{"id":23166,"date":"2025-09-05T13:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=23166"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:34:11","slug":"an-israel-and-moldova-wheat-lease-toes-the-production-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/09\/05\/an-israel-and-moldova-wheat-lease-toes-the-production-line\/","title":{"rendered":"An Israel and Moldova wheat lease toes the production line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Israel on September 4, 2025 inked a deal to grow wheat in Moldova\u00a0through remote\u00a0seed and agritech support for food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the contemporary \u201cfull shelves\u201d policy and the \u201cTreat wheat\u201d initiative of 2022, Israel eyes 30% wheat sufficiency by 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The business-oriented production exchange represents the first bilateral gesture with Moldova since Israel opened its embassy there early 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Israel\u2019s Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter, diversifying leases abroad is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/israel.com\/business\/israel-and-moldova-sign-strategic-wheat-partnership-to-boost-food-security\/\"><u>welcome in normal times and essential in emergencies<\/u><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dichter emphasized food security given that the Levant country produces only 10% of its wheat needs and taps lease-imports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Diversification also aims to overcome similar situations as 2022 when the Russia-Ukraine war redlined traditional&nbsp;<a href=\" www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/01\/02\/global-wheat-market-performance-in-the-new\"><u>wheat origins<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the latest joint production venture, Tel Aviv had had similar agritech-for-wheat barter with Morocco, Romania and Uzbekistan. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-moldova\"><strong>Why Moldova?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Moldova marks a major leap because it produces around 14 times more wheat than its Levant partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts Moldova\u2019s 2025-26 wheat production at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ipad.fas.usda.gov\/countrysummary\/default.aspx?id=IS\"><u>1.4 million tonnes&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>to Israel\u2019s 90,000 tonnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, the eastern European nation still retains its status as the \u201cfruit and vegetable basket\u201d of the former USSR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 70% of its landmass is under cropland, pastures or forestry and 12% of its GDP is agricultural based.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding trade,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/moldova\/wheat\/\"><u>Moldova\u2019s wheat export prices<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;have been rating low since 2024, shy of the 2022-23 high of 5.15 lei ($0.30) a kg.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fact that Eastern European prairies nurture robust grain production will cure past accusations in Israel of low quality domestically-grown wheat. And as the following statistics suggest, Moldova can accommodate foreign leases since production remains by large relatively stable.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-israel-moldova-wheat-production-statistics\"><strong>Israel-Moldova Wheat Production&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Statistics&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel and Moldova are at the opposite ends of wheat production. While Israel barely produces 10% of its utilization, Moldova grows more than it needs and exports the surplus. In 2022, Israel reaped 105,000 tonnes of the grain, the 80<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;highest among some 120 nations, per the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.helgilibrary.com\/indicators\/wheat-production\/israel\/\"><u>Helgi Library<\/u><\/a>. &nbsp;Moldova in turn attained 855,000 tonnes of wheat in 2022, down from a record&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.helgilibrary.com\/indicators\/wheat-production\/moldova\/\"><u>1.565 million tonnes&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>a year earlier. The country ranks the 55<sup>th &nbsp;<\/sup>largest wheat producer globally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the historical wheat production profile of Israel<\/strong>?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1983, Israel attained peak wheat output at 335,000 tonnes while in 1999 it recorded a low of 29,000 tonnes. The table below, interpreted from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ipad.fas.usda.gov\/countrysummary\/default.aspx?id=IS\"><u>USDA<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.helgilibrary.com\/indicators\/wheat-production\/israel\/\"><u>&nbsp;Helgi Library<\/u><\/a>, shows production highlights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Production [tonnes]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020-24 average<\/td><td>108,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025-26 [estimate]<\/td><td>90,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024-25<\/td><td>80,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022-23<\/td><td>105,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1999<\/td><td>29,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1983<\/td><td>335,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig 2:\u00a0<em>Historical highlights of wheat production in Israel, 1983-2026<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is the wheat production snapshot of Moldova?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a production and acreage snapshot of wheat cultivation in Moldova, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (<a href=\"https:\/\/ipad.fas.usda.gov\/countrysummary\/Default.aspx?id=MD&amp;crop=Wheat\"><u>USDA<\/u><\/a>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Production [tonnes]<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Cultivated Area [Ha]<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020-25 average<\/td><td>1.147 million<\/td><td>343,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025-26 [estimate]<\/td><td>1.4 million<\/td><td>340,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024-25<\/td><td>1.19 million<\/td><td>367,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023-24<\/td><td>1.555 million<\/td><td>376,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022-23<\/td><td>855,000<\/td><td>332,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021-22<\/td><td>1.565 million<\/td><td>340,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig 1:\u00a0<em>wheat production and acreage in Moldova, 2020-26<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel on September 4, 2025 inked a deal to grow wheat in Moldova\u00a0through remote\u00a0seed and agritech support for food security. 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