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Stating that the support allocated for agriculture is the same as the support for 2020 with 22 billion TL, Antalya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ali Çandır said, “While the agricultural sector has not been able to reflect the increasing costs on sales prices, it will be even more difficult in the …

Press release… With the start of the new harvest period, Ayvalık Municipality began to file a criminal complaint about some companies after the increase of adulterous and imitative companies using the name of Ayvalık (a district of Balıkesir province). Ayvalık Mayor Mesut Ergin said that they will continue to be …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli stated that they will continue their payments to support fishing vessels smaller than 10 metres this year and that they paid 28.2 million liras to small-scale boat owners in 3 years. In his written statement, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli reminded …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) became the first exporters’ associations to receive a “Zero Waste Certificate”. Declaring the year 2020 as the “Year of Sustainability” with the aim of leaving a more livable and green world to future generations, Aegean Exporters’ Associations crowned the “Sustainability Year” by obtaining a …

Press release… When 15 Asia Pacific countries, including world giants such as China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Australia and Malaysia, came together and signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, now it is time to format the rules of trade in the world. Aegean Exporters’ Associations Coordinator Chairperson Jak …

In the mist of the gloom generated by the twin health and economic crises, the birth of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a ray of light.  More than a million lives have been lost worldwide as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is massive unemployment and entire …

Turkish engineers developed; harvest losses to be reduced… Within the scope of the project prepared by the Atatürk Horticultural Central Research Institute and a private company, a new system was developed that can instantly monitor the status of the products kept in cold storage after harvest. Atatürk Horticultural Central Research …

Gene editing can have a major impact on global agriculture through rapid development of crop varieties with diverse desirable traits… In what has been a first, this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to two women scientists and an all-women team, France’s Emmanuelle Charpentier and the US’s Jennifer …

Growth rate figures in Turkey are not yet supported by an increase in productivity at the desired level. There is a need for more inclusive and continuous studies to systematically analyse and resolve productivity problems at national and sectoral level, at different segments and scales. In addition, development of mechanisms, …

200 million dollars export with 200 products in organic agriculture… Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Deputy General Director of Plant Production Dr. Mehmet Hasdemir said that Turkey ranks 6th in terms of the number of organic farmers across the world. Dr. Hasdemir noted that with 75 thousand farmers, 200 million …