Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 22 ISSUE 4
Written by Cristina ȘARBAN

At the same time, a negative impact on consumers is the very high inflation in the Republic of Moldova, which negatively affects the social environment and is caused by the increase in food and energy prices. Similarly, agriculture being an important economic sector for our country, this year has shown a lower productivity than the rest of the economy. Also, national economic agents, facing logistics problems, have generated increases in transport costs for exports from the Republic of Moldova. The aim of the research is to analyze the changes in the agricultural sector in the year 2022 compared to previous years and their impact on the country's population and food security, highlighting vital needs and how to respond to new challenges in the social and economic sphere. The research was carried out based on data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, the National Bank of Moldova, the World Bank, the National Energy Regulatory Agency and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations using analytical, synthetic, tabular and graphical methods. On the basis of the research carried out, it was found that the impact of the crisis caused by the multiple changes in the agricultural sector poses a threat to the national economy and to the standard of living of citizens, but these obstacles force the development of the agro-industrial sector and its increased adaptation to the situation created and provides first of all for the development of the infrastructure for production, post-harvesting and processing, which is at an early stage of development and has been influenced by the presence of cheaper raw materials from import.

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