Agribusiness

You might be familiar with the fact that in the U.S., an estimated 40 percent of food goes uneaten. That’s an alarming statistic on its own. This amount of wasted food correlates with waste in other areas: Around 21 percent of all water used in the U.S. and 18 percent …

Turkey: Overview of the world’s seventh-largest agricultural producer Agriculture comprises around 23 percent of the Turkish economy. Approximately 4 million farmers look after 24 million ha of productive land. Average farm size is around 60 decare [a unit of surface measure equal to 10 acres, or 1000 square meters: equivalent …

Şemsi Bayraktar announced the sacrificial prices… Turkey Union of Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar held a press conference yesterday. Bayraktar said: “This year, we estimate that 3 million 600 thousand animals will be slaughtered, approximately 900 thousand bovine and 2.7 million ovine. We also estimate that the amount …

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will support about 13 million liras to 21 projects within the framework of R&D Programme… The Contract Ceremony was held in Ankara for the projects agreed to be supported under the 15th Call of the R & D Support Program carried out by the General …

Juices, the leader in finished product exports of fruits and vegetables… Juices with exports worth 279 million dollars takes the peak while Turkey made 1 billion 564 million dollars exports of fruit and vegetable products in 2018. Canned exports was recorded as 230 million dollars. Pickle exports reached 218 million …

High premium expectation in cotton production… Cotton farmer wants a premium of 1.25 TL… Cotton producers expect 1.25 liras premium per kg as for one of the most important agricultural products of Menemen (a county of Izmir) and also Turkish economy. Producers already declared that premium of 0.80 liras announced …

Raspberry harvest began in Bursa region… The harvest began in Bursa, where ninety percent of the production of raspberries grown in Turkey. Raspberries, whose price increased by 100 percent compared to last year, satisfied the expectations of producers. Raspberries grown in 24 villages in Bursa, are sold at 10 liras …

Aegean Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Exporters Association Chairman Hayrettin Uçak said that Turkey has a 5 billion dollars target in fresh fruit and vegetable exports… Uçak, said in a statement, ”Our country ranks high on cherry, grape, citrus, pomegranate, strawberry, chestnut, tomato production and export in the world market. We, …

Press release… Let’s preserve the value of Turkish raisin together with Turkish Grain Board (TMO), exporter and producer! Exporters enjoy nowadays that the price of raisins, one of the most important agricultural products in Turkey, exceeds 2 dollars per kg after three years. Exporters demand from Turkish Grain Board to …

Konya Food and Agricultural University, with theoretical and practical training given by blending evenly, aims to create a leading group in Turkish food and agriculture sector… Rector of Konya Food and Agriculture University Dr. Cumhur Çökmüş said that they are pursuing to give the most qualified education in the world …