Agroforestry

With 60 new honey forests to be established this year by the General Directorate of Forestry (OGM), it is aimed to contribute approximately 300 million TL annually to the country’s economy. The General Directorate of Forestry (OGM), which implemented the idea of ​​”Honey Forest” in 2010 in order to support …

Ordu will come to the fore in medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation… “Development of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Breeding Project” has been put into practise by Ordu Metropolitan Municipality Department of Agriculture and Livestock Services. It is aimed to use medicinal and aromatic plants, which started to be produced in …

Nestle will start paying cocoa farmers cash if they send their children to school rather than out to tend crops as part of a push to purchase all of its cocoa through a fully traceable, directly sourced supply chain by 2025. Chocolate makers are coming under mounting pressure from investors, …

The government made good on its promise during summer’s wildfires to plant three saplings in the name of every citizen in the 84 million nation, and on Thursday, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry concluded the campaign by planting the last of the 252 million saplings… Turkey ended the year …

The Central Union of Agricultural producers and Forest Owners (MTK) is an interest organization representing farmers, forest owners and rural entrepreneurs in Finland. In 2017 MTK celebrated it’s 100 years of anniversary together with 100 years anniversary of Finland’s independence. MTK has over 316 000 members in local agricultural producers’ …

Medicinal and aromatic plants, which are among the natural richnesses of Turkey’s southwestern province Muğla, are also an important agricultural production area. Many new gardens were also established in the province, where the producers started a conscious and quality production with the projects realized. The studies and the road map …

Stating that 6 thousand hectares of pine honey forest area burned in forest fires, Ziya Şahin, Head of Turkish Beekeepers’ Association (TAB), said, “Global climate change has turned both our plants and living things upside down, in short, the biosystem has been mostly affected. It’s not just about honey production. …

The European Commission declared that it wants to fight deforestation harder as it proposed a legislative package on Wednesday aimed at curbing and tightening the import of commodities such as food and wood from deforested areas, trying to use its trade power to drive sustainability, by requiring companies to prove …

Foreign dependency will end! ‘Strong support for the export attack’… Walnut producers joined forces in Turkey, which imports more than 70 percent of its walnut needs. It was emphasized that with a protectionist policy, both the need for walnuts will be met and they can become an exporter. Turkey is …