Vegetable growing in the Republic of Moldova: study of mechanized planting seedlings

Abstract

Vegetable growing is one of the main agricultural sectors in the Republic of Moldova. However, for various reasons, today vegetable production is going through hard times, since the sales market for products has shrunk significantly, which has led to a reduction in the production area of major vegetable crops, such as tomatoes, peppers, cabbage and others. The high level of imports of vegetables and vegetable products into the country pushes farmers away from the production of domestic vegetables. Today, vegetable growers initially find themselves in unequal competitive production conditions with their foreign colleagues, since these problems are aggravated by problems in the technology of growing vegetable crops, which do not allow for the full mechanization of technological processes. Planting seedlings is one of the most labor-intensive and important technological operations when growing vegetables. A lack of workers in agricultural production is felt more and more strongly, and the mechanization of work when planting seedlings plays an increasingly important role