Agribusiness

According to TURKSTAT, Turkey Statistical Institute (TUIK) data, the price of potatoes rose by 31.02 percent last month. Prices in potatoes decreased especially with the start of the harvest period in İzmir and Adana, provinces where intensive production was made. On the shelves, potatoes ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 liras …

Tea growers in the eastern Black Sea region are desperately looking for workers to harvest tea on their land plants after authorities have introduced curbs on travel and limited entrance to and exit from the cities. Potential tea plantation workers are offered a salary of 6,900 Turkish Liras (around 1000 dollars) …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said that they closely followed 50 products especially during the coronavirus period. Pakdemirli stated, “We are following all of these products’ production, harvest, exports, imports and taxes, etc. But too much onion used to be exported, its prices turned to normal while we …

Turkey will prioritize investments in food, health and digitalization in the coming period, the country’s trade minister said Friday. The importance of digitalization has been understood once again amid the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said at the virtual meeting held with the Union of Chambers …

Necati Gültekin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kütahya Commodity Exchange, said that the sour cherry produced in the province as a result of the works initiated 3 years ago was registered as a geographical indication under the name of “Şaphane Sour Cherry“. Stating that approximately 35 thousand tons …

Press release… CHP (Republican People’s Party) İzmir Deputy Prof. Dr. Kamil Okyay Sındır brought the troubles  experienced by the cherry sector and producers to the agenda of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM). Sındır, who submitted a research proposal to the Assembly Presidency to develop long-term and sustainable strategies …

Ufuk Karaçay (55), who produces goose breeding in Çıldır district of Ardahan (a northeastern province of Turkey), said that he could not meet the demand despite producing 15 thousand geese per year. Stating that goose is a versatile animal that eats little, grows easily on its own and is a …

Turkey on Wednesday set up a digital ecosystem for the agriculture sector to establish a direct link between the cultivator and the consumer. Launching the Digital Agriculture Market, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said that it will enable stakeholders dealing with agricultural supply and demand to meet in the …

April – 2020 Sugar beet production and planting area is forecast at 19.2 million metric tons (MMT) and 320,000 hectares (ha) in Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21, assuming favorable growing conditions similar to last year. The production quotas for MY 2020/21 were announced on December 25, 2019, which is identical to …

Potato harvest has begun in Eskişehir province where one of Turkey’s most important agricultural centers. The producers who are satisfied with the yield, suffer from the cheapness of sales prices and the fact that input prices are expensive. In the Tepebaşı region of Eskişehir, summer potato dismantling started. About 1500 …