agriculture

Romania Eyes Agriculture Portfolio In New EC Structure, Also Readies Backup – President

12:54, 02 Sept. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday, during a meeting with Romanian diplomats at the presidential Cotroceni Palace, that Romania eyes obtaining the agriculture portfolio in the future configuration of the European Commission, adding Romania also readies a backup option.

Former Agriculture Min Dacian Ciolos Proposed For EU Commissioner – Romanian PM

14:08, 01 Sept. 2009
Romania's former agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos is proposed for the position of European Commissioner for Agriculture and Romania has the support of France, Germany and Poland for this portfolio, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday.

Romanian President: Agriculture, Tourism Must Become A Priority For Any Govt

11:19, 21 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday said the country's agriculture and tourism sectors must become a priority for any government, stressing the two sectors represent an economic solution meant to prevent a new crisis in Romania in the future.

Romania Subsidizes Diesel Fuel By RON1/Liter For Autumn Farm Works

13:38, 11 Aug. 2009
Romania’s Agriculture Ministry will grant farmers a subsidy of 1 leu (EUR1=RON4.2143) for one liter of diesel fuel, used in autumn seeding works, minister Ilie Sarbu said Tuesday.

Romania’s State Domain Agency Will Lose 20% Of Its Staff Amid Restructuring – Agr Min

12:51, 11 Aug. 2009
Romanian agriculture minister Ilie Sarbu on Tuesday said the State Domains Agency will not be disbanded but its staff will be reduced by 20%.

Romanian Govt Assigns EUR420M To Agr, RON600M For Autumn Crops

16:53, 08 Aug. 2009
The Romanian Government approved EUR420 million in Treasury loan for agriculture programs and other 600 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2186) for autumn’s crops, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday after the Government meeting.

Crisis Easier To Overcome If Romania Had Invested In Farming, Not Consumption – President

16:39, 07 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday said that Romania could have overcome the economic crisis easier if it had taken care of agriculture in the past 20 years instead of focusing on consumption.

Romanian Agriculture Ministry Staff To Be Cut 20% – Minister

13:36, 01 Aug. 2009
Romania’s Agriculture ministry will reduce its number of subordinated government agencies and institutions to 20 from the current 33, which translates into a 20% staff cut, agriculture minister Ilie Sarbu told MEDIAFAX Saturday.

Romania To Urge IMF, EC To Double State Guarantee Cap – PM

16:44, 18 Iul. 2009
Romania will urge the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission (EC) to double the state guarantee ceiling, currently set at EUR1.4 billion, in order to extend the mechanism in agriculture and at the level of local administration, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday.

Romania Agriculture Min Cuts 23 Management Positions

16:17, 16 Iul. 2009
Romania’s Agriculture Ministry will cut management positions by 36% to 42, following the dismantling of 11 out of 32 departments, ministry secretary general Miron Moldovan said Thursday.

Romanian Deputies Can Approve Draft Law On Good Practices Code In Extraordinary Session – Agr Min

15:36, 15 Iul. 2009
Romanian agriculture minister Ilie Sarbu said Wednesday he hopes the draft law on the Code of Good Practices in the food products trade will be adopted by the Chamber of Deputies in an extraordinary meeting.

EC Unlocks EUR170M SAPARD Funds For Romania

16:10, 11 Iul. 2009
The European Commission sent Saturday a letter to Romanian authorities, informing them SAPARD payments worth EUR170 million have been unlocked, Romanian agriculture minister Liviu Harbuz told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Agriculture Ministry Cuts Staff Down To Half – Minister

13:48, 08 Iul. 2009
Romania’s Ministry of Agriculture will cut to half the number of staff in its central apparatus, to 300 employees from the more than 600 currently employed, agriculture minister Ilie Sarbu said Wednesday.

Romanian Agric Tax Evasion Robs State Of RON75M In Jun ’09

17:41, 03 Iul. 2009
The value of losses caused to the Romanian state in June through cereal trade reached 75 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2036), according to Financial Guard official Sorin Florea, who added some 75-80% of employees will be involved in inspections to diminish tax evasion on this segment.

Fincl Crisis In Romanian Agriculture To Peak In Autumn – Interagro

12:27, 29 Iun. 2009
Romania's agriculture sector will reach the peak of the financial crisis at the end of September and the beginning of October, when the farming cycle restarts, Interagro president Ioan Niculae said Monday.

Romanian Agric Min Set To Complete New Irrigation Sys By March 2010

15:28, 27 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Agriculture Ministry will complete by March next year the design of a new irrigation system, as the existing one is obsolete, Minister Ilie Sarbu said Saturday.

Romanian Govt Sets New Terms For Farming Units Activity To Avoid EC Sanctions

12:10, 25 Iun. 2009
The Romanian Government decided that slaughterhouses, as well as units processing, storing, transporting and manufacturing animal products and by-products, will only function based on sanitary-veterinary licenses and prior official checkups, to avoid sanctions from the European Commission.

Romania Has A 60% Chance To Nominate EU Commissioner For Agriculture – Sources

15:58, 19 Iun. 2009
Romania has a 60% chance to obtain the portfolio of Agriculture and nominate its former agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos for EU Commissioner, sources within the Social Democratic Party told MEDIAFAX Friday.

EU Opposed Chemical Fertilizer Subsidies – Romanian Agric Min

15:52, 08 Apr. 2009
Romanian agriculture minister Ilie Sarbu said Wednesday that the reply issued by the European Union was negative regarding Romania’s request to subsidize Romanian farmers for chemical fertilizer.

