Agribusiness

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the world economic order as we know it and may be the gravest challenge that Africa’s leaders have faced since independence. Africa, like other regions, is reeling from the pandemic’s economic and social consequences. The global economic downturn is undercutting every sector of Africa’s economy. …

The Crop Science division of Bayer has launched a new digital farming business committed to enabling farmers to work smarter, by combining their expertise and knowledge of the land with modern, digitally-enabled tools. Bayer Managing Director Joerg Ellmanns, said the digital transformation of the sector continues to have a fundamentally …

The market share of Turkish products in ketchup, mayonnaise and sauce categories is gradually increasing in Europe and the USA. Turkey made exports about 19.4 million dollars in tomato-based sauce, 157 million dollars in tomato paste and 15 million dollars in mayonnaise last year. Hakan Koçoğlu, General Manager of Assan …

Press release… Despite the pandemic, exports of furniture paper and forestry products in the Aegean Region reached 695 million dollars in 2020, remaining above the export figure of the previous year. Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association President Cahit Doğan Yağcı said that Turkey’s overall exports through these …

Press release… Turkey’s largest agro-industrial zone, Dikili Agriculture Based Specialized Organized Industrial Zone (TDİOSB) is waiting for investors. TDİOSB will increase the production of fresh fruits and vegetables in the Aegean Region by 80 thousand tonnes per year, also provide employment for 3 thousand 500 people and produce with renewable …

Turkey’s Tea Enterprises Directorate sold 132,000 tonnes of processed tea last year… Rize, Turkey Turkey’s state-owned tea company will export Matcha green tea powder to the US this March, said the company head. “Exports to the US will start with 10,000 boxes, and will be increased on request,” Yusuf Ziya …

After the price hike in chicken and eggs, meat price has also increased. Stating that hikes between 3 and 5 liras should be met normally, Turkish Butchers’ Federation Vice President Osman Yardımcı said, “No product left that has not seen any mark up last year across the world. Still just …

Kayseri Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Mustafa Şahin said that Kayseri province, which has a say in the production of apples, has the capacity to meet the apple need of Libya and Russia. Mustafa Şahin, who visited Yahyalı district noted that 6.7 percent of Turkey’s apple need has been …

Malatya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ramazan Özcan stated that the foreign currency input obtained from the dried apricot export in 2020 made him happy. Expressing that they thought dried apricot exports might be affected negatively with the spread of the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) in the world last year, Özcan …

Press release… Er: Our olive oil exporter has become unable to export the product Davut Er, Chairperson of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), said, “The 15 percent drop in foreign exchange rates put the exporting companies that made their agreements at the beginning of the season …