Agroforestry

“Biodiversity, Agriculture and Food Symposium” will be held in Türkiye’s Eastern Anatolian province of Erzurum by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) to discuss the loss of biodiversity in agriculture and its possible effects due to faulty practices in agriculture and climate change that has increased its impact in recent …

From providing food to sustaining smallholder communities, agriculture is a fundamental core of our society – one that the modern world cannot live without. Even so, this critical industry can be highly unpredictable as it relies on various factors that significantly impact its outcome, including the most influential: climate. Climate …

Turkish experts warn of wildfires, extreme weather events if climate change not tackled… ISTANBUL  Climate change causes a significant rise in glacial melting, and this indirectly triggers wildfires, said a Turkish academic. The increasing melting of the polar glaciers, which prevent the world from overheating by reflecting about 80% of …

New 2022 tree cover loss data analysis, released today on the Global Forest Review, shows tropical primary forest loss in 2022 totaled 4.1 million hectares, the equivalent of losing 11 football (soccer) fields of forest per minute. We are rapidly losing one of our most effective tools for fighting climate …

Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı has announced an ambitious target of 10 minutes for this year’s fire response time. “Next year, we will surpass our achievements from the previous year in terms of equipment, materials, and personnel. We are committed to preserving this ecosystem, which faces various threats and natural events,” Yumaklı …

Forests in the country’s southwestern region vastly impacted by severe wildfires in 2021 are reviving following timely rehabilitation efforts, General Directorate of Forestry reported… Rehabilitation, including damage assessments and reforestation efforts, has been completed in the regions of southwestern Türkiye following the historic wildfires two years ago, General Directorate of Forestry …

The “Water Efficiency Campaign” is set to be launched to prevent water misuse in homes, workplaces and industries, and to establish legal infrastructure, modern irrigation methods in agriculture and raise public awareness of water consumption in Türkiye. The campaign announcement comes as the country is experiencing significant “water stress” due …

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has established a digital database called “Barkodtürk” for registering endemic plant species. The database aims for the protection, long-term preservation and sustainability of Türkiye’s genetic resources and their use in scientific research to transfer them to future generations by creating a DNA bank based on endemic plants as the seeds preserved …

Press release… The 2022 Ordinary General Assembly and Annual Meeting of the European Spice Association (ESA) was held in Muğla’s Bodrum district on October 5-8, under the organization of Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB). Nurettin Tarakçıoğlu For the first time after the pandemic, 200 business people from nearly 40 countries attended …

By Berrak Birgili, The Qur’an al-Kahf Surah 32-34. The verses describe the agro-forestry system and it is defined as a form of production that brings high income for years. Surah: 32-” Give them the example of these two men, who We granted two vineyards to one of them, surrounded them …