The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) participates in the 'Green Week 2025' international exhibition with an informational stand showcasing the policies applied in agriculture and rural development, where experts from MADR promote Romanian agri-food products recognised at national and European level.

According to a press release MADR sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday, the 89th edition of the 'Green Week 2025' exhibition (Grüne Woche) will take place in Berlin, Germany, from January 17 to 26, 2025. Romanian agricultural producers and food industry representatives participate annually in this event.

'The 'Green Week 2025' exhibition represents both a business platform and a festival of gastronomic and folklore traditions with significant media impact across Europe and globally. Our country's participation in this event with a presentation stand has become a tradition, as 'Grüne Woche' allows the presentation of agricultural and rural development policies and strategies, agricultural potential and investment opportunities, the development of new commercial relationships, with a positive impact on increasing competitiveness and, implicitly, exports on international markets, in order to balance the trade deficit,' the document reads.

According to the final report of the 2024 edition, more than 1,400 exhibitors from 60 countries attended the event, having attracted approximately 300,000 visitors.

At this year's edition, the MADR stand will promote and offer samples of products registered in European quality schemes or in the process of registration, including Topoloveni plum jam - protected geographical indication (PGI), Sibiu salami - PGI, Telemea de Ibanesti cheese - protected designation of origin (PDO), smoked bighead carp from the Barsei Land - PGI, Danube smoked Pontic Shad - PGI, Plescoi Sausages - PGI, Sibiu Telemea cheese - PGI, Saveni cheese - PGI, Pike roe salad of Tulcea County - PGI, traditional carp roe salad - traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG), Dobrogea pie - PGI, Pecica bread - PGI, Salinate de Turda ham - PGI, marinaded sardines made according to Romanian tradition - TSG, as well as PGI spirits such as Palinca and Tuica Zetea de Mediesul Aurit brandy and plum brandy.

Additionally, the stand will feature spirits that began the process of European registration in 2024, such as Horezu Sordony Plum Brandy, aiming for a Geographical Indication, as well as Jidvei Brandy - Protected National Geographical Indication and cider - a gently fermented beverage. Mountain and ecological products, as well as those registered under national quality schemes, will also be offered for tasting.

Other Romanian products to be exhibited at the 2025 edition of 'Green Week' include those undergoing registration for European quality schemes, such as Buzau babic (PGI), Delta Sturgeon Batog (PGI), Valcea Topor sausages (PGI), Teaca fermented cheese (PGI), and Poiana Marului salami (PGI), as well as products whose names are following the stages for European quality registration: Pascani butcher's sausages, Calnic sheep yogurt, Pojorata cheese, Maramures pasta (with spinach or beetroot), Bradet cheese, Horezu sheep milk cheese, Coltesti cheeses, Blagesti fisherman's hotchpotch with vegetables and Blagesti trout, Topoloveni pumpkin or apple jam, Bistrita noble pork neck, Valcea smoked meat, Bran cheese in fir tree cover, Nadlac salami, Candesti apples from the Voinesti Orchard, Vrancea smoked plums, and Salauta smoked trout hotchpotch.

From the category of spirits registered as Geographical Indications, Romania will exhibit - Zetea de Mediesul Aurit Brandy and Plum Brandy, along with white, rosé, and red wines from the Cotnari, Histria, and Jidvei wineries, while the stand will be adorned with colourful flowers from Romanian producers.

According to MADR data, there are currently 792 traditional products certified by the Ministry of Agriculture in Romania, with the majority being meat and meat products (315).

At the European level, Romania has 13 products recognised and protected, 11 with Protected Geographical Indication (PGI): Topoloveni plum jam, Sibiu salami, smoked bighead carp from Barsei Land, Danube smoked Pontic Shad, Sibiu telemea cheese, Plescoi sausages, Saveni cheese, Pike roe salad of Tulcea County, Dobrogea pie, Pecica bread, Salinate de Turda ham, one with Protected Designation of Origin (POD), namely Ibanesti telemea cheese, and one with Traditional Specialty Guaranteed (TSG) - traditional carp roe salad.

Among the 1,760 food products from EU member states registered in European quality systems, only 13 are Romanian food products. AGERPRES (RO - author: Oana Tilica, editor: Mariana Nica; EN - editor: Adina Panaitescu)