Caraja, head of the Cahul Emergencies Division, has told that a number of settlements in the district were affected ...

16 September 2013

6. Romania’s draft bill limiting individuals’ ownership of farmland needs improvements, say farmers

(Articles)

In its current form, the draft bill limiting individuals’ ownership of farmland to 100 hectares will make it harder for Romanian farmers to purchase land rather than discourage foreigners, said Laurentiu ...

10 September 2013

7. Romania: Romania could limit individuals’ ownership of farmland to 100 ha

(Articles)

A draft law which would limit individuals’ ownership of farmland to 100 hectares will be sent to the Parliament in a couple of weeks, the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced ...

04 September 2013

8. Georgia farms face Indian 'invasion'

(Georgia)

...  Her home is sandwiched between the lone street that runs through the small village of Samgori on one side, and a vast tract of underutilised farmland on the other. Samgori, Georgia - Larisa Maisuradze ...

04 September 2013

9. Ukraine: Minimum land use period to be 15 years in Ukraine - Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry

(Ukraine)

...  During the conciliation meeting, the participants discussed a number of principled issues of this draft law. With regard to the circle of farmland buyers, it is proposed to include into the list only ...

02 September 2013

10. Ukraine: Draft law On agricultural land circulation was discussed at Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine

(Articles)

... who buy the farmland. The third one is publicity of land buyers and sellers. Besides, the participants discussed the limitation of the size of private ownership of land to the amount of 100 hectares. ...

30 August 2013

11. Ukraine: The state will provide farmers with 28 million UAH of interest-free loans this year

(Ukraine)

... the Minister. It should be mentioned that at the beginning of the year there were nearly 41,000 farm units with 4.4 million hectares of farmlands.  ...

23 August 2013

12. Moldova: The ecological agriculture by 2020 will cover 15% of the farmland in Moldova

(Moldova)

The ecological agriculture by 2020 will cover 15% of the farmland in Moldova, as against 3.6% or 53,000 hectares at present, Iurie Senic, section head at the Ministry of Agriculture, said in a workshop. ...

21 August 2013

13. Armenia: “ONEArmenia” to build greenhouses for Berkaber village residents

(Other countries)

... to use its own farmland because the latter is on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Their farm field is a mine field. Berkaber is also bordered by the snipers, the villagers can’t use their ...

21 August 2013

14. USA: Farmland values continued to rise during the second quarter of 2013

(Other countries)

Farmland values continued to rise during the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest Agricultural Finance Monitor published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Farm income, as well as capital ...

19 August 2013

15. Turkey: Dicle EDAŞ has cut electricity prices to one-fifth of market prices for the farmers

(Turkey)

... development project based on the concept of sustainable development for millions of people living in the southeastern Anatolia. The project aims to to double Turkey’s irrigable farmland but has not been ...

15 August 2013

16. Turkey: Southeastern farmers to get discount on irrigation costs

(Articles)

... draw the water from the wells to irrigate their farmlands. It is well known that many of these farmers have been using electricity illegally to avoid expensive bills.In order to overcome the issue and ...

13 August 2013

17. Kazakhstan: Farmers are relying on new climate-smart technology to keep their crop yields high

(Kazakhstan)

... known as 'no-till' or 'zero tillage.' That brings 1.85 million hectares or 10% of all of Kazakh farmland under no-till farming practices. Today the country appears to be the second fastest global adopter ...

12 August 2013

18. Moldova: Soil returns to life

(Articles)

... country with farmland destroyed by drought and hail, which still didn’t recover after being heavily treated with pesticides in the Soviet time. Despite the fact that the quality of soil, air and water ...

08 August 2013

19. Moldova: Restoration of three irrigation systems on the Prut river

(Moldova)

... of the contest's launching that only the irrigation system from the village of Grozesti were still operational and irrigated about 100 hectares of farmland. Badrajan added that, after the rehabilitation ...

01 August 2013

20. Kazakhstan: Aktobe growers predict that 2014 will be difficult

(Articles)

... much of it”, explained in the household. Last year local farmers pointed egg-laying of pests, so since spring they began treating the farmland. But in the future, farmers say it will be even worse. "There ...

25 July 2013