We are losing farms and farmers at an alarming rate! This loss has major implications for our food system and our daily lives. Here’s why it’s crucial to understand and address this issue: 1. Concentration of Food Power As farmers and farmland disappear, food production increasingly falls into the hands …

Autonomous tractor operations are gaining ground on Türkiye’s small and medium-sized family farms, where labour shortages and rising costs remain persistent challenges. Driving this transformation is the increasing uptake of the XAG APC2 AutoPilot Console, which turns even aging tractors into smart, capable field partners. As young people return to …

Agriculture, throughout human history, has been a fundamental source of food production, fulfilling one of our most basic needs. Today, this ancient sector stands at the cusp of a profound transformation, driven by rapidly evolving technologies. In what can be termed the “Smart Farming Revolution” or the “Age of Smart …

Press release… According to data from the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM), the five-month export value of the cereal, pulse, oilseed and processed products sector, which includes basic food products such as wheat flour, pasta, vegetable oils, biscuits, and sugar and cocoa products, was announced as 5.2 billion dollars. While cereal …

Biodiversity generally refers to the billions of unique living organisms that exist in the world and the interactions between them. Biodiversity encompasses all forms of life diversity within species, between species, and among the ecosystems they inhabit. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), established to protect biodiversity, aims to guide …

You and I both know the challenges our planet faces: soil degradation, carbon imbalance, and the desperate need for sustainable practices. We’ve witness the impact of regenerative agriculture on land, how it breathes life back into the earth, sequesters carbon, and revitalizes ecosystems. But here’s a thought: our planet is over 70 percent water. If …

Türksat is closely monitoring agricultural production by analysing satellite images with artificial intelligence technologies. According to information obtained by an Anatolian Agency (AA) correspondent from Türksat, within the scope of the Artificial Intelligence-Based Detection of Production Areas Using Satellite Images Project, images obtained from advanced satellites such as Göktürk-1, Göktürk-2, …

Press release… » The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 127.7 points in May 2025, down 1.0 points (0.8 percent) from April. While the price indices for dairy products and meat increased, they were more than offset by declines in those for cereals, sugar and vegetable oils. Overall, the FFPI was …

Food safety saves lives. It is not only a crucial component to food security, but it also plays a vital role in reducing foodborne disease. Every year, 600 million people fall sick as a result of around 200 different types of foodborne illness. The burden of such illness falls most …

Agricultural solar power plants (TarımGES) are believed to limit the negative effects of climate change on agricultural land. Yusuf Bahadır Turhan, Chair of Solar Energy Think Tank Solar3GW, said in a written statement that TarımGES (Agricultural solar power plants) projects should be accelerated to prevent the negative effects of climate …