Marmaris (a district of Muğla province) Agricultural Development Cooperative (MARKO) was established with the contributions of Marmaris Municipality. Through the cooperative, both agricultural production will be promoted and products unique to Marmaris will be introduced to the world. An important step has been taken for agricultural development in Marmaris, whose …

Eskişehir Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Emine Sever said that Eskişehir ranks second across Turkey in seedbed sunflower production. Dr. Sever visited the cultivation areas and the purchasing centre during the harvest of seedbed sunflower belonging to a private company in Çifteler district. Provincial Director of Agriculture and …

Press release… Selışık: The need for agricultural production will increase due to population growth Dr. Ayşegül Selışık, FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations) Deputy Representative of Turkey, emphasized that the need for agricultural production will increase in the coming years and for this, more efficient production techniques …

Press release… Akhisar (a district of Manisa province) Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat said that 400 thousand producers wanted VAT of the olive oil retail to be reduced from 8 percent to 1 percent. Reminding that some suppliers, who took advantage of the explosion of demand in the first wave …

Agricultural lands owned by the treasury will be allocated to farmers without land or without sufficient land for 10 years. The first year rental value of the lands will be 1.5 percent of the current value. The Ministry of Environment and Urbanization published the National Real Estate Communiqué on the …

Press release… Let’s lower our digital carbon footprint… Sustainable Production and Consumption Association (SPCA; SÜT-D) made a call to clean the digital life on account of World Cleanup Day, 19 September. The importance of reducing the digital carbon footprint emphasized anddrawn attention to reducing its cost. September 19, World Cleanup …

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said that Turkey broke an all-time record with an increase of 33 percent in fisheries production in a year and reached 837 thousand tons. Pakdemirli said: “We have set total fisheries production for 2023 as 1 million tons. We take firm steps forward by …

Press release… Davut Er, Chairman of Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association, said that olives are the fruit of poor soils and most of the olive trees that grow in arid lands across Turkey lack irrigation infrastructure. Davut Er said, “In this regard, there is an urgent need for …

Press release… The Seedless Table Sultana Grape, which decorated the tables of the Sultans in Ottoman Palaces, became the star of exports. Sultana grapes brought in 37 million 419 million dollars in 1-month period starting from 8th of August. The export of fresh sultani grapes was 30 million 701 thousand …

Press release… Ankara – Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar stated that free market conditions that prevent fair competition can never be accepted. Bayraktar said, “There are many producers and a small number of buyers in Antep pistachio, in this situation stability can only be achieved by …