Within the scope of the National Biological Diversity Inventory and Monitoring Project initiated by the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in 2013, 13,409 plant and animal species have been identified at approximately 852,644 coordinated points. According to the information compiled from …
Read More »“ABOUT 15 MILLION AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE ARRANGED SINCE 2006”
While the Goverment continued its works in many headings from income insurance to land banking in agriculture, agricultural assets worth 281.1 billion liras have been insured so far. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli stated that 14 million 440 thousand agricultural insurance has been arranged since 2006. Pointing out …
Read More »ALİ ÇANDIR: THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE HAS BEEN UNDERSTOOD MUCH MORE IN THE PANDEMIC
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 …
Read More »“AYVALIK OLIVE OIL BRAND EXPLOITED AND MISUSED BY SOME COMPANIES!”
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 …
Read More »PAKDEMİRLİ: WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR FISHERMEN
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 …
Read More »AEGEAN EXPORTERS OBTAIN THE FIRST ‘ZERO WASTE CERTIFICATE’ IN TURKEY…
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 …
Read More »JAK ESKİNAZİ: İZMİR SHOULD BE A ‘FREE CITY’ SO AS TO ALLURE RCEP’S INVESTMENTS
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 …
Read More »RCEP; WORLD’S BIGGEST TRADE DEAL SIGNED!
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 …
Read More »HARVEST LOSSES TO BE REDUCED WITH “MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CA MODULES”
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 …
Read More »CRISPR-Cas9; APPLYING GENE EDITING IN AGRICULTURE
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 …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
