Agroforestry

Press release… Furniture, paper and forestry products exports reached 385 million dollars The exports of our Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters’ Association in the period of January-June 2021 rose by 20 percent to 385 million dollars. Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairperson of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products …

Press release… Stating that the export of carob products to China in June increased by 1,572 percent and reached 1.7 million dollars, Onur Kılıçer, Chairperson of AKAMİB, said, “The value of cosmetic goods produced from these products reaches billions of dollars. As our country, which is the second largest carob …

Press release… The increase in bush fires in the Aegean, Mediterranean and East-Southeast Anatolian Regions during the summer season draws attention. Making important statements about the causes of fires that threaten our future, especially the ecosystem, the precautions to be taken and the rehabilitation works to be done after the …

Press release… The target in oregano export is to reach 150 million dollars. Turkey produces the world’s oregano. Turkey meets 80 percent of the world’s production of oregano, which is among the most demanded medicinal and aromatic products in the world and whose importance has been understood once again with …

Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality laid the foundation of the world’s number one and Turkey’s largest Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Production and Processing Facility. In the facility, which covers an area of ​​42 decares, essential oils will be obtained by water vapour method, agricultural products with high added value will be planted …

Press release… Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Cahit Doğan Yağcı said that İzmir, the leading agrifood western province of Turkey, plays for leadership in medicinal and aromatic plants. Yağcı also underlined that as of 2020, the unit price of EİB’s (Aegean Exporters’ Associations) non-wood forestry products …

Press release… Oregano, Laurel and Sage sector representatives came together… Dr. Tayfur Akın Organized in cooperation with İzmir Commodity Exchange and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (ETAE), “Oregano, Laurel and Sage Agriculture and Markets Evaluation Meeting” was held on Friday, June 24. It was held in …

Desertification affects the lives of approximately 2 billion people worldwide, turning them into “ecological migrants,” according to the head of a nonprofit environmental group. Deniz Ataç – CEO of the Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion for the Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats (TEMA) – said that land …

Facing the fallout of climate change, the country has intensified its efforts to improve its land and fight erosion with mass planting and other measures. Thus far, Turkey has recovered about 9.8 million hectares of land… On Thursday, Turkey marked World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. For a country hosting …

JUBA, South Sudan… Effort will help mitigate effects of climate change, restore degraded land-based ecosystem, says environment minister… South Sudan launched a campaign Thursday to plant 100 million trees in the next 10 years to ease the effects of climate change and restore wasteland. The launch was part of the …