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NEW TRENDSETTER; COFFEE CULTIVATION IN TURKIYE

Turkish tea is world famous and one of the favorite hot beverages Turks consume several times a day. It is domestically produced with the largest growing area in the Black Sea city of Rize. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s latest accessible data, Turkiye is the sixth largest …

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DIGITISING AGRICULTURE TO GROW MORE WITH LESS!

AgTech is a sector unlike any other. It involves the digitalisation of a lot of physical assets and typically spans over very vast, remote environments, which collectively have a huge role to play in the sustainability and climate agenda. At Syngenta, they thrive off innovation and offer solutions to fight …

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TURKISH TEA EXPORTS REACH TO 97 COUNTRIES!

Tea exports from Turkiye to 97 countries in the first half of the year soared by 19 percent and reached 12.2 million dollars. Belgium, the United Kingdom and Germany were the three countries with the highest exports. The interest in Turkish tea in Europe was also reflected in the export …

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TURKISH SCIENTISTS WORK ON ENDURING WHEAT FOR SUSTAINABLE CROPS…

A group of scientists in central Turkey is researching some 2,500 genotypes to domestically produce wheat resistant to the impacts of climate change… As agricultural practices shift to sustainable crops in the face of increasing damage from the fallout of climate change, scientists look for new ways to keep agricultural stocks …

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TURKISH FARMER FIGHTING WITH INSECTS!

Farmers in Turkiye’s southeast and northwest are concerned about the abundance of insects threatening their crops as the temperatures increase. Over the past few weeks, their fields have been invaded by grasshoppers and loxostege sticticalis, a moth species. Pesticides are the farmers’ only option against the small invaders nibbling on …

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TURKIYE’S AGRIFOOD EXPORTS SURPASS 10 BILLION DOLLARS IN 5 MONTHS…

According to the TGDF (The Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkiye) Digital Data Panel prepared by Agrimetre, based on the Foreign Trade Data announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), in the first 5 months of 2022, the agriculture, food and beverage sector realized exports of 10.1 …

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RED MEAT PRICES ON THE RISE AGAIN!

After Eid-al-Adha, red meat price is on the rise again! Due to the decrease in the purchasing power of the citizens and the lack of sufficient animals to be brought to the markets during the Eid-al-Adha, animal sales dropped significantly this year. Right after the Sacrificial Feast, red meat prices …

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EUROPEAN FARMERS RISE UP!

What started with the Dutch has spread to Germany, Poland, and now Italy as farmers collectively rise up to protest their governments’ destructive climate policies that threaten livelihoods and the global food supply. Earlier this week, German farmers joined up with the Dutch to blockade a roundabout in Heerenberg on …

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GULCIN GULOGLU: WE NEED RECYCLING ORGANISED INDUSTRIAL ZONES ACROSS TURKIYE

Press release… Gülçin Güloğlu, General Manager of Güloğlu Plastic Company, was the guest of the “Impacts of Climate Change in Industry and Solutions Workshop” organized by Uşak University at the Uşak Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Güloğlu drew attention to the importance of recycling in her speech titled “Circular Economy …

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“ANTEP PISTACHIO EXPORTS ROSE BY 30 PERCENT THIS YEAR”

Turkiye’s Antep pistachio exports in the January-June period rose by 30 percent compared to the same period last year. Antep pistachio exports from Turkiye in the January-June period of this year soared by 30 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and reached 111 million 456 thousand …

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