The Minister of Agriculture, Petre Daea, wanted to reassure the population about agricultural production, saying that we will also have oil, and warned against apocalyptic presentations on television.

Peter DaeaPhoto: Captura Government
  • “We will also have oil. Quietly! Quietly! Quietly! (..) I have seen a whole series of apocalyptic approaches on TV, when the TV screens show that the chain is burning and sirens are heard, and the children in the womb are scared. This is not good!”, the minister said, noting that his role is to establish peace and trust.

Petre Daea: “The source of success is land cultivation. If you don’t turn the furrow of the country, you don’t have vegetable farming”

  • “The source of success is work on the land. If you do not turn the furrow of the country, then you do not have vegetable farming. If you don’t have vegetable farming, you don’t have livestock, if you don’t have livestock, you don’t have a food industry. If you don’t have a food industry, you don’t have agri-food products,” said Agriculture Minister Petre Daea on Wednesday. at the end of the government meeting.

The minister noted that for this purpose, work has already begun for the 2022-2023 agricultural year, namely, work on rapeseed sowing.

Daea also stated that we also have wheat for export.

  • “We harvested the entire area of ​​wheat. The products ensure the country’s full consumption and availability for export,” the minister said.

He also reported that 5 countries have also started harvesting sunflowers, for the first time on this date, one of the reasons being the drought, which accelerated the ripening process.

Petre Daea, 72, returned to the Ministry of Agriculture in early July after his predecessor in the PSD, Adrian Cesnoiu, came under criminal investigation for organizing job competitions.

Daea was also Minister of Agriculture from January 2017 to November 2019 in the Grindian, Tudos and Denchile governments. Previously, in 2004, he held this position for a few months in the government of Nestase. Daea over time stood out with numerous “colorful” statements and “opinions” that caused laughter.

Even after taking office in July, Daea left a comment that made the audience smile: “Don’t worry if you see me at night because it’s daytime for me.”

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