754 Tons of Vital Fodder for Livestock Reach 1,885 Households in Four Districts of the Country

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Under the project "Emergency Support for Agricultural Producers in the Context of the Socio-Economic, Climate, and Energy Crisis," 1,885 rural households with up to three cows from the districts of Taraclia, Rezina, Criuleni, and Telenești are receiving fodder. Small-scale farmers each receive 400 kg of animal feed, enough to last until the start of the grazing season. Most beneficiaries practice subsistence farming, raising cows mainly for their own consumption, while the surplus is processed and sold at local markets or milk collection points.

The distributed fodder is of high quality and can increase milk production by 10 to 30% if used according to the provided instructions. To cover the fodder needs of families in the four mentioned districts, approximately 4 million MDL has been invested. This investment is crucial, considering that fodder prices have increased by over 30% due to severe droughts that have reduced grain production (wheat, corn, and sunflower) by at least 50%.

This fodder distribution is part of a large-scale emergency support plan launched by FAO in 2022 at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, with the support from several donors – Switzerland, Austria and Japan. Since 2022, this support plan has reached approximately 23,500 households, providing various forms of assistance, including corn seeds, fertilizers, wheat seeds, alfalfa, vegetable seeds, potato tubers, animal fodder, equipment for small ruminant farms, and machinery for conservation agriculture.

Fodder has been distributed to 12 000 households from 18 districts (Șoldănești, Fălești, Cimișlia, Ștefan Vodă, Florești, Drochia, Sîngerei, Glodeni, Hâncești, Leova, Căușeni, Telenești, Rezina, Criuleni, Taraclia, Basarabeasca, Cantemir, and Cahul). The total investment in animal feed between 2022-2025 amounts to about 23 million lei.