Organic farming areas are expanding in the EU… The share of organic farming lands approached 10%… The share of organic farming areas in the total agricultural areas in European Union countries has approached 10%. According to Eurostat data, the European statistical administration, the size of organic farming areas in the …
Read More »FOOD TO BE HIT BY WAR IN UKRAINE!
The war in Ukraine is threatening further disruption to already stretched supply chains. Ukraine and Russia may only account for a small proportion of the imports of major manufacturing nations like Germany and the US, but they are essential suppliers of raw materials and energy for many crucial supply chains. Global food prices already rose sharply during …
Read More »WHEAT PRICES RISE DRAMATICALLY AFTER RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE!
Wheat prices rose dramatically to over $300 on Thursday after Russia officially launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea. Futures contracts for March in the United States market for the price of wheat per ton reached around $308, up from $280 on Wednesday. With the intervention, …
Read More »MUSTAFA ÖZEN: SMART AGRICULTURE ERA BEGINS IN IZMIR PROVINCE
Press release… İzmir Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry is signing off on a project that will be the first of its kind in Turkiye. Thanks to the project launched, the numbers of insects that cause damage in agricultural areas will be made by the stations established in the orchards …
Read More »BANANA AND STRAWBERRY HARVEST BEGINS IN HATAY PROVINCE…
The Harvest Festival of the greenhouses occupying 19,000 square meters (204,515 square feet) of land in Turkiye’s southern border province Hatay’s Reyhanlı district was held Tuesday with the participation of Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) Chairperson Kerem Kınık, as he said that Turkiye has been providing social product support, protection and …
Read More »USDA SECRETARY TOM VILSACK ASKS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE CROP INPUT PRICES!
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wants the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ensure seed companies and other input suppliers are not using their market power and current conditions to raise prices unfairly. “It’s important for us to ask questions about whether all of these increases, every penny of these increases, is …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE ALLIANCE CELEBRATES ‘TWOSDAY EVENT’ WITH FAO IN ANKARA…
Press release… Meeting highlights collaboration in the field of cooperatives… Ariel Guarco 23 February 2022, Ankara – A meeting was held yesterday with the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) to enhance collaboration in the field of cooperatives within the scope of a project entitled “Building the Resilience of Syrians under Temporary Protection and …
Read More »ALVARO RODRIGUEZ: TURKIYE’S GREEN REVOLUTION MOVE TO BENEFIT NOT ITSELF BUT REGION
THE SCOPE OF GRANT SUPPORT IN AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION EXPANDS…
The scope of grant support in agricultural irrigation has expanded… Solar energy and smart irrigation systems in individual irrigation were included in the grant support. The Communiqué on Supporting Individual Irrigation Systems within the Scope of Rural Development Supports has been updated with the communiqué published in today’s issue of …
Read More »MUĞLA DEPUTY SÜLEYMAN GİRGİN: SUGAR NEED OF BEEKEEPERS SHOULD BE SOLVED URGENTLY
Girgin: Honey producers cannot find sugar Republican People’s Party (CHP) Muğla Deputy Süleyman Girgin stated that honey producers in Muğla province have problems in supplying sugar from Turkish Sugar Factories (TÜRKŞEKER) and brought the issue to the agenda of the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye (TBMM). CHP Muğla Deputy Süleyman …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
