Press release… Support to Beekeepers in Konya and Karaman from FAO! FAO distributed 400 bee hives and materials to producers in Konya and Karaman provinces as part of the “Sustainable Land Management and Climate Friendly Agriculture” project. June 25, 2020; Ankara – 400 bee hives and equipments provided by the …

The foundations of great cooperation were laid in the agricultural sector… İzmir Agriculture and Forestry Provincial Directorate and Aegean Exporters’ Associations have decided to join forces to increase quality agricultural production and value added exports. Aegean Exporters’ Associations, which export 5 billion dollars of agricultural products annually and İzmir Agriculture …

WEBINAR: Climate change adaptation in fisheries and aquaculture under the FISHCap project of FTPP II Ankara, Turkey, 23/06/2020 – 24/06/2020 A webinar on climate change adaptation in fisheries and aquaculture was organized on 23–24 June under the project “Capacity Building for Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Management in Central Asia, Azerbaijan and …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan/ NEW DELHI, India/ DHAKA, Bangladesh  The coronavirus pandemic is profoundly impacting the future of 600 million children in South Asia, UNICEF warned in a report. The UN agency called on governments to take immediate action to protect millions of children and families in the region. “The COVID-19 pandemic …

SAKARYA, Turkey After a three-year wait, Turkey’s quince has earned a geographical indication, a type of intellectual property right which identifies a good as belonging to a territory. The yellow fruit that is often mistaken for a pear grows in Turkey’s Sakarya province and is exported to many European countries. …

Increased water consumption due to the coronavirus outbreak could cause a drought as precipitation remains below the seasonal averages across the country, an expert warned Friday. According to Yusuf Demir, a professor of agriculture and irrigation at Samsun’s Ondokuz Mayıs University, residential water consumption increased by 60% throughout the country …

Surrounded by three seas, there is plenty of fish in the sea for Turks. Yet, the meat-crazy nation lags behind other countries in fish consumption. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli lamented that fish consumption has plateaued in the past two decades and urged the public to eat more …

“Three Challenges” for organic movement in Turkey. Organic integrity… There should be real/physical integrity in organic “from farm to fork” with whole stakeholders but not only on the paper. Of course, the most important key words are “transparency”, “traceability”, “trustworthy” among stakeholders in order to supply integrity in whole chain. …

“Digital Farming Management Tool Market Acceptance Solutions” İZMİR (Aegean Agency) – Project proposal of “Digital Farming Management Tool Market Acceptance Solutions (d-FaMToMAS)”, of which Aegean University is a project partner to be presented to Full Proposal by passing the TUBITAK and European Union eliminations among 112 projects, took place among …

Another novelty in its sector from Pınar Meat: “TSE Covid-19 Safe Production Certificate” Pınar Meat (Et) became the first Integrated Meat products company to achieve the “Covid-19 Safe Production Certificate” by meeting the criteria in the guide prepared by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE). Stating that the high quality, hygiene …