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ProjectEmergency Support to Vulnerable Smallholder Farming Households in Moldova to Mitigate Effects of Supply Chain Disruption Caused by the Ukraine Conflict - TCP/MOL/3901 2025
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No results found.The agriculture sector is traditionally the main pillar of the Moldovan economy. In 2020, it employed over 27 percent of the country’s labour force, and accounted for around 12 percent of Moldova’s gross domestic product and approximately 45 percent of total exports. The sector produces a large range of agricultural products, including grains, fruit, vegetables and livestock. In 2016, smallholders represented 98.8 percent of the total number of agricultural producers and cultivated 36.4 percent of the total agricultural land in the country. Smallholders and family farms generate more than 62 percent of the total national volume of agricultural produce, making a fundamental contribution to overall food production and food security. It has been estimated that approximately 70 percent of the rural population depends solely on agriculture for its livelihood. Agricultural production in Moldova is entirely dependent on the import of major agriculture inputs, including fuel, fertilizers and chemical products for plant protection. This dependency makes Moldovan agriculture subject to international price volatility. Insufficient access to quality inputs remains a constraint for competitiveness in a number of subsectors. The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has created unprecedented challenges for Moldovan farmers. Key challenges relate to reduced access to neighbouring export-import markets and to key agricultural inputs, and the disruption of economic transit routes. In 2022, the government estimated that the ongoing crisis in Ukraine had already affected 70 percent of smallholder farms. -
Book (stand-alone)Implementing programmes to improve safety and quality in fruit and vegetables supply chains: benefits and drawbacks
Latin American case studies
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While many developing countries are making eff orts to develop competitive advantages so that they can participate in the world fruit and vegetable trade, recent developments in import markets concerning strict safety and quality requirements are posing fresh challenges to such countries to improve their production, marketing and control systems in order to meet these requirements, or even anticipate them. -
DocumentSIDS solutions innovations profile. E-commerce and supply chains: Samoa Women's Association of Growers (SWAG)
SIDS Solutions Forum, 30-31 August 2021
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No results found.As part of the SIDS Solutions Forum, 30-31 August 2021, FAO collected innovations and creative digital technologies that respond to local problems and challenges. This flyer presents a The impact on travel and trade resulting from border restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has taken a toll on employment and ultimately household incomes. Women, especially those in the formal employment sector, were seriously affected, particularly in female-headed households. The Samoa Women's Association of Growers (SWAG) stepped in to provide women growers and farmers of Samoa with opportunities for business, networking, training and education. As a result, previously employed women have been turning to micro-business ventures in the informal space. This flyer presents the positive resluts of the online markets facilitated by SWAG.
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