Managementul riscurilor agricole în Republica Moldova

Abstract

The paper is aimed to present the state of the agriculture risk management in the Republic of Moldova during the last decade. It is based on the statistical data provided by Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, National Bureau of Statistics and Agency for Payments and Interventions. Ex-ante approaches for agricultural development sustainability were developed and coordinated with experts’ opinions during the public discussions held at the Institute of Economy, Finance and Statistics and in other relevant institutions. Three levels of agricultural risks were analyzed, namely: a) normal risks which are assumed by farmers, b) risks that can be transferred to other institution through market tools, and c) catastrophic risk that should be alleviated trough government assistance. As a conclusion one can state that the responsibility to manage risks is mostly in farmers’ hands. The Government assistance for catastrophic risk is rather limited, while risk transfer mechanisms are insufficient.