Press release… Türkiye, the world’s dried fruit supplier… The priority of the Turkish dried fruit sector is sustainable production and export by protecting its lands. Türkiye is the world’s largest supplier of dried fruits, which are included in the list of healthy food products by the World Health Organization. Mehmet …

Establishing 733 honey forests in 79 out of 81 provinces, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry is aiming to increase this figure to 790 by the end of 2023, stating that Türkiye ranks second in the world in honey production. Vahit Kirişçi In the statement made by the ministry to daily Hürriyet, it noted that …

Producer Price Index of Agricultural Products (Agriculture-PPI) soared by 4. 82 percent in December and 151.03 percent annually in 2022, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on Jan. 16. “Compared to the previous month in sectors, forestry products and related services decreased by 3.45 percent, products of agriculture, hunting and …

The government wants to see more young people at every stage of agricultural production, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişçi has said. “I consider food safety as the first priority of the ‘Turkish Century’ in agriculture,” Kirişçi said at a meeting of the Agriculture-Forestry Workers Union in Ankara. “We need to shape our agricultural …

Turkish Guild of Agricultural Journalists (TGAJ) held the ordinary general assembly in Ankara with its members on Saturday. İsmail Uğural was reelected as the president of TGAJ. Uğural said that they will be more active in new 3-year period and a good member of International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ). …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci: We can call the TarımCebimde (Agriculture in my pocket) application a revolution in the name of digitalization. Kirişci underlined that digitalization is essential for food supply security and product planning in his speech at the “TarımCebimde Application Promotion Meeting” held at …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) achieved an export of 18 billion 300 million dollars in 2022 with a hike of 12 percent. While 9 of 12 exporting associations ramped up their exports, 3 associations lagged behind their last year’s performance. At the 2022 export performance evaluation meeting, Aegean Exporters’ …

Istanbul Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (İHBİR) announced the export figures of the grain industry for December and 2022. According to this; Exports of grains, pulses, oilseeds and their products in Türkiye soared by 25.4 percent compared to the previous year and reached 11.5 billion dollars. İHBİR’s exports …

Sunflower cultivation areas in Türkiye increased by about 15 percent… Şafak Kırbiç, Chairman of the Board of Trakya Birlik, said that sunflower cultivation areas in Türkiye increased by nearly 15 percent. At the press conference he held with the members of the board of directors, Kırbiç stated that the Russia-Ukraine …