Cultivation areas across Turkey have narrowed dramatically over the recent years, while hikes in food prices on a global scale are making it harder to import agricultural products, a former official has warned. “We have 15.3 million hectares [153,000 square kilometers] of lands under cultivation and 2 million hectares of non-cultivated lands. Thus, …

“We will pay a total of 24 billion liras for agricultural support in 2021” Underlining that they will pay 24 billion TL in agricultural support this year, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said, “Agricultural support has increased by 65 percent in the last 3 years. We will pay …

Press release… Despite the pandemic, the foreign currency we brought to our country was 4.5 billion dollars During the pandemic period, our fresh fruit and vegetable exports increased by 21% to 2 billion 731 million dollars, while the exports of fruit and vegetable products reached 1 billion 683 million dollars …

Turkish producers export flowers worth around $7M to 22 countries… Turkish producers have exported 70 million flowers to 22 countries — including the Netherlands, the UK, Germany, and Romania — ahead of Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14. Ismail Yılmaz, the head of the Ornamental Plants and Products Exporters’ Association, told …

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is implementing new projects for the effective and efficient use of water in agricultural production. One of these, the Digital Irrigation Management System Development Project has been on the agenda as of this year. A digital irrigation system will be set up to evaluate …

European agricultural production will decrease by 56.13 million tonnes by 2030… The EU-27 has 156.7 million hectares devoted to agriculture. In 2019, nearly 12.5 million hectares, i.e. about 8% of the total area, were devoted to organic farming. However, the goal of the “From Farm to Table” European strategy is …

Press release… Yağcı: “The decrease in exchange rates causes our products to be exported cheaply” Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairman of the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said that the dollar exchange rate, which entered 2021 at the level of 7.43 TL, declined to 7.05 on February 5, …

Press release… Celep: “We expect the exchange rate to ensure the continuation of value-added exports” Birol Celep, Chairperson of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) members exported 5.1 billion dollars of agricultural products in 2020 with an increase of 4 percent. “We …

Press release… Verde, “Turkey’s ambassador olive oil”, once again at the summit of exports. After the acquisition by TRK Group in 2018, Verde has showed a rapid rise and became the champion of olive oil exports in 2020. Verde, which has achieved many successes in its quarter-century business life, is …

Press release… With the support of the Ministry of Trade, the second online training was held within the scope of the Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (UYMSİB) Bursa Black Fig Product Development (Ur-Ge) Project. The training provided by Marketing Strategies and Brand Management Consultant and Trainer Dr. Zeynep …