{"id":448646,"date":"2020-08-15T14:15:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T14:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=448646"},"modified":"2022-03-17T14:36:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:36:51","slug":"the-agriculture-collapse-and-food-crisis-farmers-protest-all-over-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-agriculture-collapse-and-food-crisis-farmers-protest-all-over-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The agriculture collapse and food crisis – farmers protest all over the country"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Farmers from the Republic of Moldova have been organising protests for 5 days in a row. First, they gathered in several Moldovan localities, asking the authorities to respond to their demands. Afterwards, they set off for Chisinau.<\/p>\n

The main demands of farmers are related to declaring the state of Emergency in Agriculture<\/strong>, that allowing farmers to reschedule their debts, exemption from the payment of\u00a0income and land taxes for a period of 12 month, covering the costs with raw material, as well as the damages caused by hail fall and drought.<\/p>\n

The protesters complained that their requests are not heard by authorities and, as a consequence, they were forced to organise protests as a measure of last resort. “If we are not heard by the authorities and do not get any results, we are willing to protest for a week or two on the road,”<\/em> farmers said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We will not harvest corn at all, neither sunflower, nor grape.”<\/p>\n

“We sowed barley – nothing, then we sowed corn over barley – and again nothing. We record losses only.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n