OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

It is currently widely known that small and medium enterprises are a major force for ensuring the stability of economic development, increasing the mobility and adaptability of the national economy to internally and externally changing conditions, also are a factor for diversification of the economy. Small business is oriented to satisfy the local market needs and it uses the local workforce and resources, having a substantial contribution also in solving the problem of unemployment. Therefore, further diversification and expansion of the SMEs sector is seen as a sign of healthy economy.