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Press release… Şemsi Bayraktar, Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers President, in his written statement, said that drought is one of the important agenda items in the world. Bayraktar said, “When the pandemic process is taken into consideration, the importance of food increases more. According to the FAO Food Price Index; …

Press release… Ender Yorgancılar, Chairman of the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO), said, “How we have understood the value of walking freely in the streets during the pandemic, I wish we would not pay a similar price for water. The value of a drop of water may be more …

Turkish Packaging Manufacturers’ Association (ASD) President Zeki Sarıbekir said that hygiene is the most effective method of protection in this pandemic period. Sarıbekir said, “Packaging is a product that provides the most economical and reliable delivery and promotion of the food in the conditions in which it is produced and …

Viorel Gutu, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) sub-regional coordinator for Central Asia and representative in Turkey, said Turkey is an extremely rich country in terms of the diversity of agricultural products. The country is also among the world’s largest producers and exporters of many products such as fruit …

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) General Director Dr. Nevzat Birişik said that the seed sector has grown by 8 to 9 times in the last 15-20 years. Dr. Birişik said, “Turkey is not obliged to seed imports, if we close off all our borders, we …

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 …

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 …

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 …