Press release… In the last two months of the 2022/2023 hazelnut export season, which started on September 1, 2022, 56,763 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye corresponding to 314 million 953 thousand 824 dollars. In annual exports, 239,934 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported in the 10-month period covering January-October, …

Press release… The export of our Fisheries and Animal Products Industry, which meets the protein needs of the world, exceeded 4 billion dollars for the first time in the last 1 year period. The Fisheries sector has become the locomotive with 1.6 billion dollars of exports. Sinan Kızıltan Turkish Fisheries …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) realized an export of 1 billion 431 million dollars in October. EİB’s exports were 1 billion 508 million in October 2021. EİB’s exports in October decreased by 5 percent compared to October 2021. While the Aegean Region exported 2 billion 545 million dollars in …

Türkiye’s anchovy exports declined by 50 percent in September-October 2022 compared with the same period of last year due to warmer weather and more bonito population in the seas. Recep Denizer In two months, revenues from anchovy sales to 14 countries, including France, Belgium, the U.S. the U.K, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Canada …

Sixty-five percent of Türkiye’s land is at risk of desertification, according to the “Solution Report for the Desertification Problem in Our Country” prepared by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). The Central Anatolian province of Konya, the eastern province of Iğdır and Southeastern Anatolia region are at risk of desertification, the …

In the first half of 2022, tropical fruit exports were $7.9 million, said Hayrettin Uçak, the head of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB). He added that the country’s exports leaped 225 percent between 2018 and 2021. “In 2020, Türkiye exported tropical fruits to around 60 countries, …

Türkiye has started growing seven tropical fruits brought from the United States, officials have said, adding that the adaptation process of some four other fruits is ongoing. Tropical fruit cultivation, which started with materials brought from abroad for hobby gardens in the early 2000s in Türkiye, has started to increase with …

Türkiye’s olive production has hit an all-time-high of 2.94 million tons, according to Mustafa Tan, head of the National Olive and Olive Oil Council (UZZK). “We have met the targets which we set 15 years ago. The number of total olive trees have reached 196 million which produced 2.9 million tonnes of olive,” …

In a bid to expand agricultural activities and boost economy, Türkiye rolled out a road map for urban agriculture, which will subsidy activities nearer to the cities… Turkish government prepared a three-year action plan for urban agriculture, getting the conventionally rural activity closer to the cities. The plan includes support …

FAO food price index virtually unchanged from September with rising cereal prices offsetting decreases in other staples… Global food price were broadly unchanged in October with rising cereal prices offsetting decreases in other staples, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. The FAO food price index was virtually …