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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 …

“The agriculture and food industry has an important role to play” Lise Walbom, CEO of Food Nation Denmark, stated that the agriculture and food industry has an important role in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Walbom emphasized that one of the biggest challenges of the humanity in 21st century …

Bekir Pakdemirli, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, announced that they will make support payments of 23 billion liras to farmers in 2021. Minister Pakdemirli, who made a presentation on the budget of his ministry at the Parliament’s Plan and Budget Committee, said, “We did not experience any problems with food …

Coffee will not come from Yemen, but from BATEM! The West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, which accelerates domestic and national coffee production activities, aims to create a brand with the slogan “Coffee comes from BATEM”. The West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute (BATEM), situated in Antalya province, which has accelerated its …

A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants, potentially expanding the map of farmable land around the globe to previously inhospitable places and reducing water use in agriculture at a time of …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli stated that they work in a regulatory manner in all of the very important products and that both support and intervention purchases are made. Pakdemirli said, “So we follow up to 50 products very closely. If the prices increase in the period when …

Press release… Hasan Girenes said the food that needs to be produced in the next 40 years will be more than what had been produced in 6 thousand years in the past. Yaşar Holding Vice President of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Hasan Girenes drew attention the importance of supporting with …