Ministerial Decree No. 424 validating the Statute of voluntary agricultural association. Country/Territory Moldova, Republic of Document type Regulation Date 1987 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Non-governmental entity Cooperative/producer organization Agricultural commodities Farming Agricultural development Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations Abstract Voluntary agricultural association shall be social cooperative association of gardeners, vegetable growers, stockbreeders, floriculturists, apiculturists and other citizens producing agricultural commodities. The purpose of Association shall be to raise agricultural production at the personal farms and in cooperatives. The main tasks of the Association shall be promotion of individual and collective production of agricultural commodities and trade thereof through public and private trading enterprises. The Association shall carry out the following functions: (a) promotion of individual farms; (b) organization of agricultural cooperatives; and (c) land cultivation and water supply for agricultural purposes. Full text Russian Website www.docs.md