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İbrahim Yumaklı: Artificial meat is not on our agenda!

Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı has denied allegations that the ministry has authorized artificial meat. İbrahim Yumaklı “Artificial meat has never been on the agenda of our ministry and never will be. There is no talk of allowing the production of artificial meat. There will not be any legislative work on this issue,” …

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Şemsi Bayraktar: Despite all hardships and negativities, Turkish farmers continued to produce in 2023

Press release… What happened in agriculture in 2023, what does the sector expect from 2024? In the evaluation of 2023 in the agricultural sector, it was underlined that there was a spike in crop production last year due to good weather conditions and that farmers who continued their production despite …

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Olive groves as cultural landscape; Aylin Öney Tan

Cultural landscape is a complex term, defining the joint creation of nature and human intervention. It is defined by UNESCO as: “Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and intimate relationship between peoples and their natural environment.” This definition perfectly fits to the olive groves of Türkiye, not only …

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Birol Celep: We brought 1.6 billion dollars in Turkish economy

Press release… Celep: We earned 1.6 billion dollars in export revenues for our country Birol Celep, Member of the Board of Directors of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) and Member of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that as the dried fruit sector, …

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Mustafa Şahin: Women farmers are our priority in agricultural production

Press release… Izmir Provincial Directorate of Agriculture delivered production materials and equipment to the “Orange Hands Agricultural Cooperative”, which operates in Menderes – Gümüldür region and consists entirely of women producers, at a ceremony organised. Speaking at the ceremony, Izmir Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Mustafa Şahin emphasised that …

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Davut Er: Record production brings record export in olive oil

Press release… Er: Record production brought record exports Davut Er, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), said that their table olive exports soared by 7% on a quantity basis compared to the previous season, rising from 172 million to 184 …

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Sebahattin Arslantürk: Climate change also poses a threat to the hazelnut

Press release… Sebahattin Arslantürk, Vice Chairman of the Hazelnut and Products Sector Committee of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB), said that in order to maintain the superiority in international markets in hazelnut exports, which is the agricultural product that provides the highest net foreign exchange inflow of Türkiye, …

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“Number of insured people and number of premiums in agriculture continues”

Agriculture support in 2023… In an interview with Anadolu Agency (AA) on Thursday, the minister provided information on state support and damage compensation issued during 2023 within the scope of the Agriculture Insurance Pool (TARSIM) project. “Last year, we protected the labour of our producers. In 2023, within the scope of TARSIM, …

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Angry farmers stage Germany-wide tractor blockades!

Furious farmers opposed to German government plans to cut tax breaks for agriculture used tractors to block roads across the country on Monday in an escalating dispute. The coordinated nationwide demonstration targeted motorway access ramps in particular, snarling traffic, and followed a smaller ill-tempered demonstration in Berlin last month. “We are exercising …

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Muhammet Öztürk: Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products sector doubled its exports in 10 years

Press release… Öztürk: The exports of the sector doubled in 10 years Muhammet Öztürk, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Grains, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association, said that exports of the Grains, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products sector in Türkiye soared by 8 percent compared …

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