The United Nations, Türkiye and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement the Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for Monday for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia’s withdrawal from the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets. Antonio Guterres Russia, …

Press release… Due to the start of the tangerine season, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association held a “Mandarin Harvest Ceremony” in Gümüldür region of Izmir, the capital of world-famous satsuma tangerine. Emphasizing that the tangerine is the export champion with an amount of 453 million dollars in fruit …

Where there is water, there is life. A reliable source of clean water is necessary to grow nutritious food and to lead a healthy life. But climate change is wreaking havoc on rainfall patterns and causing surface water to be lost to evaporation. Sometimes there is not enough water, and …

Türkiye’s foreign trade deficit soared by 268.1 percent in September compared to the same month of the previous year and reached 9 billion 595 million dollars and increased by 156.3 percent in the January-September period to 83 billion 97 million dollars. On the other hand, foreign trade surplus of food …

Russia has said it is suspending its participation in the agreement to ensure the continuation of Ukrainian grain exports — vital for food supplies to poor countries — linking the decision to a drone attack on Russian ships in occupied Crimea on Saturday morning. The defence ministry announced the move, and …

Harvest has started in Antalya’s Döşemealtı district, where 25 percent of Türkiye’s pomegranate needs are met. Turgay Genç Turgay Genç, Mayor of Döşemealtı, who participated in the harvest, said, “90 percent of the 30-40 thousand tonnes of pomegranate harvested is exported to Europe and the Middle East. It put a …

Press release… Twenty five scientists from around the world met at NUTS 22 organized by the International Nut and Dried Fruits Council (INC) to reveal the health benefits of dried fruits with all their sides. At the meeting chaired by Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvado, a lecturer at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, …

The very first Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty by 2030… Today, seven years after the goals were agreed and on the heels of a global pandemic, conflict and economic crises, a world without poverty seems out of reach. The World Bank estimates that, by the end of 2022, 685 million …

TürkTraktör, which manufactures nearly 50 thousand tractors per year with a localization rate of over 90 percent, has unloaded its 1 millionth vehicle from the band. Aykut Özüner TürkTraktör’s General Manager Aykut Özüner said that TürkTraktör produced its first tractor in 1955 and the 500 thousandth tractor was unloaded in …

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will establish “Agricultural Consultancy” Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Vahit Kirişci announced, in a written statement, “I hope we will release authorized agricultural engineers, veterinarians, food engineers, aquaculture engineers to the field under the name of Agricultural Consultancy in the coming period. In this way, …