OREANDA-NEWS. October 01, 2012. The cabinet approved a draft decision earmarking 162 million lei to mitigate the drought consequences and to support producers to sow autumn wheat and maize and to preserve the livestock too.

According to the decision approved by the cabinet, 60 million lei will be used to partly cover the spending for sowing autumn wheat and 90 million lei to partly cover the expenses for sowing maize. The government allocated another 12 million lei for the acquisition of fodder for the livestock in the areas affected by drought.

The drought damages inflicted to the agricultural sector amount to 3 billion lei (about 190 million euros). The worst hit were the southern districts Cahul, Cantemir, Causeni, Taraclia and Moldova's Gagauz autonomy.