Press release… FAO promotes farmer field schools for employment opportunities for Syrian refugees and Turkish farmers… 12 August 2020, Izmir, Turkey  –  A training-of-trainers programme was launched today for 13 selected facilitators coming from Turkey’s four provinces. The programme is part of the Farmer Field Schools component of an FAO project, funded by …

National Citrus Council (UNK) Chairman Kemal Kaçmaz said that in January-July period Turkey provided 336 million dollars of foreign currency income from citrus exports. Kaçmaz stated that citrus exports are at an important point in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector. Indicating that their exports have increased every month, Kaçmaz …

Tomatoes produced in thermal greenhouses in Çaldıran district of Van province are sent to Antalya by lorries. Mehmet Emin Bilmez, the Governor of Van and the Deputy Mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality, who visited the greenhouses, said that it is very important to send tomatoes from Van to Antalya and …

Honey harvest has started for Anzer honey produced in Anzer Plateau, located at an altitude of 2300-3000 metres, in İkizdere district of Rize province. In order to produce Anzer honey, whose price competes with gold, approximately 3,500 hives are placed across the plateau according to the rate of insolation every …

Press release… Turkey’s exports to Saudi Arabia rose over 50 percent in May, 30 percent in June and 21 percent in July. In the eleventh leg of the webinar series “The course of the coronavirus in our target markets” organized by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations, Jeddah Trade Attaché Hıfzı Oğuz …

Kilis 7 Aralık (December) University signed a project protocol titled “Creating a Capacity Enhancing Model in Organic Olive Oil Production” for the production of “Boutique olive oil”. The project, which is also supported by the Governorship of Kilis, was signed by Rector of 7 Aralık University Professor Dr. Mustafa Doğan …

Press release… Bees transform the nectar collected from nature into nutrients by enzyme. Scientists have determined that propolis, which bees produce to protect their hives from bacteria and diseases, also has protective properties for humans. So what is propolis, how and how much should it be consumed? Ahmet Bağran Aksoy, …

Turkey’s agricultural exports increased by 3.9% in the first seven months of 2020 compared to the same period last year despite the disruption in supply chains in the food sector caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to an Anadolu Agency (AA) report released Monday that cited data from the Turkey …

Press release… The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry banned 16 pesticides (plant protection products) used to prevent diseases and harmful organisms from damaging the crop in June. It added 9 more pesticides to this list on 5 August 2020. 7 pesticides; It decided to restrict the usage areas until the …

“Don’t Worry Neither The Hazelnut On The Tree Nor The worker In The Field Project”, which was implemented for the first time this year by Ordu Metropolitan Municipality and brings together hazelnut workers and producers, pleased garden owners and workers. With the project, the garden owners were helped to find …