Romania building organic products brand that is extremely appreciated worldwide, PM Ponta says

Romania has begun building itself an organic products brand that is extremely appreciated worldwide, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on attending the opening of international agricultural produce and equipment exhibition Indagra here on Wednesday.

'It has been a good agricultural year also thanks to the very good weather, but also to the fact that last year, on a proposal from the agriculture minister the subsidies were given on time. The same happens this year too. The farmers surely already have the money required to begin the works as early as this year. I think it is a great opportunity for Romania to have stability in the agricultural production. I particularly back a niche, that however has developed very much, the organic products niche. I think Romania is slowly building itself a brand that is extremely appreciated worldwide in this respect. We will render our full support to the development of this field, in which Romania has extraordinary potential', Ponta underscored.

The prime minister confessed he had discussed with the agriculture minister about the possibility to double the areas grown to organic products, which currently cover 400,000 hectares.

He also recalled there have been a few ‘important successes', such as the opening of China's market to the Romanian production of pig and cattle meat.

The prime minister, Romanian Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin and French ambassador Philippe Gustin cut the opening ribbon meant to mark the collaboration with a French-based hypermarket, which is to display a range of Romanian organic products in the French retailer's Romanian-based stores.

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