Harvest activities in Malatya, home to 8 million out of the 17 million apricot trees in Turkey keep going. AK Party Malatya Deputy Öznur Çalık, said in a statement, “Apricot is very important for the provincial economy, this fruit brings an annual income of 300 million dollars.” Stating that apricot …

Konya Food and Agricultural University, with theoretical and practical training given by blending evenly, aims to create a leading group in Turkish food and agriculture sector… Rector of Konya Food and Agriculture University Dr. Cumhur Çökmüş said that they are pursuing to give the most qualified education in the world …

Turkey, the world’s second largest beekeeping country after China… Selçuk Solmaz, head of Ankara Beekeepers Association (AAYB), said, “Turkey is one of few self-sufficient countries in beekeeping,” Founded in 2003, AAYB aims to train beekeepers, discuss difficulties of the profession and find solutions to produce various bee products with more …

No import for this Feast of Sacrifice (Qurban Bayram)! Cengiz Ceylan, Deputy Director General of Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said that sacrificials for the Feast would be all domestic. Ceylan said, “This year the sacrificials are not considered to be imported. 1 million 250 thousand cattle ready …

Istanbul Commodity Exchange (ISTIB) Vice Chairman of the Board Ilhan Koyunseven said that food prices were falling with the effect of the season, but while rejoicing, the importance of planned progress in agriculture should not be forgotten, besides not daily, yet long-term effects of structural measures should be taken into …

The green revolution of the 1960s, which ended the world food shortages, created the opportunity for the organic agriculture market to flourish in the 1980s. Its emergence is based on a logic that cannot be rejected by anyone. Organic agriculture started due to the health and environmental problems caused by …

Precision Farming… What is Precision Farming all about? Precision Farming is about managing variations in the field accurately to grow more food using fewer resources and reducing production costs. All aspects of the environment – soil, weather, vegetation, water – vary from place to place. And all these factors determine …

India is the largest producer and the second largest exporter of cotton in the world. Yet, for the farmers raising cotton crop the year 2017 was horrendous. Reason? Nearly 50 per cent of their yield was destroyed following an attack by the pink bollworm. This happened despite cotton farmers using …

The amount of agricultural pesticide used in Turkey increased to 59 thousand tons since 2009. The southern province of Antalya saw the highest increase. The usage of pesticides increased by 57 percent in the last decade. The total amount of pesticides used in 2017 increased to 54.098 tons compared to …

Turkey will be exporting pictachio nuts to China… During his visit to Beijing, Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan recalled that 25 tons of Turkish cherry entered China after a long period of time and said that pistachio nuts are also allowed to be sold to this country. 39 companies to …