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Manavlar Food wins Türkiye’s top export award in honey!

Press release… At the ‘Stars of Export’ ceremony, Manavlar Food (Gıda) once again cemented its leadership both in the region and across the country by receiving the ‘2025 Türkiye Export Champion in the Honey Category’ award. Manavlar Food (Gıda) issued a statement containing the following remarks; “Alongside this significant achievement, …

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Ferhat Gürüz: Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports reached 1.3 billion dollars in the first quarter, up 35 percent!

Press release… FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE EXPORTS SEE A DECLINE IN VOLUME BUT SET A RECORD IN VALUE! Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, announced that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports reached 1.3 billion dollars in the first …

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Türkiye maps climate adaptation strategy for olives as drought pressures mount…

Türkiye has developed a climate adaptation roadmap for olive cultivation, identifying drought-resistant varieties and guiding farmers on what to plant and where, as climate change increasingly reshapes agricultural production. Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said the initiative is based on research conducted by the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM), …

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Turkish universities set to launch new agricultural tech programmes…

April, 2026 Türkiye will introduce new university programmes focused on agricultural technologies starting this year, as part of a broader effort to modernize higher education and align it with future workforce needs, according to the head of the country’s higher education body. Türkiye’s Council of Higher Education (YÖK) President Erol Özvar said …

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Agricultural frost risk raises concerns for food market!

Agricultural frost impacted 36 of Türkiye’s 81 provinces last year, triggering significant production losses that created hardships for both farmers and consumers. The impact of those losses has not yet been fully overcome, and experts warn that the country is now entering a critical period for the 2026 food market. Both the Agriculture …

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War puts Turkish farmers in a ‘low yield or high cost’ dilemma!

The Hormuz crisis has driven fertilizer prices in Türkiye up by between 8 percent and 55 percent, leaving farmers caught between two difficult choices: lower yields or higher costs. Fertilizer Farmers now face the dilemma of either reducing fertilizer use—risking lower productivity and smaller harvests—or bearing the burden of sharply increased expenses. Both scenarios …

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“We aim to export 100 million dollars worth of fresh fruit, vegetables and processed produce to Canada”

Press release… Türkiye aims to export 100 million dollars worth of fresh fruit, vegetables and processed produce to Canada… Turkish exporters of fresh fruit, vegetables and processed produce have identified Canada—which imports 23 billion dollars worth of fresh fruit, vegetables and processed produce annually—as a target market with the goal …

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Ufuk Atakan Demir: Our target for 2030 is to reach 3 billion dollars in fishery exports

Press release… At the General Assembly of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, held at the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB), Ufuk Atakan Demir, representative of More Seafood Trading Inc., was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors with 34 votes in an election contested by a single list. …

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Agricultural markets rise as fuel and fertilizer costs ripple through supply chains…

Commodity markets diverged sharply in the first quarter of the year, as the US-Israel war on Iran and rising geopolitical tensions reshaped global supply chains and investor behaviour. Fertilizer While energy and some industrial metals surged on supply fears, precious metals saw volatile swings and agricultural commodities reacted to rising …

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IMF, WB, WFP: Middle East war threatens global food security and growth!

09 April, 2026… Joint statement says war-driven spikes in energy, fertilizer, transport costs to raise food prices and deepen insecurity, hitting vulnerable import-dependent economies hardest! The war in the Middle East is driving major disruptions in global energy markets and risks worsening food insecurity, particularly in low-income, import-dependent countries, the …

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