The place on which to construct the Chisinau agrifood center was found. It is situated on Petricani St. The territory is owned by a scientific institution managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, head of the Marketing and International Relations Division Tudor Robu has told IPN.
The agrifood center will be erected under a public-private partnership. The authorities hope to attract investments from national agricultural companies for building this center. The costs were assessed at €30 million. It is projected that the European Investment Bank will cover 50% of the costs, while the rest of the money will be attracted as private investments.
“When a company or more with experience in the field and with money appear we are ready to cooperate. It will be a public-private partnership. The state will not manage to implement such a large-scale project by itself,” said Tudor Robu.
On February 6, Minister of Agriculture Vasile Bumacov will meet with the president of the European Investment Bank Werner Hoyer, who is paying a visit to Chisinau together with the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Suma Chakrabarti on February 5-7. The officials will consider the possibility of financing the construction of the agrifood center.
