Farmers start hazelnuts harvest
Autumn for Constantin Munteanu is the season of hazelnuts harvest for the gathered nuts will soon arrive on stores in the country.
Hazelnuts are popular for their taste, but also because being healthy food.
The farmer has obtained support from a World Bank project, which financed part of the costs for the necessary equipment.
The plantation has just begun to be fruitful, and the production increases every year. Last season, on an area of 17 hectares, the businessman has obtained two tons of peanuts.
He sells his production in supermarkets in the country, where a kilo of hazelnuts costs up to 100 lei.
However, Constantin Munteanu does not want to stop here and plan to expand business.
He wants to produce chocolate coated peanuts, and soon will open a small pastry section, where bagels with peanuts will be produced.