The war in Ukraine is threatening further disruption to already stretched supply chains. Ukraine and Russia may only account for a small proportion of the imports of major manufacturing nations like Germany and the US, but they are essential suppliers of raw materials and energy for many crucial supply chains. Global food prices already rose sharply during …

Wheat prices rose dramatically to over $300 on Thursday after Russia officially launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea. Futures contracts for March in the United States market for the price of wheat per ton reached around $308, up from $280 on Wednesday. With the intervention, …

Press release… İzmir Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry is signing off on a project that will be the first of its kind in Turkiye. Thanks to the project launched, the numbers of insects that cause damage in agricultural areas will be made by the stations established in the orchards …

The Harvest Festival of the greenhouses occupying 19,000 square meters (204,515 square feet) of land in Turkiye’s southern border province Hatay’s Reyhanlı district was held Tuesday with the participation of Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) Chairperson Kerem Kınık, as he said that Turkiye has been providing social product support, protection and …

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wants the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ensure seed companies and other input suppliers are not using their market power and current conditions to raise prices unfairly. “It’s important for us to ask questions about whether all of these increases, every penny of these increases, is …

Press release… Meeting highlights collaboration in the field of cooperatives… Ariel Guarco 23 February 2022, Ankara – A meeting was held yesterday with the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) to enhance collaboration in the field of cooperatives within the scope of a project entitled “Building the Resilience of Syrians under Temporary Protection and …

Press release… The recycling industry is becoming a sector that all developed countries support with public power and the rate of compulsory use in production is increasing. Berat Güzelel Berat Güzelel, General Manager of Batı Polimer, which is among the biggest raw material suppliers of the Turkish plastics industry, pointed …

Country’s first climate council shows it takes climate change seriously, says UN envoy in Turkiye… KONYA, Turkiye… Turkiye’s efforts toward green development will be of great benefit not only to the country but, of course, the region and globally as well, said UN Resident Coordinator in Turkiye Alvaro Rodriguez on …

The scope of grant support in agricultural irrigation has expanded… Solar energy and smart irrigation systems in individual irrigation were included in the grant support. The Communiqué on Supporting Individual Irrigation Systems within the Scope of Rural Development Supports has been updated with the communiqué published in today’s issue of …