Romanian Privatization Money Could Support Agriculture Projects

14:42, 05 Apr. 2009
Romanian agriculture ministry projects, using foreign non-reimbursable funds, will be temporarily financed through privatizations revenues, if the budget allocations of the institution, whose spending is about to be drastically reduced in the budget correction, are insufficient.

Romanian Gov Coalition Discussed Decentralizing Measures In Education, Police, Healthcare, Culture, Sports

13:34, 09 Mart. 2009
Romanian deputy prime minister Dan Nica said Monday leaders of the governing coalition discussed decentralization measures and set a calendar for sectors such as education, police, healthcare, agriculture, culture and sports.

Romanian Ex Mins Use Unconstitutionality Defense In Graft Case

11:20, 10 Feb. 2009
The case in which Romanian former ministers Decebal Traian Remes and Ioan Muresan were sent to trial on corruption charges could be suspended and the files sent to the Constitutional Court, as lawyers challenged the constitutionality of the phone taps presented as evidence.

Romanian Agric Min Finds Flaws In Agric Payment Agency Procedures

15:43, 05 Feb. 2009
The computer system of the Romanian Agency for Payments in Agriculture, used for the processing of payment requests, is flawed, file completion deadlines are pushed back and employee attributions overlap, according to an analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Romanian Govt Prepares Plan To Relaunch Agriculture – PM

14:20, 31 Ian. 2009
The Romanian government will come up with a special program to relaunch the country’s agriculture sector to make Romania an exporter of food products, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday.

Romanian Agriculture Close To Disaster – Min

14:38, 22 Ian. 2009
Romanian Agriculture Minister Ilie Sarbu on Thursday said the country’s agriculture is “nearly a disaster”, with ineffective subordinated structures despite high salaries paid to employees.

Romanian Social Democrats Appointed Two State Secretaries For Agriculture

11:28, 30 Dec. 2008
Romania’s Agriculture Ministry will keep the same structure and Liviu Harbuz, head of the Veterinarians College, and Catalin Rosculete, manager of the Caracal Research Development Station, will be appointed state secretaries, minister Ilie Sarbu told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romania’s New Agric Min Says Ministry Employees Too Involved In Politics Should Go

13:49, 23 Dec. 2008
Romania’s new minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development Ilie Sarbu said Tuesday upon taking office that ministry employees who got too involved in politics should resign.

Romanian Center-Left Govt Outlines 2009-2012 Agr Program

14:36, 16 Dec. 2008
The Romanian authorities mull hiking farming output by stimulating voluntary farmland amalgamation in view of better exploitation, as well as by increasing animal husbandry production, according to the government’s program for 2009-2012.

Romania Could Be Net Exporter Of Food In Less Than 10 Yrs – Min

13:00, 06 Nov. 2008
Romania could become a net exporter of food products in less than ten years if it has a good fiscal policy and farmers are well organized, agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos said Thursday.

European Commission Extends Romania’s SAPARD Program Until End 2009

12:19, 06 Nov. 2008
The European Commission approved Romania’s request for a one year extension, until end 2009, in the country’s SAPARD fund absorption, agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos said Thursday.

Romanian Agriculture Four Times Less Insured Than EU Avg – Ministry Official

13:16, 14 Oct. 2008
Romanian agriculture is four times less insured than the European average, but the agriculture insurance market is on a rising trend given the need for risk management in this sector, especially when it comes to climate change risks.

Romania’s SAPARD Payment Halt Isn’t Costing The Country Funds, But Credibility – Minister

12:10, 21 Aug. 2008
Romanian agriculture minister Dacian Ciolos said Thursday that the halt in SAPARD payments isn’t costing Romania funds, but credibility.

Romania Hikes Subsidy For Diesel Fuel Used In Farming To RON109.2M

13:47, 15 Aug. 2008
Romania hiked Wednesday the state aid granted to farmers who benefit from subsidies for diesel fuel used this year in agriculture by 49.2 million lei (EUR1=RON3.5370) to RON109.2 million.

Romania To Become Europe’s 2nd Biggest Agricultural Power – PM

11:54, 28 Mart. 2008
Romanian Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Friday he wants to turn Romania into the second largest agricultural power in Europe.

Power, Gas Price Hikes Should Not Trigger Rise In Food Prices – FinMin

14:25, 07 Mart. 2008
The increase of energy and gas prices will contribute to the rise of agricultural products costs by less than 1% this year, Economy and Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said on Friday.

Romania’s Agric Ministry Launches National Rural Development Plan

12:07, 03 Mart. 2008
Romania’s Ministry of Agriculture officially launched Monday the National Rural Development Plan (PNDR), allowing Romania to access EU funds of nearly EUR8 million by 2013.

Romania Avoids 25% Slash In EU Farm Aid

19:51, 18 Dec. 2007
The European Commission on Tuesday said it decided not to slash Romania’s farm aid by a quarter after establishing Bucharest authorities have taken sufficient steps to improve controls on payments to farmers.

Romania Granted Another Month To Fix Farm Payment Problems

14:33, 14 Nov. 2007
The European Commission granted Romania another month to fix problems with its agriculture payments agency and will decide on December 20 whether to activate the safeguard clause on the country for irregularities in the farming sector.

Romania Informs EC On Progress In Agriculture Payments System

19:35, 08 Nov. 2007
The Romanian Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday sent a report to the European Commission on the progresses in the country’s agricultural payments system, to avoid sanctions from Brussels.

EC To Decide On Safeguard Clause Activation In Romanian Agric Sector- Official

15:14, 30 Oct. 2007
The European Commission is to make a decision on whether to activate the safeguard clause in the Romanian agriculture sector, most likely on November 27, 2007, Romania’s European Commissioner for Multilingualism Leonard Orban said Tuesday.