Rural Romania National Rural Development Network Issue 22 year II, March 2015 Romulus Duică “The fruit-growing sub-programme is the solution for increasing the sector’s competitiveness” THE Research Institute for Fruit Growing Mărăcineni - The Keeper of Romanian FRUIT-GROWING Agriculture Can Be Made on Any Surface: One Hectare Garden Nursery, in Dorobanți Strawberries from Oltenia Beneath the Mountain ROOTS OF A EUROPEAN COUNTRY Ministerul Agriculturii și Dezvoltării Rurale REGIONAL OFFICES Support Network of the National Rural Development Network Contents BRĂILA EDITORIAL 282 Independentei Blvd., 1st floor, postal code 810124, [email protected] Pomiculture, an industry about to be reborn..........................................................................................................................3 Tel.: 0339 732 009, Fax: 0339 732 016 CRAIOVA INTERVIEW Romulus Duică, Deputy General Manager - General Rural Development Division, Management Authority for the 19 Libertatii St., The Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, room L-311, 2nd floor, postal code 200421, National Rural Development Programme: “The pomiculture sub-programme is the solution for increasing the sector’s [email protected] competitiveness” ......................................................................................................................................................................4 Tel.: 0251 460 377, Fax: 0251 423 651 ZALĂU RURAL DEVELOPMENT 49 Kossuth Lajos St., postal code 450010, [email protected] The Pomiculture Research and Development Institute in Mărăcineni - The Keeper of Romanian Pomiculture ............. 10 Tel.: 0360 404 056, Fax: 0360 404 158 Past, present and future in the Romanian pomiculture ....................................................................................................... 14 TÂRGU MUREŞ Agriculture can be made on any surface: one hectare garden nursery, in Dorobanți - Arad ..............................................17 60 Mihai Eminescu St., postal code 540331, [email protected] Tel.: 0365 430 349, Fax: 0365 430 351 PEOPLE IAŞI 1 Decembrie Orchard: the success of a family business .......................................................................................................22 Ciric Recration Area – Ciric Recreation Complex, postal code 700064, [email protected] Wine cellar in Aiud’s center ...................................................................................................................................................25 Tel.: 0332 881 281, Fax: 0332 881 282 TIMIŞOARA EXPERIENCES 53 Take Ionescu Blvd., 2nd floor, office 26, postal code 300074, [email protected] My Farm: : 20 hectares of organic apple tree orchard, in Cheresig – Bihor .....................................................................27 My Business: Honey, a sweet treat of millions of Euros ...................................................................................................30 Tel.: 0356 460 982, Fax: 0356 460 983 My Community: Strawberries in Oltenia beneath the mountains - County Association of Strawberries, Fruit Shrubs TÂRGOVIŞTE and Trees Growers in Vâlcea .................................................................................................................................................34 7A Varzaru Armasu St., postal code 130169, [email protected] Tel.: 0345 100 025, Fax: 0345 100 605 UP TO DATE LEADER BUCUREŞTI Local Action Group “Valea Cricovului” Association ............................................................................................................38 39-41 Nicolae Filipescu St., 6th floor, 2nd district, postal code 020961, [email protected] Tel.: 0316 900 214, Fax: 0316 900 215 NEWS AND EVENTS On-Line procurement procedures for the private beneficiaries of European funds ...........................................................42 Tel.: 0316 900 214, Fax: 0316 900 215 APIA releases certifications for bird breeders .....................................................................................................................43 The text of this publication is for informational purposes only and does not entail any legal liability. MARD published Annex II related to the pomiculture zonation .........................................................................................44 Additional information on MARD and NSU can be accessed on-line under: www.madr.ro, www.rndr.ro NSU, Department for Publications, March, 2015 THE RNDR MEMBERS INTRODUCE THEMSELVES ISSN 2393-123x The Research and Development Institute for the Industrialization and Marketing of Horticultural Products - Horting .........45 ISSN-L 2393-123x Research - Development Station for Pomiculture in Vâlcea ................................................................................................49 © RNDR, 2015 The reproduction of the texts from this magazine is authorized, provided that the source is indicated. Printed in Romania. Photograph copyright: The Research-Development Institute for the Industrialization and Marketing of Horticulture Products “Horting” Bucharest, Iosif Sarusi, Constantin Demian, GAL Valea Cricovului, Research and Development Station for Pomiculture Vâlcea, www.dreamstime.com. 1 Rural Romania – no. 22 Editorial Pomiculture, an industry about to be reborn Everybody loves fruit and we all eat European funds for the modernization them in various forms. Over the past and establishment orchards. years, the Romanian consumer show- ed concerns related to nourishment The pomiculture reconversion pro- and healthy eating. At the same time, gramme has foreseen total funds in the Romanians’ desire to eat food pro- value of Eur 320 million, from whi- duced in our country is noticeable. ch EUR 40 million for the products’ All these aspects encourage the enti- processing and sale. Through this re specialized industry, starting with sub-programme, the Ministry of farmers and ending with hypermarket Agriculture considers that approxi- chains wanting Romanian products mately 35,000 ha of orchards can be on their shelves. rehabilitated. MARD’s aims is that by the end of 2020, Romania increases its Coming back to fruit, the pomicultu- orchard surface, from approximately re in Romania slackened after 1990. 159,000 ha at present, among which This is the result of the lack of money 83,000 ha are on a downward path, to which could have supported invest- 194,000 hectares. The specialists re- ments in the field, considering that gards this target as being achievable. the tree plantations start bearing fru- it as late as the 2nd, 3rd or even the The pomiculture reorganization pro- 5th year. As such, the orchardist must gramme is planned to cover all issues first invest resources for a few years of this sector, with planting, organiza- and then start to produce, write-off tion, storage, conditioning, marketing the investment and finally gain from and capitalization related components. such a business. The assigned amounts will be used to establish the plantation, to produce se- Today, on national level, the plum and eding material, for the supporting and apple tree cultures prevail, a large part irrigation system for the endowment thereof organized a classical system, a with machinery, for the production few of them being intensively exploited storage and processing. and even fewer in modern plantations. A survey was carried out on national It’s true that from 1990 until now, level which identifies the potential there have been investments in the areas within each county, according small surfaces, as you are about to Romanian pomiculture, but they were to the pomicultural tradition of the see in the pages of this issue of the scarce. There are people who managed region and the specific pedoclimatic magazine. Generally, in trees a 15 ha to keep old plantations and moderni- conditions. Thus, the soil and climate undertaking is very good, profitable ze them, as you are about to read in must comply with the features of the and a 5 ha undertaking does the same the pages of our magazine. In all these seeing material. for fruit shrubs. years, European funds were accessed to develop small orchards. Since this It is recommended for all those who It is important for the projects to be a field requiring substantial financial wish to draft projects to attract designed according to the size of the resources, things were not as simple European funds in pomiculture to do undertaking, which should be able as in other agricultural sectors, especi- research, since according to the speci- to capitalize the entire pomiculture ally that the fruit and fruit-based pro- alists in Romania there are assortment mechanization to the fullest extent. ducts’ market has just started to spre- studies recommending certain bree- ad lately. For example, for orchadists, ding varieties. When ordering seeding A orchard can provide health nourish- apple juice became an opportunity and material, the European funds benefici- ment as well as profit. they started producing natural juice. aries must do research and turn to the Romanian researchers, for example, Viviana Vasile, Team Leader of Now, through the new National Rural with great achievements in the field. “Establishment and Support of the Development Programme 2014-2020, National Rural Development Network our pomiculture takes advantage of Pomiculture can also be made on Project” 2 3 Rural Romania – no. 22 Interview sub-programme is EUR 320 million protection systems against hail equipment and tools, within the Romulus