Within the scope of combating adulteration, the carbon value (minus 23 and below) was determined for the secretion, flower and mixture honey other than pine honey. If this value is above the specified limit, it will be possible to understand that corn sugar is added to honey. With the new …
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BEKİR PAKDEMİRLİ: 50 THOUSAND TONS OF POTATO EXPORTS WILL BE ALLOWED
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli stated that the potatoes, whose exports are prioritized in order to avoid problems in domestic consumption, will be allowed for 50 thousand tons of export. With the communiqué published by the Ministry of Commerce in the Official Gazette dated January 7, 2020, fresh …
Read More »BİROL CELEP: TRAININGS WILL BE HELD ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE QUALITY OF DRIED FIGS
The yield and quality of dried figs will be increased by trainings on social media… In order to increase the quality of paradise dried figs, sample applications will be made in sample gardens… Press release… Mycotoxin formation is the most important factor that negatively affects dried fig exports and causes …
Read More »URBAN FARMS GIVE NEW MEANING TO THE TERM ‘FARM-TO-TABLE’ THANKS TO VERTICAL FARMING…
Urban areas contain more than half the world’s population and contribute to some 70% of the planet’s energy emissions. Cities guzzle the bulk of Earth’s resources and produce more waste. Many residents live in “urban food deserts.” And buildings are literally making their occupants sick. Our planet is home to …
Read More »TURKEY AT A GLANCE; HUGE AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL ALONG WITH RISING CONCERNS…
Turkey at a glance… Turkey, situated at the crossroads of the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, and eastern Mediterranean, is among the larger countries of the region in terms of territory and population. As an upper middle-income country with a growing population of approximately 83 million, Turkey is one of the …
Read More »TARMAKBİR REPRESENTS AGRI-MACHINERY SECTOR IN TURKEY…
Turkish Agricultural Machinery for the world’s farmers’ needs of quality and efficiency… Who We Are… TARMAKBİR, The Turkish Association of Agricultural Machinery & Equipment Manufacturers, is an initiative of Turkish private sector that found in 1978. Being the representative of the Turkish agricultural machinery industry, currently it has more than …
Read More »FUNDA BALTALI: WE CAN NOT MEET THE DOMESTIC DEMAND OF GOAT MILK
In the corona days, where the importance of agriculture, animal husbandry and food supply were better understood all over the world, the eyes were turned into successful entrepreneurs in this field. Funda Özer Baltalı, who started her career as a banker after Robert College and her law education and then …
Read More »TURKEY’S MILK PRODUCTION UP OVER 6 PERCENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020…
Turkey’s milk production up over 6% in Q1 of 2020… Country’s statistical authority says milk collected by integrated dairies totaled nearly 2.5M tons Turkey’s cow milk production rose by 6.3% year-on-year in January-March, the country’s statistical authority said on Tuesday. TurkStat (TÜİK) said in a statement that the amount of …
Read More »agROBOfood LAUNCHES THE 1ST “OPEN CALL” FOR FUNDING ADDITIONAL INNOVATION EXPERIMENTS…
Press release… agROBOfood is offering 2.65 M€ to SMEs through its’ 1 st Open Call for Innovation Experiments! agROBOfood is a Horizon 2020 project aiming to build a European ecosystem for the effective adoption of robotic technologies in the agrifood sector and to support SMEs become more efficient and competitive. …
Read More »BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS WARN OF ‘AGRICULTURE NATIONALISM’ AMID PANDEMIC…
May. 5, 2020 As countries seek to secure national food supplies, a draft report from the Brazilian agricultural ministry has warned that countries may implement export restrictions and subsidies. Brazilian officials expect the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to spark a rise in global agricultural protectionism as countries seek to secure local …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
