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Wild herbs of Hevsel Gardens turn into dishes…

Diyarbakır, April, 2025… Located in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Hevsel Gardens have been the site of uninterrupted agriculture for 8,000 years. The wild herbs growing naturally there are transformed into a culinary feast in the rich Diyarbakır cuisine. Fed by the Tigris River and …

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Tarakçıoğlu: We aim to export 200 million dollars in the non-wood sector

Press release… Nurettin Tarakçıoğlu, Vice President of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, said that Türkiye’s non-wood forest products exports amounted to 181 million dollars in 2024. “While oregano accounted for 48 percent of total spice exports, 32 percent was from laurel. We carry out 70 percent …

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Aydın Acun: A bright future awaits the aromatic plants and spices sector

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aromatic Plants and Spice Producers Association, Aydın Acun, highlights the growing demand and exciting growth of the Aromatic Plants and Spices sector worldwide. He mentions that this sector is experiencing a concrete increase in demand and is predicted to continue growing …

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CHP establishes new supreme committee for agriculture and forestry policies…

Republican People’s Party (CHP) has taken an important step to find solutions to Türkiye’s problems in agriculture and forestry and to determine the policies to be implemented during the government period. It established an ‘Agriculture and Forestry Policies Supreme Council’ consisting of academics who are experts in their fields. A …

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Ebru Erke writes; manuka vs pine honey: A comparison

One of our undervalued products is pine honey, despite being nearly identical to New Zealand’s manuka honey, which is widely promoted as a marketing phenomenon and sold for hundreds of dollars per kilogram. Pine Honey Pine honey might seem ordinary to us, right? Many even find its resinous flavor “too heavy.” …

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Ali Fuat Gürle: Our exporters have a target of crossing the 1 billion dollar threshold by 2025

Press release… Ali Fuat Gürle, Chair of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, stated that in the first 10 months of 2024, exports of paper and paper products from the sectors within the field of activity of their association amounted to 476 million dollars. “Our exports of …

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Berrak Birgili writes; Evaluation of agricultural forestry in terms of traditional agricultural knowledge

Agroforestry is an important production technique implemented in many parts of the world for commercial purposes for the capitalist world and for subsistence for small farmers. The fact that it is a production technique approved in the Kyoto Protocol as the only production system that can be flexible to climate …

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İbrahim Yumaklı: New strategies for the future to be determined during the Agriculture and Forestry Council

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı disclosed that they are planning to organise the Agriculture and Forestry Council in April 2025. Emphasizing once again the importance Türkiye attaches to water and irrigation investments, Yumaklı stated that water and irrigation play a critical role in terms of food supply security …

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Deforestation accelerates amid global concerns!

Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study published Tuesday. Forests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023, according to two dozen research organizations, NGOs, and advocacy groups, with 6.37 million hectares (15.7 million acres) of …

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Worst drought in 40 years puts Brazil’s major crops at risk!

August 30, 2024 First came wildfires that scorched sugar cane fields. Now, the worst drought in more than four decades is threatening coffee and soybean crops in Brazil. Extreme drought in the Amazon From May through August, some key agriculture areas faced the driest weather since 1981, according to natural …

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