Agribusiness

According to the information compiled from the data of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Associations (AKIB), lemon exports started on September 3. In the first 2 months of the new export season, in September and October, the country received 153 million dollars of foreign currency inflow from citrus exports, 53.5 percent of …

Turkey’s famous resort city of Bodrum, located in the Aegean province of Muğla, is working to attract a million more foreign visitors through agritourism, its mayor said. Agriculture is an essential field for Bodrum, said Ahmet Aras, who is also the head of Bodrum Promotion Foundation (BOTAV), in an interview …

Turkey’s agriculture-based exports have increased by 6.3% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, a senior official said Tuesday. “We have seen the advantages of the strong infrastructure we created in agriculture during the pandemic period,” said Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli in a written statement. Citing the …

Kilis Olive Research and Development Association (KİZADER) President and 7 Aralık (December) University Faculty of Agriculture Dean Professor Dr. Nazım Şekeroğlu said that the studies on “Kilis Olive Oil” started to bear fruit and that the prices of olive oil doubled. Şekeroğlu stated that the producer’s face laughed and said, …

Ankara… Smart agriculture investor Pioneering Ventures establishes subsidiary to enter Turkish market… Pioneering Ventures, a Swiss-Indian food and technology platform company, is entering Turkish market with its subsidiary DistriCo Anatolia. Adopting technology-based agriculture such as hydroponic farming and smart greenhouses, the company’s newly-established affiliate DistriCo Anatolia will introduce its flagship …

An agricultural engineer in the eastern province of Şırnak has advised the unemployed people to breed Californian worms, telling that he produces three tones of worm fertilizer a month by only working an hour a day. “Breeding worms and making worm fertilizer is an effortless job,” said Abdulmutalip Kocaman. Worm fertilizer helps considerably in …

Turkish Sub-Union of Seed Industrialists and Producers (TSÜAB) Chairman of the Board Dr. Ahmet Yılmaz, in his written statement, said that the studies of TSÜAB and the Sector Stakeholders on Certified Seed Usage Supports yielded positive results. Dr. Yılmaz said, “But we expect improvements in the Certified Seed Production supports …

Kılıç Seafood Co., which stepped into the sector with 30 tonnes of production in 1991 at the facilities in Milas and Bodrum districts of Muğla province, increased its capacity further with the incubation facilities and farms it established in different regions, especially in Bodrum area. With the works done in …

Jelly and marmalade manufacturers made export to 135 countries in January-October period in Turkey. According to the information compiled from the records of Uludağ Exporters’ Associations (UİB), a foreign currency income of 36 million 818 thousand dollars was obtained in 10 months from the export made to 135 countries in …

Nigeria, one of the West African countries, imports palm oil worth of 500 million dollars annually. Benard Okata, Director of the Federal Department of Agriculture of the Nigerian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said at the National Palm Oil Symposium that the country generally needs 3 million tonnes of …