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Press release… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (EYMSİB), which is the leader of plant product exports in the Aegean Region by exporting the flavours of Anatolia to all over the world, has doubled its exports in the last 6 years. EYMSİB set an export target of 1 billion …

ANKARA… Türkiye needs more investments for the development of the identified 62,00 megawatt (MW) of geothermal energy potential, which will contribute to the country’s 2053 net zero emissions target, the head of the Turkish Geothermal Energy Association said on Wednesday. Ali Kındap Geothermal energy is classified as a renewable energy …

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) have increased its share in Türkiye’s total manufactured exports to 41 percent in 2023 Türkmen Türkmenoğlu, Chairman of the Turkish Fruit and Vegetable Products Sector Board, said that Türkiye’s total exports of fruit and vegetable products in 2023 were realised as 2 billion 416 …

Türkiye’s chicken meat production was down 3.9 percent to 2.13 million tonnes in January-November 2023 from a year ago, while milk output soared 4.3 percent in the same period, the data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) have shown. The number of chickens slaughtered declined by 6.2 percent to 1.16 billion in the first 11 months …

Press release… Davut Er, Chairperson of Aegean Olive and Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB) said that four export restrictions have been imposed on olive oil in the last three years and these restrictions had absolutely no positive effect on the market as intended. Pointing out that they were not effective enough …

Press release… Ferhat Gürüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mediterranean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, stated that Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable exports in 2023 reached 3 billion 491 million dollars with a spike of 18 percent compared to the previous year. Ferhat Gürüz “Despite the …

Press release… Girit: We started exporting eggs to Russia for the first time, we opened fresh chicken exports to Iran Bedri Girit Bedri Girit, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Aquaculture and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, said: “We are in the top 10 in the world in …

Climate change and invasive species are threatening production in Türkiye’s agriculture sector, posing risks especially to cash crops, such as olive, hazelnut and pistachio. Atakan Akça The latest numbers from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed that the country’s citrus production increased, while there was a steep decline in olive, hazelnut, pistachio and cotton …

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,” …

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 